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  1. johnm
    I can rember flying aroung Maryborough Qld and a RAAF Hurcules was flying around and landing there ? - they stated Hurcules - positon and intention at at the end said 'caution wake turbulence' ............ a reminder to the unwary
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    Bl**dy incredible ................ good to hear from an engineer that works on those big birds thats 4500 hours per year for HL 7413 - no pilot could ever clock up those hours (per year) Mr google reckons a 747 burns 14000 ltrs / hour - based on 149000 hours that 2 trillion litres of fuel
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    all to true - but they got this bird to 92000 hours - there must be something more to this ................ if you got the plane to 92000 hours there must have been an expectation that she was safe to say 95 - 100000 hours which begs the question - what flying aircraft has the most flying hours (might not be something an owner (assuming an airline)) may wish NOT to reveal)
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    to add ? to the discussion - my point was 92000 hours equates to 10.50 years flying 24 hours a day / 365 days a year thats a sound recomendation for that planes maintenance regime .......... and I'm guessing for that the manufacturer or does the manufacturer have no say in it after a period a plane that takes it's final flight to a museum .......... also must be a product of sound maintenance (be it temporary maintenance) so if you owned a Lancaster or a B17 - if you have the money - that plane could fly for another 100 years ? why not ? or is there something else that determines a planes life
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    be interesting to know what airframe life should be on these big birds - assuming if they are maintained in accordance with manufacturers regimes (and you have deep pockets) .......... they can fly indefinitely WW2 B17's and Avro Lancasters are examples of that ............ assuming these are still maintained to manufacturers regimes ?
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    I read somewhere there was an ag pilot and he tied his boot to the cockpit roof - as a plumb bob - for a required horizon one day (could be a tall story) Your idea is better refined MBrooks - good idea if it can be applied to a basic aviation license and aircraft As to if Bureaucracy will stick their nose in ................ (I hope they don't ............ cause just a visual aid ?)
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    Interesting FH - is that still the rule - an L2 can't refuse to work on a plane ? (irrespective of conditon or history)
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    Ask Council if you can put some tables and chairs out front of house - that's pretty harmless and no doubt they'l say yes
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    yes - a fair majority of IT service providers need to take up an activity that occupies their fingers & time ............. I always suggest knitting ......... if I ever give then feed back
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    Not a bad idea Ian - BUT I'd say Avdata would have their hooks in pretty deep (as all parasites must)
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    Mr Google says top of range is US $ 350k which computes to OZ $ 540,000 .................. I think 20:1 glide ratio looks real good (price not so good)
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    tecnam P2010 has 3 access doors ..................... wheel have to adjust for that from what I can tell - Mr Google says base cost C172 ($ 400k) & P2010 ($ 345k)
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    Canopy Crack

    johnm replied to skippydiesel's topic in Sonex

    AAhhhh yes ...................... the machines tedious, regular, continuous & insatiable need for money (been there done that - a bit like an enjoyment tax in a way)
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    anything is possible in the real world reminds me when we were all seated on a Qlink Dash at say 5.30 am in the morning - at Brisbane - next announcement was all you bods get off - so it was back to the terminal - Qlink had to fix a flat tyre we didn't grumble - we all thought the experience was a ripper
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    0.000081566 % ? increase in popularity (could be some more zero's) .................. a thin margin so far I wonder which pilot thinks which plane is better (both planes have bitten the unwary)
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    ............. called 'acoustic mirrors' SP
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    Mr google say F15 - 30600 kg takeoff weight - B17 29700 kg takeoff weight (rubbery numbers no doubt) Proportionally there is lots of solid stuff in the F15 so ........................
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    there appears to be no emergency chute - just the 1 main chute ? you'd have to be brave to jump out of a perfectly good aeroplane (parachutist) so jumping out of a perfectly good aeroplane with a wing suit might have some better potential appeal in the future - compared to straight parachuting having said that .................... parachuting remains a whole lot more popular
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    exciting stuff .......... but not for the faint hearted I guess you could call them a glider ............... some would say its a gauranteed descent with little forward component any forum members had any knowlegde or experience in them ? - speed - rate of descent - cost etc etc are there australian wing suit sites for jumping
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    The first practicable aeroplane - powered by a turboprop - what was it and what date ? Thanks (for instance they were designing the Vickers Viscount about 1945 - power supposed to be a turbo prop ............... first flew about 1948 ?)
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    Quiet a good NZ resource: https://nzcivair.blogspot.com/2025/08/ New rego - ZK SEX NZ registered: ZK SEX
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    top hinged doors on the A22 / 32 front hinged doors might fair better ?
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    So per the video ......... if the windscreen dissapears - then altitude cannot be maintained ? or is that a 'trade off' to save the side doors ? or some other form of trade off ? (don't know)
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    4 seats (max) allowed - but 1 pilot and 1 passenger - 2 POB max ............. but whose counting
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    I can remember asking an instructor to demonstrate a climb / vertical stall turn (don't know the word) The manouvre was a fizzer An Airtourer I think - the plane fell back - in reverse gear ............. a lesson on how not to do it ! It was like backing into a Woolworths parking lot ................ and hitting a couple of shopping trollies on the way in
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