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Unfortunately, the large percentage of early aviation deaths robbed us of many talented, inventive, and very capable aviation people. People ranging from Charles Rolls, right through to Capt Lionel Woolson, inventor of the Packard diesel aero engine.

Many would say that these deaths are Evolution at work, removing the risk-takers from the genes of Mankind. However, surprisingly, we still have hordes of risk-takers amongst us.

Many of the early aviation deaths were completely preventable, and were caused by exactly the same reasons why aircraft crash today - pilot error, inadequate maintenance, airframe overstress via poor piloting - and flying into bad weather on VFR.

Despite the huge emphasis on aviation safety and proper and thorough maintenance, aviators still crash back to terra firma regularly with predictable results. As Julius would say, "Why is it so?"

Stipa-Caproni it is!

This one may be too easy, seeing as it's recreational?

SplitS - In the position where there's a blank space for Wars started by Donald Trump, you can put - "American Civil War #2".

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What I have tried to make people think about in this exercise is formulating a systematic process to diagnosing a fault in an aircraft system

So, essentially, what you're saying is - if your kitbuilt aircraft doesn't come with a POH, you should write one up, and include the important emergency operational checklist?

https://outnback.casa.gov.au/episode-8/emergency-procedures

A new investigation has been launched over a second sighting of a jet pack flyer, trespassing into the flight path to Los Angeles Intl Airport - at 6500'.

The first one was sighted only 300 yds from the landing aircraft, the distance to the second one sighted is not mentioned.

The simple fact that someone is getting to this height in a jet pack is more than intriguing, it should be making aviation development headlines.

Surely someone must know who is developing this jetpack. An American Colin Furze, maybe?

https://www.traveller.com.au/lax-second-sighting-of-person-wearing-jet-pack-prompts-new-investigation-h1rf5k

..... consume at least 2 bottles to strengthen his nerves, before he gets airborne (avref) in the Camel. But once fortified with at least 2 bottles, he can take on any Hun ace.

The problem for Algy was the bottles kept getting hot in the cockpit - and despite the fact that the empty bottles provided useful additional ammo, once he'd run out of real ammo - he was concerned that the Huns would know exactly who they were fighting, once they spotted an empty gin bottle being heaved overboard.

"Ach!! It's das pixxhead Algernon, again!", they'd say. "Look, it's his empty gin bottles! Ve know how to deal vit him! Ve only have to......

We'll pay out on that one, PMcC. I thought the 2-blade prop would throw most people off the scent.

All the BE2 photos show a 4 blade prop, I have no idea why this one is wearing a fancy 2-blade job. I can only presume it was an experimental prop. Dated 1913.

Try this one ....

Yes, Googles algorithms find virtually everything that has ever been posted for public display. And I've spent 20 yrs fine-tuning my internet searching abilities.

As a little thread drift - about 17 yrs ago, I actually found a stolen backhoe for a bloke in the U.S. He came onto one of the tractor forums complaining his backhoe had been knocked off.

We got all the details off him - make, model, serial number - and I went internet searching with a vengeance.

I found an identical backhoe listed for sale on a small marketplace site, a couple of states away, with just one digit difference in the serial number.

It was too obvious - the digit that was different, was one that could be easily altered - like an "8" instead of a "6". I went back onto the forum, and messaged him with my suspicions.

He came back a few days later, saying he'd alerted the police - they inspected the backhoe, it was definitely his - and the police seized it, and pounced on a gang who'd been knocking off a substantial amount of construction equipment!

He couldn't believe it, that a bloke on the other side of the world, just doing searches with a computer, could track his stolen backhoe down for him!

I must admit, your thread has amazed me, at just how many different aircraft have been built. It's been reported that over 50,000 different makes of cars have been built, I reckon the number of aircraft types and models must be right up there with the number of different cars built.

Seeing as 2/3rds of the worlds commercial aircraft are grounded, and are likely to be for an extended period, that could even be a couple of years, one has to wonder why CASA isn't downsized accordingly?

Perhaps he's well on his way to becoming a top gun fighter pilot. After all, some of the greatest WW2 fighter pilots, who went on to become legends, often left a legacy of wrecked aircraft behind them. 

As of this point, OME has been relieved of his fill-in CASA job, writing out exam questions. 

It has been suggested he move to a position in corporate financial management, where he can make a career out of obfuscation.  

I'm afraid I was struggling to figure out what could have been going wrong, but I did suggest it was due to lower engine power output than expected. 

Visibility from the cockpit must be, errr, less than spectacular. What with a windscreen pillar each side, and a bloody great mast right in front of you, I reckon it must be a handful to land.

