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Re did the w&b today and measured the moments had two mates helping out with putting on blocks and rolling onto weight cells. First weigh was 309.45 and 2nd 309.60. No fuel this time. Spoke with Jarod at Tech yesterday very helpful as usual. All images now in a photo record of the weighing and I'll do the other sheets and send in for next week. With luck may get back end of week or the week after. Have the new placard fitted for 600kg. New speed numbers below. It'll be a tough aircraft - rough air max is 112 kts. Shame they are not in schools as not many chances to experience by flyers or students. There is one factory build in South Australia but not hired or used in a school. Listing my empty weight as 310kg. Weather is not the best at present so no rush to fly and still need to do triple check and have an independent check of controls and the fitout. Can't wait to fly the upgraded bird.

Before talking about these things and going off the rails, better to get the legislation for your State and see what it says. There are plenty of Tribunal cases for precedents in Planning and building etc.

Your problem Skippy is that you still haven't produced ANY laws. That would be a start. Then there is the matter of what is being discussed which is payment for using the property, which hasn't been addressed. Then there is the morality where the low lifes that cheat their way out of paying spoil it for the genuine users, and when costs aren't covered, it's an easy decision for an owner/council to find something that returns a profit like building houses or factories on the site.

I carry and use this set. Dear but good quality of the kit and metho bottle. Add a little water to the metho in the stove (don't ask why just what the alpine people do) Kit weighs a kilo and always in the cargo hold. Added info can buy cheaper similar items; these are priced like Rotax parts, Leatherman tools ASIC cards etc.🙃

You need a Jetboil Flash

It was interesting to see the Shark that was assembled in Perth for the advertising tour of Australia had little windows in the wings and the front floor so that you could see the gear was down. It also had three lights that changed from red to green confirming that the gear was locked in place. Mechanical release cables were included if all else failed.

They can bring good Countries to their Knees.. Nev

My only chance to get off the ground is to climb up there and hope I don't fall. How could I ever consider building a hanger without giving it a trial run to keep the cook happy.

RAAus Ltd is a Not-for-Profit company run by and for members. Keith Page was a director of an alternative to RAAus - EELA - which was a For Profit company, but it never got approval from CASA to operate. Rod Birrell has a long history with AUF / RAAus. There are others around who feel they have been snubbed by the changing organisation and have an axe to grind, or look at the AUF days with rose coloured glasses. There are people who want to go back to the days when the Board & employees failed 5 CASA audits and ignored all warnings - CASA then stopped any aircraft registrations and appointed someone to oversee the whole process (at members' cost) until they got their house in order. We still have a plane that was taken off the register then, and hasn't returned. There were complaints that the Board consisted of Flying School operators who were only there to protect their businesses. One downside of the Incorporated organisation, which was moved to Victoria at one stage, then moved to Canberra, was that the Secretary had to reside in the State of Incorporation. When a Board member was Secretary, he had to either reside in that State (or territory) or they had to nominate one of the office staff as Secretary (which usually happened). RAAus will never be 100% acceptable to all members. Part of that is the legislation they have to live within, which is a dog's dinner. Aircraft that can't fit anywhere etc.

I was there and witnessed the white ant eating…..those who did the white anting should be ashamed of themselves.

Myself and this site has been there and done that which resulted in opening the door to the business people who stole our Association from us

Jeeze guys! Put the valve in, pump 'em up, and go flyyyyyyyy............)