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Affordable VH aircraft !.

The Better Grob planes are now up to $12,100,  

Still cheaper than that Corolla.

Three or four days to go.

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"    not having an ‘apparatus licence’ for VHF radiocoms; and small boats were far more compliant with only 60% failing to have an apparatus licence for their vhf radios. "

I'm Not surprised, with the Mad inspector's sitting in their car waiting for the boaties coming home. Just to get abused by a Radio licence inspector, 

I Personally saw an inspector at Berowra waters ramp, Take the Radio out of a boat & put it under the Wheel of his car to crush it.

The law said Have a radio in your boat for safety. then fine you for having one for Emergency use. No information from them at that time for training !. Unless you go HF. as I did.

Then they want Two licences. 

AND

For safety your radio WILL change channels just as you got to 'your area' weather forecast. Channel 16 Priority over rides the weather channel.

Now they gone to the Useless short-Range uhf. 

Incoming vessels have to report 24 hours Before docking. BUT uhf Can't be heard from that distance, so another Fine, from the Revenuers.

Blooodi Bureaucrats.

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The one positive about having a large negative G in your wing design would be that ' splat ' of your next Heavy landing. 

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IF you buy 95 mogas then test, to find it Has ,ethanol , ! What can you do, tip it inside  the servo to peeoff the innocent checkout operator.

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FANTASTIC  !.

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" and remember you have one life and IF you are a Dinosaur then EOL is not far off ".

NO: I Am on my second Life.

I had a Terminal disease when very young and woke up in the Morgue . so the story was told.

Plus about 7 years in hospital. proving the " Dead Walk this Earth ". No preschooling for me, that's why l didn't gel with Teacher's.

Doing good I think.

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 Yes they are flogged, A lot have prop issues, BUT, Put on a fixed pitch prop ( for RAA when they take Old VH planes ).

But,

How  many Recreational flyers will get through   11199 hr TTR.

To do what others have said, takes a bit of courage to face those that took away my confidence.

AND  , still not fit enough to just 'jump in & do it'.

If there was a place ( farmer airstrip  ) away from ' the maddening crowds ' 

l could just play at the pretake-off scenero. No stress, or worry, just take my time, as slow as l am, 

Just a dream !.

AND Don,t forget, l will be playing to their tune, not a 10 but 95.

OR l go  VH Experimental. 

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Affordable VH aircraft !.

Grob,s at $ 5,000, Cheaper than a Corolla.

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And the larger the capacity, the lager the fuel used.

Surely if you Have to use low octane fuel, a drop of Oil will help. Like in the old days  !,Lovely smell of Caster oil at most race-car tracks.

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Just those First.Big eater,s. LoL

Iv,e grandsons like that.

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Compliance 

Most states for ' gas cooker appliances ' Do Not require a ompliance plate  .

IF

Said cooker is  Not fixed / fastend in.

Just bring ' gas bottle ' to cooker, couple up &cook !.

BUT

Put just one screw in & your caught by  Beauraucrasy.

Remember PORTABLE.

It shows how UNSAFE Beauraucrasy makes things that should be simple.

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Now back to planes !, still going Cheap at Jandakot, Slattery auction.

In NSW it seems ' cleanliness ' is all thet want !, in the fact if the inspector gets his hands dirty, you have Faild.

An aquentenance failed to get his exarmy truck registered because of dirt ontop of the fuel tank !.

( UNIMOG)

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I,m in complete agreement with jackc !.

The ford truck ( 1 tonner ) was fitted with a ' winnibago ' camper back.

ALL LEGAL !, untill you put you food and drinks in the cupboards AND the wife in the passenger seat.

The it is over the weight limit for driving on a standard car licence.

The co pany didn,t give a ssheet. How many times you got fined..

Untill someone took it to the courts.

Holden imported the ' Jackaroo 4x4.

 Compliance plated as a 5 seater, even tho it has 7 seats.

Only South Australia fined each one they stopped. 

BY

Which tokens all Jackaroo,s should be retested with TWO seats !, then with THREE seats !, then another one untill you have SIX compliance plates. 

 JUST to please the Beauraucrates.  They are still ilegal in SA, & you will cop a fine.

Crazy.

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Arn,t those ' tinitach ' sealed units ?.

BUT cheap enough to replace.

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Those 'double ear' type  have always leaked when using a standard crimper. ( crimp then turn over to crimp the other ear ).

never good.

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Same goes for those tourist planes on Fraser lsland.

AND, there,s a lot more beach goers around the landind area.

One bad just of wind, then people Will be scrambling for their lives !.

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Until that

BIG REVOLUTION.

Then the proverbial poop hits the fan !

and

Starts the poopfight

The new microlights Don.t need an airfield as such, & will fly, then disappear Before the Cops & CASA gets  off their derriere. 

There WAS a PP training group in Richmond, ( noisy sods ), but were chased out. Autogyro's in Eastern-Creek area. long gone.

How long before the RAA get the push.

All go to VH with the Big boys.

Unless the American 103 gets here.

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BUT

Were are the Flying fields that LET the UNLICENCED have a go.

I only know ONE !.

Well north of Dubbo NSW . yet it seems That I need to go & spend at least a couple of weeks there, just to run the Taxiing, from the first slow ( is it aiming were l point it ) run.

to that High speed pre-take-off run, that will get my Heart pumping like crazy.

The second one l found is !!

Fly in and Fly out. NO road to that out post. ( any takers for the ' Care takers ' job ( NOT HAD A HOLIDAY IN MANY YEARS  )) He said.

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BUT

With all those home built airframes AND motors Not all LAMES  would be qualified !.

I Hear Carbon-Fibre airframes cannot be repaired by Most LAMES.

and the One who specialises Wants Half the aircraft SHARES as well as money. 

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ME 

Never flew again, just no confidence to waste my money on feathering flight-schools nest.

AND dropped both flying club plus RAA, Gave my wife a Trip overseas with my flying money.

Now have to get my Leg over !.

-THAT high cockpit combing, So I can dream of ' Soaring like an eagle '.

Watch those gauges, feel that vibration, and hear that Roar of the motor.

Ahh "such is life" ! 

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Then why did some people do ,TIFF,S  on a beach? .

I personaly thought it was a great introduction to Triking. If l had time l would have taken a trip then & there !.

AND

Didn,t a group of trikes go around this island on the beaches, On tv. And made the news !.

I didn,t hear of any convictions.

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TIME

I found that was a problem in my training !.

being quite happy to dawdle along at 65 mph, not a lot of force on the controls at that speed,

And plenty of time to remember all that bumfish & BUMMMFITCHH stuff, along with radio procedures, ON FINALS. that old hands take for Granted.

Then the CFI wants to go home early and has you roaring along at 80 mph, All controls are heavier than used to.

,No time between going from one part of lesson to the next !. Getting behind with the radio And holding tightly to the joystick with Fingers crushing the transmit button ON. The CFI Not happy, 

Ho, for the Old days, without that fear of Not getting every thing in the right order, and to enjoy a sunday,s flying.

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Surly the rules of ' over flying the intended landing zone ' Will alert the resident fauna  ( animal the is ) that the SKY is falling.

BUT

it doesn't apply to Emergency landings I believe !.

IT IS illegal to land on the Highway. But it still happens.  

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At Rainbow beach Queenslandd,

A trike group were doing trips for tourist.

I think it was legit as had to fill in that old libility waver card.

Off the sand and area roped off.

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