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  1. tellerto
    Hello Trevor You are welcome to visit the Gold Coast Sports Flying Club at Norwell, where we operate RAAUS and small GA aircraft. Drop in and introduce yourself on a Saturday morning, or google GCSFC for more info. We also have a 24-reg Sling 2 on line for hire to club members. Cheers, Tim Ellerton, Secretary.
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    There's an Aeronca for hire or training at AirSport, YBOA.
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    AOPA page says town is 2NM SSW. Mobile coverage works. Taxi 131008, then there's the choice of Border Motel, Goondiwindi Motel, MacIntyre Motel, Town House Motor Inn, Pioneer Motor Inn, plus others. Maybe try Trip Advisor? Fuel: Lowes Petroleum Services 46762007, AVGAS Bowser (but local card only, no Carnet card). Suggest you ring them for detail / alternatives. Other details are in the ERSA. Hope this helps.
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    Not quite, Nightmare. You're referring to an earlier incident for that aircraft. Instead, open your ASN link and click on the "Aircraft Type" and look at the most recent incident, at the bottom of the list. Same PH-YCM plane, but another EFATO and very recent. By the time he turned around he was still at 375M (1200 feet) according to the path they've tracked. (Their trace cuts out at low altitude, but it appears he ended up much further east, in the overshoot of RWY07). And if you look at the video very closely, he's left his landing gear extension quite late too....
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    Tasmag I went to Caboolture Aero Dynamic on Aerodrome Road. The CFI / Operator is Bryan Carpenter, and he employs another couple of instructors. My experience with them was fine - they certainly knew their stuff yet had an easy-going style in the cockpit. If you can demonstrate reasonable proficiency in flying, air law and BAK you'll be fine and will have your RPL endorsement quick-smart and at a reasonable cost. Their C172's weren't exactly new, but were functional.
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    Parkway - for what it's worth I agree with Ryan above. I recently got my RPL upgrade (from RA-AUS RPC) with 4.4 hours training in a C172 at Caboolture. That included the mandatory 2 hrs instrument training (which was the best, most educational part) and flight into their nearby CTA. There was an exam, with a focus on W&B, but nothing harder than what you've probably already done in RA-Aus assessment, especially if you've used the Bob Tait BAK and PPL textbooks. It cost me a tad over $1500 plus the CASA and ASIC fees. I already had done my English Proficiency assessment, and also had an existing Class 2 Medical. Satisfying CASA's paperwork challenge (and then waiting for them to process it) was arguably the hardest part. I suggest that if you stick with the same GA school, then upgrading from RPL to a PPL will be equally straightforward, and might require just another 8 ~10 hrs. Go for it- it's easier and cheaper than you might think. And shop around - one Brisbane GA school quoted me 12~15 hrs at Dual rate just for the RPL, plus paid exams - a ripoff if your'e already reasonably proficient as an RAAUS graduate pilot.
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    AussieBird just be wary about some of these cheap USB power supplies - they can set up a whistle in your comms. They use a very basic switchmode power supply to drop 12v to the required 5v, which can generate RF noise in nearby audio equipment - like your radio. I've found that plug-in 12v-to-USB cigarette plug adapters from reputable brands like Apple and Samsung are fine, but the cheap chinese generic units are often noisy and unsuited to a plane. But at $12 maybe it's worth a try....
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    Stumbled upon a CASA page today (uncertain date) that said that the minimum screen size of an EFB is 200 mm diagonal, and that smartphones are NOT appropriate for aviation navigation.
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    Yesterday I flew a 700NM round trip using RWY on my 5.5" Galaxy S7, for the first time. Being new to this technology I found it was brilliant. It was mounted at dash level to my left, via a suction cap stuck to the windscreen. My co-pilot ran his 10" tablet at the same time, but I was happy just using the smartphone for the whole flight. Everything was legible, zooming in / out was simple, as was changing the map bases underneath the magenta line. I also pulled up NAIPS and Willy Weather mid flight, to check on the latest conditions at our destination - very handy. I had planned the flight on the phone the day before, so was pretty much ready for the CTA steps, radio changes and conflicts. I carried paper maps too, plus my handwritten flight plan and airstrip mud maps, but could have just as easily jumped to the ERSA diagrams on the phone. I'd say paper maps and flight plans are easier to scan at a glance, but they are often cumbersome and a pain to re-fold while distance flying. I'm likely to get my own 8" or 10" tablet as a back-up, but was happy with how well the big smartphone did the job. I needed to keep it charged, via cable to the ship supply, and we carried a second battery brick. My phone battery would not have lasted the whole 7 hours - I'm guessing full-time GPS usage chews through the power.
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    Thanks Yenn. Actually I learned in Jabs at YBAF but they all got smashed in that November '14 storm - and then they were banned from secondary aerodromes by CASA anyway. That's when Pathfinder sourced the lovely low-wing Slings, and I've never looked back. Hoping to someday rustle up some syndicate partners to operate a Sling out of YHEC. In the meantime my Class 2 medical and RPC allows me to use AF with PAX outside of tower hours.
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    That's not quite correct - PathFinder Aviation does provide private hire of their aircraft to suitable qualified pilots - as I've been doing for the past 18 months.....
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    That'll be Errol van Rensberg (Global Aviation Products). His Slings are just great, but sadly for me are beyond my budget to buy outright - so I've had to make do by hiring one from Pathfinder regularly. And thanks Dazza, I have now made contact with Gareth.
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    Hello. I'm a low hours RAAus graduate pilot, on the Gold Coast. I've joined GCSFC out at Heck Field (Jacob's Well), and I'm looking for a share partner or partners in owning a 24-registered low-wing aircraft, preferably based at Heck Field. I particularly enjoy flying the Sling2, but alternative 2-seaters like an Aero Bristell, Faeta, Roko Via, Texan, Alpi Pioneer etc would do nicely, if relatively new. Anyone looking for a partner?
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