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LASER Z-2300 or REBEL 2300

Piaggio P180 Avanti - at least 220 built according to Wikipedia, currently still in production. First flew in 1986.

News reports suggest that a 42 minute delay at LAX may have contributed to the fuel shortage, and a spokesperson said that a MAYDAY FUEL call is different to MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY.

Cartoon in today's Melbourne Age:

The FAA has apparently just approved the first ultralight VTOL called the Scorpion 3 by Californian company Hoversurf. It is a quadcopter & like a flying motorbike. It looks bloody dangerous to me with no protection from the rotors but it is the first of many to come. Hoversurf Scorpion 3

The aircraft appears on airport-data.com with both registrations. I have posted a question on their forums asking about this. One of their moderators or staff will answer that (I've been a member of that site since 2009). Up until 1948, NX registrations indicated Experimental category, but actual registrations since then are simply Nxxxx.

I never drank more than a couple of glasses a year, and not a teaspoon for five years. I don't mind being pulled in for an RBT if it keeps a few d1ckheads off the road. It's a giggle when they ask "Have you had anything to drink?" to be able to answer "Yes, two lemonades and an iced coffee."

This particular aircraft is the one registered NX312JT (some photos show it without the X). The photo was taken at Oshkosh 2016. Some references show it with the name Allied TJ-2 Kosh. (Flickr photos, airport-data.com)

That doesn't answer the question.

Correct Thruster.

A Qantas captain (sorry, didn't catch his name) landed his last flight today with I think they said 37,000 hours. He said his father was a Qantas captain, and passed the baton to hm, and he's passed it on to his son, also a Qantas captain, who flew in the right seat with his father.

Amen to that!

Even better. Being able to set the default means 1 click instead of 2 each time you want to read another thread, but still see all threads, is perfect.

That's great - achieves the desired result. Thanks Ian.

Quicky - Amend link to Off Topic to open in a new tab rather than close AP. Longer term, put a link on the top menu so that it is not necessary to scroll to the bottom of the Forums list. (OK - so I'm lazy.)

Completed

A screenprint from Google Maps 3D showing the embankment at the end of the runway at Greenville Downtown Airport.

And another view of the crash.

A Falcon business jet has crashed off the end of the runway, down an embankment and onto a road, breaking in two, in Greenville, South Carolina. The pilot and co-pilot were killed in the accident, and two passengers are seriously injured.

I got the photo on Pinterest where it was listed as an Ameur Altajet. I have been unable to locate anything on Google relating to it, but I did find a record of a Baljims (no photo), which included the name Ameur. I guess we'll call this one identified and move on.

(Edit: Your post#1201 came through while I was searching Google.)

Yes you're right, PMcC.

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My reply seems to have gone missing in the site transfer.

No, not French, but it is European. Three models, 1 and 2 were wood and fabric, 3 was metal. First flew in 1965.

And here are a couple of extra clues. The makers name contains an umlaut (two dots over a letter), and drop one letter from the makers name and it becomes a common swear word.

Bump.

My apologies for the error. Unfortunately, I don't have authority to alter headings, and the post is more than 15 minutes old, so I cannot edit the post either. Should not have rushed into posting.

CASA has determined that the crash of a KingAir into the DFO complex at Essendon was the result of the rudder trim being set to full left rudder at the time of takeoff. This should have been detected in the preflight checklist. The checklist should also have revealed that the cockpit voice recorder was not functioning.

Pilot error at fault in Essendon DFO plane crash, report finds