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  1. coljones
    Nikasil is a trade name - Nikasil "like" would indicate an alternate provider. A bit like Ugg boots.
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    Clamback and Hennessy is a GA school and will cost about the same as AAA. If you are at Hurstville you have the option of slipping down to Wollongong (Albion Park). If you are travelling by public transport you would have almost door to door travel as the airport is right next to Albion Park Station. I don't know about the GA costs there but being out of Sydney (or Camden) with no price gouging by the airport owner or a tower the cost may be lower. For RAA check out Bruce Robbins - Illawarra Recreational Flight Centre 0412 209 953 [email protected]. Bruce is very approachable and can discuss a range of options with you. Swapping from an RAA RPC to a GA RPL isn't just a matter of filling forms as you would need to do a GA Flight Review and may require additional training in a GA plane. It would be advisable to do your RPC, Radio, Passenger, Human Factors and Cross Country endorsments with RAA first as they can be carried over into a GA RPL at a much lower cost than picking them up in GA. A good RAA instructor will ensure that you are being well trained for a transition to GA. In any case RAA planes are a delight to fly. They are the MX5s of aviation. Not too gutsy but fun to fly but without some of the Land Rover characteristics of some GA planes (IMHO) - nor a doubling of hire charges!!!
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    The problem with RA at a Class C or D airport (Camden or Bankstown) is that you can't fly solo unless you have a PPL or RPL. Your instructor will have to fly you to somewhere, like Wollongong, so you can fly solo sequences. The same problems continue after you get an RPC.
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    It depends where you are. Bankstown Airport is centrally located and the best GA flying school in the Sydney Basin is there at Sydney Flying Club - www.sfcaero.com.au and the air conditioning works. If you want Ultra-lights try Dave's Flying School or Sydney Recreation Flying Club at The Oaks for good, cheap flying with most excellent instructors - $150/HR instruction in a Jabiru or Foxbat.
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    The Oaks International Airport!!
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    Check out the Orange Aero Club. They were offering a free introductory flight to ladies. They will have members who fly VH or RAA planes and can explained the differences and costs and steer you towards an appropriate flying school. They also have Friday barbeques
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    Yes
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    Thanks. Got it, CAO 95.55 7.3. This talks about a valid review but not a medical. is this in part 61 itself? About exercising priveleges. Thanks Frank, 95.55 has CTA Access info but leaves out the need for a medical.
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    Give the RAA Ops Section a call BUT if you have an RAA Cert, you are in an RAA plane, you have an RPL or PPL and the plane is certificated or certified to fly in CTA then you are good to go (if ATC let you in). I am still looking for words about needing a CASA Medical as well (but can't see any)
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    Personally, I hope they win. BUT watch this space.
  12. coljones
    Yes, it does come as a wake up call!!
  13. coljones
    The alternative to a Class 2 Medical for PPLs is the Recreational Aviation Medical Practitioner's Certificate (RAMPC) which is based on the Australian Road Transport (AusRoads) standards of medical fitness. It was expanded by AvMed to, additionally, target a range of aviation related conditions. The RAMPC used to be called a DL Medical. It is a test suite which the GP follows with a series of tick boxes and its greatest problem it is pass/fail - fail and you need to do a full Class 2 through a DAME and with AVMED poking through it.. A fit person with no hidden vices will pass a RAMPC but any probs and you are stuffed.
  14. coljones
    Here is a link. ACCESS NWP Data Information A decode of this and other GRIB stuff would be nice for us mortals. Cheers
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    I have just had a cataract operation. I didn't know the extent of my disability as I had 2 eyes and the other one worked. It was only picked as I was reactivating my CASA Class 2. I was still flying RAA through all this. If I had stabbed myself in the eye while flying (rough weather while plotting a diversion, say) I would have been flying blind. Makes you think, and I doubt my GP would have picked it up when I popped in for my flu shot. I don't have a problem with a DL style examination but without the Class 2 paranoia, even for RAA Pilots.
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    Keith has identified a problem in that a lot of strips have become inaccessible. No matter what RAA does or doesn't do about buying into a facility there will continue to be problems of maintaining the access that we have. My local strip is about 70 ks away but I have also heard, here, of people having to travel 3 hours or more to commit flying. We need to open a conversation about airstrip access. Some of the issues are stupid councils forgetting why they are there, mining companies, having bought the strip, running scared about liability (or just being pricks) or because the locals are sick and tired of ultralights (and others) not paying landing fees or lying about who they are. We might not agree with Mike but we do need to have a conversation otherwise we might find that we take off and find we can't land anywhere including wherever took off from.
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    It keeps old age pensioners off the street, just!
  18. coljones
    So much sand, so little surf:wave:
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    These days the employer will only pay expenses and usually chooses the accommodation or a restricted range of offerings. Given a choice, these workers may have chosen a better hotel that offered a safer environment or indeed spent the night at home with all those comforts - a cheap beer in the back fridge, a decent collection of DVDs, a decent meal, breakfast which didn't bloat. The employer set the scenario and forced a change in lifestyle, they should bear all or at least some of the load.
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    Interesting stats but you can only draw inferences from this data if you know how many planes of each type exist. If there is only 1 Super Fandangle on the register and it has a prang and the occupants die then the death rate for that aircraft is at least 100% - but the numbers are really too small be firm in one's conclusions. 3 axis planes don't have these sort of accident rates. There are 3 addition data sets required to make serious assumptions. 1. The number of this type of plane, 2. The number of hours flown and 3. The number of movements (takeoffs/landings). If you want fine grain details you might also add whether the plane was owner maintained, mate maintained or L2 or higher maintained.No death is a good death but you need decent stats to work on the faults.
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    Apart from the landing fees and the need for paperwork to identify ultralights and non-VH aircraft (so that can collect landing fees etc) and the minimum non-operate period (at least an hour) while RPT is at the airport and the doctinaire form that Ben and Andy cooked up what are the issues with operating UL out of Prosepine¿
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    Do you mean that they are unavailable to light and ultralight aircraft?
  23. coljones
    Hi toady - try this Fixing Black Screen on Nexus 7 - Android Forums at AndroidCentral.com PS which version do you have? With or without the rear facing camera?
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    There are 2 issues with EFBs. 1. They must be a minimum size to satisfy as a map replacement, I think it is 8". 2. The GPS is not TSO and can't be used as the primary means of navigation. You are not permitted to trust it. AvPlan or OzRunways can advise of the legality of your intended purchase of a pad so check with them first about any other stuff you need to carry.
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    Nexus 7s can be fixed by a reload of the OS. You might have to ring around to some repair shops - usually run by very smart young kids. Or you could flog them on EBay. My 2 are going just fine.
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