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In that case RAAus have to be the principle investigators of an accident and they can nominate who they want to call in from the outside to help do the relevant investigation. ATSB don’t want to run investigations? That’s OK but it’s RAAus’s privilege IF they choose to have advice from an ATSB investigator to advise only, on an investigation? My opinion only…….

How qualified are RAAus investigators?

Does the RAAus company structure allow this investigative procedure to be legally recognised?

Everyone has an opinion, I did 18 hours training in a Vixxen, did not like yoke and throttle low on centre. it did not feel right for me using yoke left hand. I did not really think I could gel with that aircraft. Fast forward 3 years of no training, get in my ‘Super Bin Chicken” J-230 last week and……simply flew it well. Instructor worked me over with a training assessment and he was very happy. Felt very comfortable with centre stick and throttle on left of instrument panel. Maybe a Vixxen with the same setup would have been better for me?

Glen, IF it was a 19 rego I could change it in a heartbeat but being 24 Jabiru have to approve the change? At least they listened to what I said and I am intending to visit the factory and meet them in person. In my working life I found that personal contact with people paid dividends. I hope the Jabiru gurus smile upon me or I am stuck with what I have 😞

Even city dwellers could house this aircraft and be able to tow to the nearest airfield or open space and FLY 🙂 https://bydanjohnson.com/can-a-minimal-aircraft-deliver-maximum-enjoyment-affordably-yes-north-wing-does-it/#respond

Yep, powerlines end……..

Actually the approach scared me a bit as speed was high, around 70kn, but ambient temperature was high…..over the fence it dropped like a brick but was quickly recovered for a smooth landing on a reasonable short strip. Another strip 6 kilometres away that is 1.7km long is where I will doing my training from and it is grass but very level. Now, I DON’T like the electric flap system, it’s slow and you have to hold your finger on the switch until it reaches the required setting, seen by looking at a dicky little indicator on the extreme right pillar of the cockpit. So I ring Jabiru today for an alternative. Never been asked before? I said I want a positional flap switch that is normally zero, I move the switch to stage 1, the flaps then move to that stage, more flap? then I move the switch to that setting and the flaps change. As I touch down I move switch to zero flaps setting and the return to that position. Reasoning is, once I activate the switch to the required setting……then I just fly the plane knowing the flaps are set. As it is now, I have to hold my finger on the flapper shaped switch, watch the indicator on the right side of the plane then take finger off switch. I have centre stick control and must remove my rich hand from it to work flap switch……..not safe enough for me when I have a high work load. Jabiru listened to what I said and their engineer is going to contact me in a few days. Mine is 24 reg, so Jabiru must give approval for it to be changed.

So, yesterday at 7am I am scheduled to fly for a lesson first time in 3 years in an aircraft I have not flown, my newly acquired ‘Super Bin Chicken’ J-230D. Having done all the pre flight, do my startup checks etc, some I had forgotten. I get to taxi out on the grass strip to backtrack, never been on a grass strip before. If a Cop had seen me, he would thought I was well and truly pissed! Anyway, got it all run up and lined up. Instructor give me the drill, he is taking off and does so……gee grass strip are noisy, I was sure we would shed some parts on take off 🙂 the 3300A engine ran great and away we went. So I take control…..for the next 2 hours we visited 4 towns, flew over numerous ALAs a power station, some mines etc, All the while I am asked to do quite a few air work exercises etc, all the while the 6cyl motor purred along. So we then return to the field after 2 hours where the Instructor land the plane and I taxi back to the hangar. So we debrief and he says that after my previous training at Coffs Harbour in a Aerprakt Vixxen for 18 hours it appears I have lost very little if anything of my training.Not sure what it means but the Instructor gives my a Level 3 assessment rating. Not sure what that means, but it can’t have been too crappy as he said come back next week for takes offs landings and circuits 🙂 Yesterday, was the best day I have had in many months and I could have probably stayed up for many more hours….. The ‘ Super Bin Chicken’ ? I love it and it’s great to fly 🙂

For all the vaccines I have had, in the Military, working overseas, traveling in third world countries etc, I should be long dead 🙂

Got off light…out in 12 months…

Was it not called ‘Obtain money under false pretences’. ?

