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There you go Captain. Really I think everyone should try to accept RA is finished. Why, because of the law suit and the ones that follow will give RA no choice but to file for bankruptsy. Its pretty obvious CASA audited RA because of the law suit and found a complete mess which tells me they will probably lose. Then all the other widows out there will jump on the band wagon leaving RA no choice. The Board and management of RA are part timers really using RA as a stepping stone for something better,really what did you expect. RA isnt paying all that much to keep anyone who knows there stuff and would want whats best for the organisation. We live in a world of greed and selfishness peoples. If I owned a aircraft id be registering it GA and getting a GA licence. If you want to keep flying. Id be surprised if RA is still around in 6 months to a year.

http://www.flamingoair.net/mile-high-club-romantic-flights There you go stud muffin. Better be quick but,only got an hour to wine,dine,do the business then have that cigarette before they kick ya both out. LOL

I think the public should be able to find out accident causes so people can learn from others mistakes, or may use a LAME instead of reading some books or using hear-say and doing specialised work on their aircraft that might affect the airworthyness of the aircraft just to save a few bucks. All our rules and regs were payed for in blood so I dont understand why RA doesnt do the same as CASA safety magazine and make public when appropiate the findings. If someone reads something and changes their mind and it saves their life then its a successfull outcome. Education is a good thing, RA cone of silence on this and other internal issues really is unnecessary in my opinion.

You will need a PPL for more then 1 passenger. If your interested in buying a plane get it before training and pay for the instructer only which should save a few bucks, Maybe ? If it was me id get a 3 seater and aerobatic like the Fugi so you can have a cruiser for journeys and a aerobatic plane for the afterwork excitement.

Flying in Perth, Superlight Aircraft Club at Bindoon has just about everything.(only fly on weekends due to Millitary Airspace). You Have microlights and 3 axis at Whitegum Farm at York You have the Ultralight Flyers club at Callingri ( Drifters. Rag And Tube) again in Millitary airspace. Western Microlight Club in Bunbury. There the main ones.

Yeah i saw that one before. All they say is they supplied GPS results to RA Investigators,not an actual finding. There must be something available as RA have been responseable for recreational accident investigations for years but I am unable to find conclusion reports.

Does anyone know how to find outcomes from RA investigated accidents. The actual one im wondering about was a fatality in Dec 2007 from Bindoon 2 people in a Sportstar 24-4148. Some say the wing came off,some say the prop came off. Anyone know more ?

Sounds like a great day. You Queenslanders are lucky with all the fly-ins. Nearly one every weekend. Did you get any pictures.

It is a worry about RA and how the organisation is being run. When you consider that we are only allowed to fly while RA is alive because we have a pilot certificate,not a licence so if you discontinue your membership you lose your right to fly as well as most people in RA positions are part time employees or have other interests which take up alot of their time so they cannot dedicate their time to RA issues and to ensure everything is correct. That includes all the people in high level positions,as well as this law suit at the moment and the others who are waiting to sue after seeing what happens with the law suit in question might mean that a CASA recreational licence and GA registered aircraft a safer option perhaps. Chris

From what I understand from another another site is that CASA did an audit on RA and found the paperwork incorrect or incomplete on LSA which have been imported from overseas. RA was told to get this sorted before another CASA audit 2 months later. RA has'nt been able to show the results CASA wanted so CASA has shut RA down untill all this mess is sorted. Some of the LSA imported are not to Australian Factory built standard and other manufactures have bought aircraft over in kit form which have been built in Australia by the distributer and sold as a factory built aircraft. Aparently this is illegal, they must come over factory built. From what i have read this is a massive stuff up with the paper work and the understanding of what is factory built and what is not and CASA cannot turn a blind eye. Untill the paper work is up to speed and the rogue aircrafts are discovered i suppose the fleet will remain grounded.

oh dear, The aircraft is in the latest RA mag for sale.

Very lucky boy. Nothing but tiger country all around there,as well as flying low due to controlled airspace. Pretty scary 80km trip till you get to York and paddocks hey.

I would be calling Jabiru,sending the engine to them for a complete strip and inspection (at their cost) and they can report to you whether the engine failed due to incorrect maintanence or other reasons. Only then will you know the reason for the failure. It is a worry why these engines ar'nt making 400 hours,most second hand planes for sale have a new engine fitted at some stage. Does'nt look good for Jabiru, but if the aircraft is maintained incorrectly by the owner then one could understand. I know that this is not the case for you because you must use a lame. I guess the only way you will find out if your engine is being maintained correctly is if you have Jabiru do the strip down and report. Chris

And if there,s no ocean where there once was one then head for the hills real quick.

Well how do all the council,CALM,Station strips get away with it. White crosses, hmm, what if you damage your aeroplane at your own strip, your in hospital, the assesor see's white crosses that would = no payout I would imagine. Probably not a good idea.