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You can go 25 miles without a nav endorsement. . 1:60 is only a rule of thumb so there's no need to be precise. What I think doesn't matter anyhow. Check with those who make the rules.. Nev

What do you mean.

Aerial rubber ducky. It's a bit of fairly wild water. Did a search for a missing light aircraft in a "Borrowed" CASA F 27 with 9 of their observers on board. No sign of it. we got down fairly LOW. It had a bit of a name as AUSTRALIA's Bermuda Triangle. Nev

Details please Sounds as intriguing as the bloke who flew his sofa over LAX airspace a few haircuts ago..

A Thruster carefully prepared with some inflatable mattresses in the wings has been demonstrated to work in very hostile conditions. The only successful ditching in Bass Straight?

Why??? I just want to fly around the patch, BFR is not intended to be an exam, more a review of what flying you do. When I was flying long distances across Australis and outback flying I use EFIS and GPSS 3 off in the aircraft etc), now I just want to fly around the patch. I know that the wheel is just a slide rule, I have 3 yr level university level in mathematics, I know nav and would revise it if I ever wanted to fly away from the patch. I am so knowledgeable about mathematics to know that the 1:60 rule should be a 1:57.3.

I have never been asked to do a cross country for a BFR in NZ or Australia. Seems to me they were trying to extract the maximum amount of flying/beer vouchers out of you. If they want you to show competency in x country then there are many ways to do this on the ground.

Had they backed the flight path up with some other basis it would not have happened. Even a track plotted with the known winds.The first thing they knew was the GPWS going off at about FL 160. Yes the CHANGED track should have been better informed.. They had no horizon and no viz It was a white out and the Mountain was where it always was. . Yes the MANAGEMENT did try to blame the Crew. Their testimony was referred to as a "Littany of Lies" Nev

Mt Erebus, was a government oversight. they forgot to inform the pilot's , of the new navigation correction. Then , tried to put that disaster onto the pilot . " pilot Error " . spacesailor

You are correct of course but Trump does tend to get into conversations easily. Distraction doesn't mean I'm Anti Rapture. I've been very pro (for the record). Perhaps they can supply the Engine Mount rubbers? Nev

The more you know about good techniques the better the Job will BE . IF the article is promoting something it can also be a bit biased.. .IF you have to ditch you don't have an option.. I know of a few heavies that didn't turn out so well and some seaplanes don't even make it into the air in slightly rough conditions. IF you manage to get airborne on a swell but sink back down and hit the next swell firmly you are custard. Same when Landing. The second contact is the heavy one. You may even bury the nose and that's a very sudden stop. Float planes landing wheel down, crash. Nev

Maybe phone flexible Drive and ask if they have same compond grade in your sizing.

This might do the job to some extent although the E-size is only 20mm inserted into a 30mm hole in the housing?

You should still plot a route on a WAC chart and be able to derive track angles, distances and LSALT's and know magnetic deviation and drift angles and 1: 60 applications. It's NEVER good policy to trust one only basis for going somewhere. That's what happened with the Mt Erebus disaster. Your "prayer wheel" is mainly a circular slide rule but very good at deriving cross winds from drift and G/S figures fuel consumption etc. . . Nev

Lord Mounts Part No. CB220113 from Flexible Drive are the same size and used over here; I am told by another Skyranger owner in Australia. However I purchase from the manufacturer.

I have the same issue with a PPL BFR. I have not flown without a gps since 2000. My flight calculator that I used in the 1980/1990s is lost. I bought a circular calculator, I am 77 and it is a chore to learn. I even said that I only want to fly locally with friends and family. No they are demanding a flight navigation without GPS. I ha e now walked away from them, anyone know a Flight School near Sydney that have a reasonable attitude, as per the CASA recommendations? Was i just being overstrained? Maybe.

Also this https://www.avweb.com/multimedia/votw/miami-accident-dont-be-fearful-of-ditching/

That's some serious thread drift going on. Maybe save the politics for another thread and leave this one for Zonsen, especially as Rapture have kindly donated to keep this forum running

Some of this has already been covered earlier in the thread. Shock & Vibration Technologies Pty Ltd (SVT) 14/9 Ladbroke Street, Milperra NSW 2214 Phone (02) 97710444 Email [email protected] https://www.svt.net.au/ Mark & David - Great blokes, with a wealth of knowledge & experince, seem genuinely intersted in solving aircraft problems. They had the "Hutchinson/ Barry Controls" mounts I wanted and at at the best price.

These are the Skyranger ones. 13 pound a set at Flylight Airsport UK. (Image apart is the ones I replaced on a Skyranger last year.)

Nicely played! Troll proof.

I've just removed one for a look. I'll take some measurements.

You are better to CHECK things than rely in belief and faith. Otherwise why did dog give you a BRAIN?. It was to survive, because IF you don't USE it you are less likely to SURVIVE.. Evolution anyone? There was enough TIME. Billions of YEARS. Nev