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You been drinkin too much moonshine boy?The price is to the right

Seriously though, Are we the only western democracy that doesn't shoot looters during riots? (Baton rounds..of course!)

London riots...resolution in sight:- Breaking news: The A1 southbound into London is snarled up because there is a p\55ed up Geordie walking down the carriageway with a fishing rod and a KFC family bucket.

Great , an OSSA exported to China...can't wait for the cheaper clone copies to hit the market That looks really tidy

E.G. my flight was cancelled 3 times before I finally got up..bloody British summer weather . When I did get up; the cloud base was at 2000ft and falling.My plane was not rated for flying out of sight of the deck.The only clearing in the cloud,for me to play in, was caused by a rising thermal pushing up. This meant that a glider and a micro-light (which were not on frequency or tower controlled) were riding the thermal so we were all contesting the same, small, airspace. It got a bit intense,what with the congestion, the owl eyes/neck and my beginners 'death grip' on the yoke. My instructor advised me to do as he did and go to Pheonix Arizona for a PPL....a production line for students with un-rivalled continuity of training You're on about other demands on the pilot apart from flying the bird?...radio frequencies : I got a bit of a shock when the pilot trimmed the plane then took his hands off the controls to rummage around for a map! A map? I'm thinking 'does this fekr not know where we are/going??' As you know already Mark, his type of map has the radio frequency zones on it..doh!

Is that a 355 in the background?...sod the bike..go play with the Ferrari

I had one of them... a'98 ? I loved it. Is your gearlever in the right position?

Mark, Who-hoo, a chance to waffle. The one and only time, in my life, where I can honestly say I enjoyed the health and safety talk.Thus- AKA (IDIOTS GUIDE TO emergency landing in a PA38 Piper Tomahawk); Press the red button on the yoke to speak,release to listen. Say ''mayday'' 3 times. ATC will guide you on your compass setting. Steer as/when advised. Line up on the run-way. 'Slope in' watching the landing lights for colours. The plane is so small/benign and the run-way so ginormous that it will land at almost full pelt (probably,maybe). Bounce a few times and slowly throttle back to a stop. Get out, kiss the ground/empty your pants Bet you've done this to your passengers Copey;- The pilot tried the old 'haven't-I-got-better-eye-sight-than-you' trick by asking me if I could see certain, (too) distant, objects that he already knew were there by lining up on other familiar,visible, land-marks!! He forgot that I told him I'd already had some time in a glider so it wasn't the first time someone had tried that joke on me! Yes, the hi-vis' vest was compulsory that day because of the busy air-show traffic at the hard stand. All the club's planes and private birds were corralled off to one side (1 metre wing-tip separation ) to give priority to the visitors. I would like to have posted up pics of the breitling wing-walk girls that I met in the lounge but since my wife has had the camera those shots have been deleted?! It was great to see the Hurricane up close, it was much bigger than I'd thought. That Sea Fury is a monster ,does it go well at Reno? pity about the colour scheme As for questions? The main question I have (so far)is:- How to win the lottery? 'cos flight lessons are

Good luck, I've been trying to do that for about ten years and I'm still shhee-ite at it:dunce:

Well done that man The pilot was very twitchy about me (not) touching the fuselage 'cos it's just stretched fabric...you could see it's ribs.

A prolific p|55-taker but what a riff:-

Hey Cope, I got a gift of a flying lesson last week (it was really,really good )nearly a full hour stick n rudder time: If you look closely you can see I committed the newby cardinal sin of stepping outside of the 'foot here only' tape!! I timed it well,the local airshow had a few thoroughbreds lined up next to the schools pa38 piper tomahawk. Can you guess what this is (it was in pristine condition )? Wayne

Excuse the waffle.....

..but at the opposite end to me. Fantastic special effects..thunder/lightning/rain machine Did anyone get any footage of the Beta rider (Ben?) making a hash of his stage jump? Bearing in mind the atrocious weather (I had to build an Ark to get home!) the boys did well 'cos painted metal + rain = potential disaster. The lads need to brush up on their pitching though as none of the freebies landed near me It's a pity the weather knobbled the turn out (150 peeps max?).

Do a quick TC search on here for more details from Copemech...the pinned link on here for Sherco manuals appears to have expired? Try Link here

...Is he frightened of the earthquakes?

''....don't you queer on me pitch...''

Nice one..bike sounds meaty !

Don't say you haven't been warned:-

Hmm?? A free, masculine, motorsport event?...in the 'pink triangle' (gay ghetto) of Newcastle city centre? It's a trap !

I already asked the question? Are we sure on the free aspect? (Reason for edit: my facts need checking on my home PC ))

Go on there, son.

Holy cow, imagine that thing coming loose on't moors

Does anyone know anything about the trials 'demo'/national roadshow at the Centre for Life Newcastle 06/Aug?