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OME, there's some useful advice and links to suppliers in the following RC model discussion thread ....

https://www.modelflying.co.uk/forums/index.php?/topic/44380-ww1-linen-style-covering/

And some more advice from this useful site ....

https://www.freeflightsupplies.co.uk/index.php/products/lightweight-covering-materials

A caption? How about - "Good day, chaps! Any chance you could call the CO and tell him the aircraft is now in an easily accessible position for a full brake service?"  

If it was found he was wearing a crash helmet too, does that mean he'd only be awarded 1/10? As the old saying goes, "any crash you can walk away from, is a good one".

....straight-in approach, which costs less and gets a more rapid settling of the.....

Every automated driving system is full of fail-safe protections. In mining today, sizeable fleets of dump trucks, and even the excavators that load them, are automated.

Automated mining equipment was introduced in the mid-1980's, it was operated like RC models in those days, where there was extreme danger to the operator.

Today, the mining equipment is fully automated, and merely overseen from remote positions, up to even 2000 or 3000 kms away.

If the sensors and cameras pick up anything even slightly wrong, the machine stops immediately - and the other machines stop as well, because they all work together.

The incidence of accidents and damage is substantially lowered with automated mining equipment, as compared to careless human operators, human operators lack of attention, human operators slow response to danger developing.

I have little doubt that driverless cars will be with us on a large scale within 20 years. The major restriction at this point is the lack of standardised infrastructure, signage, and in-road sensors. They will all come in time.

Where did the fuel overflow come from? Any fuel spill must be treated like dynamite, and all ignition sources removed immediately. Petrol vapour has incredible ability to travel long distances, and get into confined spaces.

My father told me how he was with a group of blokes in the Outback in the early 1930's, travelling in an old Dodge tourer. Typical of the time, spare fuel cans strapped to the running boards, to give a longer range.

They stopped early evening to fuel up, stretch their legs and relieve themselves. One bloke opened a 4 gallon can to refill the old Dodge tank. Another bloke walked about 15 metres away, and lit up a smoke. It was a windy evening.

As the bloke with the can poured the fuel in, the petrol vapour travelled on the wind to the bloke lighting up a smoke.

They all watched in amazement as the fire travelled from the smoker, back to the bloke fuelling the Dodge, whereupon the fuel being poured, lit up.

The bloke doing the pouring was on the ball, he threw the can away and smothered the flames coming from the filler neck of the tank. Fuel in those days was pretty low octane, and todays fuels are even more dangerous.

I've seen more than a few workshops burn down, thanks to fuel spills. A bloke here in Perth burnt his garage, and house, only about 10 days ago, with a fuel spill in the garage.

You need to identify all sources of likely ignition at all times, and ensure the fuel vapour can't get to them - or ensure they're sealed.

I watched the entire Mobil fuel distribution depot burn to the ground in Norseman, W.A. in 1975. I could see the smoke from 60kms away, and went to investigate. The fire was started by a bloke refuelling his petrol car while he still had his caravan attached - which had an LPG refrigerator still lit in it.

He overflowed the petrol from the filler neck, the vapour blew inside the 'van, the whole lot went up, and then the whole depot went up! It was a pretty expensive refuelling exercise.

You haven't seen a fire, until you've seen multiple 20,000 litre overhead bulk petrol tanks on fire!

How hard must it be, for that bloke sitting in the front left seat, to resist grabbing any of the controls, as it touches down! I noticed his hand creeping forward to grab the joystick, as it hit the runway! 

I note there's no timeline of its development and introduction? It could be another 15 years away, before all the "bugs" are sorted out?

Hi Bilguun - You can purchase the 100hr inspection form on the website below, for USD$9.00.

https://www.esscoaircraft.com/products/cessna-150-100-hour-inspection-form-inspection-forms?variant=37370444382388

......wusses of the highest order, because they were too frightened to fly like the Biggles followers, and they were always fearful of any minor, new, strange noise in their aircraft, just like R22 Robinson pilots were, and they were constantly on the lookout for.........

