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.....condemnation from the Multi-Level Marketing opponents, who immediately pounced on the offer as unfair to buyers (as the product was actually a franchise, defined in the small print of the T's & C's, and was being sold by Turbine Franchises LLC, a Delaware-incorporated company) - and which offered an income that was overstated, and impossible to achieve.

Furthermore, it was pointed out by the MLM opponents that the franchisees were obliged under the terms of their contracts to source all their business inputs from Turbine Franchises LLC, in US Dollars, and at prices that exceeded the median pricing for the same products acquired from regular Australian suppliers.

60 Minutes got wind (avref) of this dodgy business practice, and sent an investigative team to Turbine Toyota to get the inside running on the whole suspicious setup. But upon arrival at the premises, they found the outlet had been completely rebranded as......

More low-flyers caught by unseen powerlines!! They sure are lucky to be alive.

They were darn lucky the powerlines and pole gave some amount, and that they didn't go directly nose-down, into terra firma. Powerlines have killed a lot of aviators.

And just having the powerlines so close to the airstrip, is some pretty stupid planning. 

http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2012/08/warning-video-of-plane-crash-contains.html

This was just just milliseconds before it all went wrong. Trying to level out piles of rubble with your MLG is never going to work.

There's such as thing as taking necessary risks - as in war action - as compared to taking unnecessary risks in peacetime. When you consider that Pollock would've only needed one small miscalculation - just a small wind gust at the wrong time, and Pollock would now be remembered as a destroyers of lives and public assets - not a pilots hero.

In industry and labour, there's a group known as "persistent risk takers". These are the blokes who dash under a suspended load to retrieve something without chocking the load, or who work under loose rocks in the roof of a mining stope without ensuring the loose rocks are barred down or secured with rockbolts - or who do a fast right turn only 50M in front of approaching, speeding traffic.

They do this persistently, against all the rules designed to prevent accidents and fatalities - and sometimes they can do it for a lifetime, and get away with it. But many don't, and they pay the price for their adrenaline-pumping behaviour.

......fix the multiple and dangerous leaks caused by the Turbine Industries modifications. "Hey, it's not leaking, it's just marking its territory, like any animal would," said Turbo airily. "And this thing is a complete animal in the air!"

"But those leaks are an aviation disaster just waiting to happen", tut-tutted OT.

"Nah, not a problem," said Turbo with a grin. "That's why I fitted the Seagull to a Blanik. If the Seagull coughs and dies, I can just glide to Tassie! And besides that, my cunning design includes a detaching mechanism for the Seagull. I just pull this lever here, and the Seagull falls away, just like a drop tank! How good is that!!", he went on.

"Well, that may be all well and good, but what happens to the poor bugger on the ground (or in the tinnie) who has a Seagull fall out of the sky, onto his head, once you do the Seagull detach thing??", said OT, looking shocked that anyone would even dream of fitting such a device.

"Oh, I've thought of that, too", said Turbo. "I engineered an inbuilt parachute into the Seagull, which not only cushions the landing, but which 'chute gives those below a clue that something is coming down out of the sky - and it also saves the Seagull from any landing damage, so I can use it again!"

"That's just amazing", said OT, "It just goes to show, you're not just a pretty face, but you have real potential to provide........

And the report that indicates the pilot was a recreational drug user, completes the picture of a born risk-taker, with little regard for his or anyone elses health.

http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2016/09/fatal-accident-occurred-september-03_4.html

The mistake here was simply not taking into account what might happen if the engine quit while you're at low level, and in the middle of aerobatics. But many people lack the foresight to see all of the possible results of their actions.

https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/cleveland/article/Single-engine-plane-crasheds-into-Trinity-River-9202286.php

Wow, that's the greatest savaging I've ever seen any respected aviator give to any aviation organisation - but they sure look like a bunch of cowboys, and I can understand why Dan is properly fired up.

He forgot to mention that IF three swimmers had been killed, the lawyers would then carve up the VAC, its directors, and anyone who made a decision directly responsible for the (hypothetical) deaths.

That would simply mean the VAC would cease to exist, and the warbirds would end up sold at auction, to extract the damages payouts.

....no longer in need to be checked, because RA-Aus had taken on that responsibility. However, there was concern that rump checks needed to be universally introduced again, as rumps were becoming bigger and wider and fatter, and this was only including the pilots.

"There needs to be some streamlining carried out to this process," said Turbo thoughtfully - while he carefully bore in mind, the Bone CWA Ladies were keeping a close eye on where this rump checking was going to extend to, and if......

The basic problem is everything is geared to reducing paperwork, and ensuring that everything is recorded electronically. This has many beneficial advantages to Govts and bureaucracy.

They can collate information simply by linking electronic databases, and they no longer need to rent/build large warehouses to keep mountains of paper records and files.

Information is easier to track down electronically. 'CTRL', 'F' is the godsend of our age, I do not know how we previously survived without it.

Paper producers, printers, bookbinders and all the associated jobs and skills are a dying industry. Even diaries are becoming harder to find each year.

I found after about 15 yrs of solid keyboard work, my handwriting skills were starting to decline - so I've decided to keep a daily, handwritten diary to ensure my handwriting skills don't deteriorate to the point where I'm mistaken for a doctor.

However, it's rather amazing how much room even as little of 8 years of diary storage, takes up. 

I would imagine trying to find a bookbinder that's still in business in todays world, would be a task in itself. Virtually all the local ones I previously knew to be in business, have folded.

Sort of like engine reconditioners, they're difficult to find today, and they rely on "historic" or "preservation" work to survive.

"Security controlled airports" is where the system is a farce. I can find, within relatively short distances of major cities and important infrastructure, rural airports that have no security, and no possibility of securing them, because of the sparseness of the local population.

