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  1. FlyBoy1960
    you sit in front of the wing in that aircraft so visibility forward and to the side should be reasonably good. It all comes down to just the same problem as most of them and that is we get distracted in the cockpit and don't keep a good enough look out. See and be seen, see and avoid and all the other things which are taught. Why couldn't ATC just say keep the left turn going you look like you are lined up on the wrong runway and there is traffic near you or something like that ?
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    I was only commenting on something which was on social media shortly after the accident. There could or could not be any truth to what I read regarding the runway clearances but they made it very clear in what I read that the Cessna was doing the right thing and the other aircraft dropped into the Cessna. Of course this information will be corrected at the start of the investigation. I was just commmenting maiinly about the fact that parallel runways have a lot of accidents especially when you havve students operating on contra circuits and they don't have the skills to turn properly yet or to maintain a centreline.
  3. FlyBoy1960
    Yes, parallel runways AGAIN ! Should have been on right and tried to land on left. Most stupid aviation thing ever built, two runways side-by-side about 100 meters apart
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    Its a corrupt system they use if it is as you say above, dont like the 10 minute extensions, thats fraud, it should finish at the finishing time period.
  5. FlyBoy1960
    don't believe everything you see on Wikipedia because most of it is submitted by you and me and may not be perfectly accurate or it may be specific to some country which has a limit of 560 kg or 540 kg or whatever it is
  6. FlyBoy1960
    they used to be imported through our local airfield. I don't think they were ever 540 kg. All of the ones I saw were 600 kg and I know the early ones used to wobble through turbulence but the later model which they called the S4 was rocksolid and could fly through a hurricane without losing stability or direction. They seem to be a very well-made and well supported aircraft. The only downside was if you were fat and overweight (I guess you can't be one or the other) and had week upper body it was a little bit difficult to get yourself in and out of the seat some of the heavier and older members had this issue but if you are fit and didn't have 80 years behind you you could do it pretty easily. I found the controls to be very well-balanced and it was honestly like flying your own little fighter jet!
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    You are lighter when you land with flat batteries (in theory)
  9. FlyBoy1960
    Its flown a few circuits on its own, duration about 15 minutes. The stories i could tell you !
  10. FlyBoy1960
    The article is from 2016 ? These guys are almost gone, all smoke and mirrors from George Bye. They say if you invest with him your $$ will be Bye-Bye.
  11. FlyBoy1960
    it's funny that they don't appear on any of the other photographs so it may be a product development test or something like that ?
  12. FlyBoy1960
    the name of the aircraft very obviously came from the shape of the wing. I can't say I have ever seen any of these around in my travels. The photograph underneath the wing shows some unusual fencing, I can't figure that one out ?
  13. FlyBoy1960
    I had to read it three times but eventually got it !
  14. FlyBoy1960
    Looks like a drifter
  15. FlyBoy1960
    That ruined their day !
  16. FlyBoy1960
    this just seems to be a USA recommendation from the people that sell the additive. If you ring the Rotax importers in Australia they will tell you not to use any additives under any circumstances. Just saying, if someone can make a dollar out of something and make people believe they need it then they will. 5400 rpm all day long, no problems. 5000 rpm all day long you will use oil especially if you load up the propeller.
  17. FlyBoy1960
    Old Koreelah, please don't be under any other illusion than if we can afford an aeroplane, we we will turn up to the airport in our brand-new super Tesla vehicle, takeoff our Rolex watch, to finish our seafood lunch lobster buffet before we take to the skies after our ramp boy has finished fueling the plane. At least this is the illusion that most councils have when it comes to people who own aircraft !
  18. FlyBoy1960
    I don't know if that is appropriate when you look at all of the oil stains on the bottom of the aircraft. It looks like a major failure of the engine and there is oil everywhere but if you prefer to say he ran out of fuel, that is okay
  19. FlyBoy1960
    "A Jabiru UL-450 overturned during a forced landing in a field near Imbil, S of Gympie, Queensland. The pilot was not inured. The engine of the aircraft had failed as the pilot was flying home after purchasing the aircraft." Not a happy camper.
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    microair.aero
  21. FlyBoy1960
    they are going to be making them again but it will be a different design to the original and they are not supporting any of the originals according to a presentation I went to a couple of weeks ago. Apparently there are new owners now in Sydney
  22. FlyBoy1960
    SONY PYXIS. IPS-360 That should be in a museum ! I seem to remember that they would only work stationary, they wouldn't work for a moving vehicle/aeroplane/somebody walking
  23. FlyBoy1960
    As Mc Guyver has said, you will need to check with the manufacturer. As these trikes are considered "certified aircraft" then you need to be very concerned with the ongoing airworthiness, and you will probably be at the wrong end of CASA if you swap these over without a paperwork trial from airborne.
  24. FlyBoy1960
    if you look at the vibrations through the control column then the machine is very much telling him it doesn't like doing these manoeuvres. Its shaking like crazy and he has the "grip of death" on that stick ! "He is here for a good time... not a long time !"
  25. FlyBoy1960
    Its ok, he was wearing a helmet !
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