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    Well done, mate! Now it really begins! Cheers Neil
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    Hi Folks, This is a great 25 minute video about a P-51 Mustang leading into a second 12 minute video. Hope you enjoy... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd5cg77mA48 Cheers Neil
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    Brilliant - looking forward to the restoration.... Neil
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    Well done, mate! Good landing. Cheers Neil
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    No apologising required, Ian. We all know you do what you do with the best intentions at heart. It's still the best site around, whatever it's called! Cheers Neil
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    Hi Mark, I think you will need to be a bit more specific with your essential criteria... otherwise you will risk getting as many opinions as there are people on the forums . eg high wing/low wing; fast or slow; price range; single/two seat; for mainly local or cross-country; plastic fantastic or rag & tube or metal; nose or tail wheel etc Cheers Neil
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    Hi Graham, Not sure if you had seen the previous posts in this thread, but have you given the following guys a call? Rob Stowe at Coastal Aviation in Caloundra ( +61 7 54488991), and also Tony Kerr at Gympie in QLD (+61 7 5483 5170) No idea how much they might be, but Gazelle parts are obviously going to be difficult to source these days.... Cheers Neil (good Scottish name )
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    Hi Sapphire, That green gunge is excellent - I have added some to all 3 tyres after getting a slow puncture in one, and they have been fine since that. It was recommended by a guy who was, until recently, a Qantas maintenance engineer, and his mates who fly out of a rough strip all use it and report far fewer flats.... Cheers Neil
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    Hey Evan, Well done, mate! Class G is now your oyster! Enjoy.... Cheers Neil
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    Great pictures, Louis. Looks like you boyz had fun! Cheers Neil
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    Hi Evan, I suggest you download the Melbourne Basin Visual Pilot Guide from CASA'a web site, which has good detail about the Coastal and Inland routes, with detailed diagrams and tips on what to do. http://casa.gov.au/wcmswr/_assets/main/pilots/download/melbourne.pdf BTW when I have flown this route I have given Moorabbin Tower a courtesy call when within 5 or 6 miles to let them know my intentions, which they have acknowledged. Have fun! Cheers Neil
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    Hey Louis - good stuff! BTW, did your wife ever find out about how you used the living room as a workshop in her absence?? Cheers Neil
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    .....and THAT is what rec flying is all about .......
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    Hi Jonathan, Eeee by gum - a Yorkshireman! Didn't your folk invent the Email? I've been in Oz for about 14 years now, and my Pommy mates say I now talk funny (but you Northerners would have thought that anyway, right? ) Don't miss the frosty UK mornings scraping ice off the windscreen, but I think you would agree the beer here tastes funny.....(guess I should drink more in order to get used to it) I fly from Penfield, near Sunbury - maybe we should meet up one day at Tyabb to keep up the tradition of Pommy whinging while having one of those strange cold beers... Cheers Neil
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    Hi Jonno, I will add my welcome to the others. Tyabb's a nice airfield - I am sure you will enjoy your training there. As a Pom myself I am always interested to know which part of the UK other Poms are from...I'm from Leigh-on-sea in Essex (born in London). WRT the headset there was a recent thread on this, and the conclusion was that the shop on this web site (under Pilot Supplies) had a very good value-for-money headset available. Have one myself, so can vouch for that. Take a look and compare...... Cheers Neil
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    Hi Adam, to this site. Hope the training goes well. Keep us informed about how it goes.....and maybe drop us a few more details about yourself (not cos we're nosey, just cos we're interested ). Cheers Neil
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    Hi GG, Whilst at the Darwin Air Museum last year I bought a book from their shop titled "Fighter Heroes of WW1" by Joshua Levine. ISBN 978-0-00-727494-9. Superb read. Highly recommended. Amazon has a copy for $15.56 - claims it only has 1 copy left! So get in quick if you like that sort of thing. Cheers Neil
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    If you like statistics I believe it is on a par with riding a motor bike - so take your pick....but remember lots of people buy lottery tickets although they have much more chance of being struck by lightning than winning the lottery. BTW - you seem to have singled out Jabirus (which is bound to start another Jab/Rotax debate along the lines of Ford/Holden - see various previous threads) - so if you don't like your chances with them why not change to a Rotax-powered plane instead? Cheers Neil
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    Hi Matt, Wow - must be fascinating reading! Cheers Neil
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    Yep - I have a set and they are fine. Can get better, but you will pay a lot more. So if you want value for money, go for it. Cheers Neil
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    But sadly, if you do something momentarily, you do it FOR a short time, not IN a short time (check any dictionary) - which the Americans I work for don't understand....They simply use it wrongly. I am very tempted to take them literally and when they say "Can you call me momentarily?" say "yes" call them, say "Hi" and then put the phone straight down...... But I need to keep my job, so maybe not.... Cheers Neil
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    Absolutely! Pedants rule....
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    Hi guys, For well-presented, factual, objective discussion on this sort of topic, backed up with data and evidence, I would recommend the Webinars on the EAA web site. If you are not a member of EAA I would highly recommend you join, if only for the excellent monthly magazine. However, the webinars are available for ages after delivery, and are usually about 45 minutes of slide presentation (most with online surveys answered by the online audience present at the time), and at the end the presenters take a selection of questions from the audience for about another 30 minutes. The presenters are usually well-respected members of the US aviation community, and include appropriate statistical info and/or scientific formulae in most cases. I distinctly remember one about EFATO and the argument about a controlled crash in a 30 degree arc ahead being so much more survivable than an attempt to turn back. The figures wrt the impact the seat belts are designed to take, and the "aim the fuselage between any trees so the wings get ripped off" argument also. I find this type of presentation to be a very effective approach to education, rather than a more confrontational one. My two cents, Neil
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    Hi Laurie, Welcome to the site! You obviously have a diverse aviation background, so no doubt you can contribute on a range of areas. Look forward to hearing more. Cheers Neil
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    I agree, kg, and it probably stems from the US trait to remove as many syllables as possible, yet they like to use superfluous words as well. This is why Americans refer to an "ongoing emergency situation" where the single word "emergency" would seem to suffice. You have no doubt also noticed that we have started to follow the US in doing away with ordinal numbers when referring to dates, which clearly makes no sense, so we now have things like films starting at the cinema on "July 12" instead of July the 12th. There is no such thing as the 12 of July - it is the 12th day as it has followed on in order from the 11th, etc etc. My English teacher would turn in his grave. Mind you, he would not be "dead" these days as we seem now to have to use euphemisms, so he would have "passed away". Monty Python's parrot sketch has come to life! Cheers Neil
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