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Scott put me back onto this thread ... I am so so happy to see her flying... I am happy for you both ;) Mark

Good to see the girls going to get there !

Howdy All, I am slowly building my new nynya, and it dawned on me early in the piece that I know very little about engine maintenance, I've been housing Bert Flood, but they dont seem to be very interested (nearly two years now) about doing a course for maintenance on engines, repairs, programmed maintenance inspections etc etc. Has anyone heard of anything in Australia? I dont mind the travel, but I dont want to fly to the US for a couple of weeks to do the training, that for some reason seems to be hiding somewhere in Australia ReD

Was a great couple of days, Managed the trip there in 11 hours and 10 1/2 hours on the way back, Was a great event, but I got some faulty information, we where told we couldnt go look at the flight line, after we where told at the breakfast that we could.. We didnt want to push anything, but besides that a Great time :) The Workshops where great! Next time will have to come with some questions!

My Wife and I are driving down, we are leaving wednesday night, and stopping in toowoomba, then starting on Thursday Morning and Hopefully will be at Dubbo on Thursday Night (This is the last event I'll be able to get to in a while, Bub is due in december, so I wont be able to get away from home much for a the next little while, so the kit will be advancing well :)! I Hope..) If anyone from brisbane wants some camping gear brought down We will have a little room left in the Mazda 3..

Congratulations on your Swift!

1-9-12

Howdy all :) Yes.. I'm enjoying building it.. Even started on the RA-Aus Paperwork (19-2804 Registered!) Been hard'ish at it for the last month and a half, mostly working on the weekends due to full time work committments (but normally get 1-2 hours a night, even if its just sitting and figuring out things) I've started a Kitlog which is available at www.mykitlog.com/marknynja and my personal website is www.markjamesallen.com (its running off a adsl connection so the link may be a little slow.. will eventually move it to a hosted web service.. one day..) Build Day 001-021 are up there now.. will work on 022 and 023.. Finished fitting the fuel tank this afternoon with some gentle encouragement from Scott, and spent the last hour replacing the temp blue nuts (yes.. there blue.. and no.. there not that.. gawd get your minds out of the gutter) with the final locknuts and locktight.. Going flying tomorrow so sadly, thats all for this weekend.. but all work and no flying makes me duller than usual :)

Howdy all, Could anyone point me to the local suppliers of GRS/BRS Chutes? red...

Howdy All, I am wondering if anyone has ever contemplated about going to PNG Flying from Cape York to PNG or knows of anyone that has ever done it, There is a 100klm stretch between the last of the island in the straights between PNG and the Small islands heading north, Would love to add it to a list of things to do (When I retire or get time off in spades, will think of doing an around australia, and while up there, why not go and see some of the sothern cities and areas) My first question is, would our certificates be noted up there? or would you need a PPL? Where would anyone get details on there airspace? Just a thought.. ReD

My wife and I where thinking about it, but decieded to go see my relatives in Yeppoon instead, was a lovely 2.5 hour trip up and 3.0 hour trip back. I am saving my pennies for the next few months as there are going to be a lot of fly ins in Queenslandland, and would like to go along to a couple of them, and just couldnt see the point of heading down, as I would have had to have left on the Wed/Thur to get there for the Friday Opening, but there is always next year. I've heard monto is going ahead this year, so I may pop up for that one!

Hello All, Just wondering if anyone is heading over to inglewood this year 5-6-7 May 2012.

I've gotten into the habit of just doing a 'Radio Check' Call, its so hard for most people to resist telling you that your radios working, and you get an idea of whos out there, if you've just turned on (plus isnt it a rule?)

