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In some locations, 126.7 seems to be heavily utilised as the CTAF frequency already. If 126.7 becomes the default frequency for Class G, it may well end up causing the same sorts of problems now being claimed re use of Area. But I wonder at the sense of listening to 126.7 when, for example, flying the remote area between William Creek and Alice Springs. I have heard regular traffic from Centre while doing just that and felt comforted knowing there was someone out there who would hear my call if things went bad. In fact I had occasion to call Centre half-way between Tennant Creek and The Alice and very much appreciated the prompt response. Some people suggest we should only be listening to 121.5 in those circumstances in the belief that an emergency call will be responded to by RPT aircraft crew. I gain comfort from listening to RPT and Centre in remote areas so the silence on 121.5 or 126.7 wouldn't do much for me. I have appreciated calls from Melbourne Radar on 135.7 on a few occasions belying some claims that they don't talk to VFR or provide separation information and I'm happy to continue to listen on Area for anything that might be happening around me. Kaz

Found in a paddock at Karromomus in N Central Vic...fibreglass construction, old style handle and Perspex window. No sign of the rest of the airframe so hope it's loss caused nothing more than a fright! Kaz

Both of them were...pretty amazing when you consider the design dates back to 1925. Nancy-Bird Walton flew her Moth all over Queensland and beyond providing support to isolated settlers and their families. Kaz

Awfully murky around the ranges to the East so I hope everyone got home ok. I saw your Super Decathlon there, DJP, looking very nice as usual. The guy with the Acrolite (?)(baby biplane)(Denis) mentioned he was very grateful to you for assistance given at Lilydale a while back. Kaz

I was there twice...flew in Saturday morning and went back to Shepp briefly in the afternoon because I left my change of clothes in the car boot! A really fantastic turn up with 90 aircraft arriving Friday and about the same again on Saturday. The dinner at the bowling club was chockers. Great to see so many in one place and also the number of ROz machines there. It was a much-needed demonstration that sport aviation is still alive. Echuca's economy took a significant lift over the weekend and the Aeroclub along with the Council did a magnificent job with venue preparation. Some very big muscle machines including the Corsair, flown by Nick Caldwell who hand built a Sopwith Snipe, 3 P40's, a Mustang, a Harvard or three, and the brutish Avenger which arrived late but was an amazing sight taxiing with its wings still folded. Jim and Jenny Wikham came in their Yak 52TW as the Yak 9 is still out of action. Lots of other Yaks and a couple of Nanchangs, too, plus the Hudson. A feature of the weekend was the presence of 15 DHC-1 Chippies as it is the 70th anniversary of the type. The Restoration guys at Luskintyre had two DH60's there and VH-KAZ got the best Auster award...AGAIN! Yes, John Doig not only stole my name for his rego, he also purloined the award (but mine took the prize at the annual Auster flyin at Wentworth before Easter so we are even).

The existing Reg requires you to plan uplift of sufficient fuel to conduct the flight safely. The reason CASA would like to change it is undoubtedly at least in part because it is difficult to quantify the necessary uplift amount that will get the aircraft to its destination safely and/or an amount of fuel that should be remaining in the tanks on landing. But do you want to contest a charge filed by a Regulator who has far deeper pockets than your own and has shown itself willing to use its advantage on numerous occasions? It's interesting that, even though the charge is one of strict liability, the question of "reasonableness" has been incorporated into it. It is this that has allowed some defendants to beat the rap on a standard of proof that is "beyond reasonable doubt". The Regulator has been known to pursue pilots in the AAT to secure an administrative penalty where the standard is the balance of probability when it's criminal proceedings have failed. Here is the Reg again... [Index] [Table] [Search] [Search this Regulation] [Notes] [Noteup] [Previous] [Next] [Download] [Help] CIVIL AVIATION REGULATIONS 1988 - REG 234 Fuel requirements (1) The pilot in command of an aircraft must not commence a flight within Australian territory, or to or from Australian territory, if he or she has not taken reasonable steps to ensure that the aircraft carries sufficient fuel and oil to enable the proposed flight to be undertaken in safety. Penalty: 50 penalty units. (2) An operator of an aircraft must take reasonable steps to ensure that an aircraft does not commence a flight as part of the operator's operations if the aircraft is not carrying sufficient fuel and oil to enable the proposed flight to be undertaken in safety. Penalty: 50 penalty units. (3) For the purposes of these Regulations, in determining whether fuel and oil carried on an aircraft in respect of a particular flight was sufficient within the meaning of subregulations (1) and (2), a court must, in addition to any other matters, take into account the following matters: (a) the distance to be travelled by the aircraft on the flight to reach the proposed destination; (b) the meteorological conditions in which the aircraft is, or may be required, to fly; © the possibility of: (i) a forced diversion to an alternative aerodrome; and (ii) a delay pending landing clearance; and (iii) air traffic control re-routing the flight after commencement of the flight; and (iv) a loss of pressurisation in the aircraft; and (v) where the aircraft is a multi-engined aircraft--an engine failure; (d) any guidelines issued from time to time by CASA for the purposes of this regulation. (4) An offence against subregulation (1) or (2) is an offence of strict liability. Note: For strict liability , see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .

I think you will find the standard of "fitness" is far higher for the RPL which is why it doesn't seem to be going very far with the punters. Kaz

How would the iPad measure airspeed? Kaz

Clearly the pharmacist took the piss out of him...kaz Ooooh...did I say that?

