Geoff13

I hope to be there mate it is on the list.

Someone left her out after the open day on Sunday so I thought that I might take the chance to stage a shot or two.

IMHO a huge measure of success is if the traders want to come back next year. If the traders come both aviation and food, then it is likely that the people will come. Likewise if the people come, then it is likely that the traders will as well. As for location, it is a flyin. So long as there is enough hard bed accommodation for those who want it then where it is shouldn't really matter. For those who do not want to fly in then it needs to be near enough to and RPT airport with suitable accommodation/car hire. I think Narromine in association with Dubbo just about covers that. As I say just my opinion but the one time I landed at Narromine, I thought it was a beautiful little town and lets face it the people in the country could do with some of our dollars.

So are you going to the Murgon Breakfast on Saturday?

Agree AE. I am not in the least worried by the age mix. When I look at FTF's and available hangar space I think that the sports involved in aviation must be reasonably healthy.

They didn't have a problem ruling out over 50% of RAA training fleet a few months ago.

I don't. Look at the FTF's around. Yes there may not be a lot of young people coming into our sport, but there are still a lot of middle aged people who are finding that they now have the funds to pursue childhood dreams. many FTF's are fully booked on most weekends. It may not be a young mans sport but it is still attracting new people.

I am interested in this discussion. Having been on several committees in the past I certainly understand the concept of decision making, commercial in confidence etc. From what I have seen since joining RAAus I believe that in general the board are doing a very good job. And by all accounts it is far better than in the recent past, but not having seen that I can't really comment on it. One area of real concern that I do see is the "perception" that the board is not communicating (both listening and talking to)with its members. Whether that is correct or not I am not going into here but if the perception is that they are not listening or talking to the members then they really are on a slippery slope to oblivion. Members want two way communication and successful boards and committees not only provide that but are easily seen to provide it. Just my humble observation. As I say it is a perception of non communication. It does not matter what we had before it is what the members see now that matters. Personally I think the board have opened up some very good lines of communication since I have joined and I have personally seen it on more than one occasion. But in the end it is what the member perceive that will matter.

I am glad you love seeing airplanes above you Geoff. I have flown my Hanuman within glide of either your field or Caboolture for more than 20 hours over the last 3 weeks. Glad that I am not upsetting you. And honestly all my emergency drills have me applying power above 500 ft. And I certainly fly away from any and all businesses and residences especially the chicken farms when I do practice emergencies in that area.

Last time I looked we were a non profit accosiation here for the benefit of the members. If we are non profit and we are actually not competeing for business, then how commercial in confidence can things be?

Yes but theirs do not go at 9.9 times the speed of light. As we all know even Star Trek could not achieve Warp 10.

Well I now have 25 hours up on her. The ASI is now accurate up to 50 knots so still a bit of work to do but I am sure that I will get it right eventually. Stalling at 35 knots clean but it does tend to drop the left wing a little. Reasonably easy to get on the ground inside 300' when I do everything right. I have solved the right wing down problem and it is flying hands off at around 80 - 85 knots cruise. Climbs at 1200 feet per minute at 65 knots, I have not been game to try climbing at the recommended 54 knots yet but will try that at height and see how it goes. (at 65 knots it feels like I am laying on my back) But 1200 fpm is about 3 times better than I ever got with the Jabiru motor. The next thing is to do a 25 hour service. In fact I intend to give it another 100 hourly for my own piece of mind. That is monday's job. Then I intend to remove all the quick release pins for the folding wings and fit tighter fitting bolts. That is only for my own piece of mind and not for any real reason. I am just not 100% comfortable with the current setup. After that I will be happy to take her anywhere. At this stage i have not ever deployed the third stage of flaps. To be honest I don't think I really know why it would need three stages but they are there so I will give it a go sometime. Todays flight was pure indulgence. Last year I was camping at the Gympie muster when I got my RPC and I promised myself that this year I would fly over the site in my own plane. Today I did that. Then I flew to Nanango with some friends 5 other planes in all for some go cart racing, then on to Watts Bridge for their flyin. I remember as I landed at Nanango and taxied up to one of my former instructors, I commented that I love my little plane. Well I do and I can see her and I doing many hours together. I have further plans but at this point in my journey to the clouds I am one very happy owner driver. So from Hanuman, the Monkey God fly high and fly well and may all your landings be soft.

Interesting I feel that they have in part given me the ability to live my childhood dream. Admittedly with some small effort from me.

Once someone comes up with the concept, it is only matter of time until we see the reality. Except maybe Warp drive, I do not think I will live long enough to see warp drive.

Let me tell you something for free. When you lose sight of your instruments because of smoke, it is very difficult to tell whether your plane is on fire or not. In fact that day I was not certain that the aircraft was not on fire until I was standing beside the fire officer on the ground. And yes you are correct we were about as lucky as anyone can be considering the proximity of the fuel to the source of the smoke, but that does not change the fact that the first priority in that or any similar situation is to get on the ground quickly.

Been there done that. Short answer is that all you want to do is get down as quickly as possible. The last thing you want is something impeding your downward journey. Had I had a Ballistic chute that day I would not have used it and had my pax tried to I would have happily chopped her hands off. Admittedly I was at 5900' not 3000 but the ground was at 1500' so the net difference was not far from your scenario.

In the case of an in flight fire if I was capable of getting the aircraft down to 300', I would be landing it. You will land it in less time than the parachute will get you down. 1. What if the fire burns through the chute harness. It has stopped your forward motion and then detaches. 2. In the case of an in flight fire believe me when I say all you want to do is get on the ground as quickly as possible.

I was admiring her taxi out as I was heading for my plane to leave by the time that I had started up and started to taxi, it was blocking the taxiway and I was diverted around it. Suffice to say that the pilot got out uninjured which is the main thing.

Oh for crying out loud we are not voting for sheep stations and by the sound of it the interest is minuscule anyway. Maybe if there were as many voters as there are whingers things would be better, not that I am unhappy anyway.

This touches on two other threads, One is about circuits. You just need to fly at Caboolture for a couple of days and you will see people flying over trees/houses in the circuit that they can't glide clear of. (There is no need but they do it anyway). And the other thread, I bet that the lady who's husband/PIC passed out would have love to have had a big red handle at some stage during her descent.

I am going weather permitting. Flying the Hanuman. So happy with my little plane right now. Took her out and did a lap around Cape Moreton Lighthouse today.

Under ideal conditions with a pilot sticking to exact numbers and balance. In reality I wouldn't want to be that far out. I have had an instructor pull power on me when I got a touch to far out and reaction time can take a lot of that 1.3 theoretical nm off you in a big hurry. I like to keep the runway/threshold about 1/2 to 3/4 up the strut in a highwing (of course each one is different) and that normally gets me in quite safely without power.

Cool thank you. I will be very interested to see how you find it after you have had some time in it. I came within a whisker of probably buying that one but am now very happy with the way I decided to go. I see you are in Rosebud West, is that the one in Victoria?

Is that the one from down Ballarat way? I looked very closely at that one before deciding on my Hanuman.

Don't shoot me down if I am wrong because I am certainly not an aeronautical engineer, but I assume that it is to create a low pressure area below and behind the engine bay to draw the air through the bay. Without that I suspect that the air coming in the front would hit the firewall and create a high pressure area that would prevent good airflow.