Just to Hijack the thread, I was down at the local crosswind landing practice aerodrome a few weekends ago, practicing my attempts at crosswind landings, all going good, the last one I managed to get lift, then sink, then shear, so I put some power in an landed a bit long, so rather than trying a touch and go I thought I would taxi off, and head down the taxi way, gave an all clear call, and this particular aerodrome has one runway, a little peeved about the un-spectacular landing, I taxied off, as I was heading past the bowsers I noticed a twin (some big cesna thing, I suspect a 310?) spooling up and he pulled in behind me, I suspect from the get go, that I was upsetting this particular pilot. Now its no excuse, you should get into the pattern as soon a s practical and safe, and not hold people up, but all of a sudden the sky was full of 172's landing (when I was doing ccts, it was just me myself and one other fellow) then there was me myself, three in pattern, the 310, and one other person behind him. So I thought rather than holding everyone up, There was one chap on late downwind, one fellow had just landed, and one just called crosswind and someone else inbound, so the fellow that had landed had just about got to the end of the runway for the second taxiway, and I called entering and lining up, I motored in, kept and eye on the traffic, and turned around into wind ready to go, The guy on downwind, called turning base, and I knew that the 172 was going to be on me in about 3 minutes, I saw the fellow turn off and gave a rolling call, Then the 310 chimes up 'Jeezus Mate, he hasnt even cleared' then there was silence... he hung up, and the 172 in front of me called cleared all runways, and I was on my roll.. I felt bad, as I rushed things, I departed and went home, I was just wondering everyone elses take on this... I've got another interesting question about QLINK flights, recently I flew up to see my relatives up north, a lovely trip, but was a little sore, but hey, brain wasnt compressed to much!, I was about 2nm south of gladstone aerodrome, I called inbound at 10nm, and I thought just because I heard someone key 3 times (and the automated voice message popped up on ctaf about lights turning on) that I suspected there was someone inbound, much faster and heavier than I, so I gave another report stating I was about 3nm to the S/SE of the aerodrome at 2500ft, A friendlish QLINK Pilot keyed up asking me where I was, what I was doing, what the color of my aircraft was, where I was heading, who I was with, what last weeks and this weeks lotto numbers where and my altitute.. ah ha! 'Me' being a smart cookie was flying a hemispherical and according to everything I read was going to be well and truly above anything that they where going to be doing below me.. at 2500ft... he then keyed up, asked me the same lot of questions again, and I filled them out as best I could, but he got a little turse saying that we would be in conflict at 2500ft, and they would have to slow down, not wanting to upset anyone else I kept on moving on quickly, I said, after all this chatting, that I was abeam the aerodrome, heading N/NNW and asked how far they where out (They hadnt made an inbound or anything call), he chimed up stating that they where inbound at 8000ft 20nm away.. ok cool I said.. Motoring along at 120knts trying to get out of here, because he was really un-nerving me. I kept on giving position reports, and I actually turned more NW when I was 2-3nm the other side of town and saw them (and head them) joining crosswind at 2500ish feet... Is this normal ?Just seemed like a lot of altitude to loose to get down to sea level.. but what do I know about flying dash-8's... I suspect they where on a glide path that would have put them at 2000ish feet above the aerodrome and I was stufing things up.. Would love to hear peoples input on that... Again sorry to hijack the thread.. This isnt GA Bashing, or other pilot bashing.. just wondering if there is anything I could have done better...

As normal I was thinking about upcomming events and flight I would like to take, and currently I am simply filling out a flight note, pegging it to the board at the flight school, notifing one or two people in charge where I am off two, and letting the hanger hand know that the note is there. Its not that dont trust or believe that if the worst was to happen, I wouldnt be thought of at the right time, but its just in case. Now.. Never actually asked the question, and its always the way, the day after your on site, it pops into your head, I was wondering if anyone had a simple way of putting in a simple flight plan OR a SAR time with the Powers that Be, and when getting to the destination, you give them a call and cancel it. My meager understanding of Flight Plans are you need to check in Every 30 minutes, update them where you are etc. Can anyone share any experiences, or what they do when they go on trips, just heading to yeppoon on friday, and just me being over cautious... I know its a question and more training for my instructors, but wont see them before the end of the week, and any helps always appreciated.. Thanks! red..