You can't even find a local taxi service at these places, if you land there, you'd better have your ride to town organised in your planning, or you'll be up for a long walk. Yet these airports are utilised by the military as well as civilian flyers, and if I was terrorism inclined, these are the places one could start off on any mission of evil.

It would be far better to concentrate on aircraft disablement for security, because there have been enough aircraft stolen by joyriders to pose a bigger threat to aviation, than ragheads wanting to go on suicide missions with a plane.

And at the end of the day, if someone was evil enough to want to carry out a mission of death and destruction, they would find ways to acquire an ASIC card, and waltz through the system. 

The system is driven by the Americans all-consuming fear, that someone, somewhere, in some sXXXhole of a country, wants to kill Americans in sizeable numbers.

Given that the Americans regular aim is to invade other countries and kill their people in sizeable numbers, to ensure American global corporations continue to get their raw materials uninterrupted and cheaply, this comes as little surprise.

......competing, front line position, screaming and growling loud enough, to equal the vocal output of a raging CASA inspector when he finds an aircraft (avref) full of faults, that immediately means it's not going to fly that day.

Meantimes, bull had got the fire going large enough to smoke out any CASA tribespeople within 5 NM of the site - thus ensuring he was safe from any CASA tribespeople inspections.

After all, the CASA tribespeople were very curious - and in fact, downright nosey - when it came to those big noisy birds that dropped out of the sky, and disturbed their "secret mens business" meetings.

These "secret mens business" meetings were known to be carried out on golf courses, football fields (although it was known some women had been invading the last type of sacred ground, and this had to stopped, somehow), Buffalo clubs, and Masonic Lodges.

In fact, few people knew that the various secretive words used by the CASA tribespeople were direct handdowns from the Masonic Order, with terms such as.....

Marshallarts, I'm interested in finding the auction listing for these aircraft. Despite a thorough search, and familiarity with all the major auction houses, I have come up with a blank for any current aircraft auctions in W.A.

Ace747 - Is this the same one you speak of, or is it a reduced size version? You gave no dimensions of the logbook you're seeking out.

The dimensions listed for this book, are 20.6 × 24.3 × 1.5 cm.

https://aviationtheory.net.au/shop/student-and-recreational/atc-pilots-logbook/

.....Tasmanian ancestors, past and present, of the CASA clan - known for their ferociousness in dealing with intruders into their airspace. In fact, the CASA clan, despite rumours to the contrary that all Tasmanian Indigenous groups have passed into extinction, have actually survived and flourished - somewhat surprisingly, in office buildings right in the centre of the Tasmanian cities (of which there are just 6 - but that is enough to provide adequate breeding areas).

The CASA clan are somewhat like the urban foxes - cunning, resilient, ever-present, and often without people knowing they are there, such is their adeptness at melding into the general population.

Their cry, however (which pales in comparison to blood-curdling fox shrieks in the gloom) chills any aviation person to the bone - with that cry resembling someone saying, "RAMP CHECK!!"

This chilling cry, known to raise hairs on the back of the necks of the toughest, coolest, most fearless pilots, is notorious for its.....

......the chances of catching the virus way out in this remote neck of the Taswegian rural area?", she said. "I know that virus spreads like wildfire, but we're better insulated here, than they are in W.A. - what with that big body of water between us and the mainland!"

"I'm not so sure," said bull. For all we know, some disease-infested West Aussie has already transited from W.A. to Melbourne to Launceston, and the bug is spreading as we speak. We'd better wear some serious protection, or we could become infected, and suffer the awful consequences."

At that, bull pulled out some pig intestines he had in his pocket, and proceeded to make........

Further reporting states the pilot was 74 yrs old, and he was conducting a flight from Winton to Bowen when he crashed on Nosnillor Station. The ATSB has sent investigators, so the aircraft must have been VH registered.

The ABC and Channel Nine are reporting that an RV-7 has crashed S of Charters Towers at around 12:30PM today. The pilot is deceased. No further news available at this point in time.

He's happy with 30 mph cruise speed? He might as well ride a pushbike. As Nev points out, he did little to ensure a slippery shape, that might've given him a decent cruise speed.

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 This probably suggests avoiding sudden increases in power, go from idle to WOT over a few seconds, dont punch it.

That's a handy restriction to have, when you're 15 feet off the runway on landing, and the aircraft is getting seriously crossed up, and you need full power instantly to go around.

....you really need to ease up on your grip, it's making me wince, and making my eyes water, which is a bad thing for a pilot (avref), as he really needs to be able to see clearly all the time".

At that, Mavis eased up on her grip, and bull was very pleased at the result. It made for a more controllable response. He didn't mind as much at the pressure she gripped the primary controls with - but it was the way she seemed to delight in the differing response, as she eased the pressure on and off, that greatly concerned him.

He would need to address the grip and pressure issue more intensely, once they were back on the ground, but in the meantime a more pressing problem was arising.

In fact, it was rising out of all proportion to anything else, and threatened to......

.....legs to be able to fit in the pilots seat, such were the cramped dimensions. Then Mavis realised that if she wanted to fly too (avref), she had to tuck herself right in behind bull, like a pillion passenger on a motorbike - but only much closer. She climbed in and positioned herself, and then found she could easily reach.......

.....said, "You won't need that bale of hay, you won't need that lice killer, and you're not going anywhere, Big Boy - until you've serviced me, with that equipment you're carrying".

Bull was terrified at the gleam in Mavis' eyes, and the way she blocked the door to freedom for him. He stepped back a little, mouth agape, as he considered what he could do. 

He could put his head down and just rush Mavis headlong - he could kick up his heels and just race off in another direction, looking for another open gate - or he could bellow his distress and hope........