You must be aware that a large area of Kharkiv, the city where Meglin lives, where the Kharkiv Aviation Institute is located - and where the Bekas X-32 was produced, has been destroyed.

Accordingly, communications will be very poor, and Meglin may have relocated to another safer area, or even another country - or he may even be fighting with the Ukrainian Forces against the Russians.

It is not a good time to own Ukrainian-built aircraft, unfortunately.

Bilguun, perhaps you misunderstood what I meant. I am suggesting that you send a message to Meglin yourself, asking him for assistance.

Here is his member profile, you can send him a message by clicking the "message" button. (I made an error with his user name earlier, it is Meglin, not Meglin1. He uses Meglin1 on other forums).

https://www.recreationalflying.com/profile/6762-meglin/

I had a BIL who had constant heart trouble all his life, starting from about 40. I think he had 5 heart attacks in total, and the last one, when he was 70, finished him for good.

But I can remember him telling me of his experience with one heart attack, where he felt symptoms, and got his wife to drive him to the hospital - whereby he keeled over, right in the foyer.

The staff rushed out and revived him, and he lived quite a few more years yet, on blood thinners and medications galore.

But he told me when he "died" in the hospital foyer, he said all he experienced was his vision shutting down, narrowing as his field of view closed in. He remembered that part quite clearly.

But after that, as he dropped to the floor, he remembered nothing, until he woke up with the staff doing CPR on him. I've known "healthy" blokes who dropped dead with heart attacks in their late 20's.

Another interesting event is SCAD - Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection. Your arteries have an inner lining and an outer sheath, sort of like the double-layer construction of hydraulic hose.

If the inner lining of the artery develops a split, the blood runs down between the two layers, and it will push the inner lining inwards, and block the blood flow. SCAD affects women more than men.

My middle nephews wife suffered a SCAD when she was 42 - and there wasn't a skerrick of bad heart history in her whole family. She died 5 times before the doctors could figure out what had happened.

They thought she'd simply had a heart attack, and were trying standard heart attack revival procedures - which don't work for a SCAD event.

She ended up wearing a mechanical heart pump for 9 mths, to try and save her heart - but it didn't work, and she had to go back in for a heart swap. Fortunately, it all turned out well, and she's still alive and well around 6 years later.

Hi Bilguun, I think you will encounter great difficulty in trying to acquire any manuals or assistance in regard to your Bekas X32 aircraft. It is difficult to find the company that produced these aircraft - but it appears it was a private company called "PJS Aviation Company Lilienthal".

PJS stands for "Private, Joint Stock (Company)". It appears this company may have been associated with, or operated out of the Kharkiv Aviation Institute (University).

It also appears that the PJS Aviation Lilienthal Company has been liquidated, so it will now be difficult to gather any information or maintenance support for your aircraft.

As you are probably aware, the Ukraine is at War with Russia, and this is also producing many difficulties dealing with Ukrainian companies and people.

I would try contacting the member "Meglin1" on here via a private message, to see if he will reply, and if he may be able to help. Meglin1 worked for the Aviation Institute in Kharkiv, so he may be able to provide some helpful information.

Grays have previously auctioned the Avions Pierre Robin R2160, VH-JXY, in Sept 2021. Bidding reached a maximum of $26,500 and it was passed in ("referred"), and the seller obviously decided the bid amount was inadequate.

https://www.grays.com/lot/0001-9025423

O.K., thanks for the additional information. The aircraft auctions have only just been listed, and they do not actually start until June 13th, and the bidding ends on June 24th, 2022.

In Grays leading page for the entire lot of aircraft up for auction, it simply states ...

Under instructions from:
The Vendor

Reason for sale:
Surplus to Requirements - Retirement

So it's made clear, all the aircraft are being quit, because Chuck McElwee is officially retiring, and he's obviously winding down his investment in the business, and turning his flying assets into retirement cash.

https://www.grays.com/sale/9031932

The photographic information is quite deficient, as there appears to be only one photo of each aircraft. One would normally expect at least 8 or 10 photos, or more. Grays may post more photos, as the auction start gets closer.

