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As I understand it, CFA has a 20 year age policy which prohibits appliances older than 20 years attending an incident unless it is purely to carry water. I think this was to get around the fact that some brigades had old big fill and bulk water appliances. I have seen older, ex cfa/dse appliances in...

Degrees and decimal minutes FTW. As used in GPSes and most tracking systems :-) Do you know who your grandfather worked for (or with) ? My father-in-law was in 5 Airfield Construction and built many of the RAAF runways, as well as rebuilding many SE Asian runways after WW2. Not sure of the unit, I ...

-31.834053°,115.925339° is the Whiteman park Model Aircraft Centre 31deg 50' 16.03", 115deg 58' 16.63" is the old RAAF runway Fair enough; decimal degrees suck anyway :-) :cry: I love DD. DMS looks so much spiffier and maybe you could argue being analogue it was more precise but DD stored...

Is this the heatwave you got forecast? Its started getting a little hairy over here, not looking forwards to that arriving here.

I haven't seen facial hair on a VicPol officer since getting 18 months ago, so I'm unsure what provoked that article.

kyeboi wrote:what do u mean by suspicious ??

lurking in the shadows and slinking over rooftops I'd imagine....but then I could be wrong.

I used to work in that area and never seen or heard of it. Not saying it doesn't exist though...maybe it goes by another name now?

AO11912 wrote:Is it just me, or is their something a bit off having photos and videos of a Fatal chase and accident here on this site?

not just you mate.

AO11912 wrote:Thats always a good video, ive drawn to the conclusion (after seeing some take offs in Perth) that Russians dont use V Speeds, they just rely on the curvature of the earth.

I just choked on my tea...

Reminded me of this takeoff in Canberra... (there is some language)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZGXwbPfwQs

Might TC Heidi slow it down some?

Okay, seeing it on radar isn't the same. :) I've been watching it here http://www.weatherzone.com.au/satellite/ and it looks like the system that went through Perth last night is now dropping lightning right through the eastern Central West, Wheatbelt and Great Southern. Thinking it could be a busy ...

gkoutlis wrote:BoM Radar showing thunderstorms building around GinGin. (256KM setting) - 15:13

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That blew up out of nowhere. That system still seems to be set up for a bit more activity.

Matt, that video is awesome. What kind of cam are you using?

HL 101 wrote:Welshpool 2nd LT beacons crack me up

Great pictures Matt!!

It reminds me of a lego set I once owned...

They are awesome shots Matt. Always great to see some working shots.