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  1. octave
    FT no I didn't pay fees between 1990 and 2007 I wasn't flying
  2. octave
    My first involvement in ultralight flying was 1988 - 1990, from memory it cost me about $40 a year for membership of the AUF. This allowed me to fly to 500 feet, no magazine no 3rd party insurance and there were many fatalities. I ceased flying in 1990 and quite by accident resumed in 2007, $160, 5000 feet, a basic magazine, wider choice of aircraft and now some 3rd party insurance, 10 000 feet. It is just my personal opinion but $185 seems like a reasonable deal to me, I pay RA Aus about $5 per hour per year. I wonder what the members who say this is excessive think would be a fair price and how the membership cost of RA Aus compares to other similar organisations e.g. gliding or motor sports?
  3. octave
    My first involvement in ultralight flying was 1988 - 1990, from memory it cost me about $40 a year for membership of the AUF. This allowed me to fly to 500 feet, no magazine no 3rd party insurance and there were many fatalities. I ceased flying in 1990 and quite by accident resumed in 2007, $160, 5000 feet, a basic magazine, wider choice of aircraft and now some 3rd party insurance, 10 000 feet. It is just my personal opinion but $185 seems like a reasonable deal to me, I pay RA Aus about $5 per hour per year. I wonder what the members who say this is excessive think would be a fair price and how the membership cost of RA Aus compares to other similar organisations e.g. gliding or motor sports?
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    http://www.takeofftube.com/view/4028/the-copilot-song/
  6. octave
    good question, I would like to know also
  7. octave
    What exactly are the statistics? can you tell us how you arrived at this figure?
  8. octave
    are particularly fond of this boyfriend? but seriously the only thing I can think of is very short flights in perfect weather and then gradually increasing the duration. I went through a stage during nav lessons where I would start to feel a bit off, I think due to looking down at maps, I found that ginger tablets provided some relief without side effects.
  9. octave
    yep very cool, wont get to see that again, end of an era!
  10. octave
    http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html
  11. octave
    Took my 7" flying yesterday, it performed very well. Thanks Ian
  12. octave
    I spent 12 years in the RAAF as a musician, now a musician and music teacher
  13. octave
    done
  14. octave
    the flying account will have to recover before I go to far but I am looking forward to some long trips, maybe not tassie but we could compromise CFI , how about Flinders island?
  15. octave
    Thanks all, very glad to finally get it done!
  16. octave
    yeah ignition I had to squeeze in before you next fortnight:hittinghead: not even enough time for me to exercise my new privileges
  17. octave
    Hi all, got my x country endorsement today. :clap2:
  18. octave
    I have a Nav Aid, I don't really use it in flight, although I did find it useful as a learning tool. It would be fine to use in flight although space is a little tight in the Gazelle and I don't like to have too many bits and pieces rattling around. I did make a table of distances and correction angles which seems to work ok
  19. octave
    couldn't agree more!
  20. octave
    Little degrees now make big degrees (and Nm) later That's why instead of using the whole 90nm to get back on track I would use a checkpoint 10,12 or maybe 15 nm down the track, that way once back on track I would still have my original checkpoints to monitor my progress
  21. octave
    I didn't round the .66 until I added it to the 2 degrees to parallel, that's how I got 3 and not 2.66. I would neither try nor recommend reading .66 of the sort of compasses we use.
  22. octave
    looks right to me, -2 degrees to parallel and -.66 degrees to converge with destination. Rounds up to -3 degrees therefore 007. If you did not apply a correction (and if nothing else changes) you would miss your destination by 4nm.
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    My understanding of using the rudder to make a minor change of heading is this, I notice that I am flying 185 instead of 180, I briefly apply a small amount of left rudder, right wing lifts due to secondary effects, aircraft gently rolls left. We are still using roll to turn but as a secondary effect of yaw.
  25. octave
    OMG motzartmerv your a trekkie
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