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  1. old man emu
    Here's a question: A person has a doctor (DAME or GP depending on the class of medical) complete a medical examination for a licence renewal and fill out the CASA form and the doctor says that the person is medically fit to pilot an aircraft and hands over the signed paperwork for the person to forward to CASA The person on the same day delivers the paperwork to CASA. How does that person exercise the privileges of their licence if CASA is slow in processing the renewal? If subjected to a ramp check, could a pilot produce the signed medical examination report and tell the CASA inspector that the pilot doesn't have the response from Medical Branch because they haven't processed it yet?
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    I just grabbed that image because it showed the location of 135E, which was relevant to the post it was in. Actually the image shows what the British were claiming as theirs in 1788. West of the line was indeed Terra Nullis in European Law. There was no official settlement in Western Australia until 1829; South Australia 1836 and Northern Territory 1824.
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    It's stupid for a country of such great longitudinal spread, but scant population, and instantaneous electronic communication to have three time zones. The time zones adversely impact on business and commerce. For example, if a business has an office in Sydney and one in Perth, both open from 9 to 5, then the worker in Sydney can't interact with Perth until midday, Sydney time. And the worker in Perth can't interact with Sydney after 2:00 pm Perth time. The logical thing to do is to have one time zone based on 135 East, or UTC +9.5. That meridian basically bisects the continent East/West: Of course there would be whingeing at first, but the benefits outweigh the disadvantages, just like it was with Daylight Saving. Just consider the benefit to commercial air travel. It's about a five hour flight from Sydney to Perth. If you read your ticket it would suggest that by comparing departure time to arrival time you would think that the flight only took two hours, but coming the other way would take eight hours. Imagine the confusion trying to arrange relatives to pick you up at either end.
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    And to start wandering down another track, isn't it time that NOTAMs were broadcast in plain text, rather than secret squirrel abbreviations? Those abbreviations worked when NOTAMs were broadcast by telex and the sender paid for the number of letters. I bet now that a regular type of NOTAM would not involve more than a couple of hundred kilobytes.
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    Not to knock the sensibly thought out contributions being made in this thread, but it's getting to be a May Pole dance with no sign of the threads finally weaving something. I'm the same age as Jackc and over the past year I've somehow become healthier through no work of my own. Each year I have to pass the AusRoads medical because I hold a heavy vehicle licence and a Public Vehicle Driver's Authority. Over the years this medical has become less stringent, yet CASA demands the original format. Thinking about it, I come to the conclusion that the original, more stringent test is in fact better suited to aviation as it does involve a test for balance. My doctor is quite happy to carry out the examination for the Basic Class 2, and fill out the Ausroads paperwork at the same time. So why does my Basic Class 2 have these restrictions as pointed out below?
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    They'd be great stealth aircraft. Rubber doesn't reflect radar frequencies.
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    Therein lies the stupidity. When will CASA come back down to earth and accept that, apart from some blatantly obvious physical and mental conditions, a medical examination will not disclose the conditions that cause sudden unexpected death. How many examples of otherwise apparently unaffected people dropping from heart attack, stroke or aneurysm? I think that we should rise up and demand that every CASA employee undergo an annual medical, at their own expense, to maintain their position. Let them walk 1609.344 metres in our shoes.
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    If it lets a downed pilot escape, it's a Goodyear. This is a better quality version of the same video.
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    I know that you will correct me if I am wrong, but I see the prohibition on entering controlled airspace harkens back to the days when AUF aircraft were slow, simplistic things. Obviously you would not want them mixing with even the likes of a C-150 of PA28-140. I suppose those AUF aircraft couldn't carry a radio, either. Nowadays many of the grandchildren of those AUF aircraft are fast enough to mix it with the big boys. In fact, they can fly loops around something like a Tiger Moth which would be free to fly all day in controlled airspace. So why persist with the prohibition? I'm not saying that an RAA aircraft should be flying into Kingsford-Smith, or Tullamarine and the like. Those airports are part of the country's economic infrastructure. Slow aircraft operating there are like caravaners on a single-lane highway holding up trucks and tradies. But why should RAA aircraft be prohibited from using the Secondary airports like Bankstown and Archerfield if they are carrying R/T sets that allow them to carry on the same level of communication as VH- aircraft. Again I use the example of two Jabirus, built exactly the same, but registered under different systems.
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    Thanks for that. Abbreviations and acronyms inhibit communication. Now to discuss them. The topic, Aircraft performance and operations, is definitely one that you need to have by the short and curlies before you head off anywhere, even, as per your example, a few laps of the training area. Would you agree that "operations" would include how to operate an aircraft when the air is full of potholes and your airspeed indicator is flicking back and forth like windscreen wipers in a downpour? Proper compliance and enforcement is a bit like the road rules. Who knows the wording and intent of every single rule pertaining to the operation of a motor vehicle on a public street? You've got to rely on the main ones and hope you don't fall foul of a nit-picking inspector.
