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Those bloody Ra-Aus registered 152's had to come back to haunt them...

I remember another thread about these particular aircraft with Ra-Aus rego... and it was my opinion that based on all the info put forward in the thread that there was no way... even if they were "rebuilt"... that they were able to be registered as under the weight limit. So why were they registered?

Or is this just a rumor at this stage???

Perhaps it will be put in the same basket as the missing 001 regos???

Hey Dexter was your out landing a Jab engine failure to ?

Lol

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I wonder if it would be feasible to bring one in from NZ?

Is it true that the basis of the Android system is Linux?

I would guess they will release some sort of bulletin relating to fuel checks on type.

This report of another accident to an Airtourer is also worthwhile reading.Investigation: 200303633 - Victa Ltd AIRTOURER 100/A3, VH-MVP

Engine failures don't cause aircraft to crash... generally.?

They cause them to need to land very, very fast... with varying degrees of success, sadly for some.

I guess it is a design quirk of the Airtourer but ultimately...no one is responsible but the pilot.

Get into it sseeker... and good luck.

Seems that Iphone is popular... but I know plenty of people who like me are not prepared to go Apple... I support true open source... and I don't think Apple is. Just because Microsoft sucks... doesn't mean you should have to by an Apple. Apple is like the other side of the coin to Microsoft... but the future needs a new currency...

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I was going to say the same thing Sseeker... Unless you have an apple computer I wouldn't install anything with an i for apple in it. The times I have I have found it very, very overbearing, trying to install all sorts of apple poop on my pc...

(I am visiting this site using Ubuntu... I gotta say this works better than windows for the Android.)

Pity the young lady whose first name is Myfanwy.... Nobody has been game to ask her how to pronounce it and just call her Miss G.

I believe it is an Welsh name...

Good luck Steve.

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Has anyone seen the Piaggio Pusher in NQ recently? Went north about 2 weeks ago and returned through Mackay yesterday... Very impressive machine.

Or better yet a.... (insert other than Jab model here)

Jabiru's are abundantly nice aircraft but I don't think the best example of what Ra-Aus trainers have to offer... In my short experience. Even the people who love them say that they are a good aircraft to learn in because of their difficult handling... and I didn't like the J170 one bit compared to the Texan because of this same reason. Just my opinion... I imagine the 55Jab would have had the bad habits (pretty much as you described) of the 170 but less wing area....You would be hard pressed to get more bang for your buck in an aeroplane so I guess that balances it. Lol

Grab OruxMaps from the market, it does EVERYTHING OziCE did/does (and is free).I have used Ozi for years and I really missed it when my PDA died. This app certainly fills that void!!

I've converted all my ozfx3 files across just fine (instructions are on their website)

 

Des is apparently writing Ozi for Android but no release date is even hinted at, and given how much OziCE cost (as well as ozi for the Desktop) I'd have to imagine it's going to be more than a few dollars!!

 

Oruxmaps also is supported by some of the flying apps on thew android market too!

 

I discovered it the other day and I'm writing some tutorials that will be published here on how to convert files etc over the next few weeks.

Mankind needs to populate other planets or we need perfect, free and total birth control.

What I want to know is... If as they say we are all going to live to 80 who is going to pay for it???

Most of us will be lucky to live past 70 with modern work practices evolving the way they are... Unless we have an absolute bucket load of super and an chunky inheritance, or you were lucky to get onto the bubble wagon before it burst this may be a blessing...

Thanks for understanding the point I was ineffectually trying to make Blackrod...

The fact that it has been the same through the ages is ironic is it not? Sadly I feel that it is going to be much more deeply felt for the future generations. In many respects we have been lucky.

I mean how fair is it that this generation votes to raise the retirement age for all the future generations but that is effectively what we have done. In France they tried it and the people tore the place appart!!!

This thread back up what I am implying here... Somewhere someone pointed out that the senior pilots are quite happy to get their perks at the expense of the younger guys coming into the game... Its the old Gordon Gecko "Greed is good" mentality... its everywhere.

Listen... I am sorry if it sounds like I am having a go at all of you guys... This is why I say it.

We all remember The Who singing "A Young man ain't got nothing in the world these days"... Was true then... is ten times more relevant today.

What I am seeing is the Baby Boomers owning everything... they own the business that has reduced wages to pitiful levels and is happy to go along with a government (also populated by BBers) that mandates that it happens....

Meanwhile in smoko rooms, living rooms, and just about anywhere Baby Boomers are commenting that the young people today are "out of control"...are the cause of these problems because they "want everything now" and are causing the world to go down hill.

Last time I checked... it was still a case of the old man "having all the money, cause a young man still ain't got nothing in the world these days"

Unless you count the Plasma TV's, computers and cars. Try getting by without all these unnecessary consumables... Again... who profits here?

It is ironic... So what I am saying is I don't hold any of you personally responsible... But this is what has happened from where I have been observing for the last 20 years since I entered the workplace.

Please don't take offence... But take a look around and think what all this means for our kids and grandkids... they are the ones who will pay the price. They are the ones who will really do it tough.

Workchoices is well and truly alive... I am too disgusted to even talk about it any more.

And sorry but BS and Ignorant are just the least of the words I would use for people who have blinkers on because it doesn't affect them... there is a real problem and the Baby Boomers have sold the rest of us up the garden path to self fund their own retirements.... and then they have the gall to complain!!! Talk about taking the cake and eating it too. Any generation after after will be lucky to get crumbs.

Unions are just another big business out to look after nobody but themselves. Long gone are the days they were interested in helping and protecting the workers.... in fact a pool of unemployed workers is a necessary by-product of their actions.

As an Airline employee in a department which has the unions stripped out of it 10 or so years ago I find this sort of ignorant BS offensive... The Unions are not perfect... but they are all you have.

I hear it all the time when new people start working in my field.... "They can't expect us to work 15 hour days"... "We are entitled to a 10 hour break"... etc etc etc

What people fail to realize is that all those "Rules" were fought for and won for workers by Unions... and that they are not part of industrial relations laws in Australia... Remove the Union and your employer can work you whatever hours they wish because only Union Industries are automatically entitled to anything.

Ironically it is usually people who are in a Union who complain... all the while accepting the conditions the Union gives them... something the rest of us can only dream of.

For a start I would just like to know how much of our membership money they have, how much of they spend, and on what and whom...

Pretty simple really... and pretty important.

This should not have to lead to a bloodbath... if management is doing the job this can all just go away. But at the moment I am hearing from every corner (and not just on this site) that there are problems at the core... It is all pretty vague at the moment but it is there none the less.

The membership should not have to take this further... but keep in mind that there are members who will.

Good on you Tomo.... Don't try and convert too many of the locals while you are over there.

Have fun.