old man emu

Strewth, you pulled up a really complex one there. I wish that my traffic accident reconstruction notes were not packed away at the moment, or I would go through the whole complex calculation for determining the speed to roll over on a curve, and that would not be something that the majority of people would have the maths ability to do. Not blowing my own trumpet. I didn't know how to do it until I was taught it during my course. Not so. What I was saying was that within a population of drivers there is a spread of acceptance of risk. Some few per cent have a low acceptance - very timid, very unsure. At the other end of the distribution there are those who accept a high risk - the reckless ones. What we need to do is to bring those outriders back towards the centre so that the spread is narrower.

Does that mean that the dollars went "poof"?

Once again, the figures don't lie, but liars can figure. How relevant to private or recreational flying are the figures gleaned from the operation of the types of aircraft depicted in graph? As onetrack says, more pollutants are sprayed out by the "Harry the Who-me"s than all the Pontius Pilots committing private recreational flying throughout the world. But once again - the media portrays aircraft owners as wealthy idlers always worthy of a flak barrage. How much pollution are grey nomads pumping out from their monster trucks dragging oversized metal tents up and down the country. I'm not rich enough to own one of those combinations, so I'll just have to try to make do with a cheap little 2-seater aerial tourer and carry a nylon tent and feather sleeping bag if I want to see this wide, brown land.

What Physics of Motion areas would you test? Speed/distance - Effects of varying tyre-surface friction - Effects of driver head-height on sight distance How do you ensure equality when some people are matematically inclined and others are not? How do you ensure equality when the majority of people have never studied the physics of motion? Probably the best thing to test is a person's psychological approach to risk. I would assume that as with every biological measurement, there would be a Normal Distribution (bell curve) of the level risk taking and those whose results showed to the extremes, being too timid or too risky, could be given remedial instruction.

CofG a tad too far back?

The usual story is that the CAC-12 Boomerang was 'thrown" together from parts also used to manufacture the Wirraway, which was based on the North American Harvard, which morphed into the Texan. However I found a video about the North American P-64 and could not help but compare it to the CAC-12 Apart from the shape of the vertical stabiliser, and the enclosed rear of the Boomerang, they are almost brothers. Here's the video:

Bugger! Something else to consider in my event palnning for next April. I suppose the RAAus bloke will come up with the CASA one. And will you please stop using the word "audit" as a synonym for "enforcement" !!!!!!! An audit should be an aid to continual improvement by comparing the observed results of procedures to the desired results. It is the overall trend that an audit of a system is seeking to determine, NOT the results of an individual observation. We all go on, and on about the single observation of a simple thing, such as failing to carry a copy of thier latest medical certificate, but not a word is said about the fifty observations where the certificate was being carried. As an auditor, I would be very happy with a 50:1 application of a requirement. Also I would be more than interested in comparing the result of observations taken at the most recent audit with the results of the first couple to see if there was imprevement, regression or stagnation.

I spoke to the blokes in an Airservices control tower and although they would not say anything that could be used against them, they provided me with an indication of acceptable separation distances between aircraft taking off one after the other. PROVISION OF FUEL This is a headache. My Avgas supplier won't go within a bull's roar of Mogas. You blokes scared me off by raising the liability risk of my going to a petrol station to get a lot of fuel then selling it on to those who want it. My only option is to say that running a tankful of Avgas in an engine that runs Mogas is not going to destroy the engine. Besides by April, the price of Mogas 98 which has an excise on it, might nearly be the same as Avgas which doesn't have the excise.

Great! I'll put up some details for Tooraweenah.

This is confusing me. Can anyone explain to me how the pilot of a typical light aircraft WHICH IS NOT FITTED WITH A REAR VIEW MIRROR can be expected to see an aircraft approaching from the rear, either above or below? And if that aircraft is approaching does that not imply that it is travelling faster then the one in front? Therefore the approaching aircraft is overtaking and should pass to the right with a clearance of 150 metres horizontally or vertically whichever is applicable.

I'm not joking. Go to Specsavers. I got my eyes tested by them in response to a similar demand by a dopey doctor. I asked Specsavers for a copy of my eyesight test and I submitted that the NSW RMS for renewal of my Heavy Combination driver's licence and Bus driver's Authority. Satisfied RMS and I got the eye test bulk-billed. Don't trust what your doctor says. Like the German Prisoner of War Camp Kommandant, doctors know F-all. Just be careful when doctors start asking you your height and weight. They'll tell you that you BMI is over the limit claim you have sleep apnoea and send you down that path to financial ruin.

