Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-02-2021, 03:26 PM
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-01-2021, 12:39 PM
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Replies: 1,010
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-01-2021, 12:27 PM
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Replies: 11
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Re: Model A Trader Magazine
I purchased my first Model A from a farmer not far away. It had been a paddock basher and was in very poor condition, but I just had to have a Model A. I was like a kid in a toy shop.
A local bloke...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-01-2021, 11:42 AM
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Replies: 1,010
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Re: tell a Model A related story
Easy resolution.
Hi Jim. I did like your comment “public input at it’s best”, story number 1007. Country people have initiative and they don’t look for complexities do they. Just like the folks at...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-01-2021, 03:03 AM
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Replies: 8
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Re: Kind of new to the forum
Hello MickeyD.
You are looking for someone within 50 miles to talk to. Why? You can talk to people all around the world on this forum who are willing to share their skills and expertise. I don't...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-28-2021, 02:44 PM
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Replies: 1,010
Views: 128,548
Re: tell a Model A related story
This follows story number 1006, do please read that first.
Inequities of electoral areas.
I spoke in the previous story about inequities of electoral boundaries or more so the size of electorates...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-27-2021, 12:39 AM
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Replies: 1,010
Views: 128,548
Re: tell a Model A related story
Corellas.
Did you ever see an Alfred Hitchcock terror movie called “The Birds”. I think I got the name correct. These birds pulled a house apart and terrorised the residence. Well I reckon Mr...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-24-2021, 05:14 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 1,456
Re: Tires
thanks Shew. well that's unique but my method is much better. Tyre shop.
cheers, gary
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-22-2021, 02:43 PM
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Replies: 15
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-21-2021, 03:46 PM
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Replies: 1,010
Views: 128,548
Re: tell a Model A related story
Homeless and no hope.
I have never had exposure to homeless and helpless people. It’s because I’ve always lived in rural locations and they simply don’t exist here. Once when visiting Melbourne...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-20-2021, 04:28 PM
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Replies: 1,010
Views: 128,548
Re: tell a Model A related story
The Bidgee Bridge News.
My friend Duane is a much-travelled man and has worked in many parts of the world. He too is a cropduster pilot and worked for me during the rice sowing season in Oct and...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-20-2021, 03:48 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 1,456
Re: Tires
I am curious. What is the garbage bag method?
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-20-2021, 03:43 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 1,501
Re: Model A Aircraft Kit
Well that was a comprehensive rundown on aeroplane piston engines and fuel Mister Moose. There is only one thing I would add that is of interest, and only one.
The cylinders are steel and the...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-19-2021, 12:29 PM
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Replies: 1,010
Views: 128,548
Re: tell a Model A related story
Another Walter Mitty.
I lived nearly 20 years in the town of Finley which is 10 miles north of Tocumwal. One evening at the Returned Services Club, or RSL for short, I met this incredible bloke by...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-19-2021, 03:10 AM
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Replies: 1,010
Views: 128,548
Re: tell a Model A related story
I met Walter Mitty.
On several occasions I had noticed a swaggie walk along the levee bank outside our house. I spoke to him and he was interesting. He was clean and tidy so I invited him in. His...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-18-2021, 03:45 PM
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Replies: 1,010
Views: 128,548
Re: tell a Model A related story
John Caboret.
I start this story with part of an article from a newspaper dated Feb. 2017.
ONCE a jolly swagman worked at a Melbourne bank, tired of his office job, camped behind a desk.
So...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-18-2021, 03:31 PM
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Replies: 1,010
Views: 128,548
Re: tell a Model A related story
Possum. Follows on from story 998.
Some years ago I flew out to the corner of NSW, Victoria and South Australia to aerial muster cattle. The property owner and I flew the area and he briefed me....
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-18-2021, 05:53 AM
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Replies: 1,010
Views: 128,548
Re: tell a Model A related story
Homeless people.
It used to be a family rule that we all eat at the dining table. Now our kids have all left home (baby is now mid-forties) Patsy and I slob out in the lounge to eat off a tray and...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-17-2021, 02:23 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 1,501
Re: Model A Aircraft Kit
The Pietenpol.
The commentary on this has been most interesting. I never knew such an aeroplane existed until 18 months ago when my friend sent me a picture of one from Osaka. Oshkosh gary you...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-17-2021, 01:58 PM
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Replies: 1,010
Views: 128,548
Re: tell a Model A related story
Sympathy for those living in extremely cold climates.
Mr Zieman’s account of his dad cranking up the A on a cold Chicago morning. What and effort required and in such a miserable cold temp. Story...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-16-2021, 08:08 PM
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Replies: 35
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Re: Model A Aircraft Kit
follows story number 4 from 40 Delux
Well, that may have been an option for the wealthy pilots of the day, but Bernard Pietenpol designed this plane to be a homebuilt for the average guy during...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-16-2021, 05:06 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 764
Re: Slow post
I have read on two occasions of mail delivery men, who have been found to have had each of their respective garages full of undelivered mail.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-16-2021, 03:01 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 439
Re: Good Start!
Very similar to cranking your vehicle. This follows story number 6
I taught 4 in my family to fly. I did not permit them to start the aeroplane engine on the starter motor but I had them start by...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-16-2021, 02:45 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 439
Re: Good Start!
This follows on from story number 4 by California Treviesco.
I grew up on a farm and drove tractors without power steering and starter motors. I learned very early in my life just where to put...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-15-2021, 07:02 PM
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Replies: 1,010
Views: 128,548
Re: tell a Model A related story
GreJac apologies for his grammar and spelling (story number 994).
Apologies not required sir. The fact that you can get your story across is all that is required.
I failed our most junior...
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