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I do remember the black pod, it looked great.

He Drew, I think you taught me to fly in 1988. Still flying so you must have done a reasonable job. Cheers

Hi Drew, were you by any chance a CFI in the late eighties?

Here is an interesting article https://www.flyer.co.uk/rectangle-or-oval-circuits-which-is-better/

Is it declining? I haven't looked at participation figures but certainly the flying school I hire from seems to be booming. Yesterday a 15-Year-old girl did her first solo and there seem to be quite a few younger students starting out. One issue these days is that there are many competing hobbies compared to the past. I do find a lot of rec pilots to be overly pessimistic. I first started flying in 1988 but due to having a family I gave it away. In 2007 I did a TIF and decided to get back into it. On the day I did my TIF there was a club BBQ and I recall getting into a conversation with a group of older guys. These guys pretty much told me that sports aviation had been ruined and there was no point and various other whinges. Luckily I ignored them and continued and still fly regularly. I think it is a shame that most of the talk is negative and discouraging. Often when I flying I will run someone looking around the flying school. I always share my enthusiasm for flying, of course, I do tell them that there is annoying red tape and expense etc. but that in spite of that it is still a fantastic thing to do.

In 2003 there were 670 registered BMX participants in 2017 there are 1251 http://www.bmxv.com.au/Portals/46/Users/068/24/324/BMX Victoria 2017 AGM Annual Report.pdf?ver=2017-05-28-234858-893

If most votes are 4-3 then surely the answer DOES lie in electing 2 new board members each year. I don't recall much discussion of the candidates during the recent election. I am not particularly fussed by the disclosure of MY details BUT I do understand that some people are and I understand and respect that. I have little tolerance for merely restating a problem without proposing a rational solution. If I were to become concerned about this (and I could with anger free rational argument) my first step would be to confirm whether this disclosure was legal and constitutional, if not then what are the legal remedies? If it is legal and constitutional then perhaps it is still not the direction the members want to go. Then it is about presenting the case against to fellow members. If it is true that the usual board vote is 4-3 (I have no idea if this is correct) and if there is a good argument to be presented and if a mere 2 candidates stand on this issue then the answer does seem to be found at the ballot box. The way to get me on side is to present a rational fact-based well-researched argument and discussion of possible solutions. I do tend to switch off when problems are merely restated over and over again or it becomes an angry rant. Apart from legality and member sentiment has anyone who is concerned contacted RAAus and enquired about it? This surely would be the first logical step.

I first joined AUF in 1988 and flew for 2 years and then quit. In 2007 I did a TIF just for fun but got hooked again so decided to get back into it. I was only required to show my log book. My hours still counted and I think I had to reach a standard where I could pass a flight test. It took me I think about 11 hours before I did my test. I did have to do all the written tests again.

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Keith the best way to "get us all awake" is to present evidence. I am more than happy to call visit email to turn up at RAAus meetings but I need more than rumours. If I confront a board member and put to them that they have a plan to reduce the number of flying schools because "apparently it is costing too much to do an audit on these small schools. So close them is the go. Crowd the South East Corner is the way to go" - it would be sensible for, me to be able to present some evidence. I am more than happy to contact RAAus on Monday to put this to them but I would need to be able to say "this is what you are doing and here is my evidence." Keith if you have been convinced of this plan by "hard evidence" perhaps like you I would be convinced by "hard evidence" I simply don't understand why this evidence cannot be shared, if not publically then perhaps privately.

Keith do you have any evidence for this? It seems highly unlikely that RAAus would seek to reduce the number of flying schools and therefore the number of pilots (customers). If I understand what you are saying then these extraordinary claims need some hard evidence.

I don't mind it but it will be interesting to see what it looks like in flight. https://airshowinfo.hu/airshowfeed/2017/12/15/raaf-revelaed-new-painting-roulettes-demo-team/

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I think the atmospheric pressure on Mars is actually 0.6% of the pressure on Earth.

Reminds me of this video

5.6.3 Aircraft descending on the non-active side of the circuit should be established at circuit altitude by the time they cross the runway centreline on crosswind, somewhere between midfield and the departure end of the runway

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And yet we managed to raise our son to be a happy and successful adult without once assaulting him. We used reason and negotiation. He now at 28 has his own extremely succesful company and in fact one of his talents is negotiating. I know I will be shouted down but using pain as a teaching tool is for those who are too lazy or thick to use reason.

. Aspergers/autism spectrum disorder is well understood. "Al;l the kids WANT have Aspergers" sound like BS to me. For a start "ALL" is obviously a ridiculous statement. Secondly, CAN kids with autism come and go as they like? I have been a private music teacher for 28 years and have taught hundreds of kids and a few of them have been autistic, I would suggest that faking the behaviour of someone with this condition would be extremely difficult.

I do now, I thought it was a rather strange comment, I must have somehow travelled back in time!

My magazine also arrived today. The closing date is 28th of September, seems like plenty of time! I will be carefully reading the candidate statements and be considering which of these candidates may best represent my interests. My own personal experience of flying RAAus has been mostly positive, but this perhaps is coloured by the fact that I only hire and do not own an aircraft. I understand that some people are pessimistic and angry. Although I am reasonably happy with my flying pursuits I am always open-minded and if those who feel things are going downhill I would clearly and rationally present their case and if at least some of them would stand for election I would certainly weigh up their arguments and perhaps even consider voting for them, but this will never happen.