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Here is an earlier ABC News article (dated Sept 2025), outlining Wrights five grounds of appeal against his conviction. Unfortunately, as mentioned above, all the grounds he listed were rejected today. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-27/matt-wright-five-grounds-of-appeal-revealed/105824618

Matt Wright, who was found guilty on two charges of conspiring to pervert the course of justice, after a four week trial, back in August 2025, has lost his appeal against the guilty verdicts. In another blow for Wright, he lodged a complaint with the NT Police Professional Standards Command, over comments made by a NT police officer who was involved in the crash investigation. Wright, through his lawyer, claimed that Detective Senior Sergeant Corey Borton made "potentially defamatory statements" about Wright and his wife in a media interview. The NTPPSC reviewed Bortons comments and rejected any NT Police liability or inference that Wright had been defamed. Ignore the lurid headlines, the story below is reasonably accurate, but it does not report on the current outcome of Wrights double loss, on the charges appeal, and on the police statements complaint. Things have not turned out well for the Outback Wrangler, and he is yet to be sentenced for his convictions. As with all crashes resulting in fatality or fatalities, there are never any winners, and a lot of people always refuse to man up for their failings. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15303469/Outback-Wrangler-Matt-Wright.html

Despite looking like a fragile death trap, Ken Brock was very successful with his gyroplanes, and they were inherently safe. But he was very badly injured in the mid-1980's, when he was hit by a rotor blade from his own gyroplane, when he landed quickly and exited too fast, to try and help another aviator who had crashed. However, the greatest irony of Ken Brocks shortened career, was that he was killed in 2001, when the Thorp T-18 he had built, crashed on rollout at his private airstrip. An official investigation showed the tailwheel fork had broken due to corrosion, letting the tailwheel depart the aircraft and causing Ken to lose directional control. The Thorp left the airstrip and hit a vertical steel post on an adjoining property, tore off a wing, and went inverted. Ken was trapped in the aircraft, suspended in his harness, and his death was caused by asphyxiation, as he'd suffered blunt force injuries and he was trapped upside down with his head pressed sharply to one side, causing the asphyxiation. His wife was passenger in the aircraft and survived with only minor injuries. The investigators commented on the lack of a roll cage in the Thorp, which would possibly have prevented Kens death, or at least allowed him to be extracted, before he suffocated. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Brock_Manufacturing https://www.buildagyrocopter.com/sport-pilot-pioneer-ken-brock/ https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/53646/pdf

.............tuition in the fine legal art of screwing clients with no physical contact. However, the part of the prosecutors statement that raised eyebrows in the courtroom was the part that said, "Raj Withasmaran is charged with decorating his truck in the most un-Australian manner, with tassels, beads, images, symbols and signage, that not only blights our roads and dazzles other motorists, but these decorations are also illegal, unsafe and offensive to any transport inspector that patrols the Highways of Australia." "Furthermore, the logbooks are being filled out in Hindi, which is an offence under Section 14, Part 3, Sub-part 7 (a), Clause 17 (c) of the Heavy Vehicle National Law, which section states that............. (Dear NES'ers, further to the excellent photo posted by Turbo of one of Cappys finest motels, one has to add a photo of Raj Witharmarans heavily disguised Kenworth, traversing the Grong Grong Bypass on the Newell, with a load that is also raising suspicion amongst Transport Inspectors, due to its apparent illegality......)

.......over the lack of good Indian curries, Rogan Josh, Murgh Makhani, Murgh Kari, Chana Masala, Palak Paneer, Dal Makhani, Rajma Chawal and of course, not forgetting Beef Vindaloo, in Pie Face outlets. It was only after managers promised to get rid of the pies, and deliver the curries, that the beatings stopped. But for now, the truck drivers would have to find a suitable Indian cafe selling proper chaat. After search, aided by numerous Uber and DiDi drivers, the truck drivers were re-directed to the taxi drivers favourite spot - which place could be easily found by the overwhelming goat, rabbit and curry smells that ran for several blocks. The rabbit was for the Claypot Chicken, of course - but naturally, it was all marked "chicken" in big barrels, and nobody even dared to mouth the word "rabbit" near the kitchen. The Raj truck drivers blocked all the local streets with badly-parked trucks, while they all traipsed in and placed their orders. But it wasn't long before an officious-looking gent in a uniform and peaked cap, asked............

