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.....seen giving shXX to journalists, whistleblowers and other Labor Party members, that he suspected had shXX on him. "I'm gonna drop the can on anyone who's dobbed me", said Adem Turbine threateningly.

This outburst, of course, produced even greater scrutiny of how the local AUF branch had been stacked, to the point that all Turbine Enterprises contracts and pricing went straight through, without any checks or balances.

Cappy rose to his feet, above the smell, as he proposed a Royal Commission into Turbine Enterprises seemingly easy path to the position of the Top 5 fastest-growing businesses in Moorabbistan.

"It appears obvious to me", said Cappy, on reporting to Parliament, "that there's been a lot of turd-polishing going on here, for this major rise in business position to happen, and we can't believe......

Doesn't this publication make radio procedures abundantly clear? Note the constant use of starting and ending with the specified location.

https://www.casa.gov.au/sites/default/files/radio-procedures-in-non-controlled-airspace.pdf

.....AUF starting a major sideline commercial business to their operations - dealing with waste removal associated with flying. "This is huge", said an AUF spokesperson, who refused to be identified, for fear of getting in the shXX.

"We already know recreational flying is getting shXXXier and shXXXier, and that CASA are constantly dropping more shXX on us, as regulation and penalties increase - and of course, everyone who flies a light aircraft knows that getting rid of bodily waste is a constant, pressing problem."

"Under our new environmentally-friendly, Greens-approved waste disposal proposals, it will no longer be appropriate to shXX into a plastic bag, or pee into a plastic bottle, and throw it out the window."

"You will be obliged to keep said waste on board. and allocate a CASA-approved Disposal Number to the waste, to assist in tracking and collating, and place it in the approved TICI bin for proper environmentally-friendly disposal (because TICI won the waste contract bid with a bigger bribe than the 'Ndrangheta, and they have promised to keep it separate from the nuclear waste - although some pilots personal waste has been determined to come close to nuclear-waste levels)".

"However, we understand there may be objections to this new environmentally-friendly waste-collection regime, and as a result, we will be allowing a grace period, whereby those who .........

Some amazing country around that Embalse de Benageber and the dam. Not a lot of choice sites for unplanned landings, either!

For a 17 yr old to do what he did, he deserves plenty of praise. He would be seriously lacking in a lot of flying experience, and this outcome is pretty good for a smoke-filled cabin event, with coolant pouring in on the floor as well!

.....Who's going to clean up these 32 motions that have been left behind? I know a lot of you are getting older and you're having trouble with bladders and bowels - but this is disgusting, leaving these motions here for others to clean up!"

"We'll appoint a clean-up person", said Cappy. "But we'll have to draw short straws, as no-one will be volunteering for this job, except perhaps.........

Re the Broussard - I clean forgot. I have a tractor forum "buddy" in California, who owns a Broussard! His name is John Martin, and he owns a big recycling business in CA.

In the video below, his son Jeff is showing Juan Browne (blancolirio) around the Broussard at a High Sierra fly-in in 2016. That R-985 lives up to its description, "converting fuel and serious money into noise"!

Use a metal recyclers scales! Guaranteed to be out by at least 10%!

Piaggio comes to mind straight up - but I'm not sure that it is a Piaggio.

Every day we indulge in a serious number of calculated risks. Just driving to the shops is a calculated risk, you're reliant on every other single driver to do the right thing.

Then one day, a car thief, or a lousy, careless driver ignores a red light, and you're history.

It's when you indulge in risk-taking without calculating the level of risk, that's when the problems start. Showing off is a classic, carrying out a manoeuvre you don't fully understand, is another.

We rely on many components to do their designed job - but occasionally a component with an inbuilt fault slips through.

A mate bought a used Polaris Quad bike, and a few weeks after he'd bought it, he was riding it around the farm, and pulled up at a gate to open it.

As he slowed to a crawl, a front ball joint broke, and the front end gouged into the ground, bringing him to a sudden stop. He'd just been travelling at 90kmh through the paddock on it!

He went white thinking about what would have happened if the ball joint had snapped at 90kmh!

90% of aircraft crashes are officially blamed on the pilot. And a very large proportion of those crashes are caused by many basic failures to carry out procedures that they were trained to do.

I don't think the % of component failures in aircraft that have caused crashes is big enough to rate at a serious level on the stats - but I'll wager many of the component failures that led to crashes were caused by showing off, or poor piloting leading to excessive stresses. I consider that arena, Darwins theory of gene-pool cleansing in action.

That's why PNG is littered with WW2 aircraft wrecks, many of which have never been found. There's still over 2,200 U.S. flyers MIA in PNG from WW2.

Lee-wave - The aircraft partly hidden by the left wing of the Alpha is a French-built, 6-seater MH.1521 Broussard.

It was built by the Max Holste company in the early 1950's to meet a requirement for a light liaison and observation aircraft for the French Army.

