old man emu

This has been posted before, but it is well worth viewing in you are interested in aircraft engines.

definitely not "PC" (WW2 terms as regards the natives, were not flattering terms!)

At least Australians of that time can say that they did not reject resident non-Europeans who answered the call to the Colours. We didn't segregate Aborigines in our Forces as the Americans did with their non-Europeans.

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kangaroos and emus need to be cleared before landing.

Knowing the Further Effect of Controls can save your life.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihAEyZ25qfU

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I have had chicks rip my heart from its mountings . . . . . But I'm still here

Mr Rigney should broaden his span of research. The "Brisbane Line" was considered, and discarded, by the Australian War Council in February 1942, a month before the Mighty Macarthur fled his command in the Phiilipnes and landed in Australia. So he did not propose it. His plan was to stop the Japanese before they could land on Australia. That is why the Kakoda Track campaign and the Battle of the Coral Sea were fought.

"The Brisbane Line" - Was it fact or was it a myth?

Junkers used to make a quite effective wind driven siren. The Jericho Trumpet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCB8ZVxKqyI

It would seem that the block training idea gets the nod, but it should be planned to start with 2 x 1 hr flights per day for the first five days. Other things being equal, that should put the average student close to first solo. Then take two days off to repair your domestic relationship. Repeat the next week which should definitely have first solo attained by the end of the week (hopefully by mid-week).

Under any system, you should try to fly during the week when all the Wing Commanders (Hangar) are off at work.

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When I was learning to fly, I did so in blocks during Uni vacation time, or my annual holidays from work. That way I didn't tend to forget each lesson. I also had to take into account that I am unfortunate sufferer of the fear of getting motion sickness (air sick in this case, Aeronausiphobia).

I found that I could do three one hour flights per day at 0800, 1200 and 1500. This gave me time to prepare for the tasks required in each lesson; to adequately debrief, and to recover from any ill effects of the flight. I also found that constant exposure to motion in the air in this way reduced the aeronausiphobia as the week wore on, letting me concentrate more on the training and less on searching for barf bags.

As to how long would it take a particular person to obtain a pilot's licence/certificate. see http//:www. how long is a piece of string? All I can say that is a person who follows the block training system would reach the goal in fewer hours than the one hour per week trainee.

I must add that I was able to buy my training in a package at a set rate. Something like $17.50 per hour.

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comment about yanks and steering wheels asking, "Have you ever seen the size of the bugger in a DC3 lad ? ? ? " I remarked that I had not.. . .Phil.

Capt. Oveur: You ever been in a cockpit before?

Joey: No sir, I've never been up in a plane before.

Capt. Oveur: You ever seen a grown man naked?

Quote from "Flying High"

Here is another place to go looking. About

The section that is of most interest to aviaphiles is the War Letters. Some great artwork.

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I came across this Australian site. Well worth spending some time on.

GEOFF GOODALL'S AVIATION HISTORY SITE

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Apparently the "Pans for Spitfires" was simply a morale booster. The aluminium that the pots were made from was not suitable for the manufacture of Duralumin. Duralumin is 95% aluminium, 4% copper, 0.5% magnesium, and 0.5% manganese.

Applications

Aluminium alloyed with copper (Al-Cu alloys), which can be precipitation hardened, are designated by the International Alloy Designation System as the 2000 series. Typical uses for wrought Al-Cu alloys include:[8]

• 2011: Wire, rod, and bar for screw machine products. Applications where good machinability and good strength are required.
   
   
  
• 2014: Heavy-duty forgings, plate, and extrusions for aircraft fittings, wheels, and major structural components, space booster tankage and structure, truck frame and suspension components. Applications requiring high strength and hardness including service at elevated temperatures.
   
   
  
• 2017 or Avional (France): Around 1% Si.[9] Good machinability. Acceptable resistance to corrosion in air and mechanical properties. Also called AU4G in France. Used for aircraft applications between the wars in France and Italy.[10] Also saw some use in motor-racing applications from the 1960s,[11] as it is a tolerant alloy that could be press-formed with relatively unsophisticated equipment.
   
   
  
• 2024: Aircraft structures, rivets, hardware, truck wheels, screw machine products, and other structural applications.
   
   
  
• 2036: Sheet for auto body panels.
   
   
  
• 2048: Sheet and plate in structural components for aerospace application and military equipment.
   
