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20 shillings X 12 pence ? .

I make it 480 halfpennies .

Only  one of 480 went to the starving recipients. 

Very bad charity there,.

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Student pilot

Some time ago,

A ' global charity ' was caught out when the directors , were living it up and were driving Rolls Royce cars .

in London UK.

Of the 240 pennies in the pound collected,  only one halfpenny  went to the needy .

That stopped any donations from everybody  that I knew of.

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The screams perhaps ! .

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Who ?.

SWMBO .

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Please excuse .

According to a battery maker ,

LFP batteries will take all  th amps your alternator will produce & make it get hot . Leading to alternator failure ..

Don't shoot the messenger. LoL

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If you manage to get to the " painted hills " grab a few pics for  me please .

When I visited , I forgot my camera was ' under my seat ' . LoL

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Somewhere gets theirs for $ 200 . that's cheap .

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And,  NO livestock.

A parachutist friend landed safely in a field, 

But was ' hospitalised by the horse stampede ' .

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At Last ! .

A really good aeroplane. 

All the kids favourite , and of course cheap. 

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I thought it was about the ' cold engine seizing ' 

Have we all learnt that lesson  now , & there will be  no-more " engine out on takeoff " .

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Just my ' piece of paper ' that says " registered as " 95-10-1103 .

Stamped & engraved into the aircraft parts .

And ' money changed hands ' .( rego fee ) .

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I was suffering from a crook hip. ( Now replaced ) .

Taking large doses of pain killer pills .

Then told by my ' CFO ' I'll never get that RAA flight certificate .

now it's my eyes  , going to get measured for new lenses on the 23 this month, then that

365 day wait for the operation,  ( the letter came today ) so a long long wait & hope 

I don't loose my eyesight by that time .

The 19- registration is possible : if I  had any chance of getting that elusive certificate. 

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Spacesailor said ! .

My aircraft was registered under " AUF " without problems . 95-10-1103 .

RAA was audited , then I was told , " when attempting to get " final inspection " .

out of specification  for 95- 10 category.  

when attending an airshow , I approached a RAA official who told me to lie for the 

" grandfather  clause " .

that would have left me open to a fine for ' unlicenced flight '  & unregistered aircraft .

At no time was I informed  by RAA about the impending change to my registration .

There is no " safety problems " with the Hummel design . In fact it appears a really same aircraft

To have your crash in .

It is also very twitchy for a low hour pilot .

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It does what is needed. 

Very well written , thanks .

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I believe that the 95-10 ' wing loading ' is not applicable to VH EXPERIMENTAL  .

Am I wrong ? .

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That's correct.  Marilyn Monroe did a photo-shoot ( before becoming famous ) at the drone factory were she worked .

Norma Jean at work .

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Dave Kings plane .

Rotax 503 , 19-1943 Hummel Bird . Highly polished .

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I met a flyer  ( at the springs pool ), who flew from Brisbane to Birdsville then on to "Dellhousie Springs " , rangers airstrip , just to have a " skinny dip " with his girlfriend., at the time of " Birdsville races " .

Hummel wih a 503 .

Check out Dave King 's 19-1945 ( memory check needed ) .

The fastest is.

Four pot two stroke mcCalloch 72 hp.

Also a Brian Gabriel built his with a 503 Rotax. 

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Mr Porche designed it well .

The longest production run of any engine,  to my recollection,  in the world .

Only needed " electronically controlled ignition " , to bring it to modern specifications. 

Cheap to run & maintain. 

Half a litre of oil per change , and six litres of fuel per hour to fly .

" 10,000 miles is recommended oil change for cars " .

but most change at 7,500 miles .  

If you object to VW-Porche look at Subaru . If you can carry that weight . 150 to 200 klgm 

38.5 kgs " air-cooled VW " ( 2 cylinder ) 36 hp .

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Stall 45 mph .

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There is/was a fair few motors for the Hummels .

I liked the " McCoy four pot two stroke at 72 hp .

No problems with " underpowered " a bit of the opposite! , .flying to fast .

Had to have " wing fuel tanks " to carry enough fuel to go anywhere. 

RAA 29 April 2012 page 2 , 68 posts. 

We still think about what could have been . ( 16 builders gave it away  ) .

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Don't let it get you down ! .

' Autocide' ( USoA  ) is a new word & illegality  for suicide by automobile. 

my daughter. ( ses ) had to attend one , between Orange & Dubbo NSW ..

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Now let's put our shoulders to get " FAA Part 103 "  here in Australia 

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F D ,

My reply to the BIASED VIDEO !.

Facebook is a godsend for parents,  that can see their offspring when they're overseas .

It also cost's a fraction of ATT & Telstra obscene charges .

First hand , $80 for 8 minutes Australia to England ! , forty years ago . ( $10 per minute ) on Telstra home-phone.

Their reply to my query  " pay or be disconnected " .

Cheaper on their public phone . That I used,  untill " optus " .

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