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The pilot has been confirmed as deceased and his body was recovered from the wreckage at around 2:00PM yesterday. The media report below indicates the "distress signal" was from an ELB. https://www.ulladullatimes.com.au/story/9069975/body-recovered-after-plane-crash-in-national-park/

The "distress signal" mentioned in media reports may not have been a radio message, it may have been a signal from an ELB being activated.

Whoops. A bit more work required on the anti-collision/avoidance systems, by the looks of it!

Further news items state the pilot was on a flying training exercise, and had flown into Victoria, before returning into NSW. The news items also states that a distress message was sent just prior to the aircrafts disappearance. Lost in IMC over the Budawang National Park, perhaps? The photo supplied with the news article at bottom, shows an aircraft totally destroyed. https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/light-plane-crashes-in-southern-nsw-on-return-to-sydney-20250918-p5mw8w.html https://www.9news.com.au/national/search-to-resume-for-missing-pilot-after-nsw-light-plane-crash/690b45ca-41bc-48cf-8771-82626dc560b6

The crash location is actually in inaccessible terrain inside Budawang National Park. A search chopper has sighted the wreckage, but the pilot has not been sighted or found. The crash site is inaccessible on foot, and inaccessible to ground vehicles. The search was suspended last night and resumed this morning, largely due to poor weather. Grave fears are held for the pilot. Radar tracking shows the aircraft descended from 8250 feet to 2000 feet over a 25 minute period, and then disappeared off radar screens. Inexplicably, the Cirrus SR20 (which belongs to a Bankstown Flying School) is reportedly equipped with a ballistic parachute, which should have reduced any crash severity. https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/grave-fears-held-for-nsw-man-after-light-plane-crash/news-story/83b305fc54a712b1cdfaa1990b21c01e

I was perusing FB Marketplace, and this item came up in my Marketplace feed. A Lancair 360 kit, not completed and seemingly with no engine, as none is shown. For sale on behalf of a non-FB user. They're looking for $30,000 for it. I thought someone on here may be interested in it. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1988030321977739

The ICAO four-letter airport ID codes were agreed to, on 24th March 1959, and came into official use, on 1st October 1959. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICAO_airport_code https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airports_by_ICAO_code:_Y

YSEN, Serpentine - YCUN, Cunderdin - YCUE, Cue - YLEO, Leonora - YPKG, Kalgoorlie-Boulder - YFRT, Forrest - YCDU, Ceduna - YPAG, Port Augusta - YYUN, Yunta - YMED, Menindee - YIVO, Ivanhoe - YLCG, Lake Cargelligo - YCWR, Cowra - YOAS, The Oaks.

What kind of petrol contamination in remote areas would you be concerned about, RFguy? Water and dirt from the tanks are generally stopped by the filters in the bowser pumps. However, the bowser filters can still pump emulsified water, so it's a good idea to avoid filling from servo tanks, where you see the refuelling tanker refilling them, and stirring up sediment and water. Incidentally, it's well known that all tanks retain some water and sediment in the bottom - as a result the pump spears are always a defined distance from the tank bottom (150mm), and the bowser pumps can never pump the tank completely empty. Microbial contamination kits are available for the kerosene-based and diesel fuels, but I don't ever recall microbial contamination being a problem with petrol-based products. Not to say it can't happen, it just that I think it would be extremely rare. https://fueltest.com.au/

Bluetooth probably not as silly as it sounds - you can already get Bluetooth trailer/towing lights for something you want to tow, that has no lights, or non-operational lights.

......who ordered in another 50 sets of short-skirt nurses uniforms, to replace the standard nursing long pants. Clarry was looking forward to another night of entertainment with high hopes of all the nurses changing into the short skirts - but he was horrified at the shift change to see Ted the gay male nurse walk up to his bed, and say...............

