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Well, you just got to wonder about some peoples attention to personal safety. QUOTE: "Inspection of the hangar where the airplane was assembled revealed that no assembly checklist or assembly manual was present in the work area. The airplane did not have a data plate installed and had not been inspected by a Designated Airworthiness Representative (DAR) or an FAA Flight Standards District Office (FSDO) inspector. No airworthiness certificate or operating limitations had been issued for the airplane." And there was no way a pre-flight inspection could have picked up the assemblers failure to ensure the bolt was inserted into wing strut support block. This was multiple failures in assembly procedures and checks. https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/194119/pdf

I'd imagine there was more than a little above the normal parasitic wing losses with that amazing setup? Going by that blokes style of thinking, I guess he was frightened of losing a wing, as well? So, the more the better?

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....then thought about it, had a meeting about it, then considered their options, and looked up "banking charges and fees" in their filing systems, to reference what they should charge - had another meeting to determine that the charge they selected was within their legal rights to charge, and then called for a show of hands (or legs - or horns) to settle their final decision - and then proceeded to apply the charge to..........

I reckon I know of some Air France Airbus A330 pilots currently residing at the bottom of the Atlantic, who could've done with one of those devices, to counter their lack of hands-on skills.

Also - the crash of VH-ANB, a, EMB-120ER Brasilia, at Darwin in 2010. The PIC pulled the left engine power lever to flight idle, rather than zero thrust, which effectively turned a simulated engine failure into a combined engine and propellor feathering failure. It seems incredible that two highly qualified Captains would indulge in such a dangerous simulation at such low altitude, in an aircraft that is noted to be difficult to control after a left engine failure alone - let alone a combined engine and propellor feathering failure. https://www.atsb.gov.au/sites/default/files/media/3546615/ao-2010-019.pdf

The video below outlines the total fiasco involving the remaining intact Australian Hornets. A lot of people probably don't know they're currently stored on Tinian, which is a location guaranteed to make the Hornets less attractive to buyers as every day goes by, thanks to the tropical climate. It seems obvious the Australian Govt is intent on extracting as much value from the remaining airframes as possible - given the fact that they ARE worth a lot of money to numerous interested parties. But the complications arise when you understand that U.S. Govt export controls are all-encompassing, highly restrictive, and the U.S. has the final say in what happens to "their" high-tech defence products. These export controls extend to every item of defence equipment ever built - and to the most distant end-user, even after multiple sales through multiple owners. I've purchased ground equipment from U.S. bases, which has minimal defence use (just general purpose equipment such as diesel engines and forklifts) - and the end-user agreement runs to multiple pages and essentially threatens you with U.S. jail time if you on-sell the equipment without their oversight and approval. Add in to the equation, the dithering in Australian Defence and Govt circles as regards decision-making, the slowness of same, the dubious financial capabilities of many of the "interested buyers" (apart from other Govts), the impact of the U.S. input into the sale, involving the end-user agreement - and you can see why the Hornets are still languishing on Tinian, with no buyer in sight. I fail to understand why they ended up on Tinian after the buyer was unable to meet their commitment. Someone needs to be hauled over the coals over this dodgy sale arrangement.

.......problems cleaning all the splattered mozzies off the TurbineDrifters. The problem was only made worse by the high speeds achieved by the TD's. And the way the mozzies stuck to the cockpit windshields was unbelievable. But very soon, Turbo arrived with his solution - the Turbine Inc Windshield Washing Windowshine Wonder. The TIWWWW was expertly demonstrated at a high rate of speed by Turbo (just like a Facebook ad - where the product was also advertised of course, with major discounts of the $99.99 product, starting at purchases of three cases or more) - who looked like he was on Speed when he was doing the demonstration - but the effect of his wondrous product was immediately visible to all, as soon as it was applied, and the sales soared faster than a journalist at a Presidential gathering, moving to get away from a heavily armed assassin. Unfortunately, Turbo didn't reveal there was a small problem with continued use of his wonder product, and it involved major degradation of plastics and polymers, which wasn't immediately obvious to the TIWWWW purchaser, until the.................

.....used the catgut to string the bracing on the TurbineDrifters - and the sound they now make as they glide through the air, not only drowns out the meowing from the Turbine Cat Farms - but it makes our enemies shiver in fear when they hear the TD's coming, as they think that..........

