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If you enter the competition, I'll take you to a place where the chicks only wear emu feathers.

A pathetic attempt to try to match the wonder and the marvel of Winging it Down the Castlereagh next May.

I had a look at the privileges provided by the RAMPC and it seems to cover what I need - the right to fly a VH two to four-seater, below 10,000 by day.

Not that one. Too restrictive. I want the Basic Class 2 for the freedom even the restrictions allow. Several restrictions apply to a Basic Class 2 certificate, including: 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).

Once upon a time, people used wing-warping to effect change of direction in the rolling axis although hinged surfaces were used for yaw and pitch control.

Calling out from the back of my mind is a memory of having read about boundary layer control by introducing jets of air into the upper surface airflow. I think that work was done ling ago before aeronautical technology was anywhere near the level it is today. Those bat-like stealth planes are flown by the use of rapid computer control response. I can't see why computer-controlled air jet insertion would not work. If you think about how moveable control surfaces work, it's all down to altering the amount of lift developed by the control surface. If inserting pressurised air into the airflow over, say, the outer trailing edge of one wing increased the amount of lift generated there, then would that not induce a rolling motion resulting in a turn?

Could someone please supply me with the link to get a blank copy of a CASA Basic Class 2 Medical form? Try as I might, I can't get through CASA's portal to find a link. That's stupid. I have an ARN, but need to my birth certificate to get into myCASA and I can't find it. If someone has the form downloaded, could they PM me and I'll send my email address so it can be forwarded? Thanks a lot! OME

Be that as it may, but the event route overflies two registered/certified aerodrome. And I wonder if the certification issued in 1948 still holds good.

It's one thing to find and read the NOTAMS applicable to a particular flight, but it's also damned hard to get AirServices to respond to a request to issue one. If the event I'm planning does become a reality, I will need to advise pilots not involved in the competition that between certain hours there will be a lot of traffic around Tooraweenah, and along the route of the event. I contacted AirServices to ask how to put this information into a NOTAM. That was a month or so ago. I'll let you know when they reply.

I suppose that a SRO would be identified by its VIN, and that VIN could not be used again for a registered vehicle.However, that just means that the chassis/body unit is only worth its weight at scrap metal prices. Anything non-electrical should be recoverable and resaleable. There has for many, many years been a system by which motor vehicle dismantlers can inventory each recovered item from a vehicle and those records can be examined by law enforcement. As for submersion in water being cause for SRO, I wonder what would happen if your EH Holden or XP Falcon went for a swim, would they fail the immersion rule?

Right you lot! Get your credit card out and go to this site: https://www.angelflight.org.au/ It will be pretty obvious what to do next.

It's definitely WET now.

In 1958 a hydrogen bomb fell from a USAF B-36 bomber that was on final approach to a New Mexico air base. it was the Mars Bluff Nuclear Bomb Incident. Those H-bombs are heavy buggers, and with the sudden loss of their great weight Lift well and truly exceeded gravity's pull and the bomber suddenly shot up 1000 feet. Makes you wonder what happened to all those WWII bombers as they jettisoned their bombs. Imagine a Lancaster's flight path after dropping a 24,000 lb Tallboy.

UPDATE: 27/01/2023 I received notification from CASA that I don't have to send anything more for them to process the application to hold The Event. Nothing more, of course, does not include the $1600 I have to front up with for them to allegedly start spending 10 hours at $160 per hour assessing the application. Thanks, CASA, for your support of recreational aviation. Oh, and the Public Liability insurance premium is $1630. Unfortunately, that means I can't hire portaloos at a bit over $4000. Let's hope that I can find some corporate sponsors to allay the costs.

That "extra wide wingspan" could cause terminal problems. It's back to the drawing boards for the architects of the Sydney West Airport to redesign the ramps.

Yep, they would not win a beauty contest, but it is what it is. But if you want to dance amongst the clouds you won't be looking at something on the catwalk. Like your unattached female cousin, ugly as sin, but has a wonderful personality.

There might have been a tincture of exaggeration in my post, but what you can see on the inside does look like the airframe was made the Glorious Revolution Tractor and Aerotech Factory 4.

What you fail to mention is that these planes, for strength, make a brick shithouse look like a nylon one-man-tent. None of your 1/2" OD chrome-moly, it looks like they are made from 2" scaffolding tube.

Standard Operating Procedure. Simples

Hold the presses!! Another Cessna has plummeted from the sky! Pull out the file pictures. I don't care which one you use. A plane's a plane and they plummet. And get Kent and Olsen out to the airport to speak to the grieving relatives.

Step 1: Create short titles for your posts. Welcome to the forum. No doubt a Moderator will edit the title for you. From now on simply look for your thread and open it. Below other people's posts, you will see your name on the left of a blank space. Just go into the big post and type in your response.

I reckon that if I was flying a twin-engined plane and hear a loud <bang> from out on the wing, I'd initially scream "mayday". Everyone is going on about the problem being an engine failure, which happily it only was, but when an engine like this goes <bang> the sound could be turbine blades hitting wing structures. In the first few moments, how would the pilot know that there was no damage to spars, hydraulic lines or electrical cables? How did the pilot in those few moments know that the plane would still continue to fly and not suddenly break up. Don't shoot the pilot for responding to the worst case scenario. Better to be able later to downgrade the need for help than to have a plane mysteriously disappear.

UPDATE: 18 JANUARY 2023 I submitted the application to conduct an Air Display to CASA today. They have replied by pro forma email that they have got it. The wait begins. I know that they won't give an answer before I submit the Emergency Response plan, but at least they have something to look at and provide a quote for dealing with the application - at a minimum of $120.00 PER HOUR!!!!!! I received information about Public Liability. What I got makes anything coming out of CASA understandable by a kindergarten kid. All I understood was tha the premium was $1350. Regarding fuel (Mogas). One way or the other we will have empty 20 litre approved petrol jerry cans available. Anyone who wants Mogas can borrow as many as they need. We will advise the pump price and those who need fuel can pay us the pump price for the amount they need. (We could supply fractions of 20 lites if needed.) The we will ask for $5 to pay for our fuel to go into Gilgandra to get the fuel. If a person has a collapsible fuel bladder, we'll take them in in the same way as our jerry cans. The good news about the fuel is that the petrol station we are going to get the petrol from had its underground storage tanks replaced late in 2022 as well as its pumps. So you can be pretty certain that the fuel will be as clean as practicable.

The decision has been made. A competitor's ATA will be the time that they call "clear of runway" How they get to that point, I don't give a damn since I have no control over the expressions of individuality of pilots.

You know, all this reeks of "I'm alright Jack. bugger you." I've done all I can think of to make coming to Tooraweenah safe by indicating ideal locations to overfly at 10 nautical. I am NOT ALLOWED to provide air traffic control and I can't afford to pay for Airservices to come and do it. It's not my responsibility to fly people's plans for them. If people want to disregard CASA's advice on operating at a non-controlled aerodrome, so be it. But remember, Arthur Butler Aviation Museum Inc is organising this event for the enjoyment of recreational fliers and with the hope that it will become an annual event. If one arsehole does something that gets up CASA's nose and CASA says, "No more", I'll personally beat the living shit out of the arsehole so that the next set of wings they get issued will be from the Angel Gabriel. I've worked too hard and for too long on this project to have some FIGJAM ruin it. And to add to that. The aerodrome is a place which meets the definition of an inclosed land under the NSW INCLOSED LANDS PROTECTION ACT 1901 . As the event organiser I have the authority to direct any person to leave the inclosed lands and may specify how long they are to stay away.