Captain

"Captain Ratceo" said Bryonski, "I move a mo..., er I move a mo... I move we open a position called 'Test Pilot' for Smiley, so long as he passes a spell test & can spell 'pilot', & knows which leg he's stretching.

Signed Bryonski????

"Too right" chorused the Clerical Staff "As there are motions all over the joint in this office at the moment and they need to be cleaned up before one of us needs to answer the phone again."

"I nearly tripped over one on my way outside for a fag (not that there is anything wrong with that, as we have a gay-friendly policy) so I will volunteer to do that" said ....................

....interesting". (to say the least) {not that there is anything wrong with that}

Ditdo is feeling quite depressed (compressed? ).... about being left out of the teamy CEO talk.

 

"Me thinks me make good test pilooot" :thumb_up: Mumbled the Stretch as he straightens out the landing leg...

"Thanks for volunteering, young Sapian" was the RatCeo's immediate response. "You will be in charge of testing aircraft landing gear, however I remain concerned that 89 of our clerical staff may not be safe in the hands of a "Young Enthusiast" as they will be susceptible to your boyish charms and your manish ................

Team Member Lochs ran back to the customers after grabbing their hoses. The three Beercans were relieved to have Locks' help on this quickie to the Hardware section.

"Why thankyou, GoldiLocks!" the three Beercans cheered,

 

"What are you going to use them for, just incase I could recommend you something else!" GoldiLocks exclaimed!

 

"Well, I wish we could say Fighting Fires and being all Heroic and all, but no, we need them to replace the fuel lines in our aircraft! It's experimental!" The Beercans said enthuastically... "The Rego is India Delta Kilo incase you see it flying and want to come for a ride!" One added...

..... "It is great to see fresh meat in the NES, as it gives more people that we can pick on, and when they are pretty new, they walk into a few of our set-up lines " said Turbo (who is still missing, but that shouldn't stop the NES from sticking it up him).

"Now hang on there Tubby!!" responded the rodentous Skipper with an extra exclamation mark!! Powewin can be the team Member in charge of RAA Field Days (a little Henty in-joke), and cameron will be responsible for the 93 extra clerical staff at RAA, so that no member will ever again need to be abusive or wait to be attended to."

Ever the opportunist, Turbo yelled "Do any of you female clerical staff, who have nothing to do, want to come to lunch on my expense account?"

91 responded in the affirmative (but we still need 'em).

"What do you do here Tubbs?" asked a young impressionable Clerical staffer.

"I am responsible for designing the new RAA range of fashion clothing and accessories for the hersuit new CEO. The theme will be .......................

"......be the keeper of the keys, and bathplug of the realm! A Fisher of men My Lord." said Lockjocks. Meanwhile Planey was having difficulty making a decision, eventually deciding "I'll take all three Skipper", he said in a decisive sort of fashion.

DarkVader put its sabre up to run the Jabiru Farm, Destiny wanted the rain to stop so he could bale hay, Powering wanted more of a say on the NES, Smiley wanted the diesel development factory and lots of other stuff like........

"That's done then" said RatCeo "We have a platform, we are a block and we are a Team. Now all remember that there is no "I" in "Team" but there is an "eam".

"Yes Sir, mein Kapitan" they all said as they klicked their heals.

"Now ........ Team Member Jocks, write a few new regs that allow 70 knot stall and 200 knot Vne so that I can get my Lancair 19 registered, Team Member Planey - go spend some money on something useful and audit yourself, Team Mamber Decc's - put your feet up on the desk and be an active Flight Engineer again, I'm off to a boozie lunch with the boss of CASA and the Minister, so I'll see yez in the morning when we can ....................

My Aunt reckons that all this Team Member stuff sound a bit like the phone messages on the PA at Bunnings

Ho! Ho! Ho! :big_grin:At least that should count me in.

"On ya Planey" said El Rateo the CEO (glint, glint) "Do you want to be my Ops Mgr, the Auditor or do you want to hold all moneys in your own personal account for safe keeping."

"What about me, Ratso me old mate" yelled McJock "I could .............

Bob,

I have added that into our Events calandar.

Please check and advise if you are not happy, + let me know what you wanted added to the Event as you get closer and can confirm what is on.