Hohocc - Try Mullins Wheels - or a trailer wheel supplier who can supply boat trailer wheels. Austral are long gone, put out of business by Asian manufacturers who can supply wheels, tyres and rims at half the cost that Austral could make them for. There are 8" and 9" alloy boat trailer wheels available (all Asian sourced now), and I'd suggest you look at the 8" boat trailer cast alloy wheel which comes with integral hub. Using a 4.80 x 8, 4 ply tyre on this wheel will give you a potential replacement wheel/tyre assembly, although it does appear to have a slightly smaller OD than the 420x150 Chipmunk tyre. If you desire a larger tyre/wheel assembly, it is possible to acquire a 6.00 x 9 boat trailer wheel and tyre. However, all the 6.00 x 9 tyres I have seen, come with a "highway pattern" square shoulder tyre that isn't desirable for aircraft use - you need a round-shouldered profile tyre. Have a look at the 4.80/4.00 x 8, 6 ply Wanda P604 tyre in the second link. You need a minimum of 4 plies in a tyre for your use, beware of wheelbarrow tyres that are only 2 ply, and which have a very low speed rating, and low load rating. https://activefabrications.com.au/products/4506 https://www.widetread.com.au/ride_on_mower_7-9.php

....Suckers and Dodgy Flyboys. Now, only a few people know that the City of Jambin got its airstrip via a dodgy deal done with the Queensland Mafia. This is the reason the City of Jambin is situated closely to the Don River, with the Rivers name a nod to the local Mafia leader. There is also a frightening story associated with the Don River, involving drugs and gun-running, but space and time do not permit me to relate the full details here, suffice to say that.........

The contrails from the back end of a road train are little different to the wingtip contrails off a heavy aircraft, they are vicious. As Nev says, try standing by the side of the road when a road train passes. I was parked in an emergency lane of a major dual-carriage highway recently, and a road train passed within 2M of me at 100kmh, as I adjusted my load restraints. The wind blast threw me against the side of my ute. Flat-fronted, cab-over prime movers are amongst the worst for air displacement. I pass about 100-120 (oncoming) double and B-triple road trains an hour, on a major highway regularly, many evenings. The wind blast off some of them hits my Hilux like a wall. Add in some cold, dense air, and the effect is worse.

One has to ask the obvious question - Why? If it was training for a critical rescue mission, I could understand it, but doing it just to show off, seems like an inordinate waste of money, and a risk to lives and expensive machines.

That's all very well, but you obviously assessed your risk level in line with your level of public interaction, and made the commercial decision to avoid taking out a policy and to wear the risk, as it was low. But a lot of people do not have that luxury, as they interact with the public on a large scale, and their risk level increases accordingly. To run a public event without a PL policy is financial suicide. When I was a leading partner in a substantial earthmoving and mining contracting business for 30 years, it was imperative that the business have a PL policy, due to the constant interaction with clients, their employees and the general public (we did road construction too, and interacted with traffic). However, in 30 years, we only had one PL claim, and it was for a relatively small damages claim, one of our machines accidentally started a fire in a farming area via sparks being generated by dozer tracks running over flat granite rocks. The fire was rapidly contained with minimal damage. If you crash and start a fire, you could be up for a sizeable bill - and if you damage infrastructure, you will receive a major bill for repairs to the infrastructure you damaged. Not a lot of car drivers understand, that if you run off the road in moment of carelessness, and hit a power or light pole, you get the bill for the replacement of said pole - and that is a very large bill in todays world, it's not unusual for a single pole replacement cost to run between $10,000 to $40,000.

This would have to be a totally unenforceable clause - because who bears the costs of litigation is very often part of the lawsuit, or an associated separate lawsuit. We all know, that once the ordure hits the rotating blades, the outcome is the lawyers are the referees of the fight, and they keep the winners purse. That is a very good reason for never going to court, unless you wish to allocate a large portion of your life, and all your assets, towards hearing legal eagles argue the toss about the precise meaning of two and three letter words.

"Made in W. Germany" means nothing as regards the age of the manufactured product. The moulds used to make the insulator are quite likely still in use after 40 or 50 years, and still bear the original wording. There's no need to throw out perfectly usable molds that cost a heap to purchase, when they still do the job just fine. The "0617" might be a better indicator of the manufacturing date.

It certainly is, for many traffic offences. The police/road authorities only have to show you broke the law, not show that you intended to break it.

McDonnell modified one to a hybrid to test out propeller technology up to around Mach 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_XF-88_Voodoo

...po, (keep up lad!" said Xi) - at which the instructor went a deep shade of puce, started gurgling, and making sounds like............

Red, you already posted the above article, last Saturday at 11:39AM.

A spammer posting crap to get a foot in the forum door.

.........that Abecar was actually a shape-shifting alien, and that he/she/it/them (we must be careful as regards gender today) could transform from a cheery, red-dust-covered, top-hat wearing, 19th century politician/miner/journalist/snake-oil salesman (take your pick), into a.........................

It always surprises me that so many recreational pilots continue to rely on a cheap consumer communication device with multiple known performance faults, for their mapping/navigation information. Seems to me about the equivalent of heading out to sea in a boat, out of sight of land, with a $2 compass from the Reject Shop.

I'd guess when overflying a crocodile farm, you pray twice as hard, for the engine to keep running? 😄