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I'll take the points and that quid. Pre-war Renaults mostly had that unique double sloper enclosed grille.

I also misinterpreted the number plate, RCS-026. I thought it stood for Renault C5 - 1926, but as Bex says, the inter-war Renaults had a funny bonnet.

Pretty little car, though. It reminds me of Brum, who is from Birmingham, but, like a lot of TV stars, made his money and retired to the Cotswolds, and now lives in Bourton-on-the-Water.

I can give a small hint on the car ... it’s French.

The Devil made him do it.

The Lord is my co-pilot. I often call on His assistance during crosswind landings in turbulent conditions. Many's the time I've called his name when a gust has hit the lower wing just as I flare ' "Jesus Christ!!!!!!"

There's also this one: The Switchblade aerocar http://www.samsonmotorworks.com/switchblade

Reminds me of a Reliant Robin.

Is that why they put the engines on backwards?

Another example of the Aussie Spirit being corrupted by America's Rule No 1: Make money for yourself before you do anything for anyone else.

Pierre, a French fighter pilot, takes his girlfriend, Marie, out for a pleasant little picnic by the River Seine. It's a beautiful day, and love is in the air. Marie leans over to Pierre and says, "Pierre kiss me!" Pierre grabs a bottle of Merlot wine and splashes it on Marie's Lips. "What are you doing, Pierre?" says the startled Marie.

"I am Pierre the fighter pilot! When I have red meat, I have red wine!" She smiles and they start kissing.

When things began to heat up a little, Marie says, "Pierre, kiss me lower." Pierre tears her blouse open, grabs a bottle of Chardonnay and starts pouring it all over her breasts. "Pierre! What are you doing?" asks the bewildered Marie.

"I am Pierre the fighter pilot! When I have white meat, I have white wine!"

They resume their passionate interlude and things really steam up. Marie leans close to his ear and whispers, "Pierre, kiss me lower!" Pierre rips off her underwear, grabs a bottle of Cognac, and pours it in her lap. He then strikes a match and lights it on fire. Marie shrieks and dives into the river. Standing waist deep in the water, Marie throws her arms upwards and screams furiously, "Pierre, what in the hell do you think you're doing?"

Pierre stands up, defiantly, and says, "I am Pierre the fighter pilot! When I go down, I go down in flames!"

It's been photoshopped. The original background was a grassy paddock.

For the lexiconographers: Notice how this product name (Photoshop) has joined other software products like Google have dropped the first letter capital and becomes verbs which refer to the use of the same or similar software to carry out the functions available in the original proprietary product.

If I recall correctly, his 'previous one' was a recalcitrant nose wheel on a twin coming into Essendon about a year ago.

One would hope that the cause was a micro-switch out of alignment - an easy fix and something that would be noticed in other similar aircraft during a 100 hourly. Worst case would be that the investigation uncovered a problem in design or manufacture of a component that would require the issue of an airworthiness notice.

In the most recent case, the cause for the Dunlops not coming down was a screw up on the control column. Fully explained. No need to malign the plane. Cured with "I must check 3 greens on Final" written on the blackboard one hundred times.

SQDI,

Where can we meet up, on an open, multi-laned road? Just let me come across on you and prop. By your reckoning, you'll owe me a new car.

could also be both the car and the truck driver were physically there, but, mentally - were way, way, away somewhere else

1 second: Car is in Lane 2 approaching Route sign, with nothing to obstruct the view.

4 seconds: Car changes from Lane 2 to Lane 1 without indicating.

7 seconds:Truck driver observes car moving slowly in lane ahead and comes off the throttle (listen to the engine brake cut in to slow the truck)

12 seconds: Green light becomes visible in the recording

17 seconds: light changes from green to amber.

This sequence took 17 -18 seconds to occur. During that time, the truck driver reacted in about 6 to 7 seconds. That is a reaction time that indicates the driver was right on the ball, fully attentive to his task.

The fact that the green light changed to amber 17 seconds into the recording indicates that the light had been green for almost all of its time sequence, so it would be expected that as the car approached it, it was permissible to continue into the intersection.

I put to the Court that the collision was caused by the actions of the car driver, and the Defendant (truck driver) was not in breach of any Australian Road Rule, in particular Rule 126, as the car moved into the path of the truck, which at no time prior to the move was "following" the car in lane 1. I put it to you, M'lud, that the Defendant is innocent of any wrong-doing, and that if any rule is to be applied, it should be Rule .303, applied to the car driver.

We are all driving under legislation called the Australian Road Rules. This is a body of legislation dealing with the use of motor vehicles on public roads and road related areas. The content of the legislation was agreed to by representatives of each State and Territory so that everyone across the continent would operate in the same way. Each State, however, maintained its sovereignty over the Law in its domain, so that each State was permitted to add minor things to it.

Australian Road Rules

The Australian Road Rules were implemented in 1999 and have been regularly updated since then. Each state and territory adopts the Australian Road Rules in its own legislation. With minor exceptions, the Australian Road Rules are applied consistently in each state and territory.

