Old Koreelah

Here is, old age at its best .

Larry and Bob, two friends, met in the park every day to feed the pigeons, watch the squirrels and discuss world problems.

One day Larry didn't show up. Bob didn't think much about it and figured maybe he had a cold or something.. But after Larry hadn't shown up for a week or so, Bob really got worried. However, since the only time they ever got together was at the park, Bob didn't know where Larry lived, so he was unable to find out what had happened to him.

A month had passed, and Bob figured he had seen the last of Larry, but one day, Bob approached the park and -- lo and behold -- there sat Larry! Bob was very excited and happy to see him and told him so. Then he said, 'For crying out loud Larry, what in the world happened to you?

Larry replied, 'I have been in jail.'

'Jail!' cried Bob. What in the world for?'

'Well,' Larry said, 'you know Jane, that cute little blonde waitress at the coffee shop where I sometimes go?'

'Yeah,' said Bob, 'I remember her. What about her?

'Well, she tried to threatened me with blackmail and then she filed rape charges against me.

I was so proud at 89 years old, when I got into court, I pleaded 'guilty'.

'The damn judge gave me 30 days for perjury'.

A simple EFI might make a big difference. Is anyone working on this?

American ACCent helps

While idly browsing , this jumped out at me. A Hawker Sea Fury in D-Day paint. Thousands of miles from home.

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20140513-the-10-most-beautiful-airports

The longer this mess is in the public arena the more damage is done to the brand. The simplest solution is a merger of CAMit and Jabiru. Both have much to gain- and everything to lose. Common sense maybe, but personalities are involved.

Bruce ,Sorry to hear about the issues with your 3300 , but could you give us a few more details eg. Mogas or Avgas operation , fuel/oil additives ,engine hours , normal operating temps ,engine monitoring , fine finned heads ,any mods , etc. etc.

Bob

I'd love to use car fuel. My little Jodel was designed around a 27hp engine. Before buying my 2.2 I discussed with Jabiru people the possibility of shimming the barrels to "detune" the engine enough to allow the reliable use of lower quality car fuel. They were not supportive, but I'd like to know if this approach has merit.

Similar story here Phil. My dad taught us great respect for the business end of the rifle, and I could never point it anywhere near anyone, nor load it until near to using it. Our limited firepower had to be made up for with stealth, patience and marksmanship. We were often amazed at the Rambo behaviour of city visitors; their bullets narrowly missing us on a couple of occasions.

Kids say the darndest things

A kindergarten class had a homework assignment to find out something exciting and relate it to the class the next day.

When the time came to present what they'd found, the first little boy the teacher called on walked up to the front of the class, and with a piece of chalk, made small white dot on the blackboard and sat back down.

Puzzled, the teacher asked him what it was.

"It's a period," he replied.

"I can see that," said the teacher, "but what is so exciting about period?"

"Darned if I know," he said, "but this morning my sister was missing one. Mummy fainted, daddy had a heart attack and the boy next door joined the Navy

Whacko!! Some worthwhile stats out of RAA, finally - not based on hours admittedly, but movements - but much more sensible than stats based on engine counts or just raw data. (is a movement 5 minutes or 5 hours?)Will RAA produce similar stats about all other engine types in the fleet eg subies, mercs, conties, rotax, lycoming, gypsy major etc...

From what I have seen, Jabiru-powered aircraft might turn out to be the safest. Why? Perhaps Jab pilots are a bit more cautious.

Ah Phil, I'm glad to put politics, climate change and religion behind me and get on with the real battle!

We as operators have needed YOUR suport for years Rod.. And calls have fallen on deaf ears.. listening now?

If he agreed to sell Jabs with Rotax engines they'd need to enlarge the factory - and they'd still sell mobs of Jab/CAMit engines.

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/pilot-and-sole-occupant-of-light-plane-killed-in-crash-at-goolwa/story-fni6uo1m-1227086590203?nk=176b5936c8c08034d168844d135ef365

Impressive, Daza. You have gotten a lot further with your design than me! An UL needs simplicity, lightness and total reliability. I like the idea of fold-back/stick out a little bit like Blanics and Gooney Birds.

My ultimate is a simple, linked system that deploys flaps and wheels in one movement.

To which DP are you referring OK?

I like the undercarriage, DP-been fiddling with a retractable design similar to that.

Do we have statistics for fatal crashes resulting from engine failures Jabiru vs Rotax?

Ground the aircraft; that would put some urgency into the matter.

With the demise of our car industry, this country should be awash with design engineers and manufacturing capacity. In WWII our car industry quickly changed over to building aircraft, artillery, etc. With a bit of governmental "Direct Intervention" surely Jabiru can be helped to improve their engine?

A young man named John received a parrot as a gift. The parrot had a bad attitude and an even worse vocabulary.

Every word out of the bird's mouth was rude, obnoxious and laced with profanity. John tried and tried to

change the bird's attitude by consistently saying only polite words, playing soft music and anything else he could

think of to 'clean up' the bird's vocabulary.

Finally, John was fed up and he yelled at the parrot. The parrot yelled back. John shook the parrot and the

parrot got angrier and even more rude. John, in desperation, threw up his hand, grabbed the bird and put him in the freezer.

For a few minutes the parrot squawked and kicked and screamed.

Then suddenly there was total quiet. Not a peep was heard for over a minute.

Fearing that he'd hurt the parrot, John quickly opened the door to the freezer. The parrot calmly stepped out

onto John's outstretched arms and said "I believe I may have offended you with my rude language and

actions. I'm sincerely remorseful for my inappropriate transgressions and I fully intend to do

everything I can to correct my rude and unforgivable behavior."

John was stunned at the change in the bird's attitude.

As he was about to ask the parrot what had made such a dramatic change in his behavior,

the bird spoke-up, very softly, "May I ask what the turkey did?"

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

It also comes down to if you have 13K or 25K in your pocket or not...

Can someone tell me if the aircraft in the attached picture uses Jabiru Engines please,. . . . a friend picked this up from an Australian site ( I think ) or is it just a concept mock-up. . . . . . ?Just interested to know.

Phil

Reminds me of this:

I have some picks on FB

I fly around that area all the time.

How long after the incident did Darren post this notice? That's what I call timely.