old man emu

Fair enough.

 

 

Actually, I'm happy with the involvement of CAL in regenerating the riparian environment of the Nepean River which forms one of the boundaries of the airport. CAL and community bodies have been rooting out the olive trees and replanting the cleared areas with environmentally appropriate native vegetation. Apart from returning the near-bank areas of the Nepean to their pre-European condition, clearing the olives will reduce the numbers of Bell Birds in the area.

 

"Whoa!", you say. "You can't destroy the habitat of Native birds!" Well, in this case you can - to a degree. It seems that one type of Bell Bird, the Crested Bell Bird [ Oreoica gutturalis ] [ http://www.birdsinbackyards.net/species/Oreoica-gutturalis ] is driving out the birds who eat the sap-sucking parasites of eucalyptus trees, such as the Bell Bird Miner [ http://www.birdsinbackyards.net/species/Manorina-melanophrys ] As a result, eucalyptus forests are suffering from 'die-back' which is a result of the death of the trees' upper canopy leaves due to the sap-sucking insects increasing in number because the Bell Bird Minor is one of the birds being driven off.

 

http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2004/s1200578.htm

 

John Macarthur and Family introduced the African Olive [ Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata ] [https://weeds.dpi.nsw.gov.au/Weeds/Details/4 ] as a plant to create field boundaries as they existed in England. The plant had no competitors or attackers. Its small edible fruits are eaten by birds and animals and the seeds are spread in excreta. The plant thrives in the local climate and, because of its dense foliage, shades out native plants and grasses. This plant, left to grow unchecked, has smothered large areas of Sydney's Cumberland Plain vegetation. It has met its Waterloo, however, in the wholesale denuding of the Cumberland Plain by those bent on the creation of residential utopias. Ironically, if Macarthur had brought the European Olive  [ Olea europaea ] from the Mediterranean, instead of the African Olive, The Sydney Region would have become a major producer of olive oil. In some parts of the hills surrounding Camden, orchardists are growing European olives successfully and producing world class oils. 

 

 

She might not have a plane, but I bet she has plenty of outfits to fly away in!

 

 

Do you want to strictly limit the content of blogs on this site to matters only relevant to these things?

 

Building that aircraft kit? or doing a maintenance project? got a flying trip happening from planning, getting the aircraft ready, on the trip, photos, stories, people you meet and then afterthoughts..

If you did, I would support your restriction, provided Whatsup got the blog facility for those nutters amongst us who like to babble on about non-aviation matters. Or, Whatsup just continues as is with relatively short posts creating a back-and-forth conversation.

 

I suggest that nothing of a political or religious nature be permitted in blogs on this site.

 

 

How many AUF aircraft crashed into the ground, trees or power poles in the days they were limited to 300 ft AGL?

 

 

Consider a comparison between road injury/fatality incidents and similar incidents related to non-commercial aviation.

 

In Australia, millions of non-commercial drivers, drive millions of kilometres per year. Due to our population distribution, the majority of these kilometres are racked up on metropolitan roads. For those of you who don't live in out major metropolitan areas, driving in these areas is akin to flying into the world's busiest airports, without the ability to communicate verbally with other aircraft or traffic control.

 

That would suggest that there should be more injury/fatality incidents on the roads than there are.  Why is that not so?

 

Quite simply: drivers of motor vehicles in metropolitan areas each day are practising and employing the skills necessary to complete a journey without incident. Name me a non-commercial pilot who practises the applicable skills to complete an incident-free flight, at least five days per week?

 

 

In its constant efforts to promote and support aviation, Camden Airport Limited, which holds the head lease for Camden Airport , has poured money from the rents it charges for sites and premises, and from landing fees for the use of the infrastructure into eradicating the scourge of mange from the wombat population resident on the site. The elimination of this disease will improve the overall health of the wombats , no doubt leading to an increase in numbers. It may become necessary to erect "Wombat Crossing" signs near the "numbers" at each end of the available runways.

 

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Camden Airports Limited has not commented on what it intends to do to assists the galahs who wish to operate from Camden Airport. Said Cocky Bennett, "If I had another feather, I'd fly."

 

 

 

This is a good explanation of how the propeller does what it does. No high level engineering maths required to understand the content. At the end there is a clear explanation of the effects of the propeller on direction of travel during the take-off run.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ7rrc2PZUw

 

 

The names of the representatives from CASA should be inscribed on the Sir Humphrey Appleby Perpetual Trophy for Service to the Public Service.

