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    This link shows a helicopter that could be trying to land at a pub. Anybody know what went on? https://www.9news.com.au/national/helicopter-hovers-near-power-lines-victory-hotel-near-adelaide-south-australia/d4097c97-016e-44f9-bc5c-e72d4a73e2d2
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    This link provides an insight to the male and female brain...
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    I'm convinced that many planes, gliders included, go into stealth mode when viewed from above. On many occasions I have tried to sight a plane that's maybe a few hundred feet below me at (say) my 3 o'clock but been absolutely unable to find it. This occurs almost exclusively over the suburbs but has also happened over dry paddocks. Another sign of old age perhaps?
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    Not so, the door cannot open enough to cause any problems because of the slip stream. I flew to Tumby Bay from Parafield with the door open in a PA28.
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    Gee whizz, I must be silly. I thought the diodes converted the AC voltage to DC (rectification). The regulator then 'regulated' the voltage and/or current to charge the battery. The term "high voltage AC current" is meaningless to me. The alternator generates an 'alternating voltage' that when applied across a load will cause an 'alternating current' (AC) to flow. Maybe in this world of LGBT rubbish the electronic theory I was taught has been 'cancelled'.
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    It's hard to smash your head into a low wing...
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    Back in the late 70s industry said 'give us a plane we can spin and stall' for flying training. Piper came up with the Tomahawk and Beechcraft with the Skipper. These planes are hard to tell apart. I did stalls, spins and spiral dives in the Tomahawk and one day I read that a Tomahawk lost its tail during a spin and so no more spinning the things. I have never really liked 'T' tails - they always look flimsy to me.
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    This is a typical question for the foundation Ham Radio License... There was a time when being a 'Ham' meant you knew all about radio, radio wave propagation bla bla bla. Not any more ☹️
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    Be it a website or an app, any good developer should remember "DON'T MAKE ME THINK" when they design the user interface. If the user has to dick about trying to nut out things the design needs changing.
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    what what what what?
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    Probably a moron driving the car, becoming common these days.
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    Stalls and spins were scary but I hated spiral dives. Did a few in the Tomahawk in the early 80s. Don't think anybody does them these days.
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    Heh? What makes you say that?
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    I must have suffered a brain bubble because I can't make sense of your post. Can you 'expand it' for me? And type slowly because I'm a slow reader...😄
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    Me (VK5KKS) and at least two others I know about.
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    The morse sent from the navaids was so slow you didn't need to know the code. A good pilot would simply have a cheat sheet, listen to the code (da da da di di dit dah di dah dah - that's MBY). I learnt morse to get my Ham Radio Licence and never used morse since. Note how morse is 'spoken' Dits and Dahs not dots and dashes.
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    I have only accumulated about 800 hours in 40 years. House to pay off, UNI/TAFE fees to pay off, and whores must have their trinkets. Oh, and owning a plane and hangar.
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    I was taught low flying, two things were made very clear, turns during low flying can make it appear you a skidding if there is wind and check and recheck for power lines and rising ground.
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    I learned a new word today - 'sophistry'. At least I did know what an allotrope was. ☺️ Nothing to do with new owners of jabiru aircraft but what the hey...
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    Yes, I was in London in 1980 and the transport systems were great. I was also young and fit enough for fight or flight in the event of some asshole wanting to rob or bash me. These days with the nutters and druggies and other garbage out there I just wouldn't feel safe.
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    Where and when did Gina say $4 a day is enough for a worker?
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    I can see this coming; In order to obtain proof of identity you have to have proof of identity in order to obtain proof of identity ...........
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    On the CASA website. "You need an ASIC if you're flight crew flying at a security controlled airport, or a pilot under the age of 18. It allows you to operate at any airport in Australia."
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    if you claim to be a 'sovereign citizen' can you ignore the ASIC? 😝
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    I may be wrong but I understand that if you have a 'glass cockpit' you must have ASI and ALT as steam gauges as well, or have a backup glass screen.
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