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..........while they were trying to work out how to fix it, Turbo hampered by (a) being in the cage, (b)his mother wolf arriving, biting her way into the cage and nipping both of them for leaving the lair, © having to explain emgineering actions in wolf and (d) trying to write after re-purposing his hand as a paw, wasted enough time for the RSPCA Inspectors to arrive, and if any NES Reader thinks CASA FOIs are rough, he's never met an RSPCA instructor. Before anyone including mother wolf could react he expertly netted them both and flicked them into the back of his van, and wrote out 15 tickets starting with cruelty to dumb animals, and gave it to .....................

Well, I have discovered one thing.....IF there was a War on, you would not have my back:-). Yes, even the Prime Minister can read this forum. We probably have Police Officers here, too. One thing to understand is iF you breach the law and no one catches you, what then? There is greater chance in high population density areas versus sparsely populated areas. You want to try your car out to 250kmh, don’t do it on the M1, go out near Longreach, less change of being caught.

As I said as far as survival goes, you do whatever it takes to provide for yourself and/or family provided you do not harm another human being in the process (unless it a War). So, you do a stealth mission to fly some parts to a stranded truck driver in a remote area and he pays you for helping him out, Oh sure you have blown the rule book apart, but WHO did you hurt? Just be careful landing on a public road:-)

Three things:

1. No, I'd climb out and go to another trench

2. If you were speeding around Longreach the Sergeant at Barcaldine has ways to solve that long distance problem

3. Teaching yourself to fly is the opposite of survival.

......talk about any marine aspect.

OT was overjoyed to be able to talk to them again, but Turbo just bared his teeth and snarled, and Cappy ran up behind Turbo and bared his teeth and snarled, then snapped at Turbo's leg, trying to hamstring him. Turbo spun around on all fours bending his body in two and went for Cappys throat, drawing blood. Cappy got Turbo's ear between his teeth and started to run, with Turbo screaming with pain. He had to turn his head sideways to keep a grip on the ear and misjudged the end of the cage, knocking himself out. A bystander noted a crudely printed notice hanging around his neck saying "Never Shoot Wolves".

OT tried some basic psychology; "How would you like to make 50,000 dollars? Turbo's head shot up, he spun round and raced to sit at OT's feet, his tongue hanging out, and ........

I wish RAA, SAA and SAFA would lobby on our behalf. After all RAA have 11,000 members, haven't they? They could do it on mass and through CASA, but nothing so far.

All of those organisations are complying with Directions from Chief Medical Officers under the powers of the State of Emergency.

Normal will not be normal for a few months.

What would you have them do?

With what Australia has done so far we have one of the lightest death tolls in the world; so far we've managed to avoid the blowout, which we know this virus can produce, where other countries have been caught and thousands of people killed. So far, our Health officials are able to report just double digit deaths each day.

Put yourself on the spot; How would you decide? If you let recreational aviators fly they have to leave home, may get some fuel, may get a quick coffee, may meet someone at the Club and have a chat, may get someone to help move aircraft in tha hangar, may use a toilet or chair or lean on the desk or pick up some paperwork or someone may come into their space. On the way home they may have a traffic accident.

Asymptomatic means a person who has the virus but is not showing any symptoms or feeling ill. They don't know they have it so they come out of the isolation the Health Officers put them into. There are many touch points there; and it doesn't have to be limited to the people you see; an infected person could have come in early in the morning and infected the toilet button; at one party 38 people were infected.

You only need one of those touch points to get sick, infect your relatives and the at risk ones could die.

Alternatively, although asymptomatic, you could infect people all the way through those touch points and they or their relatives could die.

So on the one hand, if you don't go flying, no one can die as a result of that journey; if you do fly you can kill someone.

As I said, put yourself on the spot; ask yourself how many people you are prepared to kill vs waiting a few weeks. Then ask your self do you really want the organisations above fighting with the Chief Medical Officers and taking up their time while they try to prevent the potential blow out. Puts a different light on it.

This is not a bad summary of what is happening with Stage 3 lockdown around Australia, and the whys.