Regards Geoff

... he reasoned :ne_nau: as his thoughts drifted off to contemplate whether the RAAus CEO's job would be similar to herding cats....

"I wouldn't mind that RAA CEO's job. It would leave this mining caper for dead, and I'm a pussy herder from way-back." thought the Rat "Just think about all that money, all of the kudos, the high regard in which all fellow aviators would then hold me, all of the long boozy lunches with those jovial tricksters from CASA and AirServices, the free plane that is a perk, the ability to clamp down on any member that doesn't toe the line or laugh at my stupid tired jokes, and all of the .................

Chomping at the bit, NotsoLuckyLocks is still waiting for a positive responce from the much younger SabreFlasher.But to overcome the remote possibility of being "stood up" he...................

..... offered to fill in as the CEO of the RAA, while also offering to take over one of the Forums at Natfly with a lecture on how to pick locks in less than 3 hours, all while standing on one leg with his hand on his ........................

Look forward to meeting up with many of you at Ian's tent from Thursday.

Weather is at Temora weather - local weather forecast

Tomo DaVinci had to give away the idea of 500 horses of pure diesel power in the Drifter, and just left it in the path of the oncoming DarkVarder.And just as well it wasn't fitted to the Drifter, for the Planner had calculated that the tail moment had moved aft 1,100metres. Tomo that's like trying to fit 10 outboards to the trailing edge of a Jabiru wing! You wouldn't be able to...........

...... make the most of the fine aeronautic qualities of that 120. With those 10 outboards hang'n off the back, it'd fly more like a Gazelle ...................... with a Lioness hang'n off its back leg."

"What do you reckon is behind Tomo's unhealthy compulsion about Diesels?" asked MrH, who had, in a previous life, sampled the erotic pleasures of self combustion.

"I don't rightly know" responded Goldy "But could it have something to do with a straw, a cane toad, and a ..................

Loch shrugged with indifference :rolleyes1::ne_nau:, welded an outboard to a length of drag chain and cast another lure into the Bangholme creek....

..... but all he caught were 7 skinned possums and enough incriminating evidence to prove that TurboMoneylender was planning to open a Currency Exchange tent at Temora with an exchange rate of $NSW1.00=$Qld2.13, and with quotes being arranged within 15 minutes for other more obscure currencies, such as $SA, $WA, Czechwhatevertheyare's, Scottish Sporuns and TazzyFlorins.

"Come one, come all" he spreuked "And Uncle Turbs will give you a .............

From my point of view, I just don't want our form of aviation FORCED to go the way of GA ........ with creeping over-regulation, political correctness, declining numbers ..... and less fun.

If that is the creeping incipit result as we are girt by beaurocrats, then we need to resist, but in a measured and professional way with reasoned arguments.

Having listened to a few presentations by Airservices senior people recently, they are consumate pubic servants and don't give a rats about our fun.

... suddenly it was apparent that Decca had disapeared into thin air ... ;)

..... which is always a bit of an issue when you go sky-diving, (as opposed to ****-diving).

"Always remember, Decca, if at first you don't succeed, sky-diving is not for you" added El Ratski, regurgitating one of Conficious's old saying ... or was it Nostradamus?

"Don't be a dill, Skipper" said the DarkSabre from the DarkStar (which was actually just a SportStar painted with a matt black pressure-pack from a $2 shop), it was ...............

Now that I give it some further thought, you are bolting a piece of alloy to a piece of steel (engine prop boss), so galvanic corrosion kicked off by two disimiliar metals is quite possible, especially where moisture is present.The best way to stop this effect is to separate or isolate each from the other. A light film of grease or other suitable medium on the prop boss might do the trick..................Maj..

I doubt that your grease fix would be enough as the steel bolts that connect it all together are contacting the steel prop flange and the alloy boss.

Attached FYI is a pic of my Sensenich boss, looks lovely now but should not be too hard to keep an eye on through the spinner and when checking bolt torques.

Regards Geoff

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...As Darky ran at full speed with light sabre swinging harmlessly at her hip, and open arms towards the unsuspecting Deccadence, Tomo in a rare thought of envy placed a 500HP diesel engine (destined for the drifter), unseen by all the onlookers in her path. Oh NO........:ah_oh:

..... thought darkydarthsabre "I haven't had them sign an indemnity form, we aren't wearing fluro vests, my lightsabre hasn't been tagged out, they haven't agreed to my Law Society approved Terms of Appointment, Elsie is starting to pong and I must .............

