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Boeing has now put the bite on the U.S. Govt for a US$60B bailout. This is just after obtaining around US$13B last month in additional loan monies from major lenders, to help with their financial problems.

If Boeing was a dog, you'd put it down, as being a terminal case, with no hope of recovery. But this is Boeing, it's the heart of America, they have to keep it on life support.

Armstrong Whitworth AW.55 Apollo. Only 2 built.

I have chartered aircraft numbers of times in previous decades, for business trips with business partners to mining projects. Sometimes singles, sometimes twins.

Never once did we put the PIC under pressure to arrive at our destination, regardless, and never once did I see a PIC sweating through dodgy flying practices. However, I have no doubt they exist, as it does in small numbers, in all industries.

Only once did we enter into unfavourable approaching WX (in a twin), and the PIC made the correct and sensible decision to land 100kms short of our home destination in the city.

I rang the missus and she grabbed the station wagon, and she came and picked us all up, and took us home. The pilot apparently went back by road the next day to collect the aircraft.

I did not see, or hear him, get pressured or abused to complete the flight to the originally specified destination, but perhaps within the confines of the office, it might have been a different story.

..... the robe of Onetrack is held in solemn reverence by the Moorabbin Council, as a sign in which Onetracks great esteem is held, throughout the width and depth of Australia.

What is not commonly known is that Turbo worships at the Shroud of Onetrack on a regular basis, and beseeches the Shroud for assistance with curly problems associated with Turbine Enterprises - such as the upcoming ASIC investigation into the propriety of recent fund-raising efforts by Turbine.

It appears ASIC is suspicious of the manner of the fund-raising and what the funds are proposed to be used for. It appears there have been many breaches of the Companies Act, and Turbo is not willing to provide the evidence that ASIC is seeking.

"I knew all along this bloke would run foul of the authorities", said Cappy. "It was only a matter of time before.....

....fully certified by CASA (avref), and met all the necessary regulations and levels of maintenance. "Speaking of maintenance", said Turbo, "Cappy, are you still paying out on those 16 kids by 5 wives, that you were obliged to, under that Family Court order?"

"Nah", said Cappy, "I managed to prove that 14 of them weren't mine, and the other 2 were somewhat dubious as well, so I avoided taking a bullet on that one. Besides, it was.....

The worst thing that ever happened with the NBN was paying Telstra $11B to buy a 120 yr old copper network that was on its last legs - and which the NBN promptly ripped out. $1B would have been too much.

If the aircraft landed in sand dunes, the softer soil (as compared to hard-packed clay) may have prevented total and complete rupture of the fuel tanks.

There's one simple thing that we all need, that will cause great concern towards excessive population growth - and that thing is WATER - clean, potable water, in adequate quantities to sustain life.

We have seen the Australian (mostly country towns) run out of drinking water in the last 12-18 months - in more than one State. We've seen South Africans queueing for water and not flushing toilets because of a lack of water.

It's a problem that will only get worse as the years creep on, and the population continues to explode.

Even now, Perth is running on 40% desalinated water - if we had to rely on dams and groundwater, a third of Perth would be abandoned by now.

..... dodgy operators? And I don't think that list covers half of them!", said Cappy, as he went looking for the BullsXXX module to see if it could be fitted to his Jab (avref).

"It doesn't make any difference to the country, who's PM!", he stated. "In fact, I think it's time we had a Republic, based on something better than just constant BullsXXX!", he announced.

"I reckon I've got the answer, but it's not one, that everyone wants to hear!" "What are you proposing?", said Turbo, with a hint of a sneer flitting across his face.

"I propose that we sack every politician, write up a new Constitution, discard the old one, and make rich people the only ones who can vote - and I'll nominate for 1st President of the New Republic!"

"You won't get past first base", said Turbo. "They'll crucify you as soon as you release your manifesto! You'll end up looking like .....

I fail to understand why simple causes are again behind another major aviation crash. Why would you keep attempting to land after seeing such a deterioration in weather conditions, and after two previously failed attempts at landing?

What was so crucial to landing that it couldn't have been aborted, and the entire trip declared a mission write-off, and simply return to their departure point?

There's very little that cannot be re-arranged to another day. The only exception would be a landing on a solitary island in the middle of a large ocean.

