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......using multiple microphone clicks, instead of Mandarin or even the English language. The Panamanians were quick to pick up on the click language, and every flyer commented on how good it was for reducing clogging of the airwaves with unnecessary and long-winded radio transmissions. Many flyers remarked on how good it was, to go back to simple Morse Code for communication. One could simply convert ones callsign to a number of microphone clicks in Morse Code, and by the time.........
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Angus Mitchell has stated that the ATSB can confirm that the engine of this aircraft wasn't producing power when it impacted the ground at runway 34. Why it wasn't, is something that they have yet to find out. QUOTE: "What we do know, and all indicators are, that there wasn't any power being produced in the very final moment as it's impacted with terrain, and what we don't understand is why" Tributes to 'fantastic people' killed in light plane crash near Wollongong - ABC News WWW.ABC.NET.AU Friends and neighbours of three people killed in a plane crash at Shellharbour Airport in New South Wales say their deaths are a "big loss to the community". A fuel selector valve in an incorrect position, perhaps? Not the first time that it's happened. Improper fuel selector placement led to fuel starvation in 2024 crash that killed 5 WWW.GLOBALAIR.COM The NTSB said the pilot failed to ensure the proper placement of the fuel selector during approach and landing. The plane lost engine power and crashed, killing all five on board. -
Second Rex engine incident in a week, 11/10/25
onetrack replied to red750's topic in Aircraft Incidents and Accidents
She's a real panic merchant, the media love them. I'm surprised they didn't have her saying the pilots were "fighting for control of the plane". The crew were very good, they had an engine failure indication and they managed it in a professional manner. She doesn't realise the crew concentrate on finding the problem and sorting out the solution, before they advise the pax what's going on. -
No, AVGAS is not a low-sulphur fuel. The following is a cut and paste from a Quora contribution by one Paul Montgomery, a retired engineer. QUOTE: "I built a steam injection system for a 390 Ford engine back in the 1980s before current technology was employed and got a 3 to 5 mile per gallon improvement on a truck that got 10 miles to the gallon. This is roughly 25% of fuel savings which are substantial for those days. I did a lot of tinkering with this. I heated the water by wrapping an exhaust header with copper tubing. This was a huge improvement over cold water injection as it decreased the amount of water I needed to inject, and caused less damage to the exhaust. Still, I used several gallons for each tank of gas. I also manually cut the injection on after the engine warmed up, and before I cut the engine off. Even with this, I still had trouble rotting out the muffler and exhaust pipes. This problem could be eliminated by installing stainless steel exhaust components. In the end, even after all this work and enthusiasm, I ended up deciding it was better to just pay for the extra gas. This is the reason why you don’t see many water injection systems."
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One of the main problems with water injection, is simply corrosion. Modern materials can be chosen to eliminate corrosion in the water reservoir and injection plumbing, but residual moisture in cylinder bores is a big no-no. The water injection system must be set up so that water injection ceases long before the engine is shut down, to remove all traces of water from the combustion chambers and intake. In addition, water injection creates severe corrosion of the exhaust system components, so these components must be manufactured from corrosion-resistant materials. A lot of stainless steel is not as corrosion-resistant as it's made out to be. There's also a need to ensure that the water used is totally free from minerals, additives and chemicals that adversely affect the combustion process, and which may facilitate electrolysis. This pure water supply must be available on a regular basis, and anywhere you might travel to. Not an easy thing to do. Finally, water is heavy, and water injection uses a fairly substantial volume of water. In a light aircraft, that's a un-needed weight penalty.
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.....and which was Kev's rat-tail. The question was soon answered, right after they sat down, when Kev's pet rat descended out of his hair, and sat on his shoulder. The Panamanian panicked. Where he came from, rats were vermin and were killed on sight. He reached for a weapon, all the while keeping an eye on the rat. But the rat was watching him, too, and no sooner had the Panamanian made a sudden move, when the rat jumped onto..............
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This is terrible news. It looks like a failed attempt to return to the runway after an EFATO. Three killed in plane crash at Shellharbour Airport in Lake Illawarra area - ABC News WWW.ABC.NET.AU Officers from Lake Illawarra Police District were informed that a light aircraft crashed shortly after take-off on Saturday morning.
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Wow, what a little ripper of a classic light aircraft! The '57 Chevy of the aircraft world! I love it!! Now, where's that Lotto ticket!
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Wow, the Robbies are going down all too regularly, this year!
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Skippy, look on the positive side. A crack developed for seemingly no reason. Then more cracks developed as you went to fix it. It seems to me, that that canopy was getting suss anyway, and perhaps you avoided a bullet from having the canopy fall apart in flight. It appears your model of aircraft has some canopy problems anyway, so now you can ensure you have a very good canopy, by installing the best you can buy and fit. No-one ever said owning an aircraft was a cheap and trouble-free proposal - like all complex machinery, regular applications of money is the only thing that keeps them going.
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You can get a flat tyre anywhere, I guess - there's been a few blowouts on takeoff, it doesn't seem to pose a major safety problem. But an open cargo door upon taxiing is procedural and check list failure, on a number of levels.
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I reckon the only light aircraft that would consume 2 US gallons an hour (7.57 litres) would be those in a dive, with the throttle pulled back. There's a lot of "salesperson" type promises, when it comes to fuel consumption figures.
