Jerry_Atrick

Welcome back, Bcav!

Welcome, Fred.. Warriors are great, reliable planes. I used to fly with RVAC.. They still have a few of the Warriors I used to fly many years ago...

The go arounds were the right thing - so no mistakes... And some of those landings were smooth compared to mine ;-) Great vid.

Makle or female, compared to what we have today, an astounding achievement.!. For women, more so because while there is still a way to go in terms of gender quality, it was far more dofficult for them them. I top my hat to her (and all the others above). They have done much better than me.. and I have arguably had much more opportunity!

Welcome ol' chap! Let us know a but about yourself and your flying! JA

When we moved back to Aus we went with a service that provided an all in cost. About half was the landing fees and duties...

Hi Dave., Not on the other side of the world for some ;-) Welcome to the forums... JA.

Hi Andy, Welcome... I did it the other way round to you.. although not the CPL.. I flew from Redcliffe while I lived in Brissie for a short while -great aeroclub...

Many congrats @GoFly241! The C172 is a great platform (although I still prefer manual flaps and a low wing). Of course, there are LSAs that are quicker and use less fuel, but there is something about Cet a/c that keep me with them...

Welcome to the forums, @BreezyLog .. Given users can get their data at any time, your product should be a hit. Interested to know what tech stack you used to develop and deploy BreezyLog. I am using Java with a Postges DB.. Postgres good; Java bad... It really ius carp - don't know how a whole industry fell for it like they did.. Should read the Python books (or go back to COBOL! ;-))

I am sure, with the pints that are drink here, it would not be as "stiff" competition as you think.. ;-)

Many happy returns for your 70th, squire.. Glad to hear you will be spending it with family, even if distanced by 2m (these Aussie whimps can only cough 1.5 metres, it appears ;-))

I have spent the last 15 years earning realtively good money ding carp I hate.. I look back now and owuld have preferred earning enough to get by and doing stuff I love (ironically, when I lfeeted with the idea of being a professional pilot, night freight was where I wanted to go). As a very smart young woman said to me.. how often, on your death bed do you look back and think how great your working life was (compared to family and friends).. The reality is, if you can look back on your death bed with fond memories of work, then it doesn't matter how much you made as long as it kept the wolves from the door.

Proves the British also have a sense of humour (Note, if the AT3's first D in the registration was an O, it would be very poignant).

I don't disagree at all.. But as I pointed out on the one hand people want the freedome to move between states, but on the other hand, people want to have differing extents of the lockdown based on location - rural v. urban.. which sounds OK, bit to work, would have required even more stringent lockdown because I would not be able to move between the two otherwise the lockdown would have bene a farce. I agree with the eternal vigilance.. I just happen to think that in some cases, one's vigilant assessment is to ensure that while the action is justified (as it appears to be), it is checked. I mentioned one of thread that there was news that Andrews was seeking to extend some of the extaordinary powers into normal life afterwards because it was easier for police to round up the crooks (paraphrasing). That should be resisteed at all costs until at least it has been presented under the normal democratic process... as should un unjustifiable extension to the lockdown, etc. As I said, there are a lot of people here now criticising the government and the medics for its tardy response.

Isle of Mann...

Hmm... German regos, eh?

Apart from the beat up about the states being communists.. last time I looked they are operating in democratic laws and if you want to (and you are in the right jurisdiction, you can vote against the sitting MP.. etc. Just a little bit of propaganda there.. But I do agree that it is insane that it applied across the states.. However, that is where the powers are - not federally.. and each state CMO provided advice they thought necessary for the protection of their state - that is their remit. Of course, they should have come to a more consistent approach - but then... OK - so from above - why shoud each state differentiate - and now are we saying se should micro-differentiate based oin rural and urban areas - that's even smaller than a state.. It's a tough act to work out what to do that is practical. I agree, however, that it may have been better to allow such differences.. But, you would have to enforce even more draconian travel restrictions as you wouldn't want the city folk descending on the rural areas so they could enjoy quite a bit more freedom than in the city.. In this case, the government is damned if they did and damned if they didn't. Personally, stopping the spread in built up areas is a darned good job they should be patted on the back for.. regardless of political affiliation. @Flightrite - your "Welcome to reality" was in response to a post that was stating the problems with not having a lockdown continue, yet you then say it is draconian to continiue it.. I am guessing your welcome to reality is a "get used to it" type welcome to reality rather than a "wlecome to the fact there are a lot of seriously incosiderate and selfiosh people in the world who are oblivious to the problems they may cause".. Maybe you shouuld look up the damage it does to people who survive it as well...

Which is, if I am notmistaken, the reason why on the medics advice, the governments have taken the actions they have - despite them being accused of being draconioan and dictatorial... ?

Why wait until virtually everyone is infected before taking action?

I think the minimal negative outcome is because of the action the government - well the chief medical advisers - took. Just look at other hotspots where they were more relaxed but implemented social distancing only. These figures speak for themselves. The government erred on the side of caution.. In hindsight, closing the borders entirely, stuffing everyone's house with enough food and dunny paper for a few weeks, finding places for the homeless for that time and going into total lockdown (obviosuly, medical cases excepted) probably would have nipped it in the bud and we would all be back to normal... (gross oversimplification, but you get the idea).