Innocent until proven guilty...but where strict liability applies the proof is just about whether you did or didn't do the particular thing rather than having to prove intent. CASA can't make you answer questions that may incriminate you but you can still be prosecuted for not producing those documents and other things (like fuel) that the Regs require you to demonstrate that you have available for the flight and, of course, they may contain/represent incriminating evidence. It does seem to me that the contents of both fuel log and flight log can be pretty basic under the current regs but remember CASA recently sent out a draft NPRM on fuel that could have dire consequences for some owners and pilots, especially aircraft like Pitts and warbirds that often have very limited endurance. It would require far more detail AND make it an offence to use the increased mandatory reserve. I can see them next trying to mandate recorded times and track variations at points no more than x distance or y minutes from the previous fix...could be interesting out in the desert country where it can be a long way between identifiable features. Kaz

Weather up here looks good, Bill. Lunch at Shepp Saturday is always good. Breakfast Sunday morning, too. Kaz

I'm Victorian and really appreciate our quality wines but I have to say the ports at Seppeltsfield in the Barossa are awesome! Thank goodness I went by road from Renmark rather than flying AND someone else drove home! Kaz

I went up to Renmark for Easter in the Auster, in company with two other aircraft, both of which have the legs of me by about 15 knots. One is a PA 28. Somewhere between Swan Hill and Wentworth, I noticed that Ozrunways was showing an aircraft flying almost immediately behind the PA28 and thought the other must be flying in formation with it. They were so close together all I could make out was the VH bit of the rego. Then I realised the second aircraft's pilot wasn't endorsed for formations. When I enlarged the image on the screen I realised it was another aircraft altogether and thought *^#~! But then I realised that one of the pax in the back seat of the Warrior had his iPad running on Ozrunways too. Kaz

I haven't seen anything that actually demonstrates that the email leak came from AOPA. I venture to suggest that the DAS also has enemies within. Kaz

Hi SS I guess if there is a southerly wind both the commuter and the lightie should use 18. If there is an aircraft already taxiing on 18 that sort of gives the commuter a bit of a clue that it's going to create a problem if he continues with a straight in to the north. If the lightie is taxiing along 36, it already occupies the runway and it isn't safe for the commuter to land. Kaz

The AAT is a federal tribunal that handles civil matters such as fitness to hold an AOC, pilots licence, etc. It can be a decision maker at first instance but more commonly is the first step in an appeal process which is a review of the original decision by CASA. Criminal matters are dealt with by Courts and information put to, or gleaned from, a tribunal hearing may also be evidence of criminal conduct leading to convictions and punishment. This may be transgressions against the CARs or CASRs, or it may be other criminal conduct such as perjury. You have to draw your own conclusions about what is happening in the instance referred to in posts above because I'm not going to draw them for you. Kaz

Treat every prop as live. In normal circumstances you shouldn't find yourself taxiing in the direction opposite another aircraft because you should both be using the same runway. If you do, keep to the right and turn 90 degrees and stop if necessary to ensure the wings are clear of the other. Kaz

It's not about the ASI, it's the stall speed... If your weight increases, then the amount of lift you must produce increases. But your maximum obtainable CL does not change. So for the same CLmax the heavier aircraft would have to fly faster, so the stall speed would increase.

I don't recall this post (age thing) so thank you for presenting it here. My Auster has an 0-320 and some of the instrumentation is from a PA28 including the ASI. I can't say much about the stall speed recording variation according to Dafydd, but I can comment that the ASI indication in cruise at 1000' on a cool, calm day correlates almost exactly with the ground speed shown on both my Garmin and Ozrunways (100 knots). I've been too busy with the office work to compare readings during a landing but I'll get a pax to help next chance I get. It did read higher than expected at 3000' on one occasion with an instructor on board but he is a big guy so we were pretty heavy on that occasion. I can comment that there are some quite significant differences between the various Auster models, including the fitment and type of flaps. And I can also tell you that mine is travelling at a reassuringly (to me) slow pace when it reconnects with the Earth, especially on a hot day. Other pilots flying with me are perhaps not so reassured. Kaz

I run an 0-320 in mine and I still get nervous over the rough stuff so I understand you want it A1 before you depart. I did a lot of gliding many years ago and I still fly with the next potential out landing in mind. But, as I tell my friends in their super-fasts, at least I will crash slowly with a stall of 26 knots. Back just after WWII, Major Vic Pedersen of the Salvos conducted an aerial patrol of Outback communities out of Darwin and later Kununurra; first in Tigers then in Austers. He ran out of noise over heavy timber just SW of Darwin and pancaked it in. He suffered some facial injuries but only because he had just a lap seat belt...no shoulder restraint. He flew (and crashed) a number of R&T types until he finally got a C180. I recall he drowned a Tiger in the mangroves off Port Keats on one occasion because the flats he landed on disappeared under the 35' tide they have there. He had an Auster vandalised by crows who stripped the covering from a wing so that the fabric hung in great tatters from it. This he repaired using bedsheets from the station homestead and then flew back to base! I think you would have liked him, Russ

I'm sure it's the same aircraft I saw at the old Dragues hangar at Wangaratta the other day when I peeked in the door. Kaz

Have a fantastic trip mate and thank you again for the contacts you sent me. After my next one, I'm going to do the top end as I couldn't fit it in this time. So this is where I am planning to go to in July-August God willing...Kaz

In a word, "No". Mine (TSO) packed up a while ago and it was cheaper to buy a replacement than get it fixed. Kaz

Why were you mooning? Kaz

I seem to recall he was innocent...kaz