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F10, Aeropilot of the Czech Republic manufacture the Legend 600, it's an LSA 80% scale copy of the Cessna 182, made out of composite materials.

https://www.aeropilotcz.com/en

.....are directly related to the amount of cheese being produced and eaten. As everyone knows, the Moon is made of cheese, and once the Moon colony is established, mining of Moon Cheese will be commenced immediately, and OT as the leading and highly experienced mining magnate of the group, will be in charge of cheese mining.

It was most unfortunate for Turbo, that his Turbine Gorgonzola Ltd conglomerate was the under-bidder in the Moon Cheese offers-to-purchase contract, and Trackbine Mozzarella NL has agreed to a Moon Cheese supply contract with Twiggy Forrests' Fortescue Group.

A few people may be aware that Twiggys interests also extend to farming and beef on a large scale, and Moon Cheese, sold under the Fortescue brand, will be another winner both for Twiggy and OT combined.

The subtle flavour of the Moon Cheese has to be tasted to be believed, and the amount available is virtually limitless - sort of like W.A.'s iron ore. In addition, thanks to the lack of gravity on the Moon, mining of the cheese will only require toy shovels, and the costs will be so low, that the cheese producers on Earth will have to.........

.....they would be stuck on the Moon forever. "As a matter of interest, I'd like to know where all these people are going to live on the Moon?", noted Cappy, with some concern. "I mean, they speak of a 'colony', but a colony needs comfortable, roomy accommodation, and a secure place that protects them from space debris! How are they going to achieve this?"

OT, as spokesperson, said; "We're taking a 27 foot Viscount Supreme, tri-axle caravan with us. Everyone who has done any amount of touring in this wide brown land, knows the comfort and protection you get in a Viscount 'van, they have a long pedigree of building high quality mobile accommodation. I can personally attest to the build quality of Viscount 'vans, because I've owned three Viscount Supremes, and they provided sterling service. In addition, it will tow beautifully behind the moon buggy, and the tri-axle setup is ideal to smooth out that rough Moon surface".

"Hang on", said one TV journo, "How are you actually going to get this Viscount to the Moon? It's not like you could just hook it up to a rocket, and tow it there?"

"We have the caravan delivery process all perfected", said OT. "First off, we build a bigger rocket than either Bezos or Musk. I come from W.A. where everything is bigger and better - kind of like the Texas of Australia, so to speak. Secondly, we have this........

(And to keep the Dear NES readers in the loop, I'll just slip in a family shot of my favourite 'van, in a typical enjoyable OT holiday setting from the '70's ....)

Sorry Peter, it's a totally fabricated video, from a movie. 

"Clip from a 2014 film, ‘Into the Storm,’ is being widely shared on social media with a claim that it shows a tornado".

Flightrite, you have obviously circulated only in areas where the clean fuel was.

Budgeting On Near Zero Assets 

5 hours ago, turboplanner said:

Wasn't Bonza a 1940s term?

Hope diversity doesn't get pushed here or we may see the all-female Sheila Airways.

It could've been worse. They could've called it Cobber Airlines. 

Wasn't it Michael O'Leary of Ryanair who proposed having pax stand up? Some of these budget operators are absolutely ruthless, money is the only thing that counts to them.

......those brooms that TWB&OFDI manufacture, and I was wondering if it was possible for Turbo to manufacture one to suit a Jedi Rat Wizard. Of course, there'd have to be room made for my wand in the build, as I'm lost without it - and it just wouldn't feel right, if I launched without my wand."

"Maaate", said Turbo, "TWB&OFDI can build anything that flies, we had a big contract with Boeing before they got into strife and cut back on subcontractors, so we had to turn to the CTWC Ltd for additional income - but since we did that, things have really taken off!" (pun intended, he grinned).

"That is just great, Mate!", said Cappy - "But tell, me do you provide a choice of materials for seating and upholstery, as I have this...........

Joywell is made in Taiwan, and the Taiwanese have a pretty good name for the quality of the products they manufacture. 

Are you getting really smooth air, there, Frank? I would've thought you'd be getting some pretty strong thermals off that country, and heading into the warmer part of the year, by now?