Marty, make sure you run the engine until the oil temperature is at normal operating range, where condensation is vapourised and removed from the engine internals. A huge amount of water is produced in the first few minutes of engine operation, and if any stays in the engine on shutdown, it will cause corrosion on any exposed steel components, after a further period of sitting around. One trick I learnt from some Americans is to leave a 100w incandescent globe lit up, under an engine sump, when an engine is left standing. The heat from the globe generates enough warmth to keep condensation at bay, especially where large temperature variations between night and day are experienced. This trick also works for keeping condensation off steel tools in cupboards and toolboxes.

.......the defacto President of that State, one Luigi Alfonso Aloysius "Turbo" Turbine, effectively ran the State as a personal business monopoly - despite the official Govt Premier and Ministers thinking they were running the State. No State decision of any kind could be approved without it going past Turbo for approval - or refusal. When a major Govt decision was overturned, it was because it didn't meet Turbo's aim of getting 10% of the cut of the monies involved. But the refusal was always couched in subtle terms, such as "the project failed to reach the viability objectives", amongst other obtuse and seemingly political reasons. Turbo's defacto reign over the State decision-making, led to many would-be small-time dictators trying to emulate Turbo's success, which then led to............

......when Cappy was ejected from the Club Aficionado, for bring good Cuban cigars into disrepute, by casually smoking one out of the boot of a car. Note that Cappy was absolutely dismayed when he received this news - because as everyone knows, Cuban cigars are rolled on the inner thighs of 17 yr old Cuban virgins, and this fact alone was a huge drawcard for Cappy, as he fondly remembered............. (Dear NES readers, the following video is definitely not a video of Cappy smoking a Bolivar Belicoso Fino, but it does show a couple of very refined members of Club Aficionado showing Cappy how Cuban cigar smoking should be done.......) https://www.cigaraficionado.com/top25cigar/bolivar-belicoso-fino-2017

Canola loses its bright yellow flowers within a month or five weeks, as the plant sets seed, and the paddock then turns to a plain dark green as it forms pods, then it turns to a dull yellow as the pods ripen. Canola produces a lot more flowers than it sets as seed, it seems this is the plants way of dealing with heat, heavy rain, insect attack, or other stressors.

My apologies, I have made an error, the Greenfields Flyers correct name is the Greenside Recreational Flyers Club.

.........regular sips from a Magnum of Moët & Chandon, all the while puffing on a Bolivar Belicoso Fino Cuban cigar, and puffing smoke rings for the entertainment of the small boys gathered at his...........

There's also the Greenfields airstrip at Muchea, on the North side of Perth city. It's essentially the same distance as Serpentine from the Perth CBD. The Greenfields airstrip has superb access with two of W.A.'s finest highways leading to it, and from it (Brand Hwy and Tonkin Hwy) - but it is restricted mid-week by the RAAF Pearce restricted airspace zone, R155. The RAAF use that area for military aircraft training, including low-level flights. The airstrip is operated by the Greenfields Recreational Flyers Club, and they don't charge any landing fees. However, they only operate on weekends and public holidays. https://www.grfc.asn.au/

.........dear Cappy, No, it appears your translation is exceptionally bad - Turbs actually said, you look good in a leotard - and he also said, you're very slow on genuflucting with those Asians girls in Tahiti. However, I know that can't be correct, because we all know your family has always had its primary tendencies towards the Wahines, and as such...........

