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  1. Bennyboy320
    100% correct, read the latest info from the FlyDubai crash in Russia.
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    It's not that simple, there are operational alternates & commercial alternates, in this case getting the a/c & pax to MEL would of been a more sensible option & I'm sure its the commercial alternate, also we don't know but the crew may have been out of duty hours & unable to operate once at Launceston, no engineering support etc, lots of variables.
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    On the bottom right hand side of the web page you can select the altitude ranging from surface all the way up to the flight levels.
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    It's an excellent site, heading off to work in a while for a 2:30am departure from HKG-BUS, just seeing if a circling approach will be required, not this morning according to the wind map, I also use the long term predictions to see if any typhoons are heading our way to see if we need to pack up all our outdoor furniture & plants, in Australia I agree much better & more accurate than the BOM site, all they seem to do is put out severe wx warnings at the hint of a cloud to cover their butts.
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    Thanks to all the PM's about an L2, one name kept on coming up, very respected & highly regarded as an L2, I have contacted him already & he is more than happy to look after my future Foxbat, so this thread can be closed. Kind regards, Bennyboy320
  6. Bennyboy320
    Hi SrPilot, went with orange which is now a standard color so no need to pay extra for it, having flown the Airbus for the last 17 years I love the side side concept & find the Foxbat very similar & natural to fly, as I said before all that Yuri needs to do is add a sliding tray table:laugh:, gone with tundra tyres & steam driven round dials, the last thing I want is glass & an auto pilot, I have to use them most days to pay the bills, this is flying for FUN, already have my build date confirmed, also opted for the BRS, having flown fighters in a previous life I & my wife like that last ditch survival guarantee of the silk letdown if required, been renting one for the last few years at Caboolture so only have about 30 hours on type so far but I love it, tried to upload a photo but its beyond my skill level.
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    Just starting to do my research, I have ordered a Foxbat with delivery in August, the a/c will be based in Caboolture & I was hoping to get some help from the folks up here in finding a competent Rotax/Foxbat savy L2 to maintain my a/c. I am aware of the list of L2’s on the RAA web site, however I also know that with 35 years of aviation behind me that a personal recommendation speaks volumes. If possible please PM me rather than giving out names on a public forum, your help is much appreciated. Bennyboy320
  8. Bennyboy320
    Outstanding result & no other option when flying over a built up area with no large open fields. Personally I have just ordered a Foxbat & am getting the BRS fitted to it, worth it's weight in gold, always nice to have options when things go pear shaped.
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    It’s definitely not as easy as it looks, as a checkie I get the second officers with a total of 250 hours for their first 12 sectors after ground school, simulator conversion & base training, thats 12 sectors on revenue flights, the main problem area for them is below 200ft, i.e. fear of ground rush, not maintaing the aim point & wanting to land outside of the touch down zone, late or now flare & trying to put the landing gear through the wings due aim point fixation or over flaring & ballooning as the select idle thrust, so there’s a very small window to correct the errors or take over, at least in the airbus we have auto thrust, add the workload of manual thrust into the equation & its not going to be pretty, fortunately most get it but some don’t & have to find another line of work, so expecting your average PPL to land it MMMMM.
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    Pearo & Geoff you're teasing me, have not done any REAL flying since June:crying:
  11. Bennyboy320
    Great photos PommyRick, how did you get that big passenger ship to disappear in photo 1 & 3.
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    So stay below cloud & in the circuit & land, why would you want to fly on a crapy day you described, good day to tinker in the hangar or spin waries at the aero club.
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    How about common sense & a realization that if you take silly risks you will die, its not rocket science, don't fly when the weather is crapy i.e. low cloud & strong winds, even if you can't read a TAF or Metar look out outside & NEVER fly below 500ft agl, even when you are at 500ft study your map for those nasty high tension power lines & radio station antennas, they will ruin your day.
  14. Bennyboy320
    Lesson learned, hopefully all of you with autopilots & sky view EFIS will think twice about flying IMC when not qualified, or ridge running.
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    I always go onto the Bad Elf web site, they put out statements reference the status of apple updates & if they affect their product, the system I use is similar, so to answer your question, its a GO.
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    I dragged this comment of mine form a previous thread. "Guys I'm going to comment with my Instrument Rating Examiners hat on, "don't get yourself into a situation where you may go IMC even for a short time," even if you have all that sky view stuff fitted to your a/c you will kill yourself, it's only a matter of time, no one mentions icing conditions eg OAT on the ground or TAT in the air of 10 degrees or less, I know most RAA a/c have no pitot heating, once IMC what then, what's the MSA or GRID MORA that you are going to decent to to get VMC again? if you loss situational awareness what then, are you in a position that you can declare a MAYDAY in a radar environment & get radar vectors to cloud break etc, if in a non radar environment you're ####ed, it's only a matter of time before you smear yourself & pax into the ground, at least spend your money on a BRS rather than having all these displays & thinking your capable & qualified to us them."
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    Just looking at the AVGAS prices on Ozrunways, now that oil is approaching US$28 a barrel or about 75% lower than its hey day the average AVGAS price has only gone down 5% in AUD, taking into account the plummeting value of the AUD its still a rip off.
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    Way back in the early 80's I flew the Tiger Moth at the RNAC, when doing the conversion I was taught their way of swinging the prop for an engine start, you would stand behind the prop next to the engine bay, with one hand on the hand hold on the engine cowl & the other on the prop, this way even if you slipped you couldn't fall into the prop, image that, they taught (TEM) threat error management & common sense BEFORE it was an official course & subsequent exam. Bring back the 80's were sex was safe (pre AIDS) & flying was fun.
  19. Bennyboy320
    Me too, love my job but could give up the Airbus for the Foxbat tomorrow, just need to win lotto to fund my retirement, only 9 years 8 months 23 days to go.
  20. Bennyboy320
    It's NOT SMOG.
  21. Bennyboy320
    To the board of BP, thanks for passing on the price cut to avgas as the price of oil has reduced by around 50% in the last year, gotta love completion, let's hope we see mogas at regional airports soon, i.e. The preferred fuel for Rotax engines.
  22. Bennyboy320
    We just request the latest METAR which is usually updated every 30 mins for enroute alternates or airports you can use as a divert incase of an emergency as well as the DATIS when in the air to build SA (situational awareness), you plan your fuel & alternates on the TAF during flight planning. As far as area forecasts go the airlines don't use them.
  23. Bennyboy320
    Just download everything in the Australia region & you will always have the required information available to you, my iPad is wifi only, has never been a problem.
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    What's the lever with the blue golf ball for? Nice photos BTW.
  25. Bennyboy320
    There is nothing better as well as pathetic watching a squirming polly grovel & fight for their political survival & keep the noses in the tax payer troff in a marginal seat, they promise the moon, if the same number of greenies can force change so should we.
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