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  1. Happyflyer
    Your assumption is wrong but if you look at the picture and use your imagination you might see that I might have been 500 ft AGL 1000 metres down wind.
  2. Happyflyer
    What a pity over the top bureaucracy has again curtailed flying in Australia. A few years ago I dropped in at West Wyalong airport. It is a "security controlled airport" and was as dead as an airport can get. Someone had solved the gate code problem by putting some thing in the lock to jam it open. Ceduna has a good system where you make up your own code on the inside of the gate to open it and it remembers your code to let you back in (if you remember it).
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    Wow, wind turbines do draw them out of the woodwork. I regularly fly near wind farms. Sometimes down wind at wind turbine height. I have never felt more than the normal amount of mechanical turbulence that would be expected when downwind of any structure. I have walked under them and have not seen one dead bird. A quick search of credible web sites shows that for every bird that is killed by a wind turbine, 5000 birds are killed by flying into windows and other man made structures. I have not heard of one farmer who is making money from them catching the mysterious wind turbine sickness. I haven't seen the grass dying on the downwind side of wind turbines from lack of rain either. I would suggest 99 percent of rain falls from cloud higher than the wind farms. How they magically stop it raining down wind would be a mystery to me. More likely the down wind farmer is jealous of the upwind farmer who is getting paid to have the wind farm and will say anything to get "compensation".
  4. Happyflyer
    Merimbula is where the CASA ASIC team is. They obviously need top security. Imagine what damage the terrorists could do around the world with Aussie ASICs!
  5. Happyflyer
    It's not a question of you or me, it's what the insurance company and coroner will make of it. I think the type endorsement requirement in the new ops manual is wrong, people should be make aware of it and lobby for a change.
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    Unfortunately they go deeper that that. Type also takes into account handling characteristics. RAAus Ops have stated that if you learnt on a J160 you would need a type endorsement to fly say a Savannah. Common sense to get checked out on different aircraft but they have removed the ability of experienced pilots (say CFIs) to self endorse. Definition of type from ops manual is below. In my opinion this will come back to bite if an incident occurs and a pilot has not been formally type endorsed as per the ops manual. Don't take my word for it, ask Ops. Aeroplane Type Aeroplane undercarriage configuration, design features, flight envelope (e.g. high drag/low drag and considerations of inertia), stall speeds and normal/emergency handling characteristics as designated by the manufacturer.
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    Unfortunately RAAus (unlike GA) have seen fit to make type endorsement (based on handling characteristics) compulsory in the latest RAAus Ops manual. See below. RAAus OPS MANUAL SECTION 2.01.5 Endorsements based on aeroplane characteristics TYPE TRAINING 13. No Pilot Certificate holder shall operate a recreational aeroplane as pilot in command without having demonstrated competency on Type. Aeroplane Type Training must be undertaken with an RA-Aus Examiner who holds the respective aeroplane group and type. The RA-Aus Examiner is required to make an entry into the pilot’s logbook detailing confirmation of the training undertaken and achievement of competency in accordance with Section 2.02 of this manual. Note: Logbook entries showing a minimum of 2 hours pilot in command of an aeroplane type recorded prior to Issue 7 of this manual will be accepted as evidence of appropriate type training for that aeroplane.
  8. Happyflyer
    Self serve fuel. Credit card ok.
  9. Happyflyer
    I don't see how a vent can siphon unless it the vent extends down into the fuel. We would have to know more about your system. I have heard of fuel leaks from over full tanks. Over filling with cold fuel on a hot day could see the fuel expand and over fill. Flying out of balance could see fuel transferring to the lower tank. Fuel return line going to the right tank while using the left tank could see the right tank overflowing if it was full to start with. Are your tanks linked, are you able to select "both" tanks or only left or right? Do your vents face forward to pressurize the tanks?
  10. Happyflyer
    I hope this wasn't in your pre solo exam. A pre solo pilot has a lot to think about and it shouldn't be this. This question should be in later exams such as air law and nav/met.