For flying read down to the very bottom for what Victoria is doing.

WY0078-compressed.pdf

When the chips are down, you are either a survivor or not. Just think, RAA pilots could be flying stealth missions from private strips ferrying spare parts to people who need them in the bush, AND get paid for it! This may be a way of keeping their family fed, would you deny the opportunity to someone? I wouldn’t’, in fact I would do my level best to help......but then again, I am a survivor......not some cupcake pussy!

Just so you know, I know at least 10 CASA people read these threads; they can't comment. I'd bet RAA have a peek or two also.

Handy information for them.

While the Chief Medical Officers have overriding control during a State of Emergency, the aviation regulations didn't go away. They're still there.

I would think that flying to inspect livestock, fencing and stock water supplies is perfectly legal. Please let me know if you think differently .

You're a farmer; how often have you flown around to check livestock, fencing, water.

How do you pick a fly blown sheep at 500 feet, or count the sheep/cattle ora broken bottom wire, or see if the water in the troughs needs changing.

I've always wondered how many property owners actually do that. Certainly in the outback you can check is elevated tanks are full or empty, but the other stuff???????

They would have to catch me:-) Central West Qld is a BIG place! CASA could not catch a cold! Would the RAA snitch on a paying member, or just look the other way?

They don't have to do too much work in your case; you've already publicly admitted what you plan to do. Dumb Move.

....down until they came back to the previous post. A story best left to writers like Jack C U.

Time went by and no one had seen Turbo or Cappy at the BoB. Could they really have perished?

A lone hunter [in contravention of the Coronavisrus lockdown] was on the trail of a deer. In the distance he saw a wolf, and decided to follow it.

The wolf had killed a young deer and was dragging it deep into the hills. As it headed towards a cave, what appeared to be two naked, dirty men crawled out on all fours and ravenously started chewing at the carcas, fighting for the best of the backstraps. He called to them, and they both sat up and started growling, like a wolf.

Quickly he walked back into town and reported the presence of wolf-men. It was decided in the town that.......

.........ultimately becoming a Holywood Playboy, Governor of California and Mayor of what's left of New York respectively.

"I don't want is asserted (and if you've heard him talk you know what that means) Jimmy, it's become the sh!thole of the world"

"That's why we gave you that job" said Jack, smirking, and what's more..................

"......slot beside JFK at Arlington University."

Turbo rejected that at first because for all the conspiracy theories floating around no one had ever uncovered what really happened,

Before the Dallas parade Lyndon had come to JFK's Hotel. "Jack, can't I go in the limo once before the election" Noticing the tears rolling down LBJ's cheeks, JFK weakened and gave him the rubber mask he normally gave a security guy when he needed people to think he'd gone out. So it was LBJ who was killed in Dallas. JFK had a rushed plastic surgery on AF1 and was sworn in as LBJ, and is the only President to serve three terms.

He'd never told Cappy because the CIA had discovered that Turbo. They'd taken him to a suburban house on Taos, New Mexico, and when Turbo walked in the front door and saw the plastic over the carpet and plastic sheets sealed with duct tape hanging down the walls he knew what was about to happen and cut a deal that he would never tell provided they made him an Agent. [NES readers are asked not to divulge this information publicly.

So he had to take the slot and go along with the crazy plan.

The Afghan on the right (hereinafter known as the Right Afghan) stepped forward, raised his.......

Any word on the survivor yet? Or does no one care?

The word would have to come from the survivor, the family or friends

AOPA has posted this

COVID-19: NO RESTRICTIONS ON FLIGHT TRAINING SCHOOLS

April 3, 2020 By Benjamin Morgan

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AOPA Australia CEO BENJAMIN MORGAN reports.

During this past week, the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association of Australia (AOPA Australia) has received numerous requests from flight training school business members seeking clarification with respect to the Coronavirus COVID-19 restrictions.

AOPA Australia has today received advice from Senator Susan McDonald, on behalf of the Deputy Prime Minister, confirming that there are no specific restrictions or prohibitions placed on the operation of flight training schools, but notes that the COVID-19 situation in Australia remains fluid and the situation may change.

