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Post by Allan Lowson on Aug 23, 2015 22:57:20 GMT
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Post by Rob on Aug 26, 2015 0:03:37 GMT
New Zealanders and their accent.
When Kiwi's speak they pronounce the letter I as an E, therefore if they go to the shop and see an item priced at sixty six dollars they would pronounce it as
sexty sex dollars.
I get really excited when my Kiwi wife tells me it is six o'clock.
Rob
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Post by Rob on Aug 26, 2015 11:47:40 GMT
Urs, I am guessing that you may have done your trial flight in Fiji by now, if so, did you try their national drink of Kava, pronounced " Karva" .
It is made of plant roots and looks like used dish water in the bowl, but WOW , it sends you into orbit, your lips and tongue go numb and you cannot talk straight for the next four hours. The only thing that can fix that is to drink a large bottle of " Fiji Bitter" beer after each cup of Kava, then you do not notice the Kava effect.
We have some great stuff down under on Spaceship Earth.
Happy flying.
Rob
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Post by uhug on Aug 26, 2015 16:21:26 GMT
Salü Rob, I have to answer right away, your story is an amusement to read, even if you sleep in down under! Like Mark Twain's story "a trip trough europe".
Well first let me to to translate that "sixtxy six story" into to swiss german: "Sächsesächst sächst" is the result. And evening at six means: "sächsi". No wunder, if you drill a hole frome here direct through the the earth, you will end up in NZ.. Check!
About beer and drinks:
Since the "after work" drink is "Cüpli" a glass of cheep champange bowl and the swiss beer is sold to a dutch company, everybody drinks privat home made beer, like: "Quellfrösch". You don't remember the evening before..
Cheers to you
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Post by jazzthom on Aug 30, 2015 15:37:13 GMT
I love the sexy hours story too....  and btw the Austrians love summer's drinks too,even the mindblowing ones..... hopefully I might visit down under and kiwi land once in my life in reality....... |
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Post by Rob on Aug 30, 2015 21:46:32 GMT
Thom and Urs,
If either of you guys ever come to Ozzie let me know as it would be great to meet you, stay with us awhile and have a real BBQ also, and naturally a drink or three also.
I live on a small island called Bribie Island, connected to the mainland with a bridge and about 45 minutes drive north of Brisbane Intl airport.
You can come also Allan if you wish. :-)
Cheers
Rob
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Post by Gary on Sept 3, 2015 1:59:07 GMT
I am a little confused on what flight time I should submit for leg 4. The flight instructions says to make a full stop landing and shutdown at Napier airport NZNR then it goes on to say fly on to Palmerston North NZPM. Should I add the flight time it took me to fly to Napier to the time it took me to fly from Napier to Palmerston North in the pirep?
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Post by Allan Lowson on Sept 3, 2015 7:39:47 GMT
Gary,
That's correct, we need the total flight time for the two legs. If you have Tom's timer installed it will only show the time above any taxying that you choose to do. So add the times for the two legs for the pirep.
cheers,
Allan
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Post by jazzthom on Sept 3, 2015 14:12:33 GMT
Hey Rob!
Thanks for your invitation, and you can be sure, when I ever reach down under I will contact you! Will be fun, I can imagine!
When you ever come to visit Austria, let me know and we can ski the beautiful winter mountains over here!
Thom
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Post by Rob on Sept 3, 2015 22:48:47 GMT
Thanks Thom, I know Austria is a beautiful country, bit worried about the ski thingo, I think I would need three skies, one for each foot and a large flat one for my bottom  ? Rob |
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Post by Bill on Sept 16, 2015 5:11:52 GMT
When will the roster be updated? It looks like the NZAR event is going no where.
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Post by Carl on Sept 16, 2015 9:41:44 GMT
I tend to agree Bill, have not seen any updates from the directors for weeks.
Maybe they have lost interest.
Even Bluegrass is almost a corpse to what it was previously.
Maybe it needs a shot in the arm from someone that may be interested in the VA and these type of events.
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Post by Al on Sept 16, 2015 14:58:36 GMT
Submitted my test flight info almost 2 weeks ago - nothing - have been told in a couple of days!!??
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Post by Allan Lowson on Sept 16, 2015 20:55:27 GMT
The roster will be updated tonight. The event does not start for another ten days.
Is that an offer of assistance Carl? If so it is very welcome, just drop an email to the bluegrass staff email address.
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Post by davidrevans on Sept 17, 2015 14:02:45 GMT
Enjoying the flights , but found out I had allowed to much on my registration flight ! With the tail winds on the first flight I found my self trying to mush along at 18" of manifold pressure an 2200RPM and still getting there early. Light planes much more effected by the wind . Having Fun and enjoying the screen shots an comments. On to TAURANGA
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