I think the age gap is too large recreationally. Only young 3-axis students I see have a career in mind. Flying with oldies is not that attractive to them. Face it if we are doing a trip to the Rock we have to plan stops for our Bladders not necessarily fuel. Most young flyers look to Hang Gliding and Para-Gliding for our shared thrill. They will most likely migrate to 3-axis later in life.
So as not to drift on the Essendon Accident this Morning.
What are or aren't Town Planners thinking when they allow development up to Airfield boundaries without considering options for Pilots if the noise stops on takeoff. At Caboolture 06 or 12 are favoured as options exist but 24 and 30 offer virtually none. Unfortunately incidents like todays will more likely see the Airfield at risk even though the at least 3rd party damage/casualties (if any) are a direct result of failure of fore thought by Town Planning.
When the Mag arrived it was carried to its place of perusal 'the Toilet' where it was scanned 30+ times over the month. Hardly a dotted i missed scrutiny. I don't read the Mag anymore online or otherwise. Any information included in the publication from RAA just doesn't reach me.
All hand made and everything just fits in place. Funny, I have an old very functional "G" Clamp passed down from Dad etc. Looks just like the ones they used in the clip.
The news reports (I know I'm silly to believe em) classed the Mallad involved in yesterdays accident at Perth as a "Light Aircraft" but its a hell of a lot bigger than my Rag n Tube.
So where do you draw the line in description light Vs heavy
I had to take out a Marine Insurance for my PPC covering fire and theft but more importantly Transit. Eventually lost the Theft portion as they wanted the Locked Container (its home ) to be locked in a shed ???. After many years the value has reduced and now I couldn't be bothered.