djpacro

nothing to do with CASA

I take little interest in what the BOM forecasts for Melbourne. After checking with them this morning I decided not to go flying (for aeros) but early arvo there were blue skies with AWOS stating scattered at 4700. It happens this way too often.

The International Visitors Tent is a good place too.

CofA reqt only via airworthiness design requirements, if applicable ... eg FAR 23 and aerobatic aircraft are not exempt.

I flew with him at Lovely Banks around that time too. Saw him last year at Casey Field reunion.

South Dakota requires the usual evidence of being a resident.

thanks, I will try that There are ways for a foreigner to do it legally. From an Australian PPL: a flight review and a medical. Do a flight review. Indeed!

I've got a USA CPL and recently been researching my next visit. Their drivers licence medical requires you to hold a drivers licence of a state of the USA and that requires you to be a resident of that state which requires the correct visa etc. (I haven't checked all of the states ...) Visit the FAA website to see what your options are and email them as they are very helpful.

Conversion to a PPL at Converting Overseas Licences | Civil Aviation Safety Authority Yep, you need an AVID or an ASIC - which one depends on where you want to fly.

I spent some time with Lamar Steen - he told me that Curtis Pitts caught him under an S-2 with a tape measure - Curtis told him not to bother and gave him a set of S-2 plans. Lamar scaled it up to suit his own very large frame. I got to know Curtis pretty well some years after that, top guy. May do, on a day when the weather is not good enough for aerobatics and I want to go flying anyway.

I spoke briefly to Jill about this at Avalon, there are other threads on the subject of aeros in RAA. My point with this thread was that if someone is not permitted to do aerobatics then this is what CASA says one is not permitted to do. My opinion is that CASA is now discredited as a safety authority on this subject - unless one equates safety with sitting on the ground. Do they have specific rules for aerobatic drones?

Yes. I knew Keith and David fairly well and kept in contact until they passed away. Aaah the Elsaburgers!

This is the source of most published info for civilian aerobatic pilots: http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/751397.pdf - read from page 15.

Definition of Aerobatics

From the UK CAA's Safety Sense Leaflet on Aerobatics: "A person’s tolerance to ‘g’ tends to increase with exposure and reduce with age." So the cure is to increase your exposure as you get older. I find aerobatics relaxing and still enjoy wringing a Pitts out to its limits.

Agreed. Interesting that I saw the ad and took a slight interest in it myself because of "aerobatics". Not interested in an RAA aircraft as I am only interested in aerobatics so my Plan B (post CASA medical if it comes to that) would be to get my flying "fix" in the USA. (refer the Sport Pilot provisions for aerobatics) Quite a few - some personally seen, some on YouTube and others I've been told about. For those that I have observed personally I've never felt obliged to counsel the pilot regarding safety - his choice to operate illegally, I haven't yet seen anything directly hazardous to an individual (other than promoting illegal ops perhaps to others). Competent - tick.Structurally capable - tick - being an aeronautical engineer I take a keen interest in this. I've flown aerobatics in a number of aircraft approved for aerobatics but for much less than the usual 6 G - Beagle Pup is only certified semi-aerobatic at 4.5G, Airtourer T-6 at its max gross weight is approved for aerobatics at 4.5G, Citabria is aerobatic at 5G, some models of Auster (who knows what the approved G is?), that homebuilt aeroplane I built which was approved for aerobatics purely on evidence of safe history of operation in the USA ... Handling qualities - demonstrated capable - tick Spinning - no unrecoverable spin modes and the recovery technique is known - tick (hope I haven't forgotten anything - can't edit the post later) May very well cause an engine stoppage, similar situation with a Cessna Aerobat, for example ....

A typical solution for Pitts pilots Nomex USA Flight Suit

Another Young Eagles day, very busy at YMMB.

Pleasant day at the sausage sizzle.

I suggest a new thread for this discussion?

Thanks Jack. RVAC newsletter has the comps and BBQ for the Sunday. I'll be there Saturday.

Sausages on this Saturday?

No Cookies | Gold Coast Bulletin "His friend, Roy Sneesby, was at the airfield at South Murwillumbah yesterday moments after his mate was reported missing and said Mr Sinnott was an “accomplished pilot”. “The fellas were concerned about the fact that he didn’t come back because he was only doing a local flight,” he said. “He’s an accomplished pilot … (he would have been flying) for at least 30 years.” Friends said they dubbed Mr Sinnott’s plane “the grasshopper” because it was bright green. He was rumoured to have purchased the ultralight only recently. “He’d only owned the aeroplane around two weeks,” Mr Sneesby said. “If it went down in the bush it would be hard to see. He bought this aeroplane because it would do aerobatics. “If he tried something violent or something he could have blacked out … we’re only guessing.” I recall an accident some years ago where one or two witnesses stated that a wing had failed - ATSB said no structural failure, they had seen a stall/spin. Many years ago, before mobile phones and PLBs, one of my friends was missing for a couple of days after an engine failure during a short flight from an airfield near a capital city, fortunately he was found in the damaged aircraft (my guess is stalled some way above the ground) and survived.

Apart from the cans of magic goo ..... For the Pitts I modified an automotive scissor jack which picks up on a bit of steel tube on the landing gear truss opposite the axle, behind the wheel/brake. Used it a few times.