And there is a major difference between the ordinary fibreglass of the everyday kit build aircraft and the certified composite materials. Even the interior, non-load-bearing plastics inside the cabins of commercial aircraft must undergo extensive testing in relation to burn rate, heat release, smoke, and toxicity, under FAA rules. Plus, they must also meet durability tests as regards wear and tear.

It's a composite Airbus A350. Interestingly, all on board the Airbus survived - the fire only took hold slowly (due to design) and this enabled full evacuation. 2024 Haneda Airport runway collision - Wikipedia EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG

It's Otto the Bumblebee!!

I would have to say the commercial system has developed the licencing system it has over many decades, and many training upgrades, after crashes caused by inadequate training or knowledge. The transfer of knowledge via instructors is much more comprehensive than just learning from books and studying technical manuals. An instructor is watching for you making dangerous mistakes, doing character assessment to pick up on your weaknesses, and to try and strengthen those weaknesses. Plus, they will hand out tips that will not be in books or manuals. Finally, the flight tests to award you an ATPL is to judge how capable you are, and if you can make the grade on every aspect of flying commercially - all done by senior peers. Remember that flight crew have huge responsibilities besides just flying the aircraft, from the control of errant pax, right through to handling emergencies in a professional and capable manner. And the position of a qualified RPT captain is a position that is highly regarded, and brings with it great respect, and elevated social status. To try and make out you have an ATPL when you haven't, is treated as a serious criminal offence.

Brendan, Skippy is showing his age. "Fagend of a conversation" means the end of a conversation, mainly when the conversation is running out of topic, and has become unimportant. It probably came from the time when people had a discussion over a work break smoke session, and the conversation ended when the cigarette was finished, and everyone had to go back to work. Nothing to to do with the other "fags" (homos).

Marty - Did you know that hummingbirds can fly backwards?

This bloke has a very good 15 minute video of why he bought a Cozy MKIV Canard aircraft, and what the drawbacks are in their design. In essence, despite being promoted as "stall-proof", they're tricky to fly. A flapless wing (the design can't be fitted with flaps) makes for high speed takeoffs and landings, meaning a longer runway is needed. The tiny undercarriage and high landing/takeoff speeds means it is unsuitable for rough airstrips - and most importantly, a narrow C of G, and strict attention to load positioning, means you can't afford any mistakes in that load positioning. When he flies alone, he has two bags of shot that are required on board to balance the aircraft - and fat friends in the passenger seat, are out. So, not an aircraft that appeals to all, as it's quite unforgiving in numerous areas. Obviously, this bloke loves the advantages - high cruise speed, low fuel consumption, and a reduction in engine noise. He's a good presenter, with clear simple information and explanations - a lot of YouTubers would do well to copy his informative style.

I watched this yesterday and had a good laugh at his first job application, where he lied he'd previously been employed by Aladdin Airlines! LOL The bloke had more cheek than an elephants bum, asking to use the SAS Airlines flight simulator after hours! Imagine the response if one of us rang up Qantas or Virgin and asked to use their simulator when it wasn't occupied!?

.....more robust components, such as aileron hinges and control cable mounts. However, there were some things that weren't allowed in the foundry. Pork chops for one, and yelling out, "Hey, Raghead! Get that....... (Dear NES readers, Cappy has obviously been snooping around OT's workshop, and taking notes and photos of his specialised tools....)

......would give the Truster the necessary lugging torque to spin an oversize prop. "Speaking of props", interjected OT, "but I have a close business associate in the marine industry who is an expert on props, and all it takes is a little resizing and rejigging in his factory, and he'll be able to produce any size Truster prop required - provided that it's made from brass, of course, as his operation comprises a brass foundry. Furthermore, his pricing is competitive with any backyard factory in Gujurat, mainly because he imports many Raj's as indentured Indian labour, and provides them with all their workplace needs, such as mens frocks, factory-grade thongs, multiple large shifters with pipe extensions, and.................

