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Robbo No did his training straight through instructor lived at home with him, previous flying was pilot certificate no ASIC no licence issued. Aldo

OME The 230 is good for about 6kts of downwind on take off just stay in ground effect until you get the speed you need then all good, landing is about the same just don't bang it on the ground with the higher ground speed you might pop a tyre also need to watch loss of directional control with the higher speed. Aldo

Robbo Apparently not, a mate of mine just finished his PPL (H) CASA won't issue a licence until his ASIC is processed and he is not allowed to fly. First I've heard of this but he is a new PPL so not sure. Aldo

Yenn I would have thought you just got the approach wrong and were completing a go around. HaHa

I guess it depends on whether he is part of an AI program

Geoff Only if you're dumb enough to think your product is better than the other (which by all accounts it isn't). I'm in manufacturing and I listen intently to my suppliers and the customer as they are the one's building and using my product they can make you or break you, don't listen at your own peril. I've always been a Jabiru supporter (own one) but Rod's and Sue's position in this instance will see me no longer supporting them, I will keep the airframe that I own but will not support their engines, I'm due for an engine in the next couple of hundred hours (about 6 months) and today I have organised to go to a Lycoming. I also will not buy another airframe from them due to their arrogance in this complete debacle with Camit. Aldo

Rdarby My understanding is that you do not have to complete a RAA BFR as the PPL test should count, I have a PPL and haven't been required to complete a separate RAA BFR. I send a copy of my log book to RAA at the time of my BFR. Best way to find out though is give them a call Jill will fill you in on what needs to be done Aldo

Zoos There are plenty of people who frequent this site and are or were members of RAA who can shoulder as much if not more blame than CASA, CASA acted on a lot of that information flawed as it may have been. Their incessant complaining and winging has eventually led to the demise of one business that may well have been able to help Jabiru (not that Jabiru were rushing to engage his help). Aldo

Kyle If that was for me PG have done a couple of conversions 114 kg for the 125 hp they seem to have it working I will let you know. Aldo

Time to see if that lycoming O-235 will fit in the Jab, PG Aviation has a solution as far as I'm aware, I'm due for an engine in a couple of hundred hours. Aldo

Dick Smith is about Dick Smith and nobody else good sales pitch but no real substance

Pearo That is correct but the difference being Oakey control themselves so they are able to make a determination immediately if you are going to interrupt their traffic flow, but you are still not able to plan through Oakey but you can request it once you are enroute. Evans Head RA2 is not able to be planned through and as it is not under local control any request must go through centre, if active the request will more than likely be denied this is possibly because the military has accepted responsibility for separation (that is if two aircraft run into each other it is their problem not centres) and as such centre is not controlling separation so you won't get a clearance. Aldo

Pearo Check your ERSA PRD - 1 Conditional Status RA1 - Pilots may plan through and expect a clearance from ATC RA2 - Pilots must not plan through unless on a route specified in ERSA Gen FPR, a clearance is not assured RA3 - Pilots must not plan through and clearances will not be available Aldo

Should be interesting right from the start with more than one managing director, not sure how that works.

Robinsm I do understand why the organisation was started and I agree with that but with all things that grow the direction changes to suit the majority. I don't imagine that 30-40 years ago the people that started the AUF thought that they could have 10,000 members with aircraft that range in speed from 35 kts to 180 kts with ideas that they would be able to possibly fly in CTA, when initially you were not allowed to fly above 300 feet or cross a main road I don't think anyone wants to go back to that type of regulation and essentially be contained to over your own property if you have enough money (or have a friend that does) to purchase a property large enough to fly over. Now you can fly anywhere in the country providing you remain OCTA and below 10,000 feet in any of the aircraft that we have at our disposal, I think that is pretty special. You never know we may be able to have it all, yes there will be a cost attached to having it all but that goes with everything. If managed correctly I would imagine the costs would be on a sliding scale depending on which end of the spectrum you are at. Aldo

