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Nev, in my long experience, and the experience of many friends and associates, insurance companies often do their best to avoid payouts, and they will conduct their own "investigation" of events, and come to their own conclusions, without reference to the insured, or any official reports. I trust it doesn't happen in this event, at least there is video evidence of what happened.

Skippy, I think you're a little confused with your wording. The general consensus is someone who goes off on a tangent, is someone who loses focus on the subject, or the project aim. Perhaps you meant "divergent thinking", or "thinking outside the square", as it is commonly described. Many revolutionary discoveries were made completely by accident, and I believe Flemings discovery of penicillin was one of them. Fleming returned from a 2 week vacation to find an uncovered petri dish had become contaminated by a blue-green mould, and the mould, in subsequent research, was identified as a rare strain of Penicillium notatum.

I think the aircraft insurer could be their main worry, right about now.

I might add, that the Firefly Carbon-Foam battery, which retailed at around US$530 for a 116 A/H battery a year or two ago, appears to have been taken out of production, in favour of a Firefly Li-ion battery. Firefly appear to be still intent on selling their Carbon-Foam technology, which the company indicates, has multiple applications, besides batteries. My money is on a Chinese lab producing the next biggest improvement in battery technology - the amount of Chinese money going into battery technology is staggering, and Trumps "anti-immigrant" stance has driven a lot of highly intelligent Chinese researchers to leave the U.S. universities and corporations they worked for, and return to China - and of course, they won't be employed by American companies or unis, once that occurs.

All this, should raise eyebrows globally .... ⁠400 Wh/kg energy density ⁠Five-minute full charge ⁠Designed for up to 100,000 cycles ⁠Extremely safe ⁠⁠Made of globally abundant materials Over ⁠⁠99% capacity retained in -30 degrees celsius ⁠Lower cost than lithium-ion So ... Donut Labs have achieved something that no other major research institution, global corporation, or even a mega-billion dollar State-funded effort (here's looking at you, China and America), has achieved - and all without battery cooling as well?? Methinks someone is stretching the truth more than a little. Unless they've found new chemical structures that no-one else has been able to find to date, their claims need to be taken with a large grain of salt. And I'll wager all of the above-mentioned parties involved in improved battery development, will be placing bulk orders for these batteries, so they can go straight to their labs for teardown. And I think Thrusters comment about no mention of any patents is very telling. That is usually the first thing to brag about, in new, outstanding advances. I'm reminded of the R&D effort by Caterpillar in a JV with the Firefly company, much earlier in this century. Caterpillar set off with a target of producing a new, outstanding lead-acid battery, with vastly improved performance, lighter weight (targeting one-quarter the weight of the standard lead-acid battery), much lower cost, and using materials and chemicals and compounds that were not exotic, nor held by "unfriendly" countries. At the end of the day, after the expenditure of multiple tens of millions of dollars in their search for the holy grail of lead acid batteries, Firefly came out with the Carbon-Foam plate battery. Firefly established a small market for their new battery, virtually limited to the U.S., and virtually limited to marine and camper use, all the while still claiming outstanding advances in battery technology, along with multiple tens of new battery technology patents. Around 15 years on, the Firefly carbon-foam battery has made no appreciable inroads into the battery market; Caterpillar pulled out of the JV in 2010, stating that they could find better uses for their R&D money - and Firefly have moved all their manufacturing to India. The Firefly batteries still aren't cheap, in fact they are "premium" priced batteries. In addition, there are numerous Firefly battery end-users who are disappointed that the claims made by Firefly often don't stack up - especially when it comes to longevity, and the ability to deep discharge and fully recharge successfully. I trust that Donut Labs can "produce the goods", that match their "marketing spiel" in their promotional material - but I feel that many of their claims may turn out to be exaggerated marketing hype.

Somebody had better call The Donald real quick, and organise to shut this guy down! He's gonna destroy half of American industry, if he isn't stopped! Can you imagine an America with no oil production, and no V8 engines?? 😄

........Leading Hand of the secret Govt programme, not only because Bull had invented the BBH, but because he was also know for being "handy" with the girls. And with his BBH's, Bull found he could reach the girls that he couldn't normally reach, so that made things even more exciting, as the girls would turn to see who had grabbed them, and all they could see was.........

