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  • in reply to: Australian P-40 Kittyhawk sold to US #900964
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    The other one (in Australia) that I’ve seen is VH-HWK, the P-40F
    https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7279/13731702533_aac47c52e9_c.jpgCMAPtCook_6704flr by errolgc, on Flickr

    Hopefully I’ll see ZK-CAG (ex-RAAF) at Ardmore this weekend!

    They recon their that easy to fly even a girl could;)

    in reply to: Brazilian Warhawks #919871
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    Did I see a merlin variant there or is it a bad photo?

    in reply to: Aerial Cropspraying #950088
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    …. Lost for words with the stupity of the pilot ….

    Try “skill,” for “stupidity.”

    Every Agricultural Aviator worth his money has finished up a morning’s spraying of 5-inch-tall wheat crops with 2+ inches of both tips painted “wheat green,” while proceedure-turning.

    What some Project as “stupid,” those capable more accurately call flying with flare.

    Most Ag blokes I know don’t fly like that and employers with a 2 million dollar aircraft won’t just let anybody fly one.
    The days of 15 thousand dollar Pawnees and letting any yobbo fly are gone.

    in reply to: Duxford Diary 2014 #965099
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    I guess that lump of lead has some bolts holding it in place somewhere

    My thoughts as well, bad place to come loose.

    in reply to: Aluminium Welder #970080
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    Extensive automated fettling capability
    Time sequenced automated gravity dies, Smelting capacity of 2 tonnes of aluminium per hour
    TIG & MIG aluminium welding

    http://www.qimtek.co.uk/profile/hall_and_botterill_ltd-UKAA337.html

    Do all that and for nothing? What generous folks you have.

    in reply to: General Discussion #226612
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    How many jobs are available? If there are only VERY limited jobs there surely it is better to pay people to live than let them try to survive by other means? The Americans pay limited relief and after that people move onto the street. If you get sick you die or get better. At least you poms have some semblance of humanity.

    in reply to: Benefits Street #1832832
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    How many jobs are available? If there are only VERY limited jobs there surely it is better to pay people to live than let them try to survive by other means? The Americans pay limited relief and after that people move onto the street. If you get sick you die or get better. At least you poms have some semblance of humanity.

    in reply to: General Discussion #227107
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    The “My invisible friend is better than your invisible friend” always ends in tears. If anybody believes in the tripe that’s trotted out with religions then you aren’t going to change their minds with reasonable logic.

    in reply to: Apparently the world is just 6,000 years old #1832954
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    The “My invisible friend is better than your invisible friend” always ends in tears. If anybody believes in the tripe that’s trotted out with religions then you aren’t going to change their minds with reasonable logic.

    in reply to: General Discussion #227113
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    Religion is like having a penis. It’s OK to play with it in the privacy of your own home with a consenting adult. It’s not socially acceptable to bring it out in public and wave it in peoples faces.

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    Religion is like having a penis. It’s OK to play with it in the privacy of your own home with a consenting adult. It’s not socially acceptable to bring it out in public and wave it in peoples faces.

    in reply to: And Now For Something Completely Different Thread MK3 #932629
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    How to lose a liquid load
    http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p106/Almostoldfart/7Day1.jpg
    How to lose a liquid load in a radial
    http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p106/Almostoldfart/Drom2_zpsb86611fc.jpg

    in reply to: Rare last flight footage of Aussie F-111s in flight Dec 2010 #937554
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    Nice atmospheric footage doing what a pig does well..Coming from the New England area of NSW I,ve seen em lower 🙂

    I used to fly in the New England area for a year or two and see them air to air quite a bit. Before the F111 I used to see Mirage’s at low level, they used to fly lower and quicker (It seemed) than an F111. The Unzud Scooters, Singapore Hunters and F5’s used to frequent as well. In the early F111 days they used t have LJR’s they used to follow and flightservice would broadcast their position, you knew when they were about to come through. They seemed to seek us out and run over the top even coming around for a lower closer run some times. Later in years they wanted to operators to send a fax through every day as to your position and area of operation and used to get snooty when they would see you even 2 miles away. If you had an inkling of when they were coming you could keep an eye out for a smoke trail low on the horizon. The last few years the F111 runs got less and less and you were lucky to see a couple a year.
    The footage shown appears to be around the Dorrigo area.

    in reply to: Inverted flight 1940 #947586
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    Interesting to watch the test pilots demo with inverted passes, Quill or Henshaw I think it was. A horendous dive and a whistling, gliding, engine throttled back inverted pass, sort of looks and sounds wrong.

    in reply to: Wingsuit flyer dies. #391891
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    Sad news from China. Don’t know whether this is the first fatal accident with a wingsuit? R.I.P.

    http://www.aol.co.uk/article/2013/10/10/tragic-wingsuit-flyers-final-flight/20741937/?icid=maing-grid7%7Cukt1%7Cdl5%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D214926

    First death was around 1930, winged suits have been round a few years.

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