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  1. Moneybox
    We used to call them Painted Crays (vegetarian), the others Red Rock Crayfish (carnivores). We went out last week and had a couple of flying fish scoot across the water ahead of the boat.
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    Going down today, not flying but driving. I haven't got over this problem of landing and then having no wheels. I have a vehicle parked at Northam airport but that's another 100km further. That doesn't work out so we'll take the motorhome because we'll need the diesel heater tonight.
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    We bought 2698 sq m of industrial on Wongan Rd and 10,000 sq m of residential in Stonestreet Way. We've ordered a shed for the industrial block and the hangar but nothing yet for the 2.5 acre block. We wanted somewhere with a few more services than Cue.
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    That's the sort of thing we want to do. There's no good reason the be here in the summer. We just sold the old 1910 stone cottage along with the mining lease M20/522 that runs through our back yard and the prospecting lease P20/2405 100m further away. That's the last of our Cue mining interests for now.
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    Yes the Zodiac does work well. I'm not fully confident in it yet. I was practising stalls this morning at 4000'. My airspeed was dropping to 27Kt, the lowest reading on the MGL Lite, and then Zero before it dropped a left wing. It just seems to sit in the air doing nothing before the stall. I miss the steam gauges of the Sportstar.
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    True BrendAn but the term of hot weather is usually much shorter. Cue can hit over 40 for a good four to five months of the year. We can handle a couple of months and then it seems we're wasting away a lot of time sheltering inside from 10am until sunset. Our electric hot water system is rarely turned on and sometimes the cold is too hot for a comfortable shower.
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    I woke this morning, raised the blind and looked at the trees that were dead still, a rare occurrence but perfect for Mrs M's first flight. I hadn't be up for more than a month so I decided on a practice flight first over Lake Austin, a few stalls, a few steep turns and a few touch-and-goes. This is before, her smile was even bigger upon our return. That sick bag is still in the glovebox unused 😉. This is the Great Fingal mine. The historic gold mine office can be seen at the top of the pit. It's a heritage listed building with an uncertain future. There have been years of discussion on how to save it. One option is to move it into town but that tends to destroy the heritage value. We took a flight over several of the old gold mines. My aim was to make her first flight as interesting as possible while keeping it short. Clock time was 0.6hrs so about 0.5hrs in the air. Shortly after landing the wind came up with a well timed shower of rain.
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    We've bought property in Wongan Hills, it'll be our summer residence once we build. Summer in Cue is terribly hot and the older we get the hotter it seems to be, We're most likely to keep the plane there during the summer months. We could erect a hanger here but it would have zero realestate value, something we have to consider as non-pension retirees.
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    We've ordered our hangar for YWOH but we're still bogged down in red tape. Today we replaced the canopy gas strut with the correct style of scissor strut that I made from a couple of steel tubes out of a gazebo. Now we have easy entry and exit through the wide opening from either side. I sorted out the charging problem too so hopefully I get it in the air tomorrow because we have business to attend to in Wongan Hills, a 2.5hr flight or 5hr drive south. Mrs M hasn't be up yet but she wants to get to get their as soon as possible. I really want to take her up on a very short flight first but she's ready to jump in and fly south. We'll see what tomorrow brings.
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    Not a lot of private aircraft here. One business owner and myself. He applied to build a hangar consisting of 2x40' containers with a well constructed roof between. He's since added a third container to act as a rear wall to the hangar. There's a new gate key in the lock-box. 😆
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    I tried to open the Cue airport gate but somebody took the key. I crossed the fence, did what I needed to do and then when returning to the car is saw a cleaner there. I asked how he got in and was told the shire had removed the key from the lock box. Now I have to submit an application to park my plane at the airport. I hope they don’t start charging a fee. If they do I’m going to demand something in return like tie down anchorages.
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    From a safety point of view I don’t like my 601 painted silver, I think it would be almost invisible in the air.
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    In this game anything goes. We measure height in feet, speed in knots and power in HP more often then not.
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    I think some glass panels have too much information compressed into a small space. When I practised in the Sportstar with a six pack then swapped to the Bristell it was just a confusing mess of colour that I couldn't easily read. What was previously displayed on a black and white 90mm circle was compressed into a 30mm coloured gauge in amongst a lot of other data. Most likely a lot of it totally unnecessary. Sure it's nice to have your pre-flight checklist displayed along with your fuel management, engine revs, altitude, speed, oil pressure, temperature etc, etc but who can decipher all that at a quick glance?
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    I don't know the answer to that but Apple do it with their Apps. They don't display the price of the App, you only find out when you see the debit on your credit card at the end of the month.
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    One of ours is the same as this. It lives in my prospecting harness. Before going out last season i pulled it out for a look, the zip was seized so the PLB was inaccessible. The case is so solid that without tools you'd never get inside. It took me a few hours soaking with CRC to loosen the zip and remove the PLB. It's still in life and tests ok but now has a good coating of lanolin grease on the zip and I check it once in a while. Our Ocean Signal PLB1 is in Mrs M's harness and is right on the end of its 7-year life so I've ordered a new one to be delivered with the new metal detector. At about $300 I don't think it's worth replacing the battery.
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    No guesses so I'll tell you ☺️ It's a bit old for my memory to be accurate but I think it's called Kentville. The name might not be accurate but the coordinates are.
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    Looks a bit like there could be a gully through the halfway point.
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    We dropped into YPIX this afternoon. Looks a little in need of maintenance although the airstrip is in perfect condition and unique in the way you could land in any direction you choose. The accommodation was quite limited, the tower was invisible and the only aircraft sounded like it was somewhere near 5000'.
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    Plenty of silicone options if this design will fit https://ebay.us/m/dCQVDG
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    If you take a look at the steering rack on your vehicle you might find what you're looking for. These are easily available as an automotive replacement part and vary in size depending on the vehicle size.
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    I did that in my Polaris Microlight in a car park in Balcatta. It’s powered by a Rotax 503 and 60” three blade prop. For the first three metres or so it took off slowly then gripped the wind and virtually flew, up on one rear wheel, then the other before a dramatic tumble down the car park. After that I need a new prop and a fair bit of skin regrowth. It may have helped if I’d fitted a helmet and attached the seatbelt 🥹.
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    Ok, I guess we did stray a bit 🙃
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    I don’t see the problem. Skippy started a thread “Solo around Australia”. I responded saying I’d join him but I might have to add power to keep up. BrendAn replied to say that it wouldn’t help much. Seems to me we’re discussing “Solo around Australia”?
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