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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.

I have an iPad mini with AvPlan, it works well however your nav training will be to your school's CASA-approved syllabus which will almost certainly require you to buy paper stuff and use pencil and whizzwheel. Talk to your instructor.

Beaut day around Melbourne yesterday and the dog's owner wanted some help preparing for an exciting holiday. Just thought I'd include a photo from when I was doing a lot of mountain flying 20 years ago. Circuits looking at tight approaches to a short strip. The runway is beside those trees under the wingtip. Took time out to have a look at that old airfield at Monomeith we discussed here a while back. Time for a tea break while we discussed stalls in slipping and skidding turns. Then we did some.

One of the Typhoon pilots Honours and Awards: Harry Victor Markby | Australian War Memorial I got to know Harry quite well and did some flying with him some years ago. Top guy.

product liability law is not the issue that we are discussing wrt an engineer's professional indemnity insurance

CASA orders are really irrelevant for this discussion, suggest that you read The law in Australia relating to negligence of aircrew and engineers (Book, 1990) [WorldCat.org] Tony Pyne was an aviation lawyer and a CASA (or its predecessor) board member. Whether paid or not, an engineer easily gets in the frame for giving advice. DJP (former USA FAA DER)

I imported an airplane from the East Coast of the USA back in 2008, locals there weren't used to going to Australia so my guy was run around in circles certifying that the moon was made of green cheese etc. Well proven routes via the West Coast and you should be able to find ads from Australian companies which assist. General advice on budget I've been told is convert to AUD, add GST and add $20K to get it here and get it going. We got a guy in the USA to do a pre-purchase inspection which proved worthless. Some of my friends have done well, others have ended up with projects rather than flyable airplanes. The FAA has guidance info on the website which includes stuff specific for Australia. You do not need an Export CofA so save the expense as it requires a fairly recent annual inspection and my guy wanted to do a new W&B etc etc.