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"........to see me and post a photo, and the scum at the Club would be sure to share it."

Turbo realised at once what Cappy was saying. The Delhi Tiger Hunter's Club used to be the most exclusive in the British Empire, and was still only frequented by Mharajas and businessmen like Turbo. Cappy had been allowed in by his "Services to India" and "Nehru Medal" for his bravery at the Khyber Pass, so he was on a very thin string, and a photo of him washing dishes in a Mikado joint would ..............

16 minutes ago, red750 said:

The pilot was uninjured when a Piper PA-28 suffered an engine failure after completing 8 touch and goes at Bankstown, and crashed into the Condell Park Paceway, colliding with a parked car. The pilot reported to ATC that his engine had stopped as he was on final.

 

 

In another report immediately after the above, three people were injured when a helicopter collided with power lines at Foresters Beach on the NSW Central Coast. Vision showed a Robinson R-44 but it was in flight, so it is uncertain whether this was the helicopter involved.

 

 

 

I think I saw wheel tracks on the trotting track. He might have made a landing then hit a few things.

....... fell about laughing.

Turbo had taken the bait. Cappy reluctantly handed the card to Turbo and they all went off to lunch at the Flower Drum Restuarant, Melbourne's most expensive. Turbo can vouch for that because the bill is never less than three figures and he has spent many a night washing the dishes there.

Turbo noticed the laughter was a lot more pronounced on this night, and secret glances were being flicked from person to person, so pleading too much water with the meal he made for the rest rooms, past them through the dishes area (as we know Turbo was familiar with the layout, under the sacepan rack abd wok stack, out the back door into the lane down Little Bourke St and grabbed a tram for Coburg.

Fifteen minutes later .............

20 minutes ago, facthunter said:

He was carrying Bob Katters's team around wasn't he? While he may not have been properly licenced. He wasn't definitely unsafe . There would be plenty of private Pilots who could fly well. and have a PIFR.   My understanding is he didn't hold an AOC.  Air Operator Certificate. which is something CASA have pulled to get people out of the Air if a check finds discrepancies.  Nev

Where's your proof?

53 minutes ago, jackc said:

So, we take months to set up all this stuff that they never used years ago because the technology was not around back then.

This guy used a radio,  Avdata would have him nearly everywhere he landed and took off.  The moment they had basic evidence which would have been easy to get, should have nailed him.  In the 4 years of fluffing around by the authorities, he could have crashed and taken 6 or so people with him,  saved money from prosecuting him, killed 6 or so people? 

Happens  with cases of all types these days.  Strike while the iron is hot for best results

Well you answered your own question: Strike while the iron is hot = when you have enough evidence to make the charge stick.

...saluted, because Cappy weas notorious for not paying and would go to extremes from a coughing fit to hiding in the toilets. 

It was when Cappy turned on the fuel that .................................

47 minutes ago, IBob said:

Thanks for the update Blueadventures.

And I can well imagine it would be pretty stressful having to wait for the pressure to equalise before being able to open the doors.

The ditching advice I received from a hugely experienced pilot pretty much boiled down to 'try to drop it on rather than flipping, as flipping can be disorienting, then move deliberately (don't panic!)'
I would think one item to be mindful of would be not to activate the inflatable lifejacket until out of the safety harness and exiting the aircraft: would seem to be common sense (isn't it always, in retrospect?), but we recently had a terrible accident here where an entire small group of whale watchers died under an overturned boat in daylight calm weather: the investigation is still underway, but it seems quite possible they inflated their life vests under the boat (quite probably as they were told to do if 'in the water') and so were trapped under the boat by their own buoyancy.

That may not be the case, but as things stand it is difficult to explain otherwise.

Shock; the only way top stop it is go over and over and over in your mind that advice above. Some people can naturally think it through even while its happening; shock makes you do silly things - walk up a busy freeway after a head on, or like I did in a go kart, get hit with a big thump but only a wrist injury, get out of the go kart then walk up the racing line to get away.  A friend of mine survived an airline hijack out of fuel ditching. The Crew briefed everyone that they were out of fuel and going down in the ocean, had them all put on their life jackets, instructed them not to pull the cords until they were out of the aircraft. The pilot got as close to the shore as possible (where coincidentally there was a convention of surgeons). The aircraft hit the water and broke in half. My friend found himself swimming with, I think, a brojen arm, pulled the cord, swam back in and saved a few. The tail was the highest point of the rear half. A lot of people died up at the rear, forced there because they'd opened their jackets in the aircraft.

..........being held on remand for the equally Notorious Uber Gang Kidnaps, where Cappy and Turbo flew in from the Spratly's where Cappy and Turbo were alleged to have flown in from the Spratleys on a Friday night, run Uber deliveries, picking a couple of Scrubbers out of the best ones that answered the doors and nicked off back to the Spratleys for a quiet weekend looking down the barrels of the Chinese guns.

It has all started one boring Friday .............