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USD$100K gets you very little, by way of aircraft, or even kits, today. I'm surprised it's not a lot more.
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There certainly is......
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Arron - As Nev says, though - loading of baggage is still happening almost up to the last minute, while the crew are in the cockpit doing final checks. There's obviously holes in Jetstars loading procedures and door checks.
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Nev, you didn't miss much, the video was so bad, it wasn't worth watching. One does have to wonder how the crew managed to miss a warning light for the open cargo door, at startup.
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Possibly due to cost? All the additional componentry in a FADEC system on a smaller engine, would push that small engine cost up substantially.
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And there's this following modification for Sonex canopies - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1z01IFU3TZG-q1dtxzjAUgkD_JUyMqMiwJATMaQ1hnB0/edit?tab=t.0
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Skippy, did you know about this following Sonex canopy service/availability? https://www.sonexaus.org.au/but-and-sell/for-sale/australian-made-sonex-canopies/
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Well that shows either his computers, or yours, have been hacked, and emails intercepted. How else would they find your email address as his client? Nothing is secure on the internet, Russians and North Koreans are making billions annually out of internet fraud, and they are extremely sophisticated. It's reported the North Koreans have a complete department set up specifically for initiating scams. They even scammed the Bank of Bangladesh out of $81M after they penetrated the SWIFT banking system.
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The scammers don't necessarily work on the "greed factor". How would you like to find out your investment property had been sold without your knowledge, and the funds disappeared into some 3rd world banking system? This happened several times in Perth, around 10-12 years ago. Fortunately, due to some good work on behalf of the W.A. Police, the AFP, and the South African Police, some of the scammers were nailed. Despite all the knowledge about scammers, I reckon about every third business owner I speak to, has been scammed by a simple email - that has come from an intercepted email from a regular customer of that business - advising that bank details have changed, and "please pay to this new bank account number". Hardly a single business owner questioned the bank details change, and they lost heaps. My nephew was scammed out of $30,000 in this manner - thought he was paying a business bill, and didn't find out he'd paid scammers, until the real business asked for payment. Real estate agents here were conned time and time again, with fraudulent official documentation, and changes to emails and bank account numbers, none of which was verified by the recipients. https://www.consumerprotection.wa.gov.au/system/files/migrated/sites/default/files/atoms/files/issue30.pdf
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That's nothing but an invite for IT criminals to find holes in the system for financial reward. There's not a single IT system that hasn't been hacked or scammed. Hacking for ransom monies was a favourite a little while ago. Manheim Auctions was hacked, all their customer details acquired, their website was locked down and the hackers demanded $30M to unlock it. Manheim refused to pay, and had to build an entire new auction website from scratch. Unless the company/Govt dept uses two or three step verification with their system, then their customers are open to being ripped off with fraud.
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There's been a sizeable number of people in Australia who have lost their homes to cunning African scammers, who are part of major criminal gangs, and they have well-educated and qualified people amongst them, who have IT and legal skills, and they can pass themselves off as genuine people - even to the extent of calling the suckers when they've become suspicious, and these callers have managed to persuade the suckers, they're genuine! In W.A., you cannot transfer the ownership of property without presenting the original Transfer of Land document to Landgate, either in person or by post. Landgate will not accept any land transfer documents via email or electronic form. The reason for this is, the State Govt was obliged to fork out several millions in compensation to property owners who had been scammed out of their properties. https://www.landgate.wa.gov.au/land-and-property/property-ownership/buying-and-selling-property/?accordion=accordion262e0eddf8f341419058efd7bde69347
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Sorry, Skippy - I haven't seen any information that says Australia Post operates two separate businesses in the form of parcel and letter handling. AP purchased 100% of StarTrack, a private freight company, in 2012, to enable AP to get into the parcel business without the major cost of setting up a completely new parcel-handling entity. StarTrack and Australia Post are the one and the same, but StarTrack specialises in parcel delivery for businesses, and doesn't handle letters, whereas AP handles parcels and letters for consumers and businesses. An AP postie can and will deliver your parcels, along with any letters for you, in the one delivery. But posties are limited in what they can carry in their delivery bikes, so mostly, your parcels are delivered either by a StarTrack operative in a van - and sometimes by independent delivery van owners, who are contracted to AP or StarTrack. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-06/australia-post-letter-delivery-reduced-to-every-second-day/103189962
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R22 crash Bankstown 3 October.
onetrack replied to flying dog's topic in Aircraft Incidents and Accidents
The crash looks very much to me, like an engine failure followed by an auto-rotation that wasn't fast enough to arrest the rapid descent. The chopper experts claim you have about 1 to 2 seconds after engine failure to initiate an auto rotation in a Robinson R22. Failure to very rapidly adjust to auto-rotation means a loss of rotor RPM, which leads to an extremely rapid descent. The Robbies have a very light rotor assembly, which is low-inertia, and losing that small amount of rotor inertia, by a delayed move to auto-rotation, means a high speed crash, instead of a controlled, slow-descent, hard landing. It's saddening to hear the instructor was killed, and I trust the young chopper trainee pulls through, but it sounds like his injuries are critical.
