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    I agree. I started off with plans of flying everywhere but have realised I enjoy just flying around my local area away from busy traffic a controlled areas. Always have a farm under me. In an xair that means a landing spot wherever I go. Same as your thruster . When I do the rpl I might look further but I like things kept simple. It's for pleasure after all.
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    What did you think of the lightwing. It's a sleek looking aircraft.
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    Certainly did but I admit I don't give much thought to anywhere but my local area at the moment. Although we are smack in the middle of military airspace here so grounded when RAAF are flying. and also oil rig helicopter transit areas too. Oz runways is a great tool too.
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    I thought procedures were the same worldwide,
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    I think that is the difference. You quote casa and I only know what I am taught in raaus. You refer a lot to controlled airspace such as Moorabbin. Somewhere my training doesn't allow me to fly. If I continue to RPL which I have started then I will no doubt see a lot more of what you are referring too.
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    As usual you are insinuating I don't fly.Well I do fly and I have not seen that link in the raaus syllabus. We do a radio section and practice radio communication. Have you ever been a member of raaus or flown ultralight aircraft. How long is it since you actually flew yourself. It was last week for me and hopefully another 4 hours this weekend.
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    This is what confuses me. I always thought circuit procedures and radio calls would be set in stone not mandatory.
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    Do you have to come out with some crap about getting sued in every conversation. You can make a point without that surely.
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    I never looked at your link, I was just saying how radio calls are not mandatory at uncontrolled airfields. I was surprised when I learnt that a while back that's all..
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    It still surprises me that radio calls are optional not mandatory in uncontrolled airspace. Anyone can drop into an airfield with no communication at all. While it may be the wrong thing to do it is legal.
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    it was in sport pilot months ago. the new owner has worked with rod stiff for years.
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    Same at our airfield. 9 , 5 and 14 right hand. Other 3 are left.
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    I noticed quote a bit of variation between instructors I have had.
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    People that call every turn in a circuit give me the shits. They hog the radio. If your in the circuit everyone knows from when you join. A call turning base lats people know you are about to land full stop or touch and go on the same call. Taking off at our field we call entering then rolling runway after sitting at the threshold to look for traffic that may not have called or may have a radio fault. There are a couple of pilots that don't stop talking from when they get in the plane until they get out again. I honestly don't know how they can aviate when they non stop communicate.
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    How do you know what people want to learn or not learn.
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    My post was confusing sorry. I was talking about the waterway where the floatplane accident happened.
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    I worked on mines throughout the goldfields and Pilbara, flat country just like the Nullarbor and all the haul roads are cambered,water runs into drains cut along each side.
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    That's quite scary to think an aircraft would be flying like that.
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    They said that is a restricted area to boating because of the amount of air traffic on that stretch of water.
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    That doesn't mean they can't grade a camber in the runway like he said. Flying doctor just uses the highway if the strips are wet so that incentive is lost
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    That's what they recommend for part 103 in America. You don't need any training but they encourage people to get some first.
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    I know someone who was doing that and he went up more than he planned, panicked and cut the throttle. Stalled onto the runway , wrote off his new $30,000 flightstar then went to hospital for a couple of days.
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    Those pterodactyls like in the above video are a handful I have heard. Methusala on here used to fly them I think.
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    If you don't take passengers and keep away from people on the ground. Who cares. Your not hurting anyone. There are so many unlicensed rec pilots flying around that raaus don't have enough resources to go after them all.
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    Mine was just an eBay sock on a surf rod. Your right , it is only for wind direction.
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