40 minutes ago, onetrack said:

....started asking for any forms requiring personal details, to have a substantial range of gender choices added to them - not just the regular LGBTIQA, but CDEFHIJKMNOPRSTUVWXY and Z.

"But that still doesn't cover anyone who chooses to have no gender!", cried bull, who had aimed at becoming genderless, to remove any chance of becoming alienated.

 

"This will require larger forms!", exclaimed Cappy, who had always harboured a desire to..........

be a ship's Recording Officer because when Cappy's ancestor was speared at a Luau in Hawaii the recording officer wose name was Sparrow, had it changed by deed poll to Cooke.  Captain Cook died intestate as we all know (They were still there but shrivelled).Since Cooke with an E was more correct language in those days and the RO swore an oath that as the son of the Captain he was the next of kin, and the whole of England knew his tastes, Cook was awarded the millions of pounds that the good Captain should have received which would have allowed him to buy a Chrysler 300 with black windows. This led to the notorious ...................................

55 minutes ago, Captain said:

...... that's just the blokes (not that anyone should assume the sexual orientation or the/them/they/thou etc of Turbs, that CT from DG, 1Root, bull, or Planey for that matter.

 

"I agree" interjected Planey "AS it would be nice to have a few chicky babes on the NES who flaunt it a little ........ and include a bit of aviation (avref) chit-char into this tome.

 

bull took offence at being assumed to be a bloke and .........

.....quickly posted photos of his coming out outfit, high heels and "Sensitive" perfume bottle.

He was immediately attacked by a butch who had a 48" bust 60" waist and the short back and side of a wharfie.

He/she was the subject of complaint to the WF Standards Manager, about bullying, even though no one kenw whi Tinkerbell was, and the whole forum was floored and shocked when OneTrack ............................

59 minutes ago, Captain said:

Cappy apologises to our thousands of NES lurkers, and to Planey, as he had composed a witty yet pithy contribution yesterday that might have won Cappy a Pullitself prize for journalism, and for some reason the expansive post just buggered-off (journalismref), which is just plain (avref) cruel for those waiting with baited breath for Cappy's words of wisdom.

Turbine Medical is producing a pill for that now Cappy. 

1 hour ago, Bruce Tuncks said:

Turbs, could you tell us more about " classifying a flat tyre as an engine failure ?"

That sounds like a sacking offence to me.

It should have been; that was published on this site in the last RAA report to CASA on Jabiru engine failures, which many people on this site mistakely thought was the empirical evidence CASA had.

1 hour ago, jackc said:

How could someone fly charters unlicensed for so long until he was busted?  Every week, people fly unlicensed in remote areas and never get found out, until they crash and it ends up fatal.

Not necessarily; when someone is to be successfully prosecuted is is necessary to have evidence. If someone reports something to you it might be true, but it doesn't carry in the court, it's hearsay. Wiretaps have to be approved and set up. Mobile Phone transmission collection has to be approved. Photos have to be verified, people who have regular contact have to be wired, video of meetings, flights, conversations have to be obtained, if passengers were involved, they have to be interviewed, undercover passengers have to go through the whole process of responding to ads or FB pages etc, travelling to the take off point, being asked for money, handing over marked money, recording audio for the flight, photographing, video taping key identifications to locate where the flight wents, on what date at what time. 

I've probably missed a few dozen more things, so it can take months to years, and often depends on sheer luck, when the person committing the crime makes a mistake.

Right now any one of us could be being assessed for things we've done or said.

2 hours ago, jackc said:

So, he flies for some 4 years before he gets busted?  All I can say is WOW……

Was this the flying off the grid cloak and dagger flying you were talking about?

12 hours ago, octave said:

These issues are being addressed   All charged up: Councils push for kerbside car charging         Now you can charge your EV from the footpath

After what appears to be a frantic WikiSearch you reassured us all that Councils could charge EV from the footpath.

"Whilst it is true that some premises may pose difficulties for EV charging there are many years before this problem needs to be solved in every case."

Now we get this BS; you can't be half pregnant Octave.

My Council with around 75,000 cars, a high percentage parked on the streets, announced it has 3 charging points at the Council offices.

We got the old story about your short trip in New Zealand with the lesiurely lunch, but Australian conditions are more like the US>

https://www.wsj.com/articles/i-rented-an-electric-car-for-a-four-day-road-trip-i-spent-more-time-charging-it-than-i-did-sleeping-11654268401

53 minutes ago, octave said:

 

 

It looks like the BEV version is on the front but the Hybrid may be on the right.

 

 

The position of the charging point is going to become very important with street parking, needing to be on the kerb side, given that Councils are likely to pounce on any cable crossing a footpath as a trip hazard, and road authorities will fine people for the roadside connection I saw. That should lead to kerbside charging poles as part of parking meters or in much the same position.

4 minutes ago, octave said:

Sorry to be pedantic but isn't the MG socket is in the front of the vehicle  

I could be wrong, I was looking at the back of the car and the cable so it could have been another make; the position of LH Rear was correct though.

