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GraemeK

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  • Birthday 10/11/1949

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    Arrow, Archer, Jabiru
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    YLIL
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    Australia

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  1. Here's a shot I took at Kingsford Smith in November 2010.
  2. So are they going to rename the "BOM Tower" tracking point in Melbourne? I never really felt comfortable advising Avalon Approach that I was tracking to BOM Tower!!
  3. Also the transition level in the US is, IIRC, 18,000ft - so instead of encountering the transition layer issue at 10,000 you get it at 18,000. Selection of transition level is at least in part dependent on the height of the rocks in that country (or in some places, that part of the country).
  4. It was at the Shell servo at Laverton, but I don't know any of its history!
  5. Happened to me once in a Warrior on climb out. No biggie, just get things settled in cruise and then shut it properly!
  6. It can kill, but it shouldn't. When I was doing my (RAAus) training I had to fly several consecutive circuits with covered instruments (ASI, altimeter, VSI, AH, T&B, tacho). Surprisingly easy to nail altitude, approach speed, etc if you don't panic.
  7. ERC Low 8, and ERSA for step heights under R131 in PRD.
  8. 1500ft AGL - but which ground level? Or do we need to fit terrain following radar if we want to avoid entering Class E?
  9. I have one, although now relegated to pax, had no problems with it (apart from the fact after about 4 years the black foam material disintegrated - only discovered it when taking a mate to Avalon, when he took off the headset his ears were black - hard to get off so he walked around the airshow with a pair of black ears!).
  10. Hudson River corridor, low and slow up past Manhattan. Until I retired, seemed to spend half my life in New York, so have a soft spot for it. And the US seems to value recreational and GA more than we do here.
  11. In practice, not an issue though. Going into Moorabbin I never file a plan (unless it's part of a much longer flight, for which I'll normally file a plan anyway), into Essendon usually but not always. Never had a problem - in fact the only time I was refused an immediate clearance was on a flight plan, and that was because of conflicting traffic.
  12. You can go into controlled airspace without a flight plan - the get out clause is para 2.7 (2.4 allows flight notification by radio): "Abbreviated details for operations in controlled airspace may be advised by radio if the flight is to operate locally, or operations will be for a brief duration."
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