While Rule 126 might seem to apply to the incident involving the truck, you should review the tape and listen to the sound of the engine of the truck. The truck driver was backing off well before the car propped. You also have to apply the "reasonable person" rule. Watch the tape an imagine yourself driving as you normally do. Wouldn't it be your reasonable expectation that with the left lane clear of traffic are far as can be seen, the car would continue on in the left lane?

As I said, the truck driver was travelling where he should have been, at what seems to be a reasonable speed for the conditions when the car driver created an unsafe situation which the truck driver could not avoid by the employment of a safe action. If I was the investigating Constable, I'd have no hesitation in reporting the driver of the car for 'Negligent Driving", ie driving in a way that is unsafe for other persons using the road at that time. And I'd subpoena the camcorder tape as prima facie evidence.

One might think that the Law is black and white, but it is open to the defence of exception.

Here is the incident, watch the cars brakelights.Dashcam footage of a truck and car colliding sparks heated blame game on social media

There is almost no situation where the runner-up- the-bum is in the right.

Do you really think that the Constable who books you for a two-bob bum shunt really knows the Law? I'm afraid that the average General Duties Constable who would attend such a prang is ignorant of the Law, and will often just issue a ticket because that's what his Buddy Partner told him to do when he was a Probationary Constable, learning the Job. And the Buddy Partner had been taught the same error.

The reason that these Constables are not taken to task in the witness box is because people have unfounded faith in the level of knowledge of the Law that Police possess. Also, if you show a Court that a Constable doesn't know the Law, a Magistrate will still be loath to reimburse your expanses.

Typical Kochie comment. His farts have more intelligent comment than what comes out of his mouth.

A day or so ago Sunrise showed dashcam footage from a truck which ran into the rear of a car which had suddenly stopped in a traffic-free lane, probably because he driver was lost at an intersection.

That fool Kochie said that if you hit anybody from behind, you are in the wrong.

Sorry Mr Koch LLB. The footage showed

1: Dangerous driving by the car driver for stopping in a clear traffic lane for no observable reason

2: An unavoidable collision between the truck and car caused by the driver of the car doing something the road traffic laws have been created to prevent.

The truck driver had a reasonable expectation that a car travelling in the left hand lane of a multi-lane road on the approach to an intersection on the right hand side would not just stop without any turning indication.

Kochie is a moron with a TV show. As for his economic advice, I wouldn't act on it to spend a penny if I had diarrhea.

I wonder what would happen if CASA employees were told that they had to pass the professional drivers' medical to maintain their employment.

One way to get rid of Fat Cats.

Beats me how this thing operated in the Western Desert. All beach and no surf.

ADF Serials - Grumman Goose

Here is the list of conditions that disqualify a person from obtaining a RAMPC:

Recreational pilot medical disqualifying conditions | Civil Aviation Safety Authority

It's amazing that they don't include foot odour and haemorrhoids.

Welcome to the "Marked Men" Club. From now on you will have to bear the burden of proof that any prior medical condition that you have mentioned will not impinge, in the slightest way, on the safe conduct of any operation of an aircraft.

Who knows? You dodgy knee could lock up and prevent you from operating the rudder or toe brake pedal. As for asthma! The merest whiff of some pollutant in the air could shut down your whole respiratory system without warning.

We can't have a medical disaster zone let loose in Australia's safe skies.

Here's a hypothetical: A patient comes to you and requests an angiogram. They do manual laboring, and the company doctor has created a policy that workers over 50 must have an angiogram because they don't want people to have a heart attack on the job. There are no indications they need it, but if they don't get the test they will lose their job. Do you do the test?

Access for the pilot is improved by making a separate trailing edge section over the top of the fuselage and hinging it from the rear spar. When you want to get in, you unlock the folding section, flip it up and climb in.

Then fold down and lock into place for flight.

Access to the front cockpit is a real contortionist's act. If I was building one, I would design a hatch that was hinged on a stringer, and swung outwards like a car door.

Whoops, sorry about that. You blokes look too much alike!

I really don't think that there is an "authentic" Pietenpol. Even its designer made changes over the years. While the airframe and wings have remained much the same as the prototype, the powerplant has tended to be whatever the builder can access. I doubt if the plane has much scope for improvement in performance. Perhaps one could build one using aluminium tubing for the airframe in place of wood, and foam wing ribs instead of wooden sticks. Use that heat shrink covering material and no one would know the difference. (Although some adjustment of weight&balance might be needed)

I suppose some Millennial might want to put a glass cockpit into one, but that would be a personal choice, which I would not condemn, but it would not be my style.

I don't know why anyone would use a Model A engine at all,

Some recently built Pietenpols have Subaru engines. The beauty of the Corvair is that it is a 6 cylinder engine, which means that it runs smoother than a 4 cylinder engine since with a 6 cylinder there are more power strokes per 720 degrees of crankshaft rotation.

BEWARE THE TROLL UNDER THE BRIDGE!!

Forget about cardiac matters in passing a Heavy Vehicle Driver's medical. The most common way to fail this medical is to have a Body Mass Index over 35.

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That means that if you weigh over 110 kg you are nudging the line. Then they send you off for a sleep apnoea test, which, if you are past late middle age, will show that you have a degree of sleep apnoea. Then you have to get a CPAP machine costing about $2000 and use it every night. Just in case you nod off while shooting circuits or taking a local area scenic flight.