The video is very steady, it looks like a really good flight. There's some impressive mountainous country there, but I wouldn't like an engine failure in that neck of the woods!

Do you have enough glide distance to make it back to the coastal plain?

....W.A. However, there was a lot of discussion as to whether Naomi was really a witch, or just acted like one. "It doesn't matter", said Turbo. "The important part is that the witches get their broomsticks made by Turbine Witches Broomsticks & Other Flying Devices Inc (TWB&OFDI), so that they are areodynamically correct, which will mean that they they fly properly, and the witches don't zoom all over the sky, looking like they're out of control, as shown in most cartoons".

"It's also extremely important that the seats on the witches broomsticks are carefully designed and shaped to fit witches derrières - by Turbine Broom Seating & Upholstery Inc (TBS&UI) - because there's nothing worse than a witch with a sore arse, to produce some of the nastiest spells!"

"Speaking of witches", said Cappy, has anyone seen........

They'll probably make Jetstar look like 1st class travel. When I see "low cost", it doesn't take long to figure out that every single cost they can think of, is stripped out from their side, and the cost is thrown onto the customer.

.....everyone looked puzzled as Adam grabbed his forearm on the wrong side, which has a completely different meaning to gripping it on the other side.

"Oh, I see", said Cappy, he's using the Haka arm movement to start the discussions - that's going to go down well with the Supreme Leader of NK-WA - because Mark's convinced Perrottet is on the warpath, and Mark is just the bloke to see off any foot-stamping, thigh-slapping, eye-rolling diplomatic efforts to tone down the previously warlike language!"

As Adam started his discussions by poking his tongue out, bull had to pull him back down as the first shot rang out. It was Mark, operating his 40mm Bofors, intent on knocking off Perrottet's emissary.

"Gee, this blokes actually serious!", said bull. "What are we gunna do?" said Adam, quaking in fear as he crouched behind a rock.

"I know someone we can call to sort this out", said bull. But as bull went to dial the number, a ..........

(and Dear NES readers, just to remind you, this is how Marky looks when he's on the warpath, and means business.......)

.....make Mark blanche. He actually detested Hitler, because he believed Hitler wasn't strict enough. Not to mention his name got raised too often in forum arguments. Mark much preferred to be likened to Kim Jong-un, and have W.A. likened to North Korea, and himself referred to as "Supreme Leader" - as Dominic Perottet was known to often repeat.

Mark went on, "What that Perottet douchebag doesn't know, is that we've got most of Australias Uranium here, and we can build missiles in our Henderson shipyards as fast as we can knock out 100M ferries! If he wants to keep putting us down and starting a NSW - W.A. War - we've not only got General Onetrack, we've got the ability to decimate those running dog capitalists in NSW with a barrage of missiles from W.A., that he won't even see coming! I'm going to make that clown concede a lot more, than just a swag of the GST income to W.A.!"

Turbo and Cappy became quite alarmed at the deterioration in relationships between NSW and W.A. - and the potential for serious losses to their combined incomes as a result of any NSW - W.A. War.

"We'll have to start some diplomatic negotiations on some common ground, at a universally agreed meeting point!, said Cappy. And where better than to have that meeting point, than Marree? - which is already nearly the end of the Earth - and who better to send as a diplomatic delegate, than that well-known Tasmanian with the superb diplomacy skills - bull! Just look at his avatar, if you want to see diplomacy in......... 

.....three millions, because they're all big thinkers, who think outside the box, as Twiggy Forrest can attest. "We can easily defeat those screaming, COVID-infected hordes from the East, as they try to scale the No 1 and No 2 Rabbit Proof Fences, in their haste to desert those disease-riddled Eastern States, to come to the bright and sunny, and disease-free W.A.!", Twiggy said, at his latest media interview.

"All we need to do, is install a huge border wall, just like Donald Trump did to defeat the Mexicans entering the U.S. In addition, we'll make the Eastern States pay for the wall - because it will be located on Australian soil, and therefore jointly owned by all Australians. And because I like building the biggest of everything, this wall will outstrip the Great Wall of China, and become a major tourist attraction in its own right!"

"And we won't even have to let the screaming hordes in! - they can view the wall from the South Australian side, and wonder in awe at what goes on behind it in W.A.! This is a win-win deal for W.A.!"

