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Not only that, but one poster (AndyS@HardRockCafe) has posted that you not only beat the first goose, but the second one and actually caught up with a chick, and.............

I really don't think this one can be solved by a phone call to the tec man

Kaz was explaining the meaning of "shall" not "should". The question was is "should" the same as "shall" and the answer still seems to be no.

I find it very strange that one week people are remorseful and writing RIPs and a few days later couldn't give a stuff about the loss of those lives, and will try anything to get out of their obligations.

Just remember that RAA employees, board members and members have a duty of care to ensure safe operations, and a quick way to fix the recalcitrants is to boot them out.

But D2L2 had far more weighty issues on his mind when Turbo called in for a rum and coffee. "I am trying to fit a 150 hp Honda outboard to the Blemish" he said, and Turbo nodded seriously and maintained a straight face, finally bursting into a splutter of laughter he couldn't contain. "That will be a problem" he said because Roads and Marine Services of NSW have banned fitting outboards to vehicles after some young hoons from Sydney's west hooked up two 200 hp Mercurys to a Toyota Soarer and start doing donuts on full lock without the tire smoke, making it hard for police to determine of they were under Paragraph 62 clause 15 in fact hooning".

"And" he continued "as a reult of this incident your Blemish has now been deemed to be a road vehicle because it has an exhaust as spelled out in 67, (i), (iv) (a),

and what's more, because of this, now requires a muffler, and ........

You have to marvel at nature, and how clever some animals are. In post #9310 keen observers will have noticed that the second goose is not running, and is getting ready to eat again, because it has been able to judge the precise distance Shatso is capable of running.

Yes, I was out a little there, so let's say roughly 4,000?

Sorry it's so complicated.

You could be right, I haven't been asked to specify a heater for some time, just assumed the wax in the Australian diesel product had been removed or chemically changed.You still have an issue with non-electric on startup, but it's only wax so probably only requires some additional warm up time set aside. Diamond have had diesel engines for six or seven years no, so there should be something available on their experience, although you would have to check Australian aircraft only.

Three out of 10,000 reporting a problem so far.

Judging by the minimal problems reported above, probably no need to fix something that ain't broke and congratulations to RAA staff for a very difficult job well done.

Weslake certainly has a very interesting pedigree. Their Diesel variant will hopefully have potential as long as they can use engine heat to heat the diesel and have it circulating through the tank, other wise low temps at altitude will cause problems.

And how many companies have actually been knocked off under Cor. Mr plod on the side of the road does not give a stuff about who loaded the truck, he cares only that it is heavy and he has a dumb a***d truckie there that he can write up.I see it every day. One of Brisbanes largest ports have implemented a sytem that allows them to charge transport companies for cor without even having the infrastructure working to provide the service.

Sounds like you are close to the painful roadside interface, but a few years ago I was involved in meetings which the Victorian Police Highway Taskforce attended and they were one of the strongest proponents of taking the blame off the truck driver and putting it on the people who forced him to work illegally. They had to book the driver by law, but they did listen to the stories about how drivers were told they wouldn't have a job if they didn't do it.

The new fatigue laws changed truck design overnight and I was right in the middle of that, trying to fit bigger sleepers etc.

No I wasn't aware of him. The ADR system works very well for Australia, has remained simple and easy to understand but it did take out amateur vehicle builders like me because of the high cost of certification which can only be amortised over mass production.

Judging by the responses I keep seeing on this website, almost nobody in rec. aviation has ever even glanced at one of the design standards. They all state what they imagine the requirement should be, without ever actually looking it up.

In the automotive industry we've achieved a huge reduction in the fatality rate by many great actions including improvements in design, and among these has been the Australian Design Rule system.

One example was the ADR for truck braking which prescribed a certain stopping distance under maximum braking at full axle loads without any part of the vehicle moving out of a three metre wide lane.

The manufacturers achieved this by correctly distributing the weight to each axle by strategically placed concrete blocks.

However, when a body was fitted there was a chance that it would be too long, overloading the rear axle, or too short, overloading the front axle, so a Code of Practice was introduced requiring W&B calculations to decide body length, ensuring the truck with the body on it was capable of staying in the three metre lane. Despite the clear meaning, and the simple calculations required, there are people around today who still think this is voluntary, including State Fire Services with fleets of out of balance and overweight trucks. At one stage I estimated that 40% of new trucks going on to the roads

were legal.

The third tier of the safety system was a requirement for truck operators to perform calculations or weigh their trucks before they left the depot to ensure the loaded truck didn't deviate from the three metre lane.

Rollovers and house intrusions have reduced from that time, but everyone knew someone who didn't care......until Chain of Responsibility came along.