I trust you lodged a patent on that Allen key de-burrer - otherwise, some smart-axxx will beat you to it, and become a squillionaire, based solely on your mega-efforts, in nutting out the design, and putting it into production.

I've lost my ability to seriously capitalise on similar major workshop inventions, that took me a whole 30 secs to invent - such as using a wheel as a bending former. I've seen Colin Furze get rich on my intellectual property. Be warned.

.....a whole new industry related to the collecting of Cow (and Bull) manure in large quantities will shortly commence.

"This is just what the country needs in this desperate time!", exclaimed Scott, as he released the fine details of his stimulus package.

"Because we are a Govt of finely-tuned economic abilities, we are going to offer a subsidy for Cow and Bull manure collection! This will stimulate the economy no end, as people get out and race around the countryside, wearing out vehicles and burning up fuel, and needing many bags to put the manure in - thus meaning there will be a shot in the arm for the car manufacturing industry, the fuel retailing industry, and the bag industry! The road building industry will also benefit, too, as road upgrades to new areas of BullsXXX supplies will be needed!!"

"But....", said Cappy in response to Scotts speech, "We will be overrun with BullsXXX, if that industry expands enormously! There will be piles of bullsXXX everywhere!"

"No worse that what we're already experiencing - what with climate change BullsXXX, coronavirus BullsXXX, political BullsXXX, entertainment industry BullsXXX, and CASA BullsXXX!!", exclaimed Turbo.

"The world needs more BullsXXX!", said Scott. "Everyone knows secretly, that the world runs on BullsXXX! It's needed for Govts to operate properly, it's needed for successful wooing of women, it's needed to get oneself out of trouble, when one has dug a huge hole for oneself!"

Cappy moaned, "This is starting to sound like a major BullsXXX re-election campaign, in disguise. We're heading down the track to.....

.... rarely noted in the Middle Eastern hardline Islamic States. But dear NES readers, it appears that the Cappy has misread or misinterpreted the important Arabic medical utterings of the much-loved Islamic cleric, Abbas Tabrizian.

He didn't speak of using citrus oils - his pronouncement was that using Violet Oil dabbed on the anus with a cotton bud, was the complete cure for the coronavirus.

As we all know, Violet Oil has a beautiful fragrance, and is noted for tightening the skin and cleansing the pores.

This highly-esteemed cleric of Islamic medical knowledge obviously understands well, that tightening a loose anus is a wonderful thing to prevent leakage - and the magnificent fragrance of Violet Oil assists in promoting increased levels of AXXX-licking, thereby smoothing the mechanisms of Govt and law enforcement - as well as promoting good health, as Iranians examine each others aXXXholes closely for infection.

Naturally, some of the more unkind users of Twitter have noted that the esteemed clerics head is up his aXXX most of the time, anyway - comments that the dearly-loved cleric have dismissed as jealousy, because they failed to find the cure first.

But unfortunately, this pronouncement by the esteemed cleric has only led to hoarding of Violet Oil supplies, and stripping of shelves of Violet Oil - something the Govt is moving rapidly to stop.

"The actions of the people, by hoarding Violet Oil is anathema to a properly-functioning Islamic State, and is leading to increased levels of coronavirus infection", said the Ayatollah Khomeini.

He also announced the Islamic Guardian Councils findings, that the coronavirus was produced by the Great Satan, and there was little doubt it was released by the Americans, on Iranian soil, to promote the downfall of Iran.

"We have evidence that the bombs that killed our Martyr, Soleimani, also contained and released the coronavirus, at the same time as our great military leader was assassinated!" cried the Ayatollah.

"But what has all this to do with the NES??", asked Onetrack, as Cappy turned off the Al-Jazeera Iranian news article, in disgust.

"What this has to do with the NES?", said Cappy, is that the.......

MiG-9E. Reportedly, 10 were built, and went into service. Other reports state only 1 became operational. The design had poor manoeuvrability, and no major performance improvements on other current designs, so the project was abandoned.

91 octane is selling at a Shell servo at Warnbro, S of Perth, for $1.11 yesterday and today. The talk is ULP will soon be at $1.00, so hopefully, avgas will go down - but not to $1.50, the avgas market is too small for that to happen.

