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    Hi team a very simple question. I use my IPad as my primary flight device but last week flew a few circuits with only my IPhone. I have OzRunways installed on both devices, same account. The latest flight was logged on my IPhone but doesn’t show up in the flight log on my IPad. Can somebody explain how I might copy the last flights over to my IPad? Can I sync the two devices somehow, or do I need to export those flight logs? Could somebody explain how I do that? Thanks in advance Alan
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    Reporting an aviation incident -of sorts. The Boy and I were on our afternoon stroll along the airstrip when I noticed a tree fallen down directly onto a airstrip marker Gable, crushing it.. What are the chances of that? I will remove the tree and fix the Gable. They are hand-me-downs from RAAF Tindal so have some heritage significance. Who knows….I might even find time to go flying some time? Alan
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    For those of you that know this stuff… Do military aircraft operate on the same frequencies and ATC systems? Flying in the Top End I have had both fast jets and helicopter pass close to me/under me, and assume they didnt even know I was there. I was carrying ADSB but they weren’t on it… How would separation normally be maintained between a military helicopter and a commercial airliner? Alann
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    Yes this is all true. My 0320 would run fine on Mogas and I believe may be certified to do so. However, what Lycoming does not approve is switching intermittently between fuel types. I might do so in an emergency ( if no other fuel was available) but basically stick with Avgas. Incidentally, just from personal experience I find Avgas runs smoother and cleaner on various power tools around my property. The small two strokes prefer the lead lubrication and don’t get gummed up with all the aromatics and stabilisers they put in unleaded 98. Scaling up this observation to an aircraft engine, I assume it runs better on specialist aviation fuels. Have not personally experienced plug fouling with Avgas. Cheers Alan
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    Good point Skippy. But as I don’t use 98 unleaded in my Lycoming that’s of little interest to me…Will be more significant to those flying with Rotax or Jabiru motors… Alan
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    Hi Team I have a question. Every year I get repeat billed by the ‘Country Airstrip Guide’ people for their latest update. It isn’t cheap, (probably upwards of $50) and they don’t make it easy to unsubscribe. But as far as I can tell there are very few updates and differences year to year. So you keep paying for the same document on repeat. Furthermore, the ‘pilots touring guide’ that comes packaged in Ozrunways seems to contain virtually identical information and Ozrunways itself provides the airstrip diagrams. Can anybody explain to me what is the advantage of a subscription to the Country Airstrip guide? How does it compare with the pilot touring guide, and is it worth having both? Maybe there’s something I’m not getting… Cheers Alan
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    As a Territorian I must admit I find peoples fascination with crocodiles bewildering. Don’t you blokes have Brownsnakes and red back spiders? Do you try to eradicate them from the southern states? Crocodiles are the same. I have plenty living here on my property ( not marine crocs, granted) and am always pleased to see them. They are a species that has persisted millions of years virtually unchanged and no more deserve persecution by humans than we would deserve to be eradicated other species who could. Live and let live. Alan
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    Nev gotta say I disagree with some of that. The Top End is warm true, but when the job needs doing, you do it! My wife and I are currently in the middle of a tough concreting job, despite heat and humidity. I like to believe we are also capable of rationale thought, although possibly not to the same level of elevated intellect as you southern intelligentsia 🤣 Alan
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    Plenty of reasons to live here Nev. 🤣 Alan
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    That’s spectacular footage but I would personally be rather nervous flying so low with a two stroke behind me…
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    Really saddened I recall occaisional chats with Mark and remember him as a top bloke with a real passion for aviation and education.
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    This could well be somebody out of MKT on a Sunday. What a tragedy! Condolences to the friends and family of the fellow aviator we have lost… So many fatal accidents/incidents in the news lately… It’s disconcerting. Is this just the way these stories are being reported (e.g conflating different categories of aviation) or there something else…? A sad day Alan
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    Hi All Great, very instructive video. I hate to criticise, the emergency was well handled, but I thought the pilot landed very long at high speed. In a real off strip situation you probably want to glide at best rate to make of your touch down point, but then slow things up when you’re sure you’re in. I’ve had two engine out emergencies in real life flying, but am still learning. Helpful to see this exercise. Alan
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    Hi RGMWA sorry to hear about the inconvenience to your friend, but glad I’m not the only one afflicted. The irony is the Class 5 declaration was meant to streamline the process but I have spent three or four hours already trying to get one- and am still no nearer than when I started. This is just an IT bug, CASA public facing staff have been helpful, but I wish I’d just gone with my usual Class 2 basic now. Note to CASA (and all operators of automated public services). Please test the system thoroughly before launching! How on earth a Class 5 Declaration can result in direction to a DAME for a medical examination is completely beyond me! Class 5 and Class 1-2 should be on totally different systems. How did they become mixed up? Another automated system that gives endless trouble is that annual flight movements survey conducted by the department. I always have to send my data just as an email…. Sometimes they tell you to do that explicitly because the system is ‘down’ (yet again). But glad to read the system is working for many people. Gives me hope Alan