Flight training schools are reminded of the need for personal protective equipment and are urged to maintain strict transmission reduction measures at all times.

Flight training schools are also reminded of the need to remain up-to-date with their respective State Government and work place health and safety requirements.

Flight training schools seeking further information are invited to contact AOPA Australia CEO Benjamin Morgan – [email protected]

 

It doesn’t mention any social distancing requirement, which SAFA (after checking with their insurance brokers) quotes as the reason their members cannot take up passengers at the moment (thereby effectively closing their schools for the time being)

Could be interesting to see who's running things, the Chief Health Officers or two Nationals.

Yep, Apparently while workers are out of jobs by the thousands, they are advertising that there is still plenty of work for backpackers and special visas available. Go figure.

They say it's OK to ride a motorcycle as exercise, you say we can't fly a plane for the same, they say it's OK for groups of backpackers to travel between communities is OK, but not for anyone else.

 

I would have thought that anyone like backpackers that have been travelling are likely to be mixing with others that have been travelling (like your Bondi group) and as such are most likely to be carrying infection fro place to place.

People respect the law more when it shows some common sense and consistency.

You're quoting across different times and questionable excuses.

1. Go back to the April 2 Direction

2. Refer to the allowed actions (without co-joining one with another.

3. Let the State Health officers have the worry of which powers to use for what.

Clear as mud... I understand how one calculates the $13300, but the QLD govt website gives different fines in different paragraphs.

 

https://www.covid19.qld.gov.au/government-actions/gatherings

 

Home confinement/Indoor/ outdoor gatherings/travel:

Not following any of these regulations without reasonable excuse is a breach of the Public Health Act 2005 and you may be fined up to $1,330 for individuals and $6,670 for corporations.

 

Accommodation Providers:

If the person does not comply with the public health directions, penalties will apply: $13,345 for individuals and $66,672.50 for corporations. It is possible the enforcement officer can issue on the spot tickets of $1,334.50 or $6,672.50 for corporations.

 

Backpackers and such:

If you do not comply with the public health directions, penalties will apply: $13,345 for individuals and $66,672.50 for corporations. It is possible the enforcement officer can issue on the spot tickets of $1,334.50 or $6,672.50 for corporations.

Qld has been in a State of Emergency since January 29.

The Chief health Officer has Powers not available to the politicians on a daily basis, and they also disappear very quickly, in one case I noted, 7 days, and there was an Act passed for the characteristics of Covid-19 which extended some of the validity periods, I think to 90 days, but then the Powers expire and a new period declared.

However, while the Direction is valid and she has to do the equivalent of herding cats and instant lawyers she can pretty much tune the penalties until the recalcitrants determinedlt march after the obedient.

Looks like Queensland are putting an effort into making thye backpackers separate.

Last week in NSW the Bondi group were still sitting in the same courtyard almost on each others'laps.

......wearing the President's favourite Smoking Jacket. Well what could Turbo say? "I........

A few days ago the Qld government put plastic barriers across the highway to stop motorists driving across the border from NSW to Qld.

The clowns drained the barriers and dragged them out of the way.

This morning workers were laying concrete barriers.

These loophole chasers are actually potential killers; if they were dealing heroin they'd be going straight into the slammer.

What's going to happen shortly (we are only in week 2 of Community Transmission) is that someone's grandpa is going to die, and the neigbour who caught the virus out fishing is going to get shot.

Flood them and they hydraulic quickly . Nev

Done that, then when you turn the compression tap to a certain point the kicked and the prop made your knuckles bleed.

These days I've got a big glow plug engine running on part nitromethane.

No prop flicking, I have a battery powered prop rotator so you can adjust the engine into tune until it starts.

For what I would get done for, would be very questionable under the law, so not worried. No compromise to anyone’s health or my own. They can write me a ticket and I will see ‘em in court:-)

Sounds like you'd have to talk to Jeanette.

PART 2 - PENALTIES

A person to whom the direction applies commits an offence if the person fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with the direction.