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    Met, Nav and Leg, I understand, but what are P&O and C&E, please? If RAA certificate holders are not getting this instruction, how are they tootling all over the country?
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    ay, there’s the rub! So what elements of CASA training are missing from RAAus training? I would have thought a rose by any other name would fly as sweet.
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    I thought that there were two main uses for a washer: 1: To spread the Force (pressure) created by the tightening nut over a wider area of the surface of the material being fastened together. Pressure = Force per unit area. Penny washers on wood or regular washers against aluminium. 2: To act as a sacrificial protector between two surfaces where there was relative movement, e.g a nut and bolt combination used as an axle for a control surface hinge. There is are, of course the two types of star washers, of which the Nordlock seems to be a fancy (ie expensive) variety. And nylon washers which inhibit electrolysis between a steel fastener and aluminium sheet. Glad no one picked up the grammatical error
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    Was the pilot of MDX in these views suffering from "get-home-itis"?
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    Please point out the logic in this situation. At Camden there was a flying school operating Jabirus. One was VH-XXX and the other 24-9876. It was possible that both these aircraft were doing circuit work at the same time, each flown solo by a student. Camden is a controlled airport from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm, so a visitor in 24-&^%$ is not permitted to fly into Camden between those time. Leaving out the fact that the flying school had a CASA exemption to operate the 24-9876, where are the safety issues involved in that? Bearing in mind that the student in VH-XXX might be flying on a Basic Class 2 medical and the 24-9876 is self-declaring, and both are making the same broadcasts, why can't 24-&^%$ fly in from The Oaks between 8:00 am to 4:00 pm? My opinion is that by creating RAAus, CASA has caused more problems than it saved. A plane is a plane, is a plane, is a plane. As long as the design is sufficient for purpose, and the finished product is maintained to an acceptable standard why should VH-XXX and 24-9876 use the skies and the airports under different rules?
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    Usually, the reason for a high price for an item using a new idea is that its patent might still be in force. In Australia that is 20 years, which seems to be the international standard. During the life of the patent, the owner can price an item so that the costs of getting the item to a marketable stage and then setting up manufacturing can be recouped, plus a profit. Once the patent period has expired, then the idea is available for everyone to use. That's what happened with the oscillating multi-tool. This type of oscillating tool was originally developed by the German manufacturer Fein in 1967 with a design intended to remove plaster casts easily without cutting the patient. It was produced by C. & E. Fein GmbH along with a broad assortment of accessories. When Fein's patent expired in October 2008 other tool makers started creating similar products
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    But a Basic Class 2 should be sufficient for the majority of non-commercial pilots. The following restrictions apply to a Basic Class 2 certificate: only private day operations under the visual flight rules (VFR) and below 10,000 feet a maximum of 5 passengers only piston engine aircraft maximum take-off weight (MTOW) of less than 8618 kg no use of operational ratings (such as instructor rating or instrument rating) no use of flight activity endorsements (for example, aerobatics and low level). I can see that the prohibition on use of an instrument rating, non night-VMC and low level flight could be argued as unnecessary. Also being restricted to piston engined aircraft is going to be a problem in the future if electric motors become feasible, or low power output turbine engines become practical.
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    Tut! Tut! That's environmental rape.
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    According to an Australian review of funnel, the filter is also designed to save the last 100ml or so of fuel in the bottom of the funnel. That'd be where you get the spill. Also a small problem is a small bit of fuel leaking between the funnel and the hose This demo look kosher
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    That port prop looks like it was turning when it struck the ground. Typical prop strike bending.
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    OK. These filters range in price from $55 to $290. Is there any extra performance benefit in the ones dearer than the $55 one? With the funnel extension the lowest priced one is $75. I might just buy one as personal property, but take it along on the day.
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    Copy of the CASA Instrument of Approval. If your insurer questions whether CASA has approved this event, contact me and I will send you a copy of the Instrument of Approval.
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    What about current experience?
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    Sort of related to this topic. For the Air Rally, I was going to make arrangements to help pilots get Mogas if they needed it. Someone suggested that if I do, I should have a Mister Funnel on hand. If I do help pilots get Mogas, it will be coming from a servo whose underground tanks are only about 6 months old. I get my car fuel from this place and haven't had any water or muck problems since the new tanks went in. However, in the interests of safety, I'd like to know if contaminated fuel from decently run servos ever shows up contaminants that a Mister Funnel would filter out.
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    I like "Exc for Emerg Actf with 30 Min PN" Oi, Mate! I don't care if your engine has seized and you've got to put down. 30 minutes prior notice is 30 minutes, not right bloody now. Go into a holding pattern for a while."
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