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  1. Student Pilot
    There some information around on the net about earlier problems with quality control and workplace pressure. There was an exposé a few years ago with whistle blowers and the treatment they got from Boing. One of the complaints/problems was machining swath not cleaned before electrical harnesses and wiring were installed. There was a batch of aircraft directly affected, most of those went to Air India. One of the whistle blowers was found dead a few days into giving evidence into a senate inquiry I think it was. This is very serious, why have we not heard more of this?
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    There has been comment about the ram air turbine being extended, that usually only happens with multiple failures of systems. In the original video the noise of the RAT (sounds like a Harvard prop on take off) is heard. I have also seen mention of possible software failure. With so many 787's flying you would think they will work out pretty quickly why this accident happened.
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    I call inbound (usually 10 mile, 160kts) then joining the circuit crosswind/downwind/base or straight in whichever leg suits depending on active runway and direction inbound. If there's traffic then slot in or modify the circuit joining to fit with other traffic.
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    The Italians I think it was produced them with a C20 or there a-bouts. SM something? I remember an airshow/flyin at Scone quite a few years ago where Col Pay put one through its paces. It was stressed for aeros and Col turned it inside out followed by taxing in and backing into the park area. There is a standard Bird dog doing the rounds in Vic/SA on powerline work with a lidar strapped to the side. Looked a nice clean example.
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    Still a couple of Resurgum aircraft around the New England area, that was the design the Rouseabout was based on. They were powered with the Koing 4 cyl two stroke radial.
  6. Student Pilot
    Good story. Days of heading off with just a mag compass.
  7. Student Pilot
    I think he had a broken back, leg and pelvis?
  8. Student Pilot
    There is talk on the net of after market blades causing problems. This machine was fitted with non Bell blades which have been proven to cause issues with balance/harmonics. Another dodgy FAA approval? The whole roof of the helicopter was torn off with the complete gearbox and mounts. Mast bump has been ruled out.
  9. Student Pilot
    So much better than nautical miles, statute miles, furlongs, chains, rods, cubits and yards
  10. Student Pilot
    Peter Blewet flying then? Les cooper?
  11. Student Pilot
    I used to goen stroll through Marshals hangar when I got to visit Bankstown (father and uncle used to work for Air Ag at Hangar 17, I worked for Tom at a much later date) as a kid, Spitfire x2, 109, KI 43 and all sorts of machinery. There was a ground trainer with small wings on it I thought would have been great. In those days a kid could walk through a hangar and nobody would bat an eye.
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    CAC had plans for an AG conversion of Winjeels when they left service. They proposed PT6 power and a forward cockpit with the hopper over the wing behind the pilot. Never got passed the planning stage, I have seen a drawing, it looked workable.
  14. Student Pilot
    I think the Disney one was based on a 402 Air Tractor
  15. Student Pilot
    Kiwi's have a good claim with what seems credible information that a Kiwi flew before the Wrights as well.
  16. Student Pilot
    If using retardant the SG is slightly heavier than water. A Fireboss normally doesn't usually carry a full load either from the water or off land, the floats are a significant dint in performance compared to a wheeled 802. Fuel load is 1400 litres plus a 3000L hopper load, the empty weight for a wheeled 802 is around 3000 kg. The only information I could find about the weight of floats is 1000 kg, that seems light as the amphib gear is pretty solid. So just allowing for the weight of the floats the load of a Fireboss would be 2/3 of the wheeled 802. Most new 8's now are fitted with the F version of the PT6-67 which is rated at 1700 SHP, they do go well 😜
  17. Student Pilot
    I'd rather the Thruster 😜
  18. Student Pilot
    Years and years of being ignored, hostility, non action and outright incompetence have made one jaded. Talk to most in GA, they are of a similar view. The less I interact with casa the easier life is.
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    Good luck approaching casa and expecting an answer.......
  20. Student Pilot
    80% there and 90% to go 🤣 The details take a lot of time to finish a build.
  21. Student Pilot
    They were called "conventional" gear, you didn't have to be a hairy chested sky god to fly one 😜
  22. Student Pilot
    Nearly as efficient as the Americans with Iranian flight 655, they had to use two missiles to down the Airbus with 290 souls on board.
  23. Student Pilot
    Where did you get those statistics? 90%?
  24. Student Pilot
    I have some old pics of this machine I took with a box Brownie, it visited Armidale. An impressive machine up close. In the olden days you could walk up to any machine parked at any airfield and have a close look and have a yarn to the pilot.
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