The fear is real, if you get into Clive Palmers legal sights. He specialises in the worst kind of legal abuse, threatening to sue you, then "settling out of court". 😞

Skippy, the Jacinth-Ambrosia Mine is a fully operational mineral sands mine, they retail nothing at that mine, and you likely wouldn't even get past the main gate, without having to undergo a minesite induction course. Re Tarcoola - The 4WD road trip below, has photos of Tarcoola. It is a ghost town! Full of abandoned buildings and businesses, and no-one lives there any more. https://4x4earth.com/forum/index.php?threads/tarcoola.27733/ Glendambo is a settlement of about 30 people, and it contains a large roadhouse/truckstop selling all fuel types. There is a small airstrip about 1km SE of the Roadhouse. Kingoonya has a functioning Hotel with limited accommodation, and a Caravan Park that supplies fuel on a 24hrs basis, with a card-operated pump. The bowser dispenses only ULP 91 and diesel. https://kingoonyahotel.com.au/about/ https://directory.fullrangecamping.com.au/item/kingoonya-caravan-park-cp/ Kingoonya CP fuel bowser -

The pilot has been identified as Jarred Wait of Port Lincoln. The company was working for, was Aerotech. He leaves behind a young wife and baby girl. A very tragic event. Young dad mourned after death in plane crash 7NEWS.COM.AU Jarred Wait, 26, died after a crop dusting plane he was piloting crashed into farmland.

The pilot of an Airtractor has been killed today (8th Sept 2025) whilst crop-spraying at Yeelanna, S.A., on the Lower Eyre Peninsula. No further details are available at this stage. Pilot dies in light plane crash at Yeelanna on SA's Eyre Peninsula - ABC News WWW.ABC.NET.AU A Port Lincoln man has died in a light plane crash in fields at Yeelanna, north of Cummins, on the Eyre Peninsula.

W.A. fuel retailers have to send through their next-day prices to Fuelwatch by 2:00PM each day, and the prices they quote, are set from 6:00AM the next morning, for a full 24 hrs from there on. However, remote regions are excluded from the Fuelwatch requirements, there are Fuelwatch "boundaries" - towns, cities and Shires, and anything outside those boundaries is not required to comply with Fuelwatch legislation. https://www.fuelwatch.wa.gov.au/about/boundary Skippy, your fuel supply places along the Trans-line route are going to be in serious short supply, I think you've nailed the potential sources. That's why long-range fuel tanks are all the go for the 4WD Outback exploration type of people. The main highways are the only reliable source, and there's only one main East-West highway, the Eyre Hwy. Even the Aboriginal settlements and remote Outback roadhouses can only supply Opal fuel, and often only in limited quantities. You may have to organise a fuel dump via someone helpful - but even then, if there are Aboriginals in the region, 95-98 RON must be kept under lock and key. The Indigenes will steal all the regular petrol they can access.

Skippy, there are numerous airstrips between Kalgoorlie-Boulder and Forrest, but they are all unsealed, useability is subject to weather, and some are station airstrips where you would be best advised to call ahead to obtain landing approval, and advice on local conditions. Maintenance levels are a mixed bag on these locations. Karonie airstrip (adjacent to Karonie siding), possibly poorly maintained - https://maps.app.goo.gl/ct8ZwAzV6jrYd3oZ8 Kitchener airstrip - single runway at Kitchener siding (Zanthus), adjacent to Trans-line - https://maps.app.goo.gl/2SXWq8i2PR6tkEth9 Kanandah Station airstrip (N of the Trans-line, NW of Rawlinna), two runways, little information available, appears to be poorly maintained - https://maps.app.goo.gl/B71tb1Z6VXGzvRa88 Rawlinna Station airstrip, single runway (private airstrip, landing approval required) - https://maps.app.goo.gl/1ABtJGXN26ZmHCnY7 Rawlinna Station Homestead airstrip (two runways, private airstrip, close to main Rawlinna airstrip, landing approval required) - https://maps.app.goo.gl/46npWcCqKnarwVmM8 Haig airstrip, single runway, adjacent to Haig siding. Little information available, possibly poorly maintained - https://maps.app.goo.gl/RmezBcZjEKdMAjzE8 Distances: Kalgoorlie-Boulder to Karonie - 50NM. Kalgoorlie-Boulder to Kitchener - 140NM. Kalgoorlie-Boulder to Rawlinna - 200NM. Rawlinna to Forrest - 144NM. All distances approximate numbers.