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OME

I wonder how many landings they get before they have to repaint the keel.

I think that you have mis-quoted the nutplate part number. I think it should be MS21075L3. Give Dave Dent at QED Aircraft Parts and Hardware (02 464551514) a call.

Do you have a part identifier for the blind rivet? Dave should have those also - as well as the screws.

"Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor couldn't confirm that Ford was piloting

Chewy's response to the FAA investigators:

Actually, I thought he had gone off on a celebratory bender after Parliament passed the Bill to initiate Article 50.

OME

Wasn't having a go Mate, merely offering some information for the Plebs.

Bex,

I'm not disagreeing with what you said, but you should have read the caveat in my post:

Using the colours of the deposits on the plugs in the attached photo, which colour is closest to the residue on your heads? (Disregard the labelling at this stage)

OME

I Cannock express my joy Otherton say: "Welcome back!"

Anyway, he is well and good, just very busy with work.

Still no excuse for going NOSAR-NO DETAILS.

OME

Maybe we should try this:

Call Phil ---07973 940222

Got it from the Staffordshire Aero Club website. Is Otherton Phil's home field?

OME

What is the penalty to be applied to a member who takes off on a NoSAR-No Details flight?

OME

Hot or cold plug - Are the plugs the type and rating called for by the engine manufacturer?

Plugs tight enough - Check that plugs are torqued to correct value

The pictures I posted are from a car source, so the fuel used by them would have been mogas.

Assuming that the colour of the deposit is similar to the "lean" plug, then an examination of the mixture strength would be a sensible step. For starters, are you fuel consumption figures LOWER that similar age angines and the manufacturer's published claims?

OME

The stuff I think is lead oxide residue. It is light brown with darker bits but not much carbon black.

I think that before getting too deep into avgas -v- mogas we should decide if the problem relates some other controllable source.

Now we start wonderng to whom Jerry_Attrick is sending a PM.

You know things are crook when the gum trees start dropping leaves and shedding bark.

OME

I know!

He's piled the missus into his car and gone down to St Albans to check out the new Bunnings!

OME

Was thinking the same myself. The weather has been a tad chilly +2C Max, -1C min. Maybe he's frozen to his keyboard. How about we all fill a jar with +40C heat and express mail it to him. He could open the jars, warm himself then fill the jars with -1C chill and send them back to us.

OME

Posting a conflicting opinion of what someone has posted should never be taken as a lack of respect. Actually, it shows respect to the original post as it reveals that some consideration has been given to the first opinion.

Enough syncopathy.

When I said that drone flying would not aid the transfer to flying a person-carrying aircraft, I was restricting myself to that activity. It is without doubt that the ability to operate remotely controlled aerial surveillance or ordnance delivery system will be an essential skill in the future. That is a good skill to develop in the minority of young people who wish to possess it. My priority, however, is to the majority of young people who will require the skills to operate ground transport vehicles in a safe manner. That's why I would support the provision of Driver Education before Drone Education.

OME

Police swoop on light plane, arrest pilot over drug supply

Most of the airports/airfields in Australia are lands in private or Local Government hands. The major capital city secondary airports are still Commonwealth property often under the control of a leaseholder.

State police have the authority to prosecute people for most day-to-day offences against Commonwealth law. They don't have to hand matters over to the Feds for prosecution.

Finally, the average Australian has a very good cooperative relationship with our police. Sure we bitch and moan when we get pinged for the usual type of traffic offence, but we don't want to be as the Yanks are portrayed: uncooperative, offensive and distrustful of police.

And now begins the litany of "This bloody copper booked me for .... Why wasn't he out chasing the real crims?"

OME

I thought it might be amusing to collect journalist's abysmal incident reports into an archive.

Here's one from England.

Google - Light aircraft crashes in field near A1 - Peterborough Telegraph

OME

Forget about praising the trained pilot who carried out a standard procedure. Let's all contact the Riverine Herald and praise the journo who actually correctly identified the aircraft involved, and resisted the urge to have a Cessna plummet from the skies.

"He was able to glide the plane down and land on its wheels in a paddock."

OME

Ahh! I forgot about your plane, IanR. I thought that the owner of the yellow one might have been you as I didn't look at the date you joined here.

Luckily for you, yours flies.

OME

Haha I like your enthusiasm but unfortunately the most I'll be able to do is one hour a week, that's why I've been told it may be more likely to take around 40 hours to get my RPL.

Flying is just like driving a car. It's practice, practice, practice.

OME

About the only way to minimise the number of hours before first solo is to

1. Organise to take a block of holiday leave in Autumn when the weather tends to be more stable.
    
    
   
2. Before Autumn hit the theory books and complete all necessary pre-solo exams.
    
    
   
3. Come Autumn, book three flights per day with your flight training organisation: 0900, 1200, 0300.
    
    
   
4. Be sure to take wholesome food and drink so that you can replenish and rehydrate after the morning and midday flights.
    
    
   
5. Take every opportunity between those flights to sit in the same type of aircraft and go over your previous lesson in thought and deed.
    
    
   
6. Try to avoid aviation horror stories and ill-informed hangar talk. Trust your books, your instructor and your instruments.
    
    
   

If you follow this regime, you should be solo close to the minimum hours. Any variation will depend on your own degree of brain/hand/feet coordination.

It's not rocket science. Orville went solo on the first day he tried powered flight.

OME