Powered by a P&W Wasp Junior (R-985) radial, it is quite a rare aircraft today. Out of somewhere around 350 built, it appears only about 6 are left in flying condition.

Good to hear you are getting back to some degree of flying normality in the U.K., after the brutal impact of the coronavirus.

We don't know what happened. If there was smoke in the cabin, he may have had vision problems as well as breathing difficulties. That's one of the worst scenarios, that would stop you from carrying out a lot of tasks effectively.

Wow, those pair are both lucky to be still alive. I hate to think what it's going to cost to get the wreckage out of there, and I doubt whether that plane will ever fly again.

That's if the horse doesn't fall on you as well!! Brother had his foot smashed when he was 17 when his horse ran into an overgrown fence hidden in bush. The horse fell on him, he couldn't get his foot out of the stirrup in time.

That was in 1957, Dad didn't believe there was anything wrong with his foot, just bruised! But it wasn't, the bones were broken, he ended up with a deformed foot and still has trouble walking and getting shoes to fit.

However, at 80 this year, he's left it too long to fix, so he's stuck with the damage. Knew a bloke who got kicked in the face with a horse when he was a kid, he was lucky to survive, and his face was a permanent mess.

I got bitten by a horse our family owned, when I was 6 or 7, so that put me off horses for life!! The damn things are 10 times as dangerous as light aircraft and flying!!

I use Sendle occasionally, they are cheap, but they are slow, and they make plenty of stuff-ups. Dropped off one parcel at the local BP servo for Sendle pickup and the courier forgot to pick it up - for 4 days in a row!

I just sent some filters from Perth to Maffra in Vic., via Sendle - now I find, they've gone to Sydney first, and they are now likely to be going to Maffra via Sydney to Melbourne!! Not good enough, Sendle!

Never forget that wives are like wood fires. Neglect them, and they go out by themselves.

So ... Hiclones really do actually work, then??

As far as I'm aware, there's no compulsion to join SAAA, but there are many benefits in doing so, such as a cheaper SCoA, gaining access to a pool of knowledgeable people, many of who have very extensive skills and experience and who are happy to assist and advise on your project.

I'm one of the worst for being a very independent-minded person who prefers working alone - but even at that, I realise having input from others when constructing or repairing is crucial in solving problems, finding parts, getting some good advice when you're stuck or running low on enthusiasm, and generally getting a boost with your project.

https://saaa.asn.au/membership-benefits/

You will have a beard as long as Methuselah, and be physically incapable of piloting due to infirmity, by the time a 750kg MTOW is officially approved for RA aircraft. Better to work on going VH.

Late last month, I bought a water pump off eBay Australia for the Toyota diesel in the 3 tonne forklift, that I'm restoring for a mate. It had to travel from Melbourne to Perth.

I was expecting a delivery time of about 10 days - the normal delivery time from East to West, or vice-versa at present - but the water pump arrived here 2 days after I ordered it!! It's not a small water pump, either!

The only people with valid information as regards the risks involved in flying light aircraft with single engines, are insurance companies who specialise in life insurance.

I can tell you this much - if you have a regular life insurance policy, make sure it covers death involving a light aircraft - because the vast majority of life insurers refuse to insure you, once you take to the skies in a light aircraft with a single engine.

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I don't reckon he would've ever done it again, after he got that big wake-up call, with a Valiant Drifter buried in the back of the Landrover! He'd be long-dead now, this was 1981, and the old farmer was in his early 70's, then.

 

It was the period when a lot of very high-powered vehicles from the '70's were still on the roads, there were plenty of leadfoots, the roads were rapidly improving, and traffic policing was at low levels in rural areas.

......swapped brag stories about how much rain they'd had on their properties. The winner was Cappy, of course, he told how the rain was so heavy where he was, he had to get his Blaxell Surfrider out, to get to the front gate from the house - then added that, "Of course, it's 15 kilometres from the house to the front gate, and I did hit a couple of sandbars on the way!"

At that, there was general agreement that Cappy had won the bragging rights competition for rainfall, and the conversation then turned back to the parlous state of the light aircraft industry in Australia, and what could be done about it.

"I think we should start a protest march on Parliament", said Turbo. "Let's demand a major reduction in the size of CASA (avref), a reduction in aviation regulation (avref), and let's have a protest chant of 'PILOTS LIVES MATTER'! (avref). That should get us the attention we so eagerly seek!".

"There's just a couple of problems with that idea", said an old cow-cocky, who owned the Hughes Lightwing with all the torn fabric in the wing coverings. "There's still ....

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]The way you tell the story, the farmer did not learn to drive faster than 15 kmph.

Well, what he failed to learn, is that if you use a major, high speed highway, the same as your own front paddock, checking sheep while you dawdle along at 15 kmh, totally unaware of other road users - then, very soon, you're going to get a rude awakening from some speed merchant - as he did.