Here's a FB video of the machine. It reportedly uses an "RMZ-250" engine, which is a Suzuki motorbike engine. 25 reactions · 11 shares | Flight on a homemade plane Pchelka, taking... WWW.FACEBOOK.COM Flight on a homemade plane Pchelka, taking off from a simple road near the forest. Aircraft weight 65 kg, rmz-250 engine, legal flights in zone G, 😍👑✌

It should've been a hit with the bankers and lawyers! Just needed some marketing ooomph. "The Accountant. Saves you money, not just on your tax!" 😄

That cap is ready to fall apart, I've never seen polypropylene so badly sun-bleached. Finding the correct thread is often the hassle, once you go outside the "regular" suppliers. There's so many different threads on containers and caps, I'm sure a lot of them produce their own thread varieties.

He mightn't be so lucky next time he hits the runway like that! - so I hope he's learnt what he did wrong!

Isn't that why you do your flying in the early morning? - to avoid major turbulence, as the day heats up?

......all carried hand extensions, to ensure no-one caught any nasty bugs from possible-disease-carrying people, that they didn't know well. Bull won the day however, when he produced his version of hand extensions, which extensions also had the major advantages of not leaving any fingerprints, and being able to hold larger rolls of notes, when they were being handed out. It wasn't long before bull worked out the hand extensions were also good for handling smelly prawns, and this kept the prawn smell off him, and this made him even more attractive to the ladies (as if he wasn't already attractive to them - after all, he didn't get the nickname "bull", for nothing!) Further to the above, bull soon found there were many others clamouring for his hand extensions, and as a result, he formed "Bulls Big Hands Inc" to start producing his invention on an industrial scale. Very soon, as the fat profits rolled in, bull started to realise he could now afford......... (and here, Dear NES readers, we have an image of bulls major invention, which has since revolutionised manual handling, in many fields of endeavour).....

Two men, both in their 50's, transported to hospital, one with back injuries, the second with knee and chest injuries. The gyro crashed into trees around 6:00AM near the remote (4WD) Teewah Firebreak Track. Investigation into gyro crash NOOSATODAY.COM.AU Police are investigating an aviation incident after a gyrocopter crashed at Noosa North Shore early Sunday morning. A Queensland Police [...]

Pat, you stand a good chance of the Chinese being able to supply a suitable cap. But you'll need to ask the seller for dimensions and thread pitch. https://www.aliexpress.com/w/wholesale-overflow-reservoir-cap.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.auto_suggest.1.397b1adef07jd0 https://www.aliexpress.com/w/wholesale-brake-fluid-reservoir-cap.html?spm=a2g0o.detail.search.0

.....the authenticity came into question when a $2 shop price sticker was found on the base of the bronze griffon. Further probing revealed the only bronze part of the bronze griffon that was actually bronze, was the paint it was coated with. Under the bronze paint was cast aluminium and a stamped marking that said "Hindustan Aluminium Castings - made from the finest scavenged household utensils in all of India". This discovery then led to a round of incriminations, with the finger pointing at Howie Carter-Cook - who vehemently denied any knowledge of cheap, imitation bronze griffons, cast in aluminium in the backstreets of Mumbai (note the correct name, Turbo still lives in his glory days of the 1890's) - and being sold as genuine finds from the tomb of Tutan-Turbine. The ramifications of this discovery went through the archaelogical world like a dose of Epsom Salts - especially when it was found that a Bronze Griffin in the British Museum, long reputed to be a genuine Tutan-Turbine artifact, had a $2 shop price sticker on it, too. This was all too much for the renowned archaeologist, Sir Edmund Fosdyke Wuntrack, who was famous for his previously unknown role in uncovering the Piltdown man hoax. Not a lot of people realised that Wuntrack (an uncle of Onetrack) was now on the trail of a certain archaelogical faker, who mostly appeared to be based in an area near Wagga Wagga - and who claimed to be able to find amazing archaelogical artifacts in diverse places, such as Kapooka, Moorabbin, and even Gobbagombalin. This claim raised eyebrows until it was revealed that the faker had.........

You need to do something about that cheap video camera, the footage is terrible, all those black stripes through it! 😄

What about a good used Limbach engine? I was going to suggest a Revmaster engine, but it appears Revmaster aero engines are no longer produced.