I pretended to be a Radio And Electronics Engineer for 30 years in my own business, self taught and not a piece of paper to my name, my reputation got me my projects both in Australia and Overseas. I was a Defence Dept contractor, worked for Govt departments and was involved in Legislative changes within a Govt Dept. Multimillion dollar mining projects. I did design work, carried out radio survey work. I was asked to Tender on a Military project, one that I gave a riding statement that none of what would work that was tendered for. I provided a second tender to my design guaranteeing a working system. I even fronted Army Headquarters Russel Offices in Canberra personally and presented my reports, system plans and MY tender design and got the job. I have proved you don’t need to be qualified in ANYTHING, to succeed. So, am I a fraud? None asked for my Diplomas so I did not have to tell lies, I just did my work to my best ability. Did any of my jobs fail, was anybody killed? I will go to my grave proud. Any that think I am a fraud can go f….themselves!! I consider myself to be FIGJAM in this life 🙂

I would like the whole story warts and all, but as usual we won’t get to see it 😞

People are incentivised not to break rules etc by authorities enforcing the law in harsh ways making an example of an offender and taking them to the cleaners. That way it makes others think before they do similar, what the resulting consequences could be. It’s a wonder they did not drag people in who did the maintenance on the aircraft as well? The publicity is good for the authorities, makes them look like they are doing their job in the public eye.

So, we take months to set up all this stuff that they never used years ago because the technology was not around back then. This guy used a radio, Avdata would have him nearly everywhere he landed and took off. The moment they had basic evidence which would have been easy to get, should have nailed him. In the 4 years of fluffing around by the authorities, he could have crashed and taken 6 or so people with him, saved money from prosecuting him, killed 6 or so people? Happens with cases of all types these days. Strike while the iron is hot for best results

How could someone fly charters unlicensed for so long until he was busted? Every week, people fly unlicensed in remote areas and never get found out, until they crash and it ends up fatal.

So, he flies for some 4 years before he gets busted? All I can say is WOW……

Volvo AQAD 40 heat exchangers are a pain 😞

It’s easy in theory, but millions of radios need to be replaced globally and it would be a mammoth task, already there have been changes in existing radios from 25Khz channel spacing to 8.33Khz which offers more frequencies with narrower bandwidth which helps with noise rejection etc, along with reducing adjacent frequency interference. To make a total design change using modern technology is very possible with a different modulation scheme etc etc but imagine rolling that out, globally. Not to mention costs and certifications etc. I think we will be stuck with what we have for a long time for our primary radios 🙂

It’s hard to find high grade Wheat when there is so much to sift and the Chaff content is overwhelming. 😞

IF you want to retrofit a BRS to a RAAus aircraft, it’s a grief stricken path. I bought a wearable chute with the ideas, IF the fan stops…..I simply fly it to the ground for a landing, IF over water I ditch it and take my chances. Irrecoverable loss of control due to a control element failure OR major structural failure…..I will do what ever it takes, to exit stage left out the door. If I stick with it…near 100% chance of death, either in the crash itself or death by fire. A parachute? Not a guarantee of survival but a better chance than NOTHING.

Well, I thought of a goofy idea today? How about ADS-B data includes the aircraft’s current radio frequency so that data is visible to all nearby aircraft. People’s ADS-B broadcasts could alert said aircraft of the frequency that are on and IF the receiving aircraft could be alerted IF they are on a wrong CTAF or Area frequency? Also IF you wish to speak to any aircraft nearby, you know what frequency they are on?

Parked on ground or being dive bombed from above is its forte, not easily seen. However, white is a bad colour…….definitely need something better. OR fly a Thruster and get a great view of everything:-)

Having thought a lot about this thread……maybe I need to make my ‘Super Bin Chicken J-230D way more visible than its existing all white livery? Vinyl wrap of bright colours. Make it at least very visible from above, to the sides, front and rear etc. Leave the undersides white? Even this looks good, it’s new callsign be ‘Chickendog 1’ 🙂