Live to Fly

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  https://edwardsnowden.substack.com/p/on-censorship-pt-1

 When it was initially unloaded and driven 100m to it's current resting place I noticed that the power steering only operated above abou...

 So I have been working my way through the parts that make up the backhoe and I got to the engine. I have only run it for a minute at a time...

 It seems like the drive does not disconnect when you hit the brakes. I think there is a hydraulic valve on a solenoid that cuts flow to the...

 So the new home and farm in Wandi are going to require a lot of digging and earth moving. When I was young I drove backhoes and excavators ...

 I had a pretty epic flight today. I hiked up the Porongorups on the Tree in a Rock Trail. A few days ago I ran the trail and spotted a rock...

 Watch it here from anywhere in the world: https://cdn.lbryplayer.xyz/api/v3/streams/free/epic-154km-xc-flight-with-tom-and-guise/db7a55bd13...

The Onion, so many classics.  

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 Pull the other one.  The usual lying self interested politicians in league with the billionaires running the show. If you watch any of the ...

If you think you are Australian, but you don't understand this, then I'm sorry, but you are not Australian mate. Try harder....

I can't watch this without feeling like I am watching an over the top comedy sketch.   https://youtu.be/f5EAEZEBVwg

YouTube started out great, but the user experience has been destroyed. Google only care about revenue now. Now  Google  censor content fo...

It's that time of the year when the amazing thermals of summer are fading into the past. We still get some great days, but usually wit...

Simon's chosen call to action is the petition to support Independent MP Zali Steggall's bill for a Climate Change Act. Add your...

I set up forums for the HG/PG community in WA at the start of the year, but never advertised them. They are now starting to see more use. ...

I've been generating a RASP forecast for Western Australia for a few months now. I have got it to the point where I am happy with the ...

For a while people have been asking me to make a forecast for Mt Bakewell that gives the information that a local pilot would want to know a...

I was flying my much loved PHI Tenor Light 19. It is such a great glider, and not just good looking/performing, but also easy to fly and car...

This, always this! Why can't windows just do this automatically? Following commands will re/create BCD on system drive which is mapp...

Since my last update I've had a few more attempts to fly back to Aarau from Schwangimatte, I've gotten quite close but never made it...

My first flight in Switzerland. An epic day which could have produced a much greater distance. But, for a few years now I have been tryi...

A perfect day. A couple of hours of flying and a couple of top landings. Even sunshine! Much better than the previous days.

As winter descends on Perth  the migratory birds fly North to escape the winter. I arrived in the UK yesterday. Today there was a chance t...

It's been years since I last aerotowed behind Sid. There was a time when I was out there nearly every weekend. But then my friend Karl...