 

 

Doesn't have to be a lorry and dog. There's plenty of deaf pedestrians wandering  into the paths of  buses, taxis and hire cars.  The drivers of those vehicles have to have medicals, but the passing of a medical does not prevent the collision.

 

 

What did they name this aircraft? The Ion Maiden ?

 

 

I noticed that the Chair at one point implied that he had been a policeman. Having that experience with the legal fraternity, he would most likely know that you don't ask a question during a witness examination to which you do not know the answer.

 

As I have said before, I am licensed to drive a bendy-bus, fully loaded with Primary School children, across Sydney Harbour Bridge in peak hour traffic because I have passed my heavy vehicle driver's medical, but I am not permitted to fly a VH registered one-seater aircraft in the skies above west Tibooburra because I am dealing with sleep apnoea by the use of a CPAP machine. However, I am OK to fly an RAAus registered aircraft over most of the Sydney Metropolitan area.

 

Without starting a debate on her various political policies, I wonder how those hearing would have  gone if Pauline had been a member. After all,  at least she would have gained some experience of very light aviation when using the Jab during her  election campaigning. 

 

 

What frightened me was the clear fact that the Senators had no knowledge or experience of anything to do with flying - private, recreational or commercial. This enquiry would be greatly assisted by taking the Senators out to an airport used by  2 or 4-seater small aircraft and taking them for a few circuits.

 

Training for operations within CTAs was mentioned. I did my ab initio at Bankstown and became used to flying in CTA from my the time I did  TIF.  I can't for the life of me see why it is not possible for an RAAus student pilot to be trained in CTA procedures. Maybe by applying CTA behaviour at uncontrolled airports, fun flying and commercial operations could function seamlessly.

 

I was impressed by the AOPA representative. Clearly he knows his subject. I'd love to see his further submission of material that the Senators requested. (And what they do with it.)

 

What will become of the very serious allegations he made of misconduct by CASA?

 

 

"Affirm" is a word with several meanings, depending on the context in which it is used. However, none of these meanings can be construed as "Yes".

 

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/affirm

 

 

I was watching this series on Youtube  

 

 

 

 

A pet hate of mine is “I have you visual” instead of “traffic sited”

Another wretched Americanism!

 

 

You wouldn't use your callsign?

That's taken for granted. 

 

 

 Expedite has been in use for ages . Nev

Obviously, since I first encountered it back in the early 70's. 

 

But you didn't answer my question: "When was the last time someone asked you if you would like a drink and you answered, "Affirm"?"

 

Also, Isn't "Yes" a better word to use? It's short and does not sound like "No".  Most transmissions are clipped at the beginning.  "-ative" could be "affirm-ative" or "neg-ative"

 

 

Actually, the use of words that are not used in common conversations is an example of poor communication.  When was the last time someone asked you if you would like a drink and you answered, "Affirm"?

 

The use of unnecessarily long phrases, such as, 'at this point in time', 'at the end of the day' and similar is an obnoxious abuse of language, introduced by citizens of the United States of America in an attempt to give the impression of literacy.

 

I remember way back when I was doing circuits and bumps at Bankstown and was about to taxi off the runway. ATC told me to 'expidite'. I asked my instructor what that meant and he said, "Be quick."  Having to ask the question slowed my exit from the runway.

 

 

A subtle, but acceptable change.

 

 

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

 

"No" is always a valid result in any test of an idea. If the stats do not indicate that a change would be worthwhile, don't make the change.

 

 

Wade through this https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Current_Inquiries you might find something there.

 

 

Some points from the link https://foodwatch.com.au/blog/carbs-sugars-and-fibres/item/high-fructose-corn-syrup-hfcs-10-things-i-ve-learned-about-it.html

 

1.  It comes in huge drums with a minimum order of 20 tons from China for US$480-750 a ton. 
    
    
   
2. Starting in the 1970s HFCS replaced sugar in the US and other countries where they grow lots and lots of maize. In the US, high fructose corn syrup gradually replaced sucrose from cane sugar. This is because manufacturers needed a cheap, readily available alternative to sugar which was expensive and in short supply due to the US ban on imports from Cuba, which grew most of their sugar cane.
    