The Polish personal business jet, Flaris LAR 1. The prototype has received CAA permission for flight testing.

https://flaris.pl/news/

O.K. I've done that. It cleared the "What's New" list - until I closed down the site, and then returned an hour or so later - whereupon all the videos and trips/events you migrated across, showed up again, as unread. Maybe it's something in the programming that changed, when the popup sub-menus change was carried out?

I've also found, that even though I select the sections I want to appear under "Content Types", and apply changes - then close down the webpage and return later, I find that the "Content Types" has returned to the default of "All Content".

I think the question is incomplete. It would be helpful to add in the engine type and make, and exactly what instruments are fitted. I'm thinking lower engine power output than expected, but I'm still thinking as to why.

The Diamond D-jet. A single engine 5 seater, it has never reached production status, and the Diamond Aircraft company was purchased by the Chinese Wanfeng company in Dec 2016.

..... still Bertie kept flying. "It'll take more than files, rasps, angle grinders, chainsaws and fires to stop me from nailing more Huns!", he roared at the gaping hole - which he suddenly realised, improved his vision of the countryside below, markedly.

"By jove! I think I've found a worthy Camel modification (besides bullet holes, of course!), that I must mention to the CO and the other jolly fellows, as soon as I RTB!"

However, shortly after, Berties brow furrowed and his consternation levels rose, as the fabric around the gaping hole started to rip and flap - and the hole got bigger! 

Berties attention to the gaping hole and ripped fabric was soon diverted by the sight of Hun troops on the ground, moving steadily towards his friend Algernon. It was time to......

Ian, if I click on "What's New", I get dozens of videos that you've obviously migrated across - but they fail to disappear from the read list, even if I look at them.

How can I just get current forum threads/discussions to appear with the "What's New" button. I have gone into the sub-menus for activity stream and changed "Content" to eliminate videos from the content, but they continue to appear each time I click "What's New".

....to run now, old chap, it looks like the Huns are rapidly approaching. But I'll leave you my first aid kit, and I'm sure you'll be able to bandage the wound quite effectively yourself." 

"I have to get airborne quickly, so I can do a recce, and see what's up. It could a major ambush, or it could be Heinreich Hun just having an A.D."

"Regardless, I can't hang about, I'm just too valuable to be taken prisoner - and besides, I have all the troop movement orders with me! I'll be back as soon as it's safe! - just lay low, and try not to moan!"

At that, Lord Bertie heaved on the prop of his Sopwith Camel, it fired up on the first revolution, and he jumped aboard, as it started to move off. He opened the throttle just as.....

......as always with dubious claims, typically such as UFO's (avref), Yowies, Australian Panthers, and Min Min lights; the photos only showed grainy images, wherein nothing of substance could be identified.

"It wasn't my fault!" exclaimed Turbo. "They told me the camera was point and shoot - there were no instructions about taking the lens cover off!"

"I don't think you ever went to Alexandria!", said the Giant Jedi Rat. "I reckon you're making it all up! It's all just a figment of your wild imagination, and besides, anyone who can't work out how to use a camera, should have his licences for anything lifted from him. You're a danger to everyone as soon as you climb onto your battery-powered scooter, let alone......

.....Moses Turdgris, who was the elder Statesman of the Turdbro family group, and he excitedly exclaimed that in his archaelogical diggings, he'd come across Leonardo de Tirgris, who had apparently invented the Drifter in 2005 BC.

Moses explained he'd found heiroglyphics on rocks around the Great Pyramid that showed that Leonardo had produced the aerial views of the Great Pyramid for the Pharoah, from the seat of a Turgris Drifter. 

However some of these heiroglyphics also showed that Leonardo crashed in a spectacular manner, all thanks to the stone tablets he was carrying, upsetting the C of G of the Turdgris Drifter, thus sending Leonardo into a terrifying spiral that he couldn't recover from.

He did manage however, to throw the stone tablets overboard before he hit the ground, and thereby saved his artistic works for future generations to admire. His stone tablets showing the aerial plans for the Great Pyramid are on display in a little-known museum in ........

....way to try and derail the NES - but it's obvious, that no recent NES contributors have realised that Turbo said "Tirgris", which is nothing to do with Tigers or Tigresses, and which is in fact a Middle Eastern River name, having its origins in "Turgid Grease", a reference to the amount of untreated household waste deposited in it, on a regular basis. As result, when you're stuck up the Tirgis without a paddle, you really are in deep shXX, as defined by......

....high octane fuel and top quality lubricant, when the sheer embarrassment of being found with.......