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    They’ve escalated my issue up to IT. They’ve been helpful but I’ve already applied three times and paid twice so not keen to apply again. I have one paid declaration logged in the system. They just don’t know why the certificate wasn’t issued. I hope they can just nudge that one along. Alan
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    Hi Turbo I'm describing my own experience. I do know how to use the system, order a pizza or an Uber. The Issue is clearly an IT problem and could happen to anybody. The platform delivering Class 5 declarations is still just a few weeks old and there are inevitable glitches. The CASA team were startled when I showed them the machine had sent me a DAME examination appointment. Remember it’s a Class 5 ‘self assessment’. It’s like the Robodebt computer sending a demand for cash to somebody who doesn’t owe any. It’s just a machine gone haywire… I have no problem with CASA. Alan
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    Those who have the Class 5 declaration, what does it actually look like? Anything like an actual medical certificate? My problems are being escalated in the CASA IT department. The staff are being helpful -but our AI overlords seem to have something against me… Alan
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    Passed test. It is an IT issue. On my second attempt the system mixed up my Class 5 Declaration with an application for Class 1 or 2 medical certificate and sent me to a DAME. I have a bizarre document from CASA requesting me to go get a medical to progress my Class 5 Declaration. The whole point of Class 5 is to streamline that part of the process. I don’t have any medical conditions. Alan
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    So this time, to avoid a full day journey into Darwin to see my medical man I took a punt on the new Class 5 declaration. Attempt 1: Went through the online process, paid my money then…… nothing. No certificate. Attempt 2: Went through the online process, pressed submit and got a message saying an appointment was being booked for me with an Aviation Medical Examiner! (as required for a Class 1 or Class 2). Unbelievable. I have just received an email from CASA confirming that I will need to go to a DAME for my Class 5. How is it possible that those two systems can be conflated? So I called CASA and spent an hour speaking to two lovely people who helped me the best they could. They could see my first application and payment -but couldn’t explain why a certificate hadn’t been issued. They could see my second errant application and killed it from the system as it was preventing me from getting back in. They told me to log back out and start over. Attempt 3: Went through the online process and paid a second time. ‘Error Occurred while processing your request. Contact CASA’. Have other people been through the Class 5 medical route? What have your experiences been? Cheers Alan
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    Hey all just been thinking about doing a little flying while on a trip down to Adelaide. I looked at some weather data for Aldinga strip and was startled to see the daily average wind speed at about 13 knots, with gusts of up to 50 knots. For somebody from the Top End this seems really high. I’m sure the strips are lined into wind, but I think my own aircraft maximum crosswind component is about 18 knots. I’m guessing flyers in Coastal South Australia must have mad crosswind skills! Is Aldinga really that windy? Or are there times when it is possible for a relatively benign flight? cheers Alan
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    Good point! So Group G is for the sick and the weary… They should call it Group W. Alan
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    Hi folks if the moderator thinks this thread should be moved into the other Group G discussion, no worries. I’m the owner of a VH reg aircraft, flying from my own home airfield. The Lycoming Rebel has MTOW of 760kg which means it’s eligible for Group G. Why should I be tempted to defect to Group G? What’s in it for me? Is CASA looking to divest itself of light aircraft operations completely in future? Is this the thin end of a wedge? What about aircraft rated for multiple passengers? I’m trying to get a clear view of the pros and cons of switching, and would be particularly interested to hear from other GA pilots in a similar position. Now that RAAUS has confirmed Group G rego will be numbers not VH letters I’m concerned about being relegated to second class citizen status by other traffic…😂 Cheers Alan
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    I didn’t want to say it…but somebody flying a Highlander STOL at low level down a shale river bed. You don’t need to be Trent Palmer to see where this was going… I love watching Trent’s videos. He seems a great pilot and obviously has great video production skills -but I would never fly that way myself. I live out bush and fly from a strip on my own property with a STOL aircraft. I was doing a Flight Review a couple of years ago and the bloke says to me “lets go down to below 500ft to practice low flying. I bet you do that all the time at your place” I flew the 172 down to just above the trees and told the bloke “I never do this at my place or anywhere else, it’s nuts!” I go low over the trees when I land and that’s the only time I want to do it…. It’s actually pretty scary when you think about. Alan
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    Hi folks! This tragedy afflicting a fellow aviator is all the worse due to the death of a young child… condolences to the family and friends of this fellow pilot and passenger. That said, there are a few basic questions that can be asked around the circumstances of this accident. As previously noted, barring a loss of power flight into wires away from an aviation landing area would imply flight below 500ft AGL. Yes, that river bank looks pretty smooth and potentially landable. But deliberately carrying a young child into such a potentially dangerous situation would be more than just poor airmanship, it would be bad adulthood ( I won’t say parenthood because we don’t know the relationship between pilot and child). This has been a disaster. Flying is risky and we all do what we can to mitigate those risks for ourselves, for our fellow pilots, our passengers and those on the ground. Hopefully more will be learned about this tragedy and the lessons of it will be shared. cheers Alan
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    Murphy Rebel is cavernous Alan
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