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    Don’t get an ASIC via CASA! Go to Aviation ID Australia | Professional ASIC Distribution Centre
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    Yes poteroo, I just did my Class 2 medical and wasn’t much more to do (low risk for me but still an expensive add-on) the Class 1 so decided to do it thinking that CASA would take ages to introduce this new rule. Just cancelled my Class 1 application. Now to pursue that flight examiner rating (I’m looking forward to the test with CASA), need to work more to pay for PI!
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    The text of the press release from Qantas is quite clear to me.
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    Nope, the actual words “in Australia” may have been absent but that it would be in Australia was not missing.
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    Good plan. The 3 blade Hartzell “Claw” is even worse. See you at an aerobatic contest sometime?
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    Tecnam operator was lucky that the Exposure Draft of Part 91 hadn’t been signed by the GG otherwise he’d be up for a fine of $10,500 ...
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    I approach at 85 kts. Didn’t get to fly as I got a flat tyre at the holding point.
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    Just seems like normal life to me ...
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    I wonder if that is the same one that I had my first ride in (even before my flight to Tassie) - 175? with Geoff Seymour as pilot.
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    I bought my copy about 5 years ago and have got halfway through it so far, perhaps one day, in the fullness of time, I will finish it. I wish I had bought and read it 50 years ago.
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    There are quite a few others around. Always happy to chat over coffee or red wine if around Melbourne. I like to keep things fairly straightforward for pilot theory just referencing my standard sources then fly and (hopefully) show that the theory applies in practice. Having said that I can readily revert to being an engineer in which case I'd want to show and see data ... if you find that magazine article I will read it.I like this guy's stuff in my transition from pilot to engineer: eg http://www.flightlab.net/Flightlab.net/Download_Course_Notes_files/9_RollingDynamics.pdf
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    I don’t see why it should be regarded as controversial. This site has Tutorial: loss of control in turns I recommend Skidded Turn Traffic Pattern Stall Discussion and other pages at APS for my students as well as my own material. Must go, got a full day of teaching turning stalls and spins.
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    I did a bit in a friend’s 7AC many years ago, it is still around on the RAA register. I liked it.
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    All 101 of those?? I can help you with a few of them.
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    That would be it.
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    Call Doug at The Ultimate Thrill Ride | Sports/recreation/activities | Mount Archer he has a 7ACA.
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    Done, see Part 61.
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    Try Linton at Propbits
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    A stall warning switch on one wing is of limited value in some scenarios where it really matters. I can demo a skidded turn in one direction with my airplane - nil warning and an aggressive spin entry. In the standard practice stall it has the required warning 5-9 kts prior.
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    yes, I do, I must owe you a ride in a Pitts.
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    .... not Airtourer or Super Decathlon?
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    RV-8 operated by Vans is one I recalled too https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief2.aspx?ev_id=20001211X10121&ntsbno=LAX98FA171&akey=1
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    A history of RV structural failures (not suggesting an issue with Vans design or manufacturing): First, a 1998 bulletin from Vans https://www.vansaircraft.com/pdf/saib_faa_rv3.pdf Others since, such as https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief2.aspx?ev_id=20121126X24312&ntsbno=WPR13FA056&akey=1 And this one close to home https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/24397/aair200701033_001.pdf I occasionally get invited to teach people aerobatics in their RV and I take a keen interest in W&B, mods wrt spin behaviour etc before I start the discussion.
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    Yes, taper plus washout and aerofoil section (especially different aerofoils spanwise). Most data around is for a steady, straight stall (without power/slipstream effects) however the stall margin distribution gives an indication of behaviour in other situations - a skidded turn, for example.
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