At this stage, Turbo spoke up. "My company, "Turbine Walls Inc, has extensive experience in wall construction - we were there when the Donald was in full swing on the Mexican Wall building. Unfortunately, we've had a bit of a downturn in the wall-building business since those Democrats got elected, so I have teams and equipment ready to roll at a moments notice, just as soon as you say the word!"

But Twiggy replied with scorn, "We don't need any Eastern States-based wall builders to build our W.A. Wall! I have everything that W.A. needs, in the shape of the Fortescue Wall Building, Hydrogen Generating, and General Mining company - who can not only build the Border Wall for W.A. - but we'll also be able to strip out any strategic minerals we find while we're building the Wall, and generate millions of tonnes of Hydrogen, as we turn the Wall into a one giant Hydrogen Generator at the same time as it acts as a screaming hordes deterrent!"

Turbo was quite put out by this rebuff by Twiggy, and set about trying to.........

.......he'd soon fix the GW problem, right after he fixed up those annoying warlike Hun neighbours. The solution was simple, by the time he eliminated about 150 million of the people who opposed him, they wouldn't be driving cars, burning coal, or otherwise making nasty, ozone-damaging gases, so the GW problem would go away by itself.

However, Cappy was soon in trouble, because he'd been identified as a copious gas-emitter. "It's those sauerkraut and caramelised onion sandwiches that I love so much, that are the main reason for the huge gas problem", Cappy explained. "Corn-fed horses have got nothing on me for gas production - they don't just wear masks around me, they wear gas-masks!"

"Well, we'll have to address this problem promptly", said Turbo. "Not only does that sort of problem ruin your social life, it adds to..........

F10 - How many minutes of fuel for a Merlin do you reckon you could afford? It's great when the Gubbmint is paying the fuel bill! - but no so great, when it's coming out of your pocket!

Ian, I think Skippy made the point he detests (sharp-edged) barbed fittings because of the potential for hose damage via movement to the hose where its in contact with the sharp edge of the barb.

That is where the Hengst filter is Skippys preferred choice, because the Hengst filter doesn't use a sharp barb, it uses a smooth spigot. But the best solution to prevent hose slippage, is the rounded bulge in the spigot.

I'm with Frank here, I've owned and used both quad and 3-wheeler bikes for years, and never had a problem. But they banned 3-wheelers as "killers".

Everything with an engine in it can kill you if you're careless, poorly trained, start "hooning" with it, or use inappropriate speed for the conditions. 

Having said that, my quads and 3 wheelers in the 1980's were limited to around 80 kmh and didn't have vast power output. They were 250 and 350cc. Now we have quads with 1000cc and more engines, and they'll do 100-110kmh.

It's a recipe for disaster making them bigger, and much more powerful, and much faster - without any occupant protection. Then owners put young kids on them, thinking they're just a toy. The problem is, they aren't.

I can recall a U.S. forum member telling us how he drove into a U.S. farm where the family had let a 7 yr old drive a 600cc quad bike. The result was predictable, the kid promptly killed himself.

This bloke said there was an all-encompassing pall of gloom over that farm, that he couldn't get away from fast enough. And all because that family didn't understand that big quad bikes aren't toys that you let kids ride.

Then there's always the possibility of mechanical failure, too. A farmer mate bought a secondhand, big Polaris quad bike, and was barrelling around the farm on it, at around 90kmh.

He pulled up to open a gate, and as he slowed to about 15kmh, a front ball joint snapped, the entire front wheel folded under, and he came to a very sudden halt, gouging a furrow in the ground.

He went a whiter shade of pale and swallowed hard, when he thought about what would've happened, if that ball joint had let go while he was doing 90kmh. You have much less protection on these things.

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This mess needed sorting out quick stix with intervention by a strong man with democratic credentials and bull was our man. So he matched Marky Mark by growing his blonde locks long (also see below), wearing a red tie, married a model and .......

 

...... got a number of large tattoos, just to show he meant business. There's nothing like a Tassie Devil tattoo on your chest to intimidate your enemies and friends alike. But the crowning glory was the dragon on his right foot. It glowed a multitude of colours and breathed fire across one of bulls ankles.

