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LOL, well yes i should make clear that I always log my time exactly as stated above, engine start till the time i roll to a stop and kill the engine. Hoping this is just a one-off, and the .3 hours won't kill me one way or the other, so I will ask my CFI if he has a compelling reason for me not to - or perhaps he just heard it from somewhere, dunno. I can see where the rule could be read both ways. UL i have my XC test and solos this weekend, when is it scheduled the seminar?

I'd love to, been wanting to go down there and check out the club and visit with Motz... is this a monthly thing?

Thanks for all the feedback guys, sounds like I should discuss this and see about getting it in the log, if nothing else so I can remember there are times when you don't get to fly.

i'll do my best to hold it together the hour i'll be there!

Thanks Garfly! i look forward to writing about it.

any weird wind issues to be aware of (like the hills at YWOL)?

yeah and i know they've been doing it tough, essentially being grounded iwth all the smoke. He spent 2 hours with me after the fact, drilling on all the nav stuff as well as the tower visit, so I still think its well-spent. anyone know though come to think of it what's the official word about logging time, does it have to include air time? .3 isn't going to make or break anything, just want to be accurate.

Hi all, Just after a bit of local knowledge or experience from anyone who flies out of Forbes, or who may happen to be there on sunday and would like to meet up for a cuppa (is there a cafe there?) Big question I have also is whether vodafone has reception out there? I'll need to call my CFI to let him know i'm down safe. What can i expect that i might not find in the ERSA? thanks!

Thanks guys! hey UL, what were you in? Did you get as far as runup, or make the wise decision in the club before startup? Hoping its better this weekend, have a marathon tour of country NSW to do my XC solo and test!

Haha well this is a first I guess, though I have had lessons cut short due to sudden rain I have not had one end in the runup bay before! But it was my decision and I am happy with it. I am sure the CFI would have reached the same conclusion, but he wanted to hear it from me. This was to be my last Nav flight before the XC test. Bankstown to Goulburn and back, with some diversions, low level, and getting lost thrown in. So I got up at 0530, showered looked at weather etc and things looked OK. Drove down to the school and got the latest wind info and started filling in my charts, usual stuff to get ready. Started looking a little hazy, but figured it would burn off. Did all the checks, taxied to the runup area for final checks and we heard on the radio that they were reducing visibility to 4 km due to smoke rolling in from the west (from bushfires here in NSW). Possibly could have gotten over and around it, but no guarantee we could make it back if it got worse. Then started hearing others on the radio who had left for the training area saying that it was pretty bad and asking the tower if they could come back for circuits instead... so i said no way and taxied back to the school. By the time we got back to the school, they were saying no circuit training allowed and visibility at 3km. But we spent a good hour going over all the scenarios and grilling me pretty well and he figures i am ready to give the test a red-hot go :) Then I visited the control tower to see what goes on there, that was pretty cool but very basic - nothing like the huge wall of monitors and radars you see on TV. It was good to meet the people i talk to on the radio. So... paid for but didn't log .3 hours, which was a bummer, but for the $ the briefing and visit to the tower was worth it. Called up and canceled my flight notification and participated in some retail therapy at the aviation store instead!

Hi, just after some opinions here - got the house to myself so thought I'd download and watch some of The Aviators tv series. There are 4 seasons so far, I don't really want to do them all - if you had to pick one to start, which one and why? So far leaning towards season 2, seems like there are a few episodes about light sport and ultralights, home building etc. anyone have any favourites?

I am reading The Complete Book of Australian Flying doctor Stories, by Bill 'Swampy' Marsh. Tons of little short stories and anecdotes, some funny, some sad, but all a very enjoyable light read.

Yeah i got exactly the same letter when selling a guitar...

Whenever I post on gumtree, I always end with the line "scammers will be placed under a powerful curse" I haven't gotten any from Nigeria at least in a long time!

yeah that's probably a scam. did the English seem "off", or did he refer to it as "the item" or some other generic thing? They often just blast out the same email regardless of what's being advertised. can you paste in the text here, if it is a known scam someone will have seen it.

I have the ones that I bought here on clearprop, for the price they work great and I think they'll last me a good long time before I'll need to consider anything more fancy. that probably speaks to Q5 on your list, though sidesteps the question about noise reduction. I think they're good, and with some foam earplugs in addition I'd be set. If budget were unlimited sure I'd go for the Zulu's or the Bose. +1 on the gel... also, i like the mic boom that is like a flexible gooseneck, as opposed to the ones that are made of articulated wire frames that always seem to come loose.

I don't think its a matter of metal so much as how much surface area there is to reflect the signal. i've been seen on the bankstown lane of entry by sydney

the smile in the pic says it all! though I am sure that was taken before your solo, so it would have been even bigger... congrats!!

so how'd it go??

http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2013/aair/ao-2013-163.aspx My sympathies are with his family and the community at this time... horrible tragedy.

and the long version: http://morerightrudder.wordpress.com/2013/09/24/third-navigation-exercise-low-level-navigation-and-diversions/ Bless my parents, they love to jump right in with a comment :-)

I won't tell if you won't

its all in sight now~! Here's a photo: heading south from Cessnock between the hills en route to Warnervale.

true, that would be bad. I may have had some residual effect from a hayfever episode a week or so back, felt fine on the day but I guess you never know all the little places it lurks. Anyway, crisis averted and I definitely won't be whipping my head around to look at stuff anymore. I've always been a hands-on learner I guess. There's knowing, and there's KNOWING.

on the way back to Bankstown yesterday, what a beautiful day it was! I was treated to the sight of a 747 flying directly perpendicular to my path on the inbound LOE, but several thousand feet higher. I could tell it was blue anyway, Thai Air I think. But when I saw it, I whipped my head up to take a look then quickly back down and had a little reminder of what they say about sudden head movements... felt very swimmy for a few seconds, not enough to get disoriented, but certainly enough to remind me that it is a possibility. Something to keep in mind on these beautiful days where gorgeous scenery and interesting things are all around you...