    
   
3. HFCS does contribute to added sugars and kilojoules/Calories for no nutritional value and will contribute to weight gain if taken in excess.
    
    
   

 

 

Apparently, honey in the USA is more HFCS than pre-digested bee food. With the wonders of globalisation, we are getting more and more foods manufactured overseas by US- owned corporations. I bet they don't alter the recipes for their food products from the American recipe just because the food is made elsewhere. 

 

Have you noticed that the Australian obesity epidemic had its beginnings in the 1970s with the arrival of American fast food chains? Also, notice how kids in country towns are thinner than city kids. In the cities, the Yummy Mummies pick up their Grubby Bubbies from school in their over-sized SUVs and head straight to Macca's for after-school snacks. No longer do city kids having walked home from school get greeted with refreshments Mum has prepared.

 

 

It's not the sugar you add to yourself to your daily food intake. It's what the manufacturer puts in that is the hidden poison. You have no control over any of the contents of manufactured food. Sure, there a legal minima for many foods, but manufacturers can get around them somewhat through consumer ignorance. Take these definitions of Processed Cheese in the USA Food and Drug laws.

 

• Pasteurized process cheese, which is made from one or more cheeses (excluding certain cheeses such as cream cheese and cottage cheese but including American cheese), and which may contain one or more specified "optional ingredients" (includes both dairy and non-dairy items). Moisture not more than 41 percent; fat in the solids, not less than 49 percent.
   
   
  
• Pasteurized process cheese food, which is made from not less than 51 percent by final weight of one or more "optional cheese ingredients" (similar to the cheeses available for pasteurized process cheese), mixed with one or more "optional dairy ingredients" (milk, whey, etc.), and which may contain one or more specified "optional ingredients" (nondairy). Moisture must be <44 percent, and fat content >23 percent.
   
   
  
• Pasteurized process cheese spread, which is made similarly to pasteurized process cheese food but must be spreadable at 70 ° F. Moisture must be between 44-60 percent, and fat content >20 percent
   
   
  

 

 

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration does not maintain a standard of identity for "pasteurized prepared cheese product,. Nor does the FDA maintain a standard of identity for "pasteurized process cheese product" (emphasis on the trailing "Product"), a designation which appears particularly on many American store- and generic-branded singles.  Products labeled as such may use milk protein concentrate (MPC) in the formulation, an ingredient which does not appear in the above FDA definitions. The desire to use inexpensive imported milk protein concentrate is noted as motivation for the introduction of these and similar terms, and for the relabeling of some products.

 

The only sure way to control added sugar or fat in your diet is to take the time to prepare food yourself. Using basic ingredients and a bit of time (like your grandma did) is a part of the process of shedding weight. There is a financial benefit to making your own meals. Home-made is always cheaper that store-bought. You can use the savings on food to purchase gym time.

 

 

Just remember that 1/16" = 0.0625" = 1.5875 mm, or 1/16" = 1.5 mm. Then:

1/16" = 1.5 mm

 

1/8"  = 3 mm

 

1/4"  = 6 mm

 

1/2"  = 12 mm

 

3/4"  = 19 mm

 

1"     =  25 mm

 

These approximations are just a poofteenth out, but over a 10 ft length using 1" ~ 25 mm will have you 2% (60 mm) shorter than using 1 " ~ 25.4 mm (60 mm)

 

Since quality hardware used in aircraft of all types is mainly made in the USA, then get yourself some rulers marked in imperial units and learn the duodecimal system, and its  common lengths in divisions of 1/32"

I was using an approximation in the wrong place here. The inch approximations are a poofteenth short of the metric conversion. These small distances relate to lengths and diameters of bolts, rivets, screws, washers and other hardware. When I said that a 10 ft length would be 2% shorter if the approximation 1" = 25 mm was used instead of 1" = 2.54 mm, this error would not occur when cutting a length of tubing for an airframe. Obviously, if the plan said to use a 10' length, then you would cut it at 3048 mm, which can be measured easily.

 

If you can't find a ruler marked in the appropriate imperial divisions of an inch, have a look here https://www.printablerulers.net/ where you can download a PDF file that is accurate in scale and you can print the PDF and stick the paper to a rigid strip of material. I needed a ruler marked at 1/10th-inch so I printed a PDF of what I needed and stuck the paper to on old plastic ruler.

 

Most electronic vernier caliper readouts can be switched from metric to Imperial.