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Recommendations for RA tail wheel endorsement
jackc replied to Jay_1984's topic in Student Pilot & Further Learning
Dan Compton, Wings Out West at Dubbo, take a bit of a holiday out there, it will be worth the effort 🙂 -
RAAus told me I had to pay them for engineering approval to do the Aeropup. It all just got too hard for my 19 reg aircraft as I did not build it, hence my approval problem.
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After discussion with RAAUS, doing a retrofit BRS to my Aeropup was going to be a cost and engineering nightmare, they make it difficult to get approval. Now I have a Jabiru as well, have not even gone there….. So, I have a wearable Parachute which I would only use as a lone pilot. IF plane has an engine fire or structural failure, I would simply take my chances and exit stage left, that is fraught with danger in itself but worth the risk. I have even given thought to engineering a firewall forward fire suppression system?
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And then the housing development residents will want the airport closed because of noise. Be careful what you wish for?
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Old story…..we all just hurry up and……WAIT 🙂
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There will not be enough LAMES in certain places, the shortage will cause a lot of grief. No good making rules IF support infrastructure is not available so people can reasonably comply?
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End up in a Court of Law based on Austiil Legislation, you will need to know it backwards or a Barrister could take you to the cleaners…….?
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I have ask WHY 500 pages of stuff to do a reasonable simply task in what should be an easily understandable document for lay people, since they are the ones who need to abide by it all. People wonder WHY I am rules adverse, well now you know 🙂
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Fortunately for me, my GP of 15 years is also DAME and knows his stuff, we have many ‘medical’ discussions about things when I visit. Scary part is he is retiring soon 😞 I have ‘sacked’ a few Doctors before I found him 🙂
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IF it came to the crunch (I don't think it will, for me I hope) a DAME grounded me? I would still fly IF I wanted. I have been studying Internal Medicine for over 8 years! I have been a paid subscriber of medical journals in that time as well. Having seen some disastrous medical findings in my life has been enough for me. I have seen a Doctor fired from a medical practice as a result of my complaint.
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Modern day attitudes seem to be that the ‘whole’ recipe does not get published until the end. Keep people in the dark so they cannot make forward plans. We will start construction……but we don't have all the plans……. Better shut mouth before I put my foot in it 🙂
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Some have been repowered? How are they affected?
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In respect of Medicals, I have never forgotten over 50 years ago, a 22 year old friend of mine died from an Aortic Dissection, 7 days after a pre discharge Army Medical. Anything can happen at anytime 😞 This is an interesting read….. https://www.kitplanes.com/homebuilt-accidents-the-pilots-condition/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=KITPLANES+Homebuilder+s+Portal&utm_campaign=HB-Portal-2023-04-13
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Money isn't everything but you can get free training to upgrade qualifications that can see you climb the public service ladder and transfer to other Govt entities. Trouble is you could end up being in an environment where your team is not a great workplace but then again it could be great job. Nothing ventured…..nothing gained 🙂
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All the while…..these people are being paid a Salary you could only dream of, but its all cool and normal for Govt entities 😞
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No wonder people fly with expired medicals…….you would think that being so important that CASA would be right on to it…..
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Not drinking and not smoking, ever….i believe has benefited me, plus a severe mental attitude of not having any fcuks to give 🙂
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IF a Police Officer ever suggested a physical driving test to me. I would say right, lock up your Patrol Car and we do it right NOW. IF my Doctor suggested I was unfit to drive…..I would give him the same treatment. I consider myself capable, at this time. One day it WILL be over and I will retire to my bombed up mobility scooter 🙂 I see Hoon Meetups in my future at the local Woolies car park, after midnight 🙂
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And today, the Qld Minister for Transport announces on the radio, he wants driving tests for existing car licence holders. All the fat cat bureaucrats will be burning their biros out tomorrow, making submissions to the minister for suggestions, so they can get their bonus points with the minister. So yep, legislation starts with the minister and the bureaucrats pour fertiliser on the ministers idea.
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I have been described as a nut case by people all my life because I am adventure driven BUT I am still alive 🙂 Thinking back…….it probably started when I got expelled from a private boarding school, they said there NO hope for me…..Wanchors!!
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Nearly every politician has that problem……and they make the rules, so essentially we are all doomed? Its just the degree of doomness 😞
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Modern day regulators make legislation and rules so complex, a lay person struggles to understand most of it. I just try read and interpret what I can……IF I fail, then I just say…..too hard and forget it. Regulators do have a duty of care to make rule interpretation that is easily achievable IF they want compliance. They have failed their task IF they don't do this and I have used this to get off the hook in the past…..relating to transport vehicle matters.
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I have just bought a house in town, so just something crazy to do, I walked to the Post Office for my mail, a round trip of 6.5km up and down many hills. I did the walk with one stop, at the Post office and drank 500ml of water and went home. No problems doing it and when I have time might do it more often. Now, I am 71 and fast become a target of medicals. I am quite fit for age as I lead an active life BUT, I could walk out the door tomorrow and have a Aortic Dissection and drop dead on my lawn 😞. Would a medical have found impending disaster? No, but a full CT/MRI would have, more probably than not. How far do we go with medicals for anything? Car, Truck, Employment etc etc? Medicals need to be unworkably intense to catch many impending Medical events. Still, there can never be 100% success. But our regulators are too fcking dumb to see the woods for the trees. Nothing can ever be perfect……
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Some 25,000 people die from Sudden Cardiac Arrest every year in Australia and many, who have no previous Cardiac problems history. Life has many elements of risk from various causes……
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Self compliance is up to the aircraft owner/pilot themselves? Being a realist, who is going to catch people breaking rules anyway? ONLY if something comes to light by way of an in incident OR someone snitches on the rule breaker? We live in a totally imperfect World and Aviation is no exception. Anyone with any brains looks at what rule they are breaking and determines if it compromises safety and breaking it cannot have a bad outcome.
