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heat, which was of paramount importance, due to the humidity and drop in temperature in her venturi.

At this point Brine got so excited, he forgot whether the switches had to be up, or down for a turn on.......

But "Shhhhhhhhhhhh I promise not to tell yer misses"

Sorry Bryn, your so fast and Nanna just loves that, but she added "you've always been the same"

onto say "so gimme more details about this full-size. You RAA blokes don't seem to measure up to those GA guys because I get the feeling in hand, the weights don't measure up to

"So what" retorted Nana, a lot of them are pretty cracked anyway, not that that helps much in case of Akmed the Aviator, who flew with loose nuts, much to the disappointment of his one-eyed came who'd really got the hump because.............

though the robber's dog model is very popular in Punchbowl. "We like it that way said Mustifa, though potato sacks normally contain more eyes than you can poke a stick at, but that's a no no, and doesn't cover the normally large baggage area" When I got married it was like a lucky-dip where all the good prizes had already been won............

OMG, what the hell did I start here?:peepwall:

Just thought you guys would love to see all those man-made bits working well in sequence, without any talk of failing through bolts.

Back to :peepwall:

How to Get to Mars. Very Cool!

My ex-wife reckons it's true, and she prefers it that way.

Thats wy she got re-married to a puppet, and Planey now always has a smile on his face:ecstatic:

A great read Eric, and congratulations on attaining your certificate.

I'm sure many will learn what to expect in their training from what you have written, and the additional comments from wise mentors like Motz

Well done!

And everyone else on here who cares!

And in any case ... that was a personal matter between Ian and the CEO what business is that of anyone elses?

Hi AllI think you all should be aware of what happened.

1. Here is the first letter from Steve Runciman:

 

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2. Here is my Solicitors reply...the letter and email (note: to the RAAus Secretary and NOT Steve Runciman personally as he requested):

 

Dear Secretary

 

Please find enclosed a copy of a letter mailed to the office last week on behalf of our client Mr Ian Baker.

 

Mr Baker allowed his pilot certificate to lapse some time ago because of health issues he was experiencing at the time. In our view, this was a sensible and highly responsible action taken by him and demonstrative of his careful and safety-conscious approach to his sport. He has now been cleared to fly again by his doctor and wishes to renew his certificate.

 

He has been somewhat alarmed by the communication he recently received from the President indicating that his “fitness” to be a member was under review and his membership placed on hold pending same. As you will see from the contents of our letter, we are now quite concerned that the President, and no doubt the CEO, have taken this unilateral action against Mr Baker for what appear to us to be personal reasons rather than being based in any real concern for the reputation of RAAus as a whole.

 

We strongly suggest that the Board consider the appropriateness of the subject action and the perception of bias it immediately raises. We expect that our client’s membership and pilot certificate will be granted without any undue delay and indicate that we are instructed to seek necessary legal recourse should this not occur.

 

Your Faithfully

 

Fitzroy Legal Service Inc

 

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3. The letter that arrived from Steve Runciman today:

 

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Please make up your own mind on what may be going on here

Hopefully, the perveyor of all this nonsense, will now be personably responsible for all legal expenses incurred!

Yeeeeeer Right?

We wish!.

I am surprised that there seems to be so little information available regarding this sad incident.

Like many on here, I would liked to have known more, and if the PIC made himself known, we could at least have offered a bit of moral support, if nothing else.

One can't help but wonder what advantage is to be gained, when incidents like this seem to be shrouded in mystery.

After all, information published, may possibly make another pilot aware of something which could potentially save a similar thing happening to them.

Possibly it's done on legal advice.

Maybe the aircraft was not even registered?

This thread should now be moved to the "Guess the plane" guessing competition.

If we get enough entries, surely someone must deserve a prize:happy dance:

I don't think so since super cats are low wing. This was a high wing like a Karaone. There was a Karaone built at Yarram a few years ago and it had a 1600 Jabbie.

Like you Mick, the refueler must have been skylarking around

Good one!

Thanks for posting that. Looks great, along with your flash new avitar.

Bet your hanging to take it up around the bay.

Certainly looks like a Bobcat, but I thought both the Bobcat and Supercat were built with timber frames.

Congratulations! Stew, Thats great news mate, you'll have to post a few pics when you get a chance.

Sorry we didn't have a chance to catch up last week, the holiday just flew by with so many prior commitments.

Kind regards

Alan

Since when did I give you the OK to publish my life story?

Always sad to hear that someones toy has come to grief, but the great news is that the PIC got away from it OK to fly another day

Not too long before we all get that Toyota feeling then and hopefully a bit more :plane:for those that deserve it.

Abominable................like the snowman hopefully, and warmer weather is on it's way:clap: