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Falsification of Flying Experience
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FD2 » Thu Mar 31, 2022 6:32 pm
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Pilot jailed for lying about flying experience to get British Airways job
Craig Butfoy, from Kent, entered false details and altered entries in...
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In the military hours are T/O to landing. Civilian chock to chock. This can be a big difference especially operating out of large busy airports. I...
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Last post by Ex-Ascot
Fri Jan 17, 2025 11:51 am
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What did you miss most when living overseas?
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Hydromet » Wed Jan 01, 2025 8:46 pm
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Filling the shopping list for D1 and her hubby visiting from the USA, I started thinking about the things from their home country that expats miss...
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Pubs, decent chips, and bacon-it's all streaky here. My main bugbear is having to ask for a knife (unless it's a decent restaurant). I have for 40...
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Last post by llondel
Sat Jan 11, 2025 1:49 am
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Electric wheelbarrows
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unifoxos » Mon Jan 06, 2025 3:20 pm
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As the years have taken their toll of muscle and bone, I am looking to make life easier in the garden by purchasing an electrically-powered...
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OFSO, your comment was possible one of the funniest comments read here in a long time. Excellent
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Last post by Rwy in Sight
Tue Jan 07, 2025 4:29 pm
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Olde Phart playing in his garage...
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John Hill » Sun Dec 22, 2024 3:52 am
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Control quadrant for our replica Link Trainer, throttle, mixture and prop control. Three geared potentiometers with gears cut from recycled HDPE...
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I am sort of stuck with this approach as it is an obvious for a training flight from our airport at Ashburton and this RR really did exist and we...
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Last post by John Hill
Tue Dec 24, 2024 12:10 am
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Write your own Daily Mail aviation incident drama
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by Capetonian » Sun Jan 15, 2017 11:50 pm
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Now anyone can be a Daily Mail aviation expert/consultant. All you have to do is select one of the options from the italicised parts of the...
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BBC just now, referring to an Airbus 330 preparing to depart Orlando...
The airline said crews evacuated the cabin when flames were seen in part of...
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Last post by OFSO
Mon Apr 21, 2025 6:18 pm
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Ashburton Aviation Museum, new hangar news..
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John Hill » Thu Dec 12, 2024 8:22 pm
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The first sod has been turned by our patron, Pat Scotter, and work commenced immediately..
A diggasaurus plucked out a few tree stumps and began...
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NZ is winding down for the summer holidays but not so at the Aviation Museum....
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Last post by John Hill
Sat Dec 14, 2024 7:00 pm
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HMRC, government gateway
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talmacapt » Wed Dec 11, 2024 3:32 pm
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I am having trouble with the app.
It used to work but seems to have stopped.
Wanted to go to my self assessment pages because they keep sending...
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Well done, all. Triumphed in the end.
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Last post by OFSO
Thu Dec 12, 2024 7:20 pm
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Octopus Agile electricity tariff UK
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CharlieOneSix » Sun Feb 04, 2024 8:57 pm
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I had a smart meter installed last week and am now tempted by the Octopus Agile electricity tariff where half hourly prices for the following day are...
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Interesting to see that nuclear is down to 3.77GW, not having looked at it for a few years. That always used to be pretty much set on 8 all the time,...
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Last post by llondel
Thu Dec 12, 2024 6:01 pm
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What book are you currently reading?
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Ex-Ascot » Wed Oct 14, 2015 3:10 pm
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Just thought I would try this as a thread. Living in the middle of nowhere with no TV etc we do read a lot. Trouble is Amazon will not deliver here...
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Re reading The New Science of Strong Materials or why we don't fall through the floor struggling with remembering some of the maths. Nuggets like why...
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Last post by Rossian
Mon Dec 09, 2024 5:14 pm
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Notre Dame
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probes » Sun Dec 08, 2024 10:14 am
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Fascinating.
Capturing the ‘grandeur and beauty’ of Notre Dame during its reconstruction
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Insurance job or God?
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Last post by Ex-Ascot
Sun Dec 08, 2024 12:39 pm
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Jaguar's New Ad
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PHXPhlyer » Tue Nov 19, 2024 8:02 pm
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Makes me want to go right out and buy one.
One of what I don't know.
British carmaker Jaguar reveals glossy rebrand that features no cars, confuses...
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Jaguar reveals 'Type 00' concept car, first under controversial new brand identity
Automakers routinely use concept vehicles to gauge customer...
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Last post by PHXPhlyer
Thu Dec 05, 2024 9:38 pm
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SCAMMERS !
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OFSO » Sun Aug 23, 2015 3:28 pm
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Transcript of a phone conversation:
Last Thursday phone rings here. Lady speaking with upper class accent.
"Can I speak to Ms (---)...
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Mate encountered a variation of the I'd like to buy the car you advertised scam today. Received an offer that looked legit. Buyer wanted a...
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Last post by Hydromet
Thu Dec 05, 2024 1:27 am
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Animals Behaving Badly
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PHXPhlyer » Fri Jul 14, 2023 4:16 pm
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Surfboard-stealing otter not taking the 'bait' as wildlife officials try to catch her
SANTA CRUZ - Catching a sea otter that's been pilfering...
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Love the ratings the owner (sorry - staff) has given.
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Last post by reddo
Wed Dec 04, 2024 2:23 pm
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Time again for me to draw attention to our museum!
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John Hill » Thu Nov 28, 2024 11:37 pm
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Next time you plan your holiday do not forget to call in to Ashburton, New Zealand and enjoy our aviation museum!
Watch this video even though...
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Grumpy is organising a coach party, he reckons he can get a double decker.
He probably won't want to go - they drive on the left in NZ. o:-)
I...
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Last post by John Hill
Sun Dec 01, 2024 1:08 am
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Empire State sized wind turbines (1250ft, 381m high) for the Hebrides
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CharlieOneSix » Tue Nov 19, 2024 12:28 pm
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This is incredible - Aberdeen Press & Journal today - 65 turbines 1250ft (381m) high, are proposed over 61 square miles just three miles off the Isle...
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A charity has called for better support to help it monitor fragile Golden eagle populations after it was confirmed that one of the rare raptors had...
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Last post by Karearea
Tue Nov 26, 2024 1:02 am
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Boots and laces
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probes » Mon Nov 18, 2024 6:58 am
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This video is from 2005:
and today I read that kids these days in the West have very poor fine motor skills, can't properly hold scissors or cut...
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That is interesting actually because I have a pair of deck shoes with leather laces and they always come undone without a double knot which looks...
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Last post by llondel
Wed Nov 20, 2024 8:40 pm
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Any animal killers here?
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Bull at a Gate » Sun Oct 18, 2015 7:36 am
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On the other site, where a few of us still visit from time to time, one of our number and I have been discussing the hunting of animals....
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Ozzy has always been a hero :-bd
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Last post by Woody
Mon Nov 18, 2024 6:46 pm
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Spitfire Flight Booked!
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CharlieOneSix » Fri Nov 15, 2024 12:11 am
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Woo-hoo! For a late celebration of my 80th birthday I've just booked a 45 minute flight in a Spitfire TR9 from Perth - the Scottish one - in June...
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Nice, never got to do that, but did do a barnstormer ride in a bi-plane in Hawaii a few years back. Enjoy.
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Last post by G~Man
Fri Nov 15, 2024 7:29 pm
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Only in Bri⟨ʔ⟩n? abandoned car treasury.
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probes » Sat Nov 09, 2024 8:31 am
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Well, but who forgot about them? Can't have belonged to one person who died and... ? @-)
Classic car graveyard filled with more than 100 old...
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When I was a kid one of Dad's workmates had a Triumph TR2, silver-grey, which was a bit better than the MG & TFs that seemed to be the only sports...
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Last post by Hydromet
Sun Nov 10, 2024 1:16 am
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Elon Strikes Again
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PHXPhlyer » Mon Jan 09, 2023 6:15 pm
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Federal regulators investigating Musk Tesla ‘Full Self Driving’ tweet
CNN
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Federal regulators want to know what Elon Musk meant in a Tweet...
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Elon Musk’s lawyer says $1M giveaway winners not randomly chosen, which could raise legal issues
Musk had said winners of the giveaway were chosen at...
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Last post by PHXPhlyer
Tue Nov 05, 2024 2:55 am
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Transoceanic, 11,000kms with no in flight meals!
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John Hill » Sat Oct 26, 2024 10:51 pm
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An amazing feat of endurance...
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Amazing! Let's hope the owner of a well-known low-cost airline doesn't see this...
Funny, when I saw the thread title I wondered if it was an...
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Last post by llondel
Mon Nov 04, 2024 5:39 pm
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RAF pilot training
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probes » Sun Nov 03, 2024 8:42 am
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Royal Air FARCE: All of Britain's Top Gun RAF pilots to be trained in the USA under radical military reform plans
Well?
It's DWail, but ...
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Was not part of the German Air Force and Navy Starfighter problem the fact that they had so many (a total of 916!), more than any except the USAF?...
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Last post by Groundgripper
Sun Nov 03, 2024 5:57 pm
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The Full English
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probes » Wed Oct 16, 2024 6:38 pm
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once again, by CNN this time.
What's your experience?
I personally ate it when in the UK, of course, and liked it, but I definitely couldn't have...
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Ricardian-that was an interesting read. As they are former neighbours, I assume they are sadly no longer with us? Do you still edit the Limpet/ It...
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Last post by ricardian
Mon Oct 28, 2024 11:18 pm
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Iceland, volcanoes and superpower for energy
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probes » Mon Oct 28, 2024 6:31 pm
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Jeezz, if that actually could be done... magma extreme heat for energy, that is.
But it's very impressive viewing anyways! With sound is preferable,...
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In 1966 I was hitchhiking in NZ, when I was given a lift by a bloke who worked at Waiwere geothermal power station. He gave me a tour of the...
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Last post by Hydromet
Mon Oct 28, 2024 10:42 pm
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Baltimore bridge collapse
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probes » Tue Mar 26, 2024 8:11 am
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Gosh. Should a massive bridge collapse like that?? - I mean, they're supposed to be more robust?
Baltimore Bridge collapse after being hit by a...
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Operator of ship in Baltimore bridge collapse will pay $100 million settlement, DOJ says
Surely that's just a drop in the ocean, so to speak.
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Last post by Hydromet
Fri Oct 25, 2024 11:23 am
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