Planey I agree the constitution must mean something and realistically you must abide by it, I'm sure RAA have had sufficient legal advice on how to set up the structure and get the organisation moving along to a workable operation and yes it all takes time but the constant chirping from the sidelines from people who don't want the job of implementing the change (or just didn't want change in the first place) doesn't help. Any time you change from one structure to another and try to keep the business operating at the same time there are bound to be some things missed or not done to the letter of the law but it is not the end of the world. Frank The consultative approach works with smaller organisations but once you get over a certain size it just doesn't work because of all the differing opinions and positions that people take, you never achieve anything. In both large and small organisations you are never going to please all the members/shareholders all of the time in fact you will be lucky to please some of them some of the time. If you just look at the recent change of structure of the organisation there are a number of members/shareholders not happy with the change but the majority of the members/shareholders who voted chose this direction. Now that the structure of the organisation has been determined it is time to let the directors determine the direction of the organisation, the administrative team CEO etc to implement that direction and the rest of us to go and enjoy our flying. If shareholders are not happy with that direction at the next elections they will have a choice to vote for someone else. Anyone who thinks CASA will allow another new organisation to run its own little show for the benefit of a few types is dreaming. I think the direction that will happen in the medium term will be that RAA will be pushed to take over all non-commercial GA below 5700kg so we best be a robust organisation. Aldo

I'm glad I learned in the 80's cost $4k to get a full ppl, but $4k in the 80's was still a lot of money it's probably cheaper now in real terms. Aldo

Kasper Time to give it a break mate, you lost, RAA won the new organisation is what we have got let it get on with operating RAA. I was one of the members who voted for what we have now and I'm happy with what we have got. Your efforts are not enhancing recreational aviation but they are helping to destroy it, if that's what you want continue but your resolutions will not be getting my vote. If you happen to destroy RAA I will just go back to GA not a problem for me but I'm sure it will be a problem for lots of others, be careful what you wish for. Aldo

Yenn Have you tried it and have they queried you, I suspect no to both and I also suspect that you won't be questioned because as PIC it is up to you to avoid a separation incident We also have the same situation not marked on charts but make all the calls never been questioned in 7 years Aldo

Just before you land. Just fly the aeroplane no different to just flying the glider just a different machine. Aldo

Dutch I'm not saying you're wrong just I don't understand why you would make it last 7 plus hours and I have absolutely no idea what has happened. Aldo

Marty With 4000 plus hours as a passenger I'm probably not someone who would be considered to be worried about it either I'm just asking the question. As for doctors yes I do check them out as best I can but I also have several friends who are high end doctors/surgeons who point me in the right direction. By the way I'm not having a go at people with mental illnesses, it could well be a case of someone who's wife has just left them and has taken the kids and everything else, you just don't know. Aldo

An MU2 in WA 20 or so years ago I think it eventually crashed in the NT But in this case I don't think all transponder interrogations were lost. As I say I don't know and neither does anyone else at this point in time

Dutch Thanks for the explanation, I don't fly commercial airliners and therefore don't understand the intricacies associated with that operation, the suicide option still doesn't make sense to me in the way this scenario played out (I trust the guys up the front not to go top themselves on my flight). I guess we will just have to wait until more pieces are found and hopefully the investigators can come to a plausible conclusion. The people I feel for is his wife and kids, imagine if this was you or Brett and 90% of the world opinion is that you were loopy and decided to commit suicide taking a couple of hundred people with you, and your wife and friends are at home saying no my husband/friend wouldn't do this it must have been something else, but because the investigators haven't been able to come to a conclusion it becomes a given that something sinister (you) must have caused this accident. If this is a suicide who do we the flying public trust? I have 4000 plus hours as a passenger in commercial jets all round the world, I trust Brett N implicitly and know he won't flip out on me tomorrow and commit hari kari but I don't know most of rest of you at all (I know you from this forum and based on how you conduct yourself here I don't think you would do this either) but I can't have you, Brett or a few others I know fly every sector I'm on. I've often wondered what would happen if I arrived at the door on boarding and said to the hostie I would like to have a quick chat to the Captain and FO to check their credentials (log books, medicals, qualifications etc) to see if I want to go ahead as a passenger on this flight I would probably get locked up and tagged with being loopy myself. If one in ten (and I don't know if that is the actual number) people in the world suffer from some sort mental illness or condition, that means one in ten of the guys up the front probably suffer the same, not a very comforting thought as a passenger with my life in your hands. Allan

The Most Likely Cause of the MH370 Loss and Ghost Flight) Onetrack if the above link works (if not copy and paste it into google) it may well explain some of your questions but it doesn't subscribe to any of the conspiracy theories. The author is ex airforce and explains it all quite well and I believe it is the most probable scenario, but we will need to wait for some more bits to wash up yet to come to any sort of conclusion. Aldo