1 hour ago, Bruce Tuncks said:

The problem will be seen when ev's are more common. There is not enough energy in the electricity system to work all the chargers.

To show this, stand by a big road and think of the combined energy of all the engines. It way exceeds what the power station is putting in.

I reckon we will be using solar electricity to charge the ev batteries. It will take about 17 and it will need (another)  battery if you want to charge your ev overnight.

There is a possibility that the charging could occur at work if they invest in enough solar panels.

Work the figures, work the figures.

In the 1980s we were going to charge the cars with solar panels on the roof. I thought we could handle it easy with semi trailers, the trailer having a huge roof area.

8 minutes ago, Old Koreelah said:

I’d love a dollar for ever home garage I’ve seen which is full of junk, with the car sitting in the driveway.

In many cases there are businesses operating in the garages, or they are rented as spare rooms, or Multi story blocks of units. Four near me vary from 160 units to 220 units. Your  full garages and all the people I've mentioned will need a change to the Planning Scheme at State and Local Government permits plus an infrastructure of charging modules plus non-intrusive safe cables and plugs plus street to transformer upgrade plus transformer to substation update. All of it doable but I wonder how many Councils, green or otherwise have started planning for this yet.

.......Cappy did a Forest Gump repeat, and Turbo said "And that's all I'm going to say about that." but a woman sitting on the bench with them quietly said "He was one of the original investors in Apple too, and Cappy looked at Turbo in awe.

" Did you get to meet...................."

57 minutes ago, Ian said:

However the situation is Australia is significantly different in Australia, where garages are commonplace so changing can occur at home. 

 

For instance you probably have a garage and if you bought an BEV you'd also get a charger installed at home. Most people will do the same.

 

You two are talking about the common knowledge and situation of about ten years ago. We now have good real life history of vehicles a long way up the scale from the Nissan Leaf and demand patterns, and a similar history of charging units, methods, speeds, power, charging networks, home charging capacity, street capacity, street to transformer, transformer to grid and grid capacity in detail. Details such as the mew MG with a LH Plug socket, in a one way street with the traffic's mirrors passing the socket, a beautiful  plug, moulded to look like a petrol nozzle and trigger, a heavy cable protruding beyond the handpiece, curving down, running along the road, across the footpath and through the front garden to the house. So EV is likely to invonve Local Government Planning too.

https://www.gbnews.uk/travel/charge-rage-sweeps-across-uk-as-electric-car-owners-fight-for-electricity/390309?fbclid=IwAR0uxlhcnN22AA4UB23ghGHNYeeQ9Ftebo2aky2V21YdoBXL4rmmJISUe5o

the government announced it was banning trailing windings wire from 2030 because the mining of them produced 2 atoms of CO2. 

It was Turbine Industries that made the breakthrough with a combination of cat gut antennae which captured the kW and Aurora Australis batteries which were capacle of storing 3000 kW. Turbo called them AA batteries, and ......

1 hour ago, Bruce Tuncks said:

The old Ghan train has been a diesel-electric for more than 50 years, and this was driven by costings, not by what was good for the environment.

Diesel Electric is a different technology; Batteries are the big issue with BEV; we need an invention breakthrough to get range.

Diesel electric uses several base principles very effectively.

Startability is the first big issue to be solved in a big train. Diesel is not good at this; truck drivers use skill and overall gear reduction to multiply the engine torque enough to move the combination from a standing start. The downside is that the moment the vehicle starts to move, the torque demand shifts to gradeability and often the driver is making a choice between shifting up through every gear, which is slow or skip shifting. Niew drivers can break transmissions.

With diesel electric the engine winds up to torque generating the power the electric motors need for their characteristic of providing maximum torque at startability, then smoothly mooving the train off.

When the train gets up to cruise speed the diesel supplies the horsepower necessary to maintain cruise.

So it's the best of both worlds. Surprisingly no one is really looking at the hypocrisy of not banning diesel electric locomotives.

With a BEV you are taking exponentially more charge out of the battery for chargeability, and for 100 km/hr air speed.

 ...................and coppers.

The windings were well and truly tangled and the Drifter was in danger of crashing to the ground, so he did the only thing possible, hit put the motors in reverse  and unwound the windings helically until the last one whipped off then he put the motors into forward again. (You can do much the same in the electric cars which are spreading all over the world; jack a wheel up, drop it in a bucket of cream and you'll have a bucket of whipped cream in no time). As he flew the windings strung out behind him (ICE car drivers wouldn't know this, but you do this with an EV after it gets bogged and a xxxxxxx log rips the windings out of the motors. In this way they pick up Tesla Y Rays which charge the batteries, sometimes giving them a range of 37 km). The Tesla Y Rays came flooding in but the battery make had built his batteries with revers polarity to save money and the Drifter started to become groggy (this in no way relates to Cappy). After a while it started to lurch all over ......................