   
  

I know precisely what you mean. . . when the Missus asks, 'Does my bum look big in this ? ?' You realise instantly what lethal ground you're standing upon and that ONE wrong word could mean instant death. . .

There is a control-line flying site on Milperra Road, Milperra, about 200 metres east of Henry Lawson Drive on the opposite side of the road from the old Hawker de Haviland factory. I see old fellows flying there of a Sunday morning. They have two fenced-off rings with well maintained grass surfaces.

No noise complaints there!

Your recall of the Wellington incident is correct. However, I think that airman had the advantage of a tether being held by another crewman. Doesn't detract from his bravery, though.

Yeah, but ...

Local NIMBYs will be on the phone to police before you could get out to your control line handle.

Local Councils prohibit the flying of planes in their parks.

Try living on a main feeder road in a residential area. Holden utes and Subaru WRXs with non-standard exhaust systems screaming past at 100+ db. Harley-Davidsons blaring through straight-through pipes. Or worse, the Keith Moon wannabe battering away at his skins for hours on end.

What gets complained of? The occasional Piper or Cessna flying overhead at 1500 feet. It's ironic to note how many of these NIMBYs get to their annual holiday in Bali or Thailand by flying. They never seem to think of how the flight crew developed an interest in aviation.

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The book about that airline was called 'Bird of the Islands' . . .can't remember the Author's name though.

Bit of an "also ran" . Not bad at mid-air oil top ups over the Tasman Sea. Wasn't too bad with the compass and whizz-wheel.

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The aviation museum at Narromine has a photo or two of surplus Mosquitoes being towed off by farmers as a source of nuts and bolts for farm machinery. Such inglorious endings for so many of our wartime tools, but that's what happens when you beat your swords into ploughshares.

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Hear his grandson keeps goal for Bayern München

I watch one of the shows in the 'Aircraft Restoration" series on Foxtel. It was about a bloke in England who built himself a replica Fokker Dr1 (Triplane). He used Oratex.

What interested me was that he did the rib stitching before he did the heat shrinking. I can only surmise that by doing it in that order, the covering is not likely to tear at the needle holes. Of course he applied pinked tape (also Oratex) over the rib stitching as one would do if using Ceconite et al. He used a small iron which look to be the same type used by scale modellers when applying a similar type of heat shrunk covering to their aircraft.

I posted a link to the American supplier's site early on in this discussion. There are several videos showing how the job is done. Well worth watching.

I can only suggest that if several of you want to use this product, you band together to import one big order, although you will each probably want a different colour.

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The rule is that if the speed limit is over 80 Kph on a multi-lane road you must keep left unless overtaking. The no overtaking on left applies to single lane roads, unless the vehicle being overtaking is making a right-hand turn. No overtaking on the left on multi-lane roads is the rule in Europe/Britain where the heavy/slow vehicles obey the rule to travel in the kerbside lane.

I love it that no one travels in the left lane of multi-lane roads. Leaves them free for me to fly along, until I come up to a Learner or P-plater who wants to be a smartarze and obey the rules. It is quite legal in Australia to overtake a slower moving vehicle on the left on a multi-lane road.

ROAD RULES 2014 - REG 141

No overtaking etc to the left of a vehicle

141 No overtaking etc to the left of a vehicle

(1) A driver (except the rider of a bicycle) must not overtake a vehicle to the left of the vehicle unless:

(a) the driver is driving on a multi-lane road and the vehicle can be safely overtaken in a marked lane to the left of the vehicle, or

(b) the vehicle is turning right, or making a U-turn from the centre of the road, and is giving a right change of direction signal and it is safe to overtake to the left of the vehicle, or

© the vehicle is stationary and it is safe to overtake to the left of the vehicle.

ROAD RULES 2014 - REG 130

Keeping to the left on a multi-lane road

130 Keeping to the left on a multi-lane road

(1) This rule applies to a driver driving on a multi-lane road if:

(a) the speed limit applying to the driver for the length of road where the driver is driving is over 80 kilometres per hour, or

(b) a keep left unless overtaking sign applies to the length of road where the driver is driving.

Rule 130 (1) is the most disobeyed rule in the book, including speeding and driving whilst intoxicated - drug or alcohol.

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Nah, but I knew a bloke who had a glass eye.

His father had a crystal ball.

Aww sh|t. Clover Moore is going to demand bicycle lanes on runways now.

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While on this subject I would be interested to here tips and opinion on how difficult or otherwise it is to remove fabric from a wood airframe? What is the best way to do this?Wayne

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