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You Posted it digger, so you own it.. You didn't Preface it either. I don't find critiquing it Pleasant either, but Some Mud always sticks. Nev

I used to see them but now I don't, but they are still there. OK Got it. You ARE pulling my leg aren't you? Nev

Nothing like it used to be. How many in a heap? Where would you go the train on one these days? A lot used to fly to Narromine. Nev

YOU are responsible for what YOU choose to Post and I'm certainly Prepared to stand by how I have replied. It's not a Matter of BITING, either. IN my experience it's NOT accurate. I'm compelled to undo the errors of that article to the best of my ability. I certainly would not put my name to such a derogatory view of our Airline Pilots. There's plenty of BS about them out there already without adding to it. IF you really are Interested ASK some of them. Airline Management doesn't like them. Pilots enjoy doing their Job. (Can't have that) Most Head Office People wouldn't KNOW what their Job entails. I allowed a couple of them to ride in the Jump seats Mel-Syd and the weather in Sydney was really rough with Hail , Turbulence etc which we had to carefully and actively dodge with Airborne Weather radar. On arrival One said, "Well you blokes DO have to earn your money sometimes, don't you?" It's a pity more of them don't see it. Way back most Airlines were Managed by Pilots. Now it's mostly Accountants. Nev

Bennyboy. I did say"won't necessarily"and you don't generally build up a lot of hours on an F18 or the like It's also about as different to Airline flying as you could get. Jet Airliners have not increased their cruise speeds for about 50 years. They are stuck at High subsonic. After airlines I instructed in RAAus, including Thrusters and Drifters and never scratched anything. Of Course there's great doubt around how a Airline person would cope with very basic aircraft so you're scrutinised for a While. Then lots of Owners wanted me to fly their plane and tell them what i thought of it. I Flew my own Citabria for a few years and had a Twin Comanche that ended up on Line and sent me broke, because of the Clown I entrusted with it. Nev

A top Gun F-18 Pilot won't necessarily be suited or Happy flying airlines. One chap my DC-4 course the was a croppy who did not make it. None of this actually Means much. One sample is not great proof of anything.. IF you Missed out on something you may have wished to do It's not uncommon to Make out you didn't want it anyhow because they all hate the job, or it's for Wankers who like wearing uniforms etc.. Over the years I would have known well over a thousand pilots and Yes there were a few who were a bit shaky but not THAT many. Taking in very high hours Pilots who have done a lot of solo Hours didn't work out so well either. They had often fallen into Habits that were a bit hard to change from and didn't adapt well.. The Airforce doesn't want people with another way of being trained either. We had Ex Army Airforce and ex Vietnam chopper pilots as well as Intake cadets and Aero club/ flying school $#1t Kickers & ex instructors such as me. When I commenced a Commonwelth gov't Commercial Plus Instructors rating scholarship course for which I had to do a DCA officers flight test where I had to agree to apply for a Job as a Pilot on completion . The demand for Airline Pilots was over and I had already resigned my Teaching job with the NSW Dept of Education, as they require a Ship load of Notice or they will dock your Pay. ( Lovely People to work for).. Eddy Connellan offered me a job on good terms. I got on well with Him and have a lot of respect for Him, but was not sure I'd get on so well with his offspring. At my TAA interview is Had my nose rubbed well and truly in the Cat$#!t by a Person (Director of Flight Operations) who assured Me they had plenty of pilots with more hours and other qualifications than I did which WAS UTTER bs, That was Thursday. By Friday I get a Message can I get Myself to Melbourne to BE on a DC 4 course the following WEDNESDAY.????? Nev

GMT Zulu) ELAPS and the stop watch function are what you will find most useful. Till you operate that way you won't know. You can fly a timed circuit, Overfly and do a procedure turn to Base/final and do holding timed patterns Time fuel tank changes, position reports etc. Time equates to distance when you have a groundspeed. Know what nautical miles you do in a minute. A clip on your Panel or Maybe Velcro will make using the Watch much easier. Watches on your wrist easily catch on things and a loose coat sleeve or glove will obscure it. Nev

You have to Look at Bang for your Bucks. (and weigh up all the BS that's inherent with flying these days). Nev

