gareth lacey

Flew in there on Monday 4th 5 min walk to resort and had a coffee runway is resealed but a bit bumpy

Your obviously un_australian

once you have 3 to five pipe/tube meeting its a "nodule"(in the fabrication industry) and we used the template as above for pipe 50mm up to 1000mm

thats great ,i can see a breakfast coming up ,passed over the rwy many times ,sunday morning brekkies

Evans Head this year,sat morning went up for a coastal run , back at Evans Head heard a Pipestrel call 3 miles inbound , entered downwind 18 half way downwind heard Pipestrel call Downwind rny 18 pax couldnt see him nor I ,dropped down to 500 feet and he was overhead me he didnt see or hear me landed safely but to close for me cheers gareth

Radio,s are a safety measure ,i would not fly without one, and a dual watch radio is great ,in this day and age aircraft of any style should have one cheers gareth

Well done Debra may you get fair winds and clear skies on your journey ,I didnt strart learning until i was 63 and it takes as long as it takes to go solo (1 year for me) and your first solo you will always remember, now the adventure starts keep at it ,it only gets better from here on Cheers gareth

Aplund,try Sunshine coast club ,based at Sunny coast ,ATC etc cheers gareth

But the Serbs did not Export there terrorism to other countries around the world ,Iraq,Russia,Belgium,France ,England,Australia,Indonesia,Spain,Somalia,Sudan,USA,Israel,Tunisia,Yemen,plus other countries have all had MUSLIM terrorists murder and butcher innocents,they butcher more of their own Muslim brothers and sisters than westerners, a few of the countries mentioned had their own nut job massacres ,but these people were lone nut jobs ,not affiliated to MUSLIM religion, the debate about countries right or wrong to wage war in the Arab states will rage on, Western countries do not send people with suicide vests to kill civilians ,and i know the debate will go on about us(westerners) invading Iraq , we will never learn why the reasons ,we are only now learning about WW11 and Korea,Vietnam, and yes what the Serbs did was terrible to local Muslim population,not condoning that. The Serbs have a lot answer for as did the Germans in WW11 ,but would we have been any different if we were under the despots rule,we would have turned a blind eye methinks,the majority of Muslims in this country are just trying to get by as best they can, ,but they do have a lot more brooding nut jobs than the rest of the populace,i for one have no problem with multiculturism, but AUSTRALIA first we must remain a secular country no religion must dominate ,CofE,Catholic,Islam,Buddism or any of the others . cheers gareth

Ft never forget dick uses his own money not like the other grubs

Been to 5 security controlled airports ,asked once if i had asic said yes but did not show it ,the other 4 never asked once ,Ballina,Bunderberg,Lismore, Hervey Bay,and (Gladstone asked for it) cheers gareth

Byron Bay Lighthouse on way back to Boonah after Evans Head fly in

Geoff , its people like you that make this country great ,all kudos to you and your fellow truckies , many people do not understand the tough times our farmers are having , great work , and if you ever go again call me and i will be your navigator(i dont have a heavy licence ) Cheers Gareth and thanks again to you and all the other volunteers

Frank, I agree and choose only to read the posts that are relevant to flying (and some of the funny,s) BUT unlike Facebook you can discuss other topics and usually not get blasted by other users ,we agree here to disagree Cheers Gareth

Going down Friday leaving Sunday(weather permitting ) cheers gareth

HITC, as a retired boilermaker /welder your work is pure fabrication porn to me , your methods and fab/welding is perfect ,top marks and your project is looking superb ,cannot wait to see your end result , by the way i am retired and if you need a help with when two sets of hands are needed just holler and will be delighted to help cheers gareth

No,its further south,slightly inland cheers gareth

I don,t know that Kaz private strip and unless reported ? cheers gareth

this one

down past the tv towers lane , sorry Kilcoy came into my head should have been Morayfield. are you going to the Gympie Brekkie? cheers Gareth

Guys ,maybe i should have asked the ATC guys for for the real info , looking at ozrunways and charts when planning is the right way ,but have been caught out by being pinged at 3500 on descent into the 2500 step at or after KIlcoy by atc, they were very helpful at that time (i had just 1 week earlier passed my xc) but canm be stressful; at time

Aldo, i didnt feel belittled , just asked the question of fellow aviators that have been doing it far longer than myself , i always try to learn from others who no more about a subject than i , my learning continues . Cheers Gareth

Dr Zoos ,yes you are right ,Ra does not cover all bases in xc and for me flying through areas with high traffic and not having radio and transponder on is a BIG safety issue cheers gareth

Aldo , you are right of course and i do use my charts but in the Ra xc training you are with your instructor who helps you understand reading charts , but this is also a high stress time for students ,also when you have gained your xc you then need to do xc to get better understanding, i plan most of my xc trips and plan through the most easiest ways that are close to cta areas,and it has been said many time s here that we learn more about aviating the more we do,also i am not a 20 year old being close to 70 makes a little more time to learn and digest, with myself i know that the more i do things the better understanding i get the reason i asked the question was to get responses from pilots that use this area all the time ,i thank you all for your responses and will now go back to my studying cheers gareth

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