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People are illogical creatures. If you offer a winner the option of say a dinner for two valued at $100 at a particular restaurant and a $100 cash, a high percentage of people will take the dinner even though the cash would be more useful. You could even use it at any other restaurant or anything else but they still take the prize because they like the idea of getting something exciting that they wouldn't have ordinarily bought. For this reason, I dont think that the exact choice of aircraft is as important as you think it is. As Ben says they can always sell it and buy something else. I do think though that you could try to sell tickets to the general public. As discussed above there are only about 20,000 to 40,000 pilots in australia distributed all over the place and so you might be lucky to get 5% to commit. If you were at an airshow like Wing over Illawarra or Avalon and could convince the organisers to support you with a stall and have the aircraft on display. You might be able to convince the aircraft manufacturer that this publicity is worth at least another $10k discount.... You might be able to sell to 10% of the people through the gates as well as the pilot population? Much bigger audience. Whether right or wrong Jabiru have copped some bad publicity and so in the general public's mind might be a great choice.

I think that how many tickets I would but would be more related to the choice of charity and not so much the aircraft. If say it was to raise money for Angel flight then I would happily buy 5 tickets at $50. Some other "charities" I would not buy anything. As an aircraft suggestion, something like a tiger moth could work well. It is recognised by non flyers and is something a lot of people would like to have bit would never buy themselves...

The EAA have a raffle every year at Oshkosh. A few years ago the prize was a beautiful Boeing stearman. It had been magnificently restored and looked great. I think they get an old aircraft and restore it every year with lots of volunteer labour. The money raised goes to support their young eagles program. They sell tickets at Oshkosh and don't have trouble selling lots. People were queued up 3 deep like a bar in the CBD on a Friday night when I was there. It was more a donation than real chance of winning but I bought a ticket just in case....

Here is the CASA form. https://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjUoMDMgZjOAhVKjpQKHXz4Do0QFggbMAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.casa.gov.au%2Ffile%2F138806%2Fdownload%3Ftoken%3DfKKfWri6&usg=AFQjCNFBVc1Qfhps67Byc0xRPimOYmvv2A&sig2=bAjtnF-vWPAIQXW9j7szqQ&bvm=bv.128617741,d.dGo

In the GA world in this situation you can get a special flight permit to allow the aircraft to be flown to where it can get the maintenance. That way you could fly it 2 hours south to the L2 to get the paperwork done. Does such a thing exist for RAAus? I wonder if that could be a solution in this instance if the alternative paperwork reviews take too long to do?..

Welcome to the forum. I can't help you with your specific queries as I don't know the Jodel but there are some knowledgeable people on here who will be able to help you I am sure. There is a SAAA chapter in Albany, perhaps someone from the local chapter could help you or come for a visit.

In an engine failure situation any pilot trying to find a horn switch, wire to pull or window latch to shout "fore" out of is far more likely to botch the emergency situation, stall and spin in. Keep it simple guys. Airspeed, Landing Area, Restart, secure the engine/aircraft. (or whatever version of this you have been taught) Do you think that the glider pilot in the video posted on this site a few days ago would have handled the situation as well as he did if he was reaching for a horn?

go victor 1 and enjoy the view?

Yenn, I was basing my guess on the photo at the ABC news link here, Pilot in serious condition after light plane crash at Bridport, which shows the rego as VH-BWI. The CASA register search shows this as a EAB Europa with and engine made by "ROTEC ENGINES PTY LTD" and the type is "912". As you point out I suspect that there is an error here as that data is inconsistent.

I wonder what engine type. From the CASA register the engine manufacturer is listed as "ROTEC ENGINES PTY LTD" and the type is "912". I wonder if they mean rotax?

I had about 45 hours in the logbook after doing the licence test. 10-12 hours of flying time per week is about as much as you can reasonably take in. By the time you do a good briefing, preflight the aircraft, fly for an hour to an hour and a half, refuel, tie the aircraft down have a chat with the instructor about what you did and what you need to improve on, this is a 3 hour slot. 2 slots per day, one morning and one afternoon.