  11. Happyflyer
    I have quite a few hours in Cirrus aircraft. They are quite powerful and fast compared to a Cessna 172 but to suggest that a simple go around would result in what happened to this aircraft is very far fetched. It is not a Mustang or Corsair! If you open up the throttle on a go around it will want to pitch up a bit but very easily controlled and yaw easily controlled with rudder. The Blackhawk is a very powerful twin turbine helicopter that beats the air into submission and leaves lots of turbulence. Dutchroll is correct in my opinion.
  12. Happyflyer
    A swamp with poof poofs? Gay crocodiles or rugby players? From Wikipedia The Papua New Guinea national rugby union team represent Papua New Guinea in the sport of rugby union. Nicknamed the Pukpuks, (Tok Pisin for 'crocodiles'), they played their first international in 1966, defeating Vanuatu 47-3. Papua New Guinea have not so far qualified for a Rugby World Cup.
  13. Happyflyer
    Maybe they can get the aircraft number if a flight plan is put in just like flight aware, it is then linked to the squawk code. Saw several airtractors fire fighting on flight radar, not sure if they would have ADSB. I have been on flight aware regularly and do not have ADSB.
  14. Happyflyer
    No, they just have transponders.
  15. Happyflyer
    From Wikipedia The Piaggio P180 Avanti is an Italian executive transport aircraft with twin turboprop engines mounted in pusher configuration.[6] It seats up to nine passengers in a pressurized cabin, and may be flown by one or two pilots. The design is of three-surface configuration, having both a small forward wing and a conventional tail plane as well as its main wing, with the wing spars passing outside of the passenger cabin area.
  16. Happyflyer
    P51 Mustang, a bit over 5400 kg MTOW. Just need deep pockets.
  17. Happyflyer
    Ah, twin engined aircraft. Twice the chance of engine failure and one engine left to take you to the scene of the crash.
  18. Happyflyer
    You've been had mate. Me thinks it's a hoax.
  19. Happyflyer
    I thought the "go-prop" was needed for flight!
  20. Happyflyer
    30 seconds is the gap. They make you wait 2 minutes behind a heavy at major airports.
  21. Happyflyer
    There is no such thing as a "type rating" for a specific single engine aeroplane. What is need is specific training on certain aircraft followed by a flight review which is then recorded on your part 61 licence. The list of aeroplanes is below. The link is http://www.casa.gov.au/wcmswr/_assets/main/lib100191/class-rated-aircraft-training-flight-review.pdf Single-engine class-rated aeroplanes requiring training and a flight review Type of single-engine aeroplane Aero Vodochody Aero L-39 Albatros Aero L-29 Delfin BAC BAC 167 BAC Jet Provost Cessna C208 (Caravan) Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation CAC CA-27 North American F86 Daher-Socata TBM700 (all models) De Havilland DH-115 Vampire Fouga CM-170 Hawker Hunter Mikoyan MIG 15 (all models) MIG 17 (all models) MIG 21 (all models) Pilatus PC12 PC9 PZL TS-11 Iskra (all models) Quest Aircraft Kodiac 100 SIAI - Marchetti S211 SOKO Galeb G2
  22. Happyflyer
    The list is only of the types you need training on before you can fly them such ast Cessna Caravan and Pilatus PC12. If you have the design feature endorsement you can just about fly any piston single. However, there is a catchall section of Pt 61 that says the pilot has to satisy himself he has been adeqately prepared for the flight. This may ( and often should ) inlude checkrides. Certainly it is self regulating in that if you rent the owner will want you to prove your competence and also insurance will have minimum requirements. On the whole thought it is much less restrictive than the new RAAus regulations in relation to type.
  23. Happyflyer
    Wow, didn't know of that situation in your state. That is the sort of thing RAAus, AOPA and the like should be lobying against. If you have it handy are you able to post the bylaw in your council area?
  24. Happyflyer
    Yes you are right David, it is dangerous to quote selectively but after that first paragraph I stopped reading! Only joking. Perhaps surprisingly the regulations make quite good sense and are not onerous or restrictive in any way. jetjr, what did you reply when they asked about registered airports? Given that a very large number of airstrips are not registered or certified that would restrict you quite a lot. I would be changing insurers.
  25. Happyflyer
    TiltMeter is a free app avail from the app store.
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