I just noticed one of the Robins does have 4 photos attached to it.

There's an ATC-810 Flight Simulator as part of the sale, and the simulator has 8 photos attached to the description.

The problems at Adels Grove are simple. The previous non-indigenous owners of Adels Grove sold out to the local indigenes in Oct 2021, and the new owners appear to be less than welcoming to tourists.

"In 2020 the site and business were taken over by Waanyi Advancement Limited Group, a commercial entity that fosters the economic development of the Waanyi people."

https://adelsgrove.com.au/history/

This is the problem (below) behind Adels Grove, and Lawn Hill Station, on which it is situated. The indigenes have "reclaimed" their land, and you are going to find a very different "welcome" to the previous owners, if you rock up there.

https://the-pen.co/exercising-their-right-to-the-land/

Air Australia still has a fully operational website, and nothing is stated on there about the company being placed into liquidation - as would happen, if liquidators were appointed.

Are you sure you've checked the dates on your information? Webpages stay up for years with outdated information from 10 yrs ago. Way too many webpages don't even have dates on articles, which infuriates me.

https://www.airaustralia.com.au/

I keep track of every auction in W.A. (and sometimes, other States as well) and there are currently no aircraft being auctioned at Jandakot.

However, Grays Auctions did sell this F-104 Starfighter out of Jandakot, in May 2021, for just $9! 

https://www.grays.com/lot/0016-9023163/memorabilia/f-104-starfighter-model-aircraft?tab=Inspection & Collection

He might be related to this Chinook pilot?

https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxWqbSrQTEe56wIWe-Oav4A7WBdKba_IPQ

You might be surprised to find that the largest percentage of ATM's still use the Windows XP OS. MS support for XP ended on April 8, 2014. I've got a Samsung Galaxy Note 4, which phone was released on Oct 21, 2014 - but I bought my Note 4 in 2016, and it was already superseded.

I like the Note 4, mostly because it has a replaceable battery - but I keep getting told it's totally obsolete. I've gone through 2 screens (smashed them, and replaced them myself), I'm on my 2nd battery - and it still works just fine for me.

But I know the day is rapidly coming when I will go to use it for something, and it won't work, because the technology in it has been left behind.

I've already discovered I can't use Telstra small-cell networks because the Note 4 doesn't have the latest VoLTE technology abilities - even though it's a 4G phone. When travelling in rural areas, I often get a Telstra message saying I'm in a small-cell area, but my phone won't connect to it. 

If you own ANY electronic device that is still operating after 20 years, you definitely own a museum piece! The average lifespan of most electronic devices today is around 5-6 years.

The fact that most now come with a sealed battery compartment, should give you some indication of the planned lifespan of the device.

I'm still running Windows 7, and I got advised the other day, when I encountered a small website problem, that my system became obsolete in 2019, when MS officially withdrew from supporting it.

.....this drove the local Gramma Poleece quite insane. The Poleece were constantly going around with spray cans, correcting the taggers spellink - but there came the day (night, actually) when one of the Poleece was  caught with a spray can in his hand, spraying.......

I think that pilot has a far different idea of "comfort and safety" limits, to most of the rest of us. I suspect he learnt to fly using Bud Holland as his role model.

https://theaviationgeekclub.com/the-story-of-bud-holland-the-rogue-pilot-that-crashed-his-b-52-after-having-maneuvered-it-beyond-its-operational-limits-at-low-altitude/

Old K, have a look in this thread link below, and find planet47's post from Oct 22, 2014 ....

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It's actually a prototype - a hybrid of features from a few different types ie foxbat, quicksilver, thundergull and others. At the present time it is labelled Dingbat!

And don't get presumptious, as Bex did in 2014 -  in the first page of this thread, planet47 has identified as a "she".

....throat, which fully explains Andy Williams amazing falsetto, arguably the best male falsetto since Turbo caught the top wire of the three strands of barbed wire on the school fence, as he jumped it, trying to escape from......