Now the people who ordered the transport became liable for their part in allowing a truck to leave their facility out of balance, so the first weighings have started and the first transport operators have been told to rearrange their loads before leaving, (as, by the way, their great great grandfathers used to do with their wagons), or have their contracts cancelled.

STILL they don't want to read the design requirements and do the simple calculations with a hand held calculator, so I was asked to write a loading program for a fleet which I've been doing for the past three weeks, so the system can load the truck for them.

A good indexing system would make the site a reference site and bring people back again and again to look up helpful data.

At the present time this is missing, so they move on.

In a number of cases big threads on the same subject have, after months reached the same conclusions.

".........if it walks like a gooso, flaps like a gooso, and honks like a gooso................................"

BREAKING NEWS brought to you by the SHOUTING Philpom: RSPCA Dierctor, Who Worthless has announced that Shatso has been officially charged with "Goosing"

"It was a tame goose" said Who, a cousin of Madge, "Luckily we weren't sent on a wild goose chase, or

You must have missed the part of the story where there are negotiations going on with each of the combatants to ensure a sterile site.

.......Clause 57 (a) (iii) tattooed on my.......................

The original tech manual section states that it "should" be carried out not "must" or "shall", so, that makes it a new requirement. I'm not in any way suggesting that it isn't a good practice, but just impractical at times, when you consider, that our aircraft are not for hire or reward.

Hire or reward has nothing to do with it, killing a passenger could see you facing a criminal charge of culpable negligence.

1. This is NOT a new regulation (".....continue to be placed")

2. In at least one case, if it had been observed, two people would be alive today.

3. The most likely action, if RAA members recommend publicly that rules not be complied with and medical conditions be fudged or hidden is that

CASA will be forced to cancel self maintenance privileges, and medical checks by anyone other than a DAME.

Nor has Factunter, but her arms are coming out of her back.

.....this is correct?"

"Good point e-Ratic" said F's n L's because you have well and truly screwed up - the correct rule includes Fr 18973, and without that you would be labelled a non- compliant goose."

"GOOSE?" asked Philpom "WHO THE HELL CALLED ME A goose?" "Why when I was camped in..............."

..........No, but I an find one which will fit around your tongue!"

"It's amazing" said Turbo " that Ratso, a mere rodent, mangy, dirty, underfed, and smelling like a urinal, has been able to absorb and remember Regulations, Rules and Codes (RRC's) and quote them with such precision, second only to the great Welsher who........................."

.......Barrista called in sick at the BoB, Ahthreeshot filled in, putting his grandma's table spoon of coffee to each cup. None of her friends ever drank coffee after the first time, but Ahlot took to it like a goat to a strawberry patch, so didn't know any different. Ratso had turned up at the Bob after a night at the Henty BNS quaffing Bacardi and coke and trying to pass himself off as 18, but the chicks had given him a wide berth, so he figured he needed a few coffees.

The result was predictable - there was a twang and the broken rubber band splashed into the punch bowl, which .........

While this old piece of folklore was written before Ratso's time, it is actually quite a fitting description of a day in the life of the rodent:

A country dog once came to town

His Christian name was Pete

His pedigree was long

And his looks were hard to beat

As he trotted down the road

Was beautiful to see

His work on every corner

His work on every tree

He watered every gateway

And never missed a post

For piddling was his masterpiece

And piddling was his boast

The city dogs all stood and stared

With jealousy and rage

To see a simple country dog

The piddler of the age

They sniffed beneath his stumpy tail

Their praise for him ran high

But when one sniffed beneath

Pete piddled in his eye

Then to show the city dogs

He didn’t give a dam

He walked into the grocer shop

And piddled on a ham

He piddled on the onions

He piddled on the floor

And when the grocer kicked him out

He piddled on the door

Behind him all the city dogs

Decided what they’d do

They’d hold a piddling carnival

To see the stranger through

They showed him all the piddling posts

They knew about in town

But Pete just piddled on and on

And wore the champions down

For Pete was with them in every trick

With vigour and with vim

A thousand piddles more or less

Were just the same to him

On and on Pete sought new ground

In which to lay the dust

Till every other dog was dry

And gave up in disgust

But on and on went noble Pete

To water every sandhill

Then Pete an exhibition gave

Of all the ways to piddle

Like double drops and fancy drips

And now and then a dribble

And all the time the country dog

Did never wink or grin

But piddled blithely out of town

As he had piddled in..................

Practically, with training that far back, you really need to start again, albeit probably coming through in a lot less hours.

Our friends CASA have seen to it that you have to catch up with their constant changes of procedures, radio etc, and while anyone who has ridden a horse can get back on at any time, they are often fall off before they get their hand/eye co-ordination back.

With your health status, I wouldn't recommend you bother with RPL, because PPL isvery little extra work for so much more.