......extending the truck manufacturing and truck repair businesses into aviation manufacturing and aviation repair (note the eventual turn to avref?), utilising all their highly trained staff and youthful apprentices to build the advanced design Turbine Aviation Industries "Truster". Note the clever use of slightly altered wording to make the product appear similar to another brand, whilst promoting trust in the aviation product itself, via word association? The production of the new TAI Truster increased rapidly, especially after Ahmed Bulbul Emir organised for a large supply of scrap aluminium for the aircraft castings, from surplus pots and pans gathered up by street collectors. However, there was a pressing problem that needed to be overcome, as regards the power plant. The specifications (drawn up on a large table napkin) showed a requirement for a lightweight flat six, two stroke, and turbocharged, and able to run on all fuels, including used cooking oil. Ahmed was flummoxed as to where he could find such a complex design. However, he had the number of a man in far-off Western Australia, who was skilled in all things mechanical and making anything from nothing, as he'd had to do all his life. He called up OT and said, "OT, I have an urgent need for a sizeable number of engines that have to be...........

And imagine the cost when someone falls off a machine, lands on their head, and is turned into a living vegetable? I can't count on both hands, the number of people I know, who have done just that. One bloke I know just fell off the back of a low-loader. He lives a miserable, spoon-fed life, and the cost of looking after him, runs into millions over his lifetime. The cost of what he's lost in life enjoyment, is immeasurable. I have a mate who was fixing the track on bi-fold doors on a superphosphate shed. He was working alone, in a remote rural area. He tied the doors against the low level of prevailing wind, and went up the ladder to fix the track. While he was up the top of the ladder, the wind rapidly reversed direction and gusted (you'd know all about this, as a pilot). The doors were driven back by the wind gust, the movement sent his ladder over backwards, he fell 4 metres onto concrete. He totally shattered his left femur (the big top bone in your leg), shattered his left elbow - and he laid there in agony for over 2 hrs until he could raise help with a weak phone signal. He ended up with a 10mm stainless steel rod through the full length of his femur, a stainless plate and a number of screws in his elbow, and he spent 3 mths in a wheelchair, and another 3 mths learning to walk properly again. The cost in medical/rescue terms would have run into hundreds of thousands. And the pain and lifestyle/work restrictions he's endured since, can't be measured. Yet, if you saw him before he started, taking steps along proper safety lines, with scaffolding, a fall-arrest harness, a safety and risk assessment, and assistance from others, I guess you'd just call him a safety wuss??

Skippy - "AV cable" refers to an "Audio-Video cable" - a cable capable of carrying audio or video signals.

You may think you can do what you like, any time you please - but you can't. Rules and regulations for the preservation of a safe and civil society, govern almost every move we make - from speed limits, to noise limits, to unacceptable social behaviour, to laws that jail us for serious crimes. You may think you can tear off and kill yourself in a high-risk exercise, if you decide to do so. The problem is, your death from that high-risk adventure comes with an impact that affects a lot of other people - even though you try to make out it doesn't. Emergency service providers, Police, Medics, and any number of other seemingly unassociated people, all have to clean up your crash mess - from extracting your mangled carcass from the wreckage, to trying to save you taking your last breath, to dealing with the impact of death on your estate, your family and friends, and even to making a lot of work and paperwork for others - from holding investigations, right through to inquests, and settling problems caused by your crash. It's not possible to organise a "clean and simple" exit from this life in an air crash. You damage property on the ground that belongs to others, you may damage essential services in some manner - and above all, to adopt the attitude that "I can do what I like, no-one can tell me what to do" is selfish, and enters into the "Sovereign Citizen" stupidity, and lack of logic. We are governed by rules and regulations, and we have a safe and civil society, because of them. A "Duty of Care" is not rubbish, it is a proven and enforceable legal principle, and it can cost you everything if you choose to ignore your Duty of Care.