Fleet 50 Freighter on floats. You could have them with wheels, if that was your preference. Only 5 were built, by Canadian company, Fleet Aircraft.

Originally powered by 2 x Jacobs 7cyl radials (L-5MB) at 285HP each, the engines were later upgraded to 330HP each (L-6MB). But even at that, they couldn't maintain altitude on one engine, so the aircraft was a flop.

50% of the Australian coronavirus sufferers have recovered with no treatment, and no lasting after-effects.

So I don't really see what's different with this virus, to the normal Winter 'flu, that every second person catches, and which also impacts entire nations and affects productivity.

The regular 'flu varieties kill thousands of people in the same "at-risk" categories, as the coronavirus categories. There's panic about the transmissibility of the coronavirus, but the regular 'flu varieties are also highly transmissible, too.

It's obvious, isn't it? The dog bit the pilot as soon as he went to touch those automated controls!

Not much airspeed left when he did that landing, I'll wager! Reminds me of the old fella caught on video landing his Cessna in a tree in the Connecticut car park.

...provide a better feed with her tea and biscuits and cakes. So John T advised every bloke to steer well clear of Olivias cooking enticements - and, he added, the only thing she really did well, was facial products ads.

Meantimes, Turbine Enterprises shares had taken a hammering on the current savage bear market, having lost 60% of their value in a week, following the general airline (avref) trend.

"This can't be right!", wailed Turbo, "Don't these people know that an investment in Turbine Enterprises is a guaranteed gold mine!"

"Your aircraft/airline association is pulling your shares down", said Cappy, "You need to get out and differentiate your product! Tell 'em you're coming up with a coronavirus vaccine next week, and put the mockers on that Elongated Muskstick - because that's what he'll be doing next!"

"What a brilliant idea!" said Turbo. "Cappy, you need to help me here, with a......

A $19.7M fine to a company that still grosses US$60B annually, despite a massive sales downturn due to the 737 MAX fiasco, is just loose change. In 2018, they grossed US$100B, and made $2.2B profit.

But - what happens with regard to the, "NO SMOKING - NO NAKED FLAMES - NO MATCHES" warnings, around aircraft refuelling points!?

.... the airlines were once again doing a roaring trade, flying the religious to the Wall, after hearing that the Messiah had returned and spoken to Netanyahu at the Wall.

"He's not the Messiah!" wailed Cappy. "He just likes to think he is, and he doesn't put paid to any rumours that he is! He's not the Messiah, he's just a very naughty boy! Now, go away!!"

At that, the waiting crowd promptly burst into the chorus line from......

The bloke doesn't sound like a pilot I'd want to fly with. Water settles quite rapidly in fuel, unless it's constantly or regularly agitated.

Be very wary of fuel from drums, they're notorious for containing water. Drum bung seals are only adequate while they're still capped.

While we're on the subject of Marble Bar, this is one little piece of amusing poetry that has always stuck with me.

Victor Courtney was the editor and owner of the Sunday Times in Perth for the largest part of his life, before he sold out to Murdoch in 1955.

The Man from Marble Bar by Victor Courtney.

Satan sat by the fires of Hell,

As from endless time he's sat,

And he sniffed great draughts of the brimstone's smell,

That came as the tongue-flames spat;

Then all at once the Devil looked stern,

For there in the depths of Hell,

Was a fellow whom never a flame could burn,

Or goad to an anguished yell;

So Satan stalked to the lonely scene,

And growled with a stormy brow,

'Now, stranger, tell me what does this mean?

You should be well scorched by now.'

But the chappie replied with a laugh quite new;

'This place is too cold by far!

Just chuck on an extra log or two!

I'VE COME IN FROM MARBLE BAR!'

....managed to sheet home the bill for the oversized pistons to his political expense account, which was, fortunately for him, rarely checked.

"Yes, I spent some serious amount of time assuring my constituents (mostly the inordinately wealthy Jews of Melbourne) that it was money well spent", said Turbs.

"I told them I got to whisper advice to Netanyahu, when we were leaning against the Wall - which advice of course, he failed to take notice of, and now he's ended up with an unworkable minority Govt after the latest election results are in, and he's spewing about it."

"I simply told him he just needed to spend a lot more taxpayers money on vote-grabbing handouts, but he failed to understand that, and he failed to understand I'm the best at working the system to....."