You've adequately demonstrated what selective Perception is and seem happy to disparage a whole group of highly Trained Professional People without hesitation. Top Guns don't make good Airline Pilots. I deal in FACTS and will defend their reputation from the attack you have made. Your Author is Probably cheesed off that He wasn't accepted. or that Job would not appeal to him because it not exciting enough. It's just ONE persons opinion, John and he's Trying to sell books NOW. By the way I'm fh (Lower case) Flying the Nomad is not a plus. It probably gave him PTSD. Nev

Not really Jack. Rotax 2stokes are Out of Production. I've never had a Failure but generally it's not a good record. People prefer 4 strokes, I reckon. Nev

As airspeeds increase Turbulence is More Noticed particularly with Low(er) wing loadings. The Mini flaps working in both directions are better than Pitch changes and would cause less drag..Nev

Lets face it. Most People want More and the 2 stroke Motors are a bit out of fashion. Holbrook as it was is a distant Memory. Nev

Refined and cast into Bars. Most from Tennant Creek. It's a "dump" now. You don't want to stay there. Nev

It's incredibly Heavy (dense). Used to Lift it out of Mining towns on the F27 when going up the centre in the Late 60's. Gold bars. No security anywhere. . Don't drop one on your foot. Nev

Only Pilots can understand Pilots. No one else has a clue what goes on up the front where the Buck stops with the PIC when it all goes pear shaped. What ever Plane it is you have a feel for it IT (situational awareness), otherwise you're a Passenger. Not everyone has what it takes. They usually drop by the wayside. Scare themselves and stop or come to grief.. Called "Nervous on a FINE day" People. You can't hide it from anyone you are flying with. Nev

It carries too much Liability to be sustainable.. Nev

It's not an easy job running RAAus. Nev

It's a 100% BS book based on what you have stated . I flew with and Knew Many ex RAF and RAAF Pilots. They didn't make much money either in the early days. There was a surplus of them.. Many had quite Low hours at the end of WW2. Not one detested their Job. Money Insecurity exists as you can't be sure you will have a Job after your next Medical or sim check or Incident/Accident. Experience counts in a Flying job and there's a good reason for that There's not much "Joy of Flight" on the Middle of the Night in a storm. I doubt your author is a Pilot. If He/she is they haven't got a clue. Nev

Over tight cables are a considerable structural risk and feel rotten. It's easy to overstress something. Nev

It's reasonable to ask for evidence. You learn that the Hard way. From experience. A picture is worth a Thousand words. Manufacturers say "Filled for life" for some gearboxes. In Practice not a good idea. Nev

Pan Am was an Enormous Enterprise for a long time.. It's worth spending a bit of time Looking over it's History, which ended about 1991. Airlines are often not a good investment and the Best performers have government contracts to support them. Flying near empty Planes is a quick way to go broke . I'd NEVER recommend investing in a Airline. Piston Engined Planes operated nowhere near the safety level that Jet engines provided even though they were derated from the Military spec in RPT ops. One Nickname for the 3 tailed Lockheed was Super Consternation. The Boeing Strato Cruiser often lost Multiple engines on Long flights. Nev

Tetra-ethyl lead.( TEL ) only helps EXHAUST valve seats when the Metal temps are hot enough for it to be a fluid and act as a lubricant. The Rotax Alloy Liquid cooled heads do not operate at High enough temps for this to consistently happen and a build up occurs where some breaks away and a damaged (eroded) valve seat is possible with compression loss. Sometimes just running with Mogas will correct it. I'd still Like to Know the Nature of the alleged gearbox and engine damage and some actual evidence. Nev

That is true, but not my Point. Formating is difficult with real planes. Near impossible with Models due to the extremely quick reaction times required. The vision technology adds an entirely new dimension to flying RC. Nev

Why is the 30% figure critical? . Nev

Have there been images of engine and gearbox lead build ups in Rotax 9xx Motors? I'd like to see some evidence. The more Blow by the More lead transferred to the Engine oil. Most larger engines have reduction gears using the Common oil supply. 100LL(Low Lead) is much LESS lead that any other Avgas like 130/145. . I've NEVER seen lead build ups in stripped motors that run on 100LL The filthiest Motor I've ever seen stripped was in a Grumman Cropduster that had run Auto Petrol always. It was gummed up like no other aero engine I've ever seen. Nev