I was at it "full time". I was probably flying about 4 -5 days per week but it wasn't like these were planned days off. They were when the weather was bad or the aircraft needed maintenance. Some days it was only an hour of circuits. I had an instructor who was flexiable and if we couldn't do something because the weather as bad he would regig the syllabus to do other things. For instance I was ready to go solo but there were a few days where the cross wind was too high. Rather than not fly we did a dual cross country. That meant that when I went solo it was only a few days later and I was going solo cross country. When I wasn't flying during the day I was reading up on the theory and reading over the next lessons, reviewing what I had learnt earlier. I think that what I did was at the extreme end of fast and only put it out there as a data point to compare to. It is possible to learn to fly in a short time but it helps if you are keen, young and committed.

I did my PPL in 5 weeks from first flight to license test. I was available to fly every day the was instructor/aircraft/weather.

Anyone heard any more about this? The website Ozkosh.com.au has been pretty static for awhile with coming soon. It's only a few months to go... I hope all is well.

For the firewall also consider the rivets used to hold it on. There is no point having a SS firewall if you use aluminium rivets. You can either protect the with proseal ( or even better 3M FIREBARRIER 2000+) or use steel ones. In the overall scheme of things the extra weight of the steel rivets is small.

I have seen a glider trailer driven quite some distance and fact that it wasn't connected only became apparent when someone stood on the back of the trailer to get the fuselage out. The standard ball hitch isnt fail safe as the clip can prop it up.

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Sean, To help get you started, I have taken JG3's list and separated out the ones listed as "fly in resort" Fly in Accomodation Some places to add: Corynnia Station Home - Corynnia Station Lat South 34 degrees 12.87, Long East 145 degrees 33.09. Eldee Station Eldee Station | Silverton Accommodation| Farm Stays NSW | Outback Station Stay| Silverton NSW Outback Station | Silverton Caravan Park | Mundi Mundi Plains 31.40'10.00S, 141.15'34.75E Marble Island Not a resort as such but your own private island http://www.marbleisland.com.au/ S21.58.8 E150.09.6

I am reminded of this cow-aircraft "incident"

The impact of the firewall into the soil is a very important factor in the crash worthiness of an aircraft. In many accidents into soft soil the firewall digs in resulting rapid deceleration of the occupants. This can be the difference between walking away with some bruises and death. You may have seen video of some of the full scale testing nasa did on old GA aircraft using a pendulum type apparatus into the ground. The learning from that testing has been compiled into the Crashworthiness design guide at the link below. Have a read of section 6.8 http://www.niar.wichita.edu/agate/Documents/Crashworthiness/WP3.4-034043-036.pdf

Many of the warbirds are in the "Limited" category under the administration of Australian Warbirds. This allows them to give "adventure" rides that are not ermitted under the experimental category. See: Australian Warbirds Association - AWAL The aircraft described in the Original post is not a warbird and so the categories of registration available to those aircraft are not available to this one.

In Australia there are 2 ways of flying small aircraft, as CASA registered or RAAus registered. To be CASA registered an aircraft must either be factory built to an approved standard or be an Experimental Amaturer Built aircraft. The approved standards are limited but your friends aircraft might be designed to such a standard. To fly it he would need a CASA issued pilots license, either a full PPL or or a Recreational Pilot License. To go down this path would likely need a fair bit of work done to get the initial registration and airworthiness paperwork done, but once done there is no ongoing annual registration costs. Maintenance would need to be done by an Licensed Aircraft Maintenance engineer (LAME) unless it is amaturer built and he is the builder. RAAus(Home - RAA) is an organization that administers the light end of recreational flying. It allows a wider range of factory built aircraft standards and would have less work to get the initial registration and paperwork done. Amatuer built aircraft can not be used for training/hire while factory built aircraft can. The MTOW for aircraft registered by RAAus is currently 600kg but there are ongoing attempts to increase this. Registration has an annual fee but maintenance can be done by the owner if not used for training/hire, otherwise maintenance can be done by a "L2". To fly it will require a pilot certificate issued by RAAus. RAAus aircraft are day vfr only and cannot be used for aerobatics. To access controlled airspace you need both a RAAus pilot certificate and a PPL. It is likely that the RAAus path is the easiest for your friend. Nobody

Which Sensenich prop do you have. The ones on the RV-12 have metal leading edges and according to their website these ones for the Jabiru engines do too. Perhaps you could see if they can add them on, or keep the hub and get new blades. Sensenich Propellers - Products - Propellers - Aircraft - 2 Blade Jabiru 3300 Ground Adjustable Propeller