The biggest hurdle to provision of accommodation is that the aerodromes are owned by local councils which usually are not pro-aviation. Most of these council-owned aerodromes were handed over to them by the Federal Government around 1975 (I think that date is correct). The aerodromes are a liability to councils as they have to be maintained. Our council will mow the runway at Tooraweenah, but won't touch the shoulders or taxiway to the "terminal". That's the battle the museum society is having as we want the whole site to be pristine. We are trying to convince the council to hand over maintenance to the society so the job can be done right. So if councils won't spend money keeping the aerodrome safe for operation, what makes you think that they would fork out hundreds of thousands to build short term accommodation? We are trying to work out how to finance the building of a simple accessible toilet block with two stalls and a water tank for hand washing. Our proposal for such a block was $20,000. A cabin, with a bedroom; kitchenette/dining room, and bathroom/toilet is going to cost over $50,000. Then there is the costs for a caretaker. At Tooraweenah we could get cabins built on the next-door property, but that would depend on the financial capabilities of the landowner and Council approval for the development. I'm afraid that it's going to be a swag and a tarp over the wing for aerial tourists for a long time.

Would you believe that there is a phobia related to getting airsick? It is called Aeronausiphobia, not joke. https://psychtimes.com/aeronausiphobia-fear-of-vomiting-due-to-airsickness/ I suffer from it myself, which is a real PITA. But if you accept your fear, and carry a barf bag and mouthwash, you can deal with it. Having said that, from the symptoms described, I'd say our friend is suffering from self induced stress brought on by trying to carry out the tasks of the lesson perfectly. Back off a little. You have an instructor there to catch you if you fall. Shorter lessons are a good idea in the early stages. You don't simply buy a pair of runners and go do a marathon without have conditioned yourself by building up from running a mile.

Strewth! You are frightening me in relation to handling air movements at this event I'm planning for all comers. Will I have to include in the entry conditions that failure to make proper radios calls at the correct time will result in disqualification and an interview with Head of Security? Seriously, should I be concerned about poor airmanship as it is something that I cannot control, only advise against.

And not one of you has given a thought to the emotional trauma the shark might have suffered as a result of a giant seagull-looking thing swooping down on it.

What a waste of intellect. To have the knowledge to understand programming, yet use it for juvenile purposes. All of us who encountered it probably thought the same thing - "What an arsehole" Not one of us would have thought, "Well done, that man." I suppose it illustrates the pessimistic mentality of the younger generation. Oh Death! Where is thy sting? Release me from the misery Of another earthly thing.

You've got to wonder at the stupidity of CASA. You've been operating in controlled airspace since your TIF and completed hours flogging around in a controlled circuit, making calls and responding to directions, then before the ink is dry on your pilot's certificate, CASA says that you are not competent to do the very same thing you've been doing for months. If lips were dynamite, CASA couldn't blow a kiss.

Gadzooks! I'm agreeing with APenNameAndThaA. I've got to buy an up-to-date WAC chart for the planning of my Event. Having that information will be essential to getting through one of the hoops CASA will no doubt put up for me to jump through to getting approval. Where do I find the code book to decipher the RDP numbers?

That must be correct. Look at the number of flying schools at Bankstown, Moorabbin and maybe Eagle Farm which use RAA for at least ab initio, or all the way to RAA Certificate. The instructors would normally operate in both worlds.

Thank you for doing that. I hope I can get some more replies so I can get an average.

That be one angry bitch!

At 12:37 pm on 2/10/22 BrendAn indicated that his original question had been answered. Now it's time for those words of love and devotion oft heard in a house of ill-repute, "Next one!"

I was trying to save arguments about taxying too fast. I calculated it would take six minutes to taxi from the marshalling area to the run-up bay at a walking speed of 5 mph. Your answers to my question on how long it takes to do a run up, will determine the interval between one aircraft entering the run-up bay and the release of the next one from the marshalling area. It might take six minutes to taxi the distance, but if the run-up takes 3 minutes I can have two aircraft on the taxiway at the same time - one about halfway and one about to leave the marshalling area. I'd like to be able to dispatch the competitors as quickly as possible, but I have to be careful of separation after take-off. Also that taxiway will be unsealed. I hope to get it rolled flat, but pilots would still have to be careful. In April you are looking at a late morning air temp of just under 20C.