After having been scammed twice by exceptionally cunning scammers (one of whom actually called me in person), I spend a lot of time identifying scammers, and trying to shut them down. There are several things you can do, straight up, to find scammers, especially those selling items. One, search for their email address using Google Search. It will often come up, inserted into other forums, selling the same scam item/s, with different physical addresses, or different seller names, or different phone numbers. Two, do a Google Image search of the photos. 9 times out of 10, the photos come up on other sites, being sold by genuine people. The scammers also steal eBay photos and re-use them. Sometime they get clever and crop the photos. But you can verify the item by requesting photos taken from specific angles and on a certain plain colour background. If the scammer can't produce those new photos, they haven't got the item they're selling. Thirdly, make phone contact with the person and speak to them directly. Getting a phone number is a good method for ensuring traceability, if things go sour. Speaking to someone usually establishes how genuine they are, using your shrewd judgement skills. Weigh up their circumstances and look for holes in their story - and be cautious about giving out bank details or other useful information until you've established a baseline character judgement about the person. Remember that some people are actually genuine, but they're hopeless organisers, financially inept, and a hassle to deal with. It pays to be wary of these type of genuine buyers and sellers, as well. KR Aviator, I'd suggest your boat purchaser falls into the latter category, and he's probably a bit of a rabbit, and an exercise in time wasting. Move onto to a genuine buyer with the money, who is properly organised. FB is full of scammers and FB does nothing about them, they're good for driving FB sales income. You can find an obvious scammer on FB and report them and the message always comes back the same - "We have investigated and found no reason to suspend this account". Pigs bum they've investigated them, it's just a bot answering your request. FB don't care one iota about scammers on their site, despite all the mealy-mouthed corporate bleatings about keeping the site free from scams.

Just to refresh peoples memories, here is the link to the ATSB crash investigation. The last paragraph is probably the important one. https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2021/aair/ao-2021-054-1

There is no strict legal requirement requiring unsafe aircraft operation to be reported. However, it is a citizens sensible civic duty to arouse authorities to their need to take interest in aviation activities that are not compliant with aviation laws, rules and regulations. But it IS a legal requirement to report aviation crashes, and aviation incidents that are safety related, to the ATSB. The list of incidents affecting aircraft safety, that are classed as "Reportable", are defined clearly under the TSI regulations. https://www.casa.gov.au/rules/compliance-and-enforcement/reporting-unsafe-behaviour#Anonymousandconfidentialreporting https://www.atsb.gov.au/aviation-reporting-requirements https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2021L01248/2023-01-01/text

More than 20% of YouTube videos are "AI slop", study finds ...... yer not wrong there, Narelle! https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/27/more-than-20-of-videos-shown-to-new-youtube-users-are-ai-slop-study-finds

.....deny everything, and blame all the Nations problems on the Liberal Party and all their previous policies and actions". But the instant they started putting on their red shirts, the bulls in the adjoining paddock sighted them, and started to charge. This led to.........

Good questions, Skippy. But CASA operatives can't be everywhere at once, the same as police can't be everywhere at once. As with most criminal activities, the authorities rely a lot of people advising them of bad things going on, that's where Crimestoppers comes in. Very few people realise just how important Crimestoppers is, in the initiation of investigations into illegal and criminal behaviour. It seems obvious to me, that numerous people would have known this pilot was operating outside aviation regulations, and actively choosing to do so, and those "in the know", turned a blind eye. In the words of the Chief of the Army, Lieutenant-General David Morrison - "The standard you walk past, is the standard you accept".

As I understand it (and I'm not a lawyer, and I'm not giving legal advice), the time limit for personal injury claims is 3 years. The pilot involved in this case has been charged with 17 aviation offences, but he has failed to enter a plea. As I understand the position, he will return to court at some date in 2026 (that date has not been published - and that may be, because the court system moves dates around, as cases extend unexpectedly, or others fall over) - and at that court hearing, he will be asked how he pleads to the charges, so the case charges can proceed. As the pilot in question has a clear record of refusing to obey any laws, rules or regulations, or court-ordered instructions, it will be interesting to see how the charges proceed. If the pilot in question continues to avoid following court-ordered instructions, it's likely he will be jailed on that basis alone. In W.A., people claiming to be "sovereign citizens" and refusing to participate in our current law-enforcement system, have been jailed (for contempt of court), and will continue to be jailed, as judges become more fed up with these peoples attitudes - and the threat they pose to a civil and safe society, which we largely have, due to the extensive development of our legal frameworks over several hundred years. It's not just a few morons claiming that the countrys laws, rules and regulations don't apply to them - it's the fact that these people also actively continue to advertise and promote their false and dangerous ideas of legal non-compliance, and pseudo-legal arguments (which do not withstand scrutiny), and they encourage others to join them. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-23/sovereign-citizens-western-australia-jailed/105448650