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  1. Bennyboy320
    Thank you very much everyone for time in answering my question, appreciate it.
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    This might sound very strange to some of you very experienced RAAus pilots out there, how do I pay for my landing fess if I use a particular airport & how do they bill me? As you can see from my question I've lived a very sheltered life as a pilot. Thanks.
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    If you are unable to monitor two frequencies at the same time have a look at AIP GEN 3.3-16 para 2.16.12/13. i.e. you need to maintain continuous listening watch & if you're going to change to the CTAF freq you really don't need flight following anymore so terminate the service.
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    And if the damage is upstream of the LP or HP fuel valves you can't stop the fuel leak, assume Boeing are similar to the Bus.
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    For those of you that don't fly airliners, we have big sliding windows in the cockpit that we use in an evacuation if we can't get out through the flight deck door for some reason, they are also great to open & have a sticky beak out of to visually assess whats happening, in this case thick black smoke & huge flames may of changed their minds to act & evacuate.
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    Now that would be an epic trip.
  7. Bennyboy320
    Hi Scott, I too really enjoy your videos, keep them coming, looks like it was an outstanding fun trip, cheers Bennyboy:plane:
  8. Bennyboy320
    No it means seat belts not life jackets, e.g. to simulate an emergency landing that is unprepared i.e. a gear collapse or fire smoke etc.
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    Once the a/c came to a stop it took 3 mins for the flames to disappear from view on the video I watched, the view from the cabin is even more frighnting, I also agree with everything that Dutchroll said, my airline group adopt the same procedures. An evacuation is a last ditch event & people will get hurt, however the possibility of ending up a crispy critter is far worse, they were very lucky, just look at the pics of the wing after the event. Listed below is whats required during certification for any airliner carrying more than 44 pax, on the A380 they had a total of 873 participants. The main requirements for the evacuation drill are: * Lights will be out in cabin * Half of exits will be closed * Drill must feature 40% women, 35% people over 50 * Passengers will not be told which exits are in use * Passengers must wear their seat belts Must be completed in 90 seconds.
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    Not sure these days but back in my time it was 185 hrs per year, that was what was required to maintain proficiency in both air to air & air to ground, if something came up e.g. a potential conflict the training can be cranked up. Whilst that doesn't sound like much flying to some it is all very high training value sorties. Cooda, for your son that's outstanding news & I wish him all the best for his future RAAF career & welcome to a very exclusive club, to quote a line out of the 1980's RAF fighter pilot documentary (available on youtube) "flying fighters is the sport of kings."
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    Complete series available on youtube too.
  12. Bennyboy320
    How true is the above quote, unfortunately a total loss of situational awareness, a classic result when perceived ability exceeded actual ability.
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    Interesting to watch him use a rag to clean his windscreen from the 12.00 point,the window heat & or demist is pretty poor, all I can say is that hopefully that won't happen to him at the CAT1 minimum, i.e. not visual due low vis in the cockpit, another reason I would never fly IFR in a bug smasher, the DA42 is a new a/c wonder what a clapped out 40 year old Piper or Cessna would be like.
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    Just looked at my purchase order & I'm getting a Mode S transponder, my error I assumed it's a Microair that was in previous a/c, you're right all new a/c generally come with Mode S these days if you want a transponder, however if you are unable to enter controlled airspace i.e. You only have RAA qualifications the older Mode C version is still handy & a lot cheaper, this will allow you to use flight following on cross country flights.
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    Just ordered my Foxbat & have the following transponder fitted, see the explanation, the altitude ecoder is locked in at STD i.e. 1013 regardless of what you enter on the altimeter, therefore you will get some disparities with large QNH changes, IFR a/c will have the altitude selector wired in to the transponder i.e. Correct altitude when on QNH then correct level when STD is selected, well that's what happens on the Bus. Doubled up on the attachment, finger trouble
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    EFB fine, no backup or paper required for private ops, they don't need to see a spare & you are not required to show them, however airmanship & common sense comes into the equation, this day & age most people have two iPads.
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    Don't get intimidated by a ramp check, download the ramp check guide from the CASA web site & show them nothing more than whats legally required.
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    No credit given for BRS, you only get an extra 50kg for floats.
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    Unless you're a controller at one of the Tokyo towers that nearly got cleaned up by a certain Asian airline a few years ago, they were banned from Japan for a year I recall, another of the NEVER fly with airlines that are unfortunately out numbering the safe ones.
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    Was told it was the new C172, didn't look to carefully at the pics.
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    From a mate, apparently a bounced landing then hit the nose wheel, exit stage left, I suppose their premiums have just gone up, good that there were no injuries, brand new glass cockpit, not much change out of $400K:yikes:
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    It's that time again, anybody having problems with external GPS with the latest iOS 9.3 apple update?
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    Securityid.com.au Do the application online, the simplist way to get an ASIC, I'm only an RAA pilot & from the initial application to receiving my card 2 weeks, the renewal is the same. All you need to say is that you need access to security type airports to get fuel etc.
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    I've also witnessed this attitude at various aerodromes around the traps, never judge a person by the type of a/c they fly. Just had a look at your profile to work out where you are from, no luck, this school is definitely a rip off, don't they know the power of social media.
  25. Bennyboy320
    In a word NO, depends on your fuel, in HKG due to the price of fuel in certain Asian ports we carry return trip fuel or the max possible fuel load to be at MLW at the destination, with only 60 odd pax the 737 was pretty empty, hence being able to hold for a few hours, also the tracking sometimes relates to ATC radar vectoring you or the need to avoid weather.
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