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- Birthday 27/01/1972
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Bristell NG5 Speedwing
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NSW
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BirdDog started following Oz Mooney Pilot • Canberra > Albury • radio demo video , New registrations , Cannonball Run. and 4 others
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WOW!!! Play silly games, you will win silly prizes!!!
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WOW! How close do you reckon that prop was to striking!!
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I think they look at it in a way that.... every hour in the air adds to the chances of an incident! But I see your point.
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My life insurance covers me for flying in my aircraft. I actually have it stated - less than 100 hours annually, and I don't get anywhere near that.
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100% Nev! If the nose hits first it's like that old game you would play on a trampoline where if you time it right, you get a good bounce. Keep that nose wheel up! I am fortunate to have a big long grass runway and practice landing on the mains, and holding that wheel up for the full length of the runway. Managing throttle, Rudder and Elevator to roll nicely down the runway, popping the perpetual wheely!! Really helps you to get a good feel for your aircraft!
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3rd April 2023 Proserpine light aircraft crash.
BirdDog replied to trailer's topic in Aircraft Incidents and Accidents
Yeah... Says to me that whatever happened, happened pretty quickly. -
Lastly... All I would need to do now is pass a PPL exam and a Flight Review, and I could go PPL. No need for me at this stage, as it was all about CTA for me.
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I just did this, so can certainly help. I was on about 140 hours of RAA time with X-Country Endo. Applied to CASA to have my RAA RPC converted to Part 61 RPL. Went a completed Class 2 Medical. Waited for my Part61 RPL to turn up. Went and did a GA BFR in a Grob. Also did CTA Endos too. DONE! Was pretty painless. The good thing is now I can exercise the rights of my Part61 RPL into Controlled Airspace, while flying my RAA registered LSA. 🙂 Winning!!
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3rd April 2023 Proserpine light aircraft crash.
BirdDog replied to trailer's topic in Aircraft Incidents and Accidents
No distress calls etc. 😞 Sad. -
Looks like GB is not here anymore? Would love to know how he is getting close to 130kts in that machine!
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Jab down in Wentworth 2 Jan 23.
BirdDog replied to BirdDog's topic in Aircraft Incidents and Accidents
Ok... So I am going to add my 2 bobs here, for what it's worth. I have been flying for just over 5 years. I have about 220 hours of flight. I have spent time, like most of us, reading forums and participating in discussions etc. I am always very interested when accidents are reported, trying to understand what happened, and maybe add lessons learnt to my kit bag. After all that is said and done, personally, I will not step into an aircraft with a Jab engine. I have been offered flights at fly ins etc, and I have kindly said no. Why you ask?? Not because someone told me anything bad, or someone suggested they are not good - purely based on my own observations, and how nervous I would feel flying in one. Maybe that mentality is unfounded - but that is just how I feel. No offence intended nor implied. Just how I feel. Same way I would not spearfish off the rocks near Sydney. I would be too nervous to get into the water. Not because it's bad or more dangerous than anything else - just how I feel, and I think we are all entitled to have opinions without offence. Fly safe peeps. -
Light plane crash update - Wentworth Two people, who survived a light plane crash this morning near Wentworth, in the state's far south-west, are now being treated in hospital for minor injuries. The 'Jabiru' ultralight lost power just before midday today forcing the pilot to attempt a landing in a flooded paddock near the Silver City Highway and the Wentworth aerodrome. The plane clipped trees and crash-landed. Fire and Rescue NSW crews from Wentworth reached the pilot and his passenger on foot, working their way around the floodwaters to the crash site. They treated the pair's injuries before the arrival of NSW Ambulance, NSW Police and the Rural Fire Service. They have both been taken by road to Mildura Base Hospital for further treatment. The crash site has been sealed off pending further investigation.
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Oz Mooney Pilot • Canberra > Albury • radio demo video
BirdDog replied to Garfly's topic in AUS/NZ General Discussion
A few of us had a debate on the 01 part of my callsign and use "zero-one", where other suggested the, easier to say "oh-one". Meaning the call sign would be "eighty-Nine-Oh-One" I am not convinced! -
Oz Mooney Pilot • Canberra > Albury • radio demo video
BirdDog replied to Garfly's topic in AUS/NZ General Discussion
Hey Garfly Thanks for the vids. I’m based at YCTM and have just secured my CTA endorsement and will be in and out of Canberra a bit. Already done a couple but always good too brush up. One question I have and have not been able to get it answered is what is my appropriate call sign. I’m in a Bristell 8901 and I call Bristell eighty nine zero one. Thoughts?