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    Stabilator on the Vixxen works really well. I previously had a PA-28 so appreciate it.
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    Doesn't it have a shorter wing?
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    Beware of radon gas levels from that granite.
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    Or pitchy in twitch.
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    This exchange reminds me of several cases some years back when a valuable forum member was driven to leave the forum by repeated attacks. We were all the losers each time that happened. I have learned a lot from Skippy's posts over the years and I hope this exchange is over and he doesn't take it to heart.
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    Latest image, Ukrainian drone hits Grozny.
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    I found it was a slight breeze on the microphone from the cockpit ventilator. Turning the vent just a bit stopped the “static”. Happened on both headsets.
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    Wanted - Europa

    pmccarthy commented on KING's classified in Aircraft

    Eurofoxes are becoming affordable.
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    Having trained back when we did full spin recovery after three rotations, stalling and recovering have never bothered me if there is sufficient height. But it has made me super vigilant about airspeed and attitude when at 2000 feet or less AGL, because I know how much height you lose. I think that sort of training should be compulsory still.
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    Contact Kyneton Aero Club, very serious AFR review but not silly.
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    He's just stoned.
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    Both Danny G and I looked at the Bushcat at Avalon some years back. I thought it looked good and seriously considered getting one. I have since followed Danny's posts about his build and am glad I didn't try it, but with local manufacture and support I hope they do well.
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    I looked this story up and the accident may have been a stall, with the pilot detaching the canopy to bail out. The entire aircraft disappeared into a crater in the ground and only the canopy was found intact some distance away.
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    I took these photos of VH-IVI at Bankstown around 1971. the writing on the tail said Mustang P51-D R.J. Whitbread Motors Pty Ltd Kogarah 587-8011 VH-IVI was registered in June 1969 to warbird proponent Langdon Badger. He sold it to Sydney businessman Ray Whitbread in September 1970. In mid-1973 the aircraft struck the ground in a vertical dive near Windsor, NSW; destroying the Mustang and killing Ray Whitbread, who was practising aerobatics. The canopy detached and struck him, rendering him unconscious.
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    The energy absorbed helps the quick transition from flying to not flying.
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    When I think of instructors, I picture a 40-something person or older imparting knowledge and wisdom. That has been my experience. Someone with a couple of hundred hours in their early twenties may be able to teach the basic skills, but they do not have wisdom. I think there should be a reassessment of minimum standards (age and hours) for instructors.
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    https://www.aircraft.com/aircraft/237212267/vh-ldv-2013-morgan-aeroworks-cougar
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    But did you see the baggage container ingested the other day?
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    I charge my Skyecho overnight on a 2.4 amp USB point. Gets to full charge. It seems to run indefinitely if I then plug it into the USB point in the aircraft while it is turned on.
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    There was a great video of a Foxbat drone striking a Russian military base yesterday. On Telegram, so I can’t post it here.
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    Within an hour of Kyneton at 110 knots, I can fly to Bendigo, Echuca, Tocumwal, Shepparton, Benalla, Millawa, Ballarat, Ararat, Riddel, Penfield, Melton, Lethbridge, Colac, Maryborough, Stawell, Kerang, Pyramid Hill. Probably a few others I can't think of. My favourites would be Ararat (coffee), Maryborough (always quiet), Tocumwal (coffee), Millawa (lunch), Melton (burger). Used to be Bendigo, Echuca and Shepparton but they brought in landing fees. Wherever you are going, you can check Notams and permission in the air if it is an hour away.
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    Contrary to the argument for pre- planning, what I enjoy most is getting up to 3000 feet then thinking” where will I go today?” Then flying for up to two hours (total out and back) in any direction. I know all the territory and can’t get lost and I have an iPad and a phone with OzRunways and other good stuff. Probably a dozen airfields I can choose to land on if I wish within that range. A couple need Notam checking, most don’t. It’s not like a trip which needs planning, just the freedom of flying.
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    It was the Bacchus Marsh Aero Club's Cessna 150.
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