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  1. Happyflyer
    You'd be right there, so no change. How many pilot do you reckon arriving at this type of strip would have a formal sartime to cancel? I'd say most would have none and may just ring a mate and let them know they have arrived.
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    Yenn, you castigate others for not following the rule about which frequency to use but say you don't talk on that frequency unless you think there could be other traffic. Isn't the idea of radio to alert others to your presence, not only those you can see or think might be there? There is little point on being on the correct frequency if you don't use it. Could it be you don't want to clog up the area frequency?
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    From the police statement below it appears it may not have taken off from the airstrip. Sounds like it never got into the air so must have taken off very close to the road. Duty Superintendent Robert Harrison said the ultra light plane was still on the ground when it flipped just after 3pm Tuesday. “It was attempting to take off on the grass area when a gust of wind hit it and it flipped over,” he said. No Cookies | NT News
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    No Cookies | NT News Looks like a Jab. There appears to be an air strip parallel to the highway at Dunmarra. Occupants ok.
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    Small plane crashes on Stuart Highway at Dunmarra
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    Yen, do you make your inbound, circuit and taxiing calls on area frequency and has centre ever said anything to you?
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    I know someone who had bowel cancer cut out, did not need any chemo and had his class two back in about a year but needed annual medical for the next four years.
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    I've just seen that all charts apart from WACs are available for download from Airservices publications in the AIP chart section. Free! Has this just happened or have I just not noticed it before?
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    Looking at the video frame by frame you can see this is a bit more than a slow speed tip over. The engine producing lots of power and the prop hitting the ground forces the nose violently to the left as the nose hits the ground. This results in a lot of rotational force to the wing tip as the aircraft goes over. Lots of leverage there putting huge strain on the wing root area I would have thought.
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    PILOT UNINJURED AFTER NORTH WEST LIGHT PLANE CRASH - NBN News Looks like a Foxbat to me. Like the bit about it being a crop duster.
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    Before you tell the world what you are going to do and certainly before you put anything on youtube be sure what you are doing is legal. The following Civil Aviation Regulation is pretty clear about animals on aircraft and I can find nowhere that says RAAus is exempt from this regulation but happy to be proven wrong. CIVIL AVIATION REGULATIONS 1988 - REG 256A Carriage of animals (1) Subject to subregulation (8), the operator of an aircraft may permit a live animal to be in the aircraft only if: (a) the animal is in a container and is carried in accordance with this regulation; or (b) the animal is carried with the written permission of CASA and in accordance with any conditions specified in the permission. Penalty: 25 penalty units. (1A) An offence against subregulation (1) is an offence of strict liability. Note: For strict liability , see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code . (2) Subregulation (1) does not apply to a dog accompanying a visually impaired or hearing impaired person as a guide or an assistant if the dog is: (a) carried in the passenger cabin of the aircraft; and (b) placed on a moisture-absorbent mat as near to the person as practicable; and © restrained in a way that will prevent the dog from moving from the mat.
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    News reporting it was twin turboprop Cessna Conquest. On a training flight so possibly all three were company pilots. Very sad. No Cookies | The Advertiser
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    Many people do this. It's still a private flight. Your business could own the aircraft and you could use it to fly as part of your work. There are plenty of farmers out there who own RAAus aircraft and it is just another piece of machinery as far as the taxman is concerned.
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    No idea what happened in this incident. However, responding to the above post, when reading accident reports where pilot legality has been an issue you often read there is a pattern. One I recall included expired maintenance release, which did not cause the accident, hidden medical condition which did not cause the accident. The cause was a reckless take off rather than choose a better area. It seems if people are willing to break one rule they may be willing to break others.
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    No problems having the question, if the correct answer is that you must remain clear of CTA or Restricted Airspace and that you must determine the boundary by ground reference and map, not primarily using GPS.
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    Very interesting information from RAAus. They are constrained from giving direct information because of the coroners enquiry but have managed to put a fair bit of info between the lines.
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    The FAA says you cannot advertise cost share seats, just like CASA. FAA warns flight sharing services - AOPA
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    https://www.raa.asn.au/storage/2-raaus-technical-manual-issue-4-single-pages.pdf RAAus Tech manual 5.1-7 para 10.2 explains the new numbering system. 19 = Amateur built 24 = Type certified 23 = LSA 55 = Factory built non lSA Etc etc. someone cleverer than me may be able to post the whole table.
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    I'm sure the king has all the necessary qualifications on his licence required to fly. I'd just prefer the copilot to not be part time, flying twice a month. He's the king, do you think the check ride guy might be under a bit of pressure to pass him? Could the cockpit authority gradient be a bit skewed with the king in the right seat?
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    I personally would like a professional co-pilot who could safely take over if the captain was incapacitated. Probably they had a real co pilot down the back somewhere.
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    I love a good night's sleep. I suppose I have to die one day, so in my sleep would be one of the better ways. Of course no one wants to die, but it's a source of comfort to some people that the person one was doing what they loved and I for one wouldn't belittle that.
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    There was one advertised recently that stated "aerobatic +4g/-4g". The 19 rego does not affect the aerobatic ability of the aircraft or pilot, just the legality.
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    Now this would improve the take off performance a bit!
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    If that's the same aircraft it's the second 'for sale' aircraft to crash in a week. The other one was the RV9A at Gatton. Don't know if it was a demo ride in either case but letting a prospective owner 'have a go' may be a time to be very careful.
  25. Happyflyer
    The RV is designed to be a tail dragger. Just look at a tail wheel RV next to nose wheel one! Ain't they pretty! The RV is a beautiful, relatively cheap aircraft. The nose wheel is not designed to handle the abuse handed out to Cessna 172s and Warriors by their pilots. Just go and watch them landing at your nearest airport. These aircraft can take the abuse and the pilot thinks he can fly because he hasn't broken the plane. If one of these pilots buys an RV he may buy a nose wheel one because he may not be good enough to fly tail wheel. The result is an increase in broken nose wheels. Well, that's my theory anyway!
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