........before long, the country was running out of trucks, not just truck drivers. However, a new entity soon appeared to overcome the dreadful situation that was arising. As we all know, "Australia Run On Trucks", and one gent in particular was very mindful of this nation-stopping potential event. Entering at Stage Right was the CEO of Turbine Truck Manufacturing and Refurbishment. In a blaze of glitzy stage lighting and party poppers, Turbine fronted the assembled worried crowd and announced that very soon, Australia would be flooded with new and reconditioned trucks by the shipload, and the country would soon be back to its normal situation of tens of thousands of trucks and no-one to drive them. He did add quietly, almost as an afterthought, "And of course, requiring every Punjabi and Hindu to sit a proper truck driving course, will soon bring that about." Turbo went on, "TTMR will soon be introducing the Maharashta Truck, a product of the Sub-Continent, designed to cope with the lack of skills shown by the average truck driver in Australia today. It will have no "creature comforts" such as air-conditioning, suspension seats or a sleeper - because in the country of origin of these trucks, these creature comforts are unknown and this will ensure the drivers will feel comfortable in a familiar environment." "In addition", he went on, TTMR will send all the current bent trucks to Afghanistan to be repaired, as I made many worthy business contacts there from my time up the Khyber, and inspection of their repair facilities has proven to me that their repair capabilities are world-leading, and accordingly, Australia will benefit greatly from their efforts." Accordingly, Turbo put on a big screen video of the repair shops, which led to a roar of............ (Dear NES readers, here is the link to the YT video, showing Turbo's impressive truck repair team. Note the skilled welding without a mask, and the high number of youthful apprentices, showing Turbo's thoughtfulness in the promotion of further skills training....)

......the worlds greatest warmongerer - CASA. It was on the steps of the clubhouse that Cappy heard Turbo utter those famous words, that still ring down the decades. He stood there, tall and imposing, and said - "Well may God Save the Queen, because nothing will save recreational pilots from oblivion after this proclamation! They will never silence the outskirts of this organisation, even though they may silence the members on the inside of this...........

That's all well and good - but you supplied specific dB, Hz, Power and Impedance figures in you first post - but this relay you've found, has absolutely zero information, as regards any of those specifications?? How do you know this relay produces a sound that you can hear? "Clicks" is not exactly a definitive physics or electrical specification. What is worse - the link provided to the product on the Waytek Wire website doesn't work. So, I pull up the photo of the relay, get the P/No off it - type that into the Waytek Wire search menu - and it comes back, showing the relay, with the advice, "this item has been discontinued". https://www.waytekwire.com/product/te-connectivity-v23234-b0001-x001 Where to now, Batman??

No worse than carrying 90-100 litres of highly volatile petrol in tanks all around you? - that invariably burst open in a crash? The number of lithium battery fires is possibly only slightly higher today, than the number of petrol fires.

Skippy, the website link you provided is a Korean manufacturer site, not Chinese (and your link doesn't work because you included a full stop in the address). The reason they are refusing to provide any advice on speaker upgrades is because the site is a manufacturer site, and the page is only providing specifications of their products, it's not a "shop" page where you can buy items or get advice. They will only reply to large businesses seeking to order high volumes of their product. https://unique-sound.co.kr/products/ Is the speaker in your VW or Audi? I guess you're looking for an alternative replacement, due to the "European manufacturer tax"? (i.e. - high parts prices). The Chinese are your friend, they can supply the US3750B, plus they can supply a US3750C alternative. Unfortunately they provide no specifications for either buzzer, you will have to email the seller, and ask for the precise electrical specs. However, if you check the Korean manufacturer site again, the specs are there for the US3750C they manufacture. I would presume the Chinese specs are identical, but it would pay to check. The only problem I see, is the US3750C produces sound at a higher frequency (870Hz VS 430Hz for the US3750B) - and as you age, high frequencies are the ones your aging ears fail to pick up. I'd suggest the major problem with your original buzzer is that it has simply weakened with age, and no longer produces sound levels to the original specifications. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005010041259835.html?gatewayAdapt=4itemAdapt#nav-specification https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005008216109531.html#nav-specification