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Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions

13th Mar 2020, 23:24

Replies: 86

Lockhart Crash

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Posted By Ixixly

I still have to question why in this day and age...

I still have to question why in this day and age are we even still using NDB at all?! All that money being thrown at the regulatory reform, how much would it actually cost to replace every single NDB...

Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions

12th Mar 2020, 12:15

Replies: 86

Lockhart Crash

Views: 65,288

Posted By Ixixly

All fair points, for me if I knew a webcam was...

All fair points, for me if I knew a webcam was available I'd probably try and check it about 10-15mins from the destination just as a matter of gathering that data to complete the picture. I've...

Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions

12th Mar 2020, 10:49

Replies: 86

Lockhart Crash

Views: 65,288

Posted By Ixixly

Compressor, I'd posit that it's a lot easier and...

Compressor, I'd posit that it's a lot easier and cheaper to deploy some good quality Webcams around aerodromes than it is to have a Unicom everywhere which makes them extremely valuable in my mind....

Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions

12th Mar 2020, 10:45

Replies: 86

Lockhart Crash

Views: 65,288

Posted By Ixixly

Yeah, true, 4.3mm per hour isn't exactly heavy...

Yeah, true, 4.3mm per hour isn't exactly heavy though BUT it also says 7.4mm recored at 0800, 9.0mm at 0830, 10.00mm at 0900 then 0.4mm at 0910, so assuming they were roughly on time at around 0900...

Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions

12th Mar 2020, 10:36

Replies: 86

Lockhart Crash

Views: 65,288

Posted By Ixixly

And do you appreciate the irony of bringing up...

And do you appreciate the irony of bringing up what you label as an unlimited supply of been-nowhere, done-nothing, know-alls when you're bringing up a topic without having any damned clue at all...

Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions

11th Mar 2020, 13:00

Replies: 86

Lockhart Crash

Views: 65,288

Posted By Ixixly

In all fairness that was from the Superintendent...

In all fairness that was from the Superintendent they were interviewing and conditions around the area don't look great really and he had probably only been barely briefed by his own people. Also in...

Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions

11th Mar 2020, 10:40

Replies: 86

Lockhart Crash

Views: 65,288

Posted By Ixixly

Latest Weather Observations Lockhart River...

Latest Weather Observations Lockhart River (http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDQ60801/IDQ60801.94186.shtml)
For those wondering, BOM reports wind Calm at 0900 with maybe 2mm max within an hour either...

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