Thanks Maj.

I agree Heon, and expressed a similar concern in another post here.

I reckon I know what is in store for us ............. so it looks like the women will need wigs.

I recently sent in a defect report in respect to corrosion found during normal inspection on two carbon props. One was a Bolly Alum hub which had severe exfoliation corrosion. The hub was returned, and a new one was given to the owner gratus.Corrosion was also found on the blade alum base-rings on an Airplast 3 blade prop. If left unattended this would have caused an unsafe condition down the road. Have not seen either report in the Magazine yet...................................................................................Maj..

Where was that corrosion Maj? Between the hub and the prop flange of between the hub and the blades?

"But it is actually Lee Hungryman" they quipped, who flashed his Ops Manager/Ex CEO Badge and said ....................

....... in an american accent from some movie or other and used by Sill in the Sopranos "Just when you tink you are out ..... they pull you back in ..... and now I must ..................

DETAILS OF INCIDENT/ACCIDENT/DEFECTso if there is anyone out there considering using a carbon prop, make sure your life insurance is up to date.

 

Regards

 

Tom O'Donnell

I think you are going too far damning all carbon fibre props on 2200's. Because you report a failure with one brand doesn't mean that the others are faulty.

Regards Geoff

"Ohhh damn" said MrH "You've gone & given it all away Ratatellallus, just when the Turbfish took a nibble on the bait. :hai: Now Lochnessfisher will have to throw the line in again .....

Let not your heart be troubled, MrH, in your quest for the Turbotubbytuberplanter, for the following reasons:

1 He doesn't give a rats about you or me (I). Not once did I hear him previously express concern about your wellbeing in any of the time before you replaced him in the NES.

2 He will have just been engaged in designing the 2010 collection at Ye Olde Bangeholme Chez Possomme Boutique, which will only be a minor update on his previous line of Possomme G-Strings and Y-fronts.

An enthusiastic young pilot from Queensland entered the CWA refreshment concession at NatFly.

"What would you like young sir?" asked the lady at the servery.

 

"I'd like a cup of tea please Ma'am. With milk and one sugar." the smiling young enthusiast replied.

 

"Sugar dear? But you look sweet enough already! :smooch:" the tea lady quipped, as the rest of the crowd fell about in laughter.....

"She thinks it's Tomo the Sapian" the crowd whispered in unison, "But it is actually Lee Hungryman" they quipped, who flashed his Ops Manager/Ex CEO Badge and said ....................

Planeys computer is suffering from constipation trying to work out what the last two posts meant? Could it be some secret code, or is it some private joke only shared by the multi-stripers?

 

No doubt the intelligencia of this thread can shed a bit of light on the subject, if the authour wishes to keep it from the masses.

 

Maybe its a signal to Elsie, to say the coast is clear................

After all of the previous Star Wars references, my Aunt gave a bit of a snigger at the concept of that prat C3P0 getting that golden suit polished up in Cowra and it actually being Acki or Nobu inside there .......... and the need for aviation references demanded that C3 become C3300, and R2D2 become R2200D914 in an attempt to reach a balance between RooJabbers and Rotaryaxes.

Oh well, my Aunt will try again to tickle Planeys funny bone and ..............

And it turned out that RturboDplanner has been located (for all this time) in a pod behind Ahlocks (who does look a lot like Luke Skywalker [and Pricess Leya]) just behind and to the left of the cockpit of the SportStar, ......... and we all have known for some time that tuRbo2Planner2 has been able to project a little blue light out of his front bit, which the Princess (and the Nanna) can use to send messages.

"Breep ..... clunck ..... zweep ..... clink" replied Turbo in a discussion that is clearer than many of his previous posts "And ...........................

Thanks Cosmick

I have included that in this sites Events calandar. Please check it and let me know if that is incorrect.

Regards Geoff

"Breep, click, buzzzzz, breep" said R2200D914 "Click, breep .........................

"Oh, myyyyyyyyy, I are here, mate" said C3300-PO "And I'm heading back to Cowla for a rook around, to get a porish, and to ...............