However, during an interview with bulls model trophy wife, she was asked what she saw in bull. "Well, it's like this", she sighed. He told me he had one dragon on the ground, all the time. That was enough for me! But after I married him, I found out it didn't drag on the ground all the time, it barely made 13 centimetres when it was fluffed up! - and that was the greatest disappointment a girl could ever have! But I've come to love him, regardless, and we don't let.........

....Bruny Islands are the equivalent of the Spratlys. It wasn't a well known fact, but the Victorian Govt, led by Comrade Dan, had its covetous eyes on the Brunys, exactly the same as China had its covetous eyes on the Spratlys. Dan and his ruthless Govt realised all too well the major security importance of the Brunys when it came to Victoria's possessions. As a result, Dan and his cohorts were making it an important part of their planning platform to ensure that a takeover of the Brunys was going to be the order of the day in the near future. Besides, the Brunys were part and parcel of the Belt and Road Initiative, and nothing was going to stand in the way of......

(Dear NES readers - it was very pleasing to note the important bit part played in bulls Tassie Devil cartoon, by none other than the famous Cappy. It's a crying shame he got no mention in the credits, as his on-screen time was deemed inadequate, to score a mention in the credits. We include a snapshot of Cappy at his finest.....)

There were 1568 Ryan ST's built - but seeing as they were produced from 1934, attrition has probably reduced their numbers to a very low level today.

....which end was the tail. The problem then, was getting Queenslanders to read the signs. This necessitated another sign saying, "read the bloody signs!" - as well as, "shut the bloody door!"

The last signage was necessary after numerous Queenslanders (and ex-Queenslanders, who posed as Tasmanians), took off with doors flapping, which led to some distress on their passengers behalf.

"Ahh, that's nothing to worry about!", said bull, after one notable takeoff with an open door, which necessitated a return to land. "The only problem that might occur, is if the swinging door hits a 'roo on takeoff! Gee, that that can do a bit of damage, I tell ya!"

"But we don't have a problem with that in Tassie, anyway! There's only one type of 'roo here and they're in low numbers, so no worries, eh? But the big worry here is those Tassie Devils, that just run out of nowhere, and who'll take a bite out of......

I am in full agreement with Skippy. The paper pleated element that Thruster shows is aviation-grade pleated paper, which almost certainly is of a much higher quality and specifications than the regular el-cheapo plastic fuel filter that 440032 is using.

This aviation-grade filter paper that Thruster pictured, would have specifications for the paper material that covered the type of paper, the paper treatment, and the level of filtering ability - which quite likely allows some water through.

The filter is also of a much larger diameter, with a vastly increased surface area for filtering. It doesn't take much of an increase in filter diameter, to add a substantially increased filter surface area.

Engines will run quite happily with a small percentage of water in the fuel - but they won't run at all, with a totally blocked filter. I've had extensive experience with the cheap plastic filters in automotive applications, since the 1960's.

They're good to stop trash entering carbies and jets - but they will plug completely, with even a modest amount of water, making the engine stop.

I've taken those filters off when I've had engines that were showing signs of fuel starvation - and even though they looked just fine, you couldn't blow through them, they were totally blocked.

To that end, Skippys recommendation of the Hengst filter is a far better choice for an aircraft, where you cannot afford an engine stoppage caused by a $5 cheap paper fuel filter becoming plugged.

The Hengst filter has the major advantage of stopping the trash that will block jets and cause a loss of engine power - but it will let through any water that might have gotten into the fuel system, thus largely eliminating blockage problems.

One has to keep in mind at all times, that water is with us everywhere, and gets into everything. If you're using automotive fuels, there's an allowance in the Fuel Standards Act for water content in fuels. It's a very low level, yes, but it's there, regardless.

Then, once fuel is being handled, it picks up moisture from the air. When you draw fuel from your drums and fuel tanks, air with moisture in it, replaces the fuel used.

You have water drains on your tanks to try to eliminate any water from your fuel, but the potential is always there, for some water to get through.

Accordingly, when aviating, you're in a safer position, when you utilise fuel filters that have a vastly reduced capacity to totally block up.