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    Typical upper class airline captain (grin).
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    homebuiltairplanes.com
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    Years ago, a friend hired his Mooney to an RAAF pilot. Taking off from Wagga following a Herc, apparently not waiting for wake turbulence to abate, he rolled at ground level, only saved by the Chrome/moly roll cage provided free to every Mooney occupant.
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    I flew our club's new Jab 170 yesterday with Dynon panel. Mate next to me said that he thought the ball on the display had a significant delay over the spirit ball in front of him. Is this a widespread observation from members who fly with Dynon? Bit of tread drift, sorry.
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    This topic was covered in some detail a few years ago. I think from memory Castrol 2T was the winner. Castro specialises in lubricating oils and most had good experience with it. Synthetic oils, people believed, had less persistence in maintaining a residual film between uses. FWIW. Just sayin'.Don
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    Echo Juliet Juliet shown above could be the one that I mentioned.
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    There's one based at Wedderburn. Has tip tanks, all that I know about it. Looks good.
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    Hahaha... AI can't tell a taildragger from a nose dragger. No threat to human existence from that direction!!!
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    I paqir Maybe useful to someone Located Canberra, PM me, Don
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    Anyone actually been to China? Should try the bullet trains. 320kmh and on time to the minute If you really don't know then best to find out some facts beforehand.
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    I had a laugh when America's much vaunted f35 had a hydraulics problem with its gear and, not finding a solution, the fbw simply gave up, deciding it preferred the ground and rushed to meet with it. BOOM it went, BOOM! Wasn't there a thread here about can't climb, can't turn...
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    Porsche, a division of the badly failing VW Group is suffering very poor sales in China. I can understand Chinese choosing local cars after seeing what they put out from local manufacturers. If they can put a lander on the moon and an orbiting lab in space they can make reliable tyres. Perhaps they think like we do and have no time for us. Wouldn't blame them if they bother to read what Hastie, Buffin Joyce, Albanese or Wrong etc mouth off.
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    Hey Danny, did I miss something?
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    China r may send gen 5-6 jets to allies. West keeps f22 to itsel https://www.rt.com/india/612351-russia-su-57-stealth-jet-india/
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    IMHO I'm not brainwashed. For an example of brainwashed (ie. Brain-dead) refer to Rutte calling DJT "daddy"! Hahaha.
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    If Russia abandons Ukraine the ethnic cleansing of Russian speakers will resume. Sorry, this thread is about Chinese supply/exports and my bad for thread drift. I'll desist respectfully from unrelated topics. Don
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    Our understanding of the 2 European conflicts underway is skewed by the outrageously slanted reporting of our established mass media. There are many alternative sources reachable through the internet. Searching *judge Napolitana, George Galloway, Nima, Paul Craig Roberts* and others brings one into touch with well researched and objective accounts furnished by well connected and independent analysts. The truth is there for them that wish to know.
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    The lead of China and Russia in space and defence technologies is not due to espionage or 'patent theft'. If that was true then hypersonic missiles and 6th gen fighters would already be deployed in US and other western nations. They're not. The west has dropped the ball through its clever by half tactic of using low wage nations to build things (every thing'). It's why the battle in Ukraine is hopelessly lost. The rest of the world can outproduce the west. Example:Russia is producing millions of drones leading to Ukraine ceding more and more territory. See my above statements re. China's lead in STEM graduates and their huge re investments in production technologies.
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    He gets 10mths while she gets off scott free, No justice at all. I do hear that the ICAC found a case of corrupt conduct against her!
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    Poor Darryl. Another's male falls victim to the honey trap!😅
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    Unintended consequences
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    I think that his biggest mistake was taking on the wallflower. She dumped him into it to save her own neck. Didn't work. Macguire was following an ancient, well worn model .
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    Danny, I take your point about *democracy*. Perhaps I should use the idea of magna carta. The principle first established in British law in 1217 meaning that all citizens are equal before the law. Law, in this regard, includes corporate law which provides (in theory) great penalties, including imprisonment, to be applied to transgressors.
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    Further to my point about 'the system' protecting wealth and power at all costs, we see that Qantas, (the red rat}, was let off extremely lightly with a fine of $90m for ILLEGALLY sacking almost 2,000 workers. In another allied legal decision it was found that $180m in compensation should be awarded to workers for the ILLEGAL ie. CRIMINAL act of sacking them without good cause. Where is the commonality in this? Why are petty shoplifters hauled before the courts on CRIMINAL charges and yet the likes of corporate boards (and govt ministers in the case of Robo-debt) get away with a tap on the bottom? Democracy is supposedc to mean that all are equal before the law. Haw haw haw.
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    #1 problem that I see is that advanced capitalism has shifted attention from material production to financial scams. By this I mean that corporate profits are distributed largely to proprietors instead of investing in productivity. We're all aware of share buy backs and bonus dividends which favour mainly directors and big shareholders. These result in 60% or more of profits being diverted to non productive capital accumulation. I believe that China returns up to 90% into capital spending ie. Research and development. Advantage of controlled economies.
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