Section 362D of the Public Health Act 2005 provides:

Failure to comply with public health directions

• A person to whom a public health direction applies must comply with the direction unless the person has a reasonable excuse.
  Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
  

Dr Jeannette Young

Chief Health Officer

2 April 2020

Published on the Queensland Health website at 2 April 2020, 11.35pm

The owners handbook actually says 0.76cc.

I had one in a control line model and when that wouldn't take any more patches and glue, built a free flight aircraft.

The engine was super-sensitive to just the right amount of compression to start, and after the one time I was able to get it started and the plane flew for half a mile a friend offered to buy it and I let him carry it home.

I went for a fly this morning to my Wife's family farm, please explain to me what regulations I'm in breach of.

My hangar is in my backyard, the private residence I'm going to has it's own airfield.

A Queensland State of Emergency Health Direction which overrides the regulations you are thinking about.

A lot of people have pulled the "going from a to b by myself" Your Premier patiently explained that this morning as we saw video of idiots sitting on the beach "practising social distancing" sittin all by themselves as the cops moved through them, and the message was driven in by complete closure of the beaches and thousands of car spaces for Easter just in case some more comedians showed up.

If you happen to have an accident en route you put at risk emergency personnel and take up hospital space needed by people doing the right thing.

You could be asymptomatic positive, they could be asymptomatic positive, one of them could infect the others, and so on.

I would suggest anyone who runs foul of these disorganised laws, test it in a Court Of Law. I know I sure will IF I get done for anything. The only way I can catch the virus, is from a passing Wallaby:-)

The Queensland fine is pretty hefty - $13,300.00

.......plead the fifth and pull out his Trump card. The Border Patrol of the United States of America Guards didn't flinch so Turbo said "That's his private line, give him a call and see how your promotion ambitions pan out. The Border guards smirked as they fingered their triggers, but one, with a slight constriction of the scrotum said, We'll give it a try and after dialling it was clear that something was wrong, and Turbo heard the last words "Put him on" The President said "I'm very sorry about that Turbo, I just fired them, they'll be walking the Border Wall at San Ysidro next week. Wait there and I'll come down and pick you up; you'll have dinner with Melania and I of course, and stay in the spare room. He was at the Airport Immigration entrance in minutes. An elderly couple were walking up. The wife said who's that tall man with the ridiculous orange hair (they were from Iowa).

"I don't know who that guy is" replied the husband, but he's talking to Turbo."

That night in the White House Turbo mentioned that the Captain sent his kindest regards (Turbo always remembers his friends), and wished him every success with the current coronavirus crisis). "He's an ass-licker responded the President, but at least he can play......."

One track sorry to here that, it has completely turned around on the east coast, very green and a good start for the cropping season.

I cut my stock by 80% to be sure of weathering the drought without hand feeding, and two weeks later the green shoots started, now the remaining 20% are walking around wondering what to do with knee high grass.

Hope you get some rain soon.

.......Turbo Morant read the last post in his driveway, he stood to attention then gave a General Salute in memory of his brother Breaker Morant.

Captain, who was a Lance Corporal then looking for a boil, told the Australian journalists who were covering the story of how Field Marshal Kitchener changed his story about his Orders and sat back while Breaker was shot by a firing squad, that Breaker got his name from breaking wild brumbies, and the family is ever-grateful for that boost to his CV, but the truth is he got that name because he was always breaking Turbo Moran's toys. Every Star wars figure was broken in half, the Millenium Falcon squashed under the forge, and all his DVDs snapped in half, including a mint copy of Daisy does Denver. Nevertheless, Breaker was a hero, castrating the Acting President of the Orange Free State, Christiaan de Wet with a pocket knife, five miles north of Bloemfontein, after rolling his horse on him to hold him down. Not many people know that the term "Wet" came from this man, who didn't put up a fight while Breaker was wielding his knife. The site, a small hill is now named Wet Kopje.

Field Marshal Kitchener died and was listed as KIA, drowning. Some people say it's very unusual to be listed as KIA when all you did was go for a swim, but who are we to ................