BusaKaine

Websites can be paid for 12-24 (twelve or twenty four - as a pilot, I don’t want to be called out for abbreviation on here) or even more months in advance. Sometimes with a business is shutting down, I doubt many would care about that website part unless there are ongoing payments needed to keep it up.

I was arranging my FAA conversion so I could fly in Hawaii in May and again in July for Oshkosh, however my holiday to Hawaii has been cancelled and FAA are not doing in person visits, so no verification Possibility. So I guess next year will be my time... so now I’ve focused on getting my NVFR and with some luck will have a flight test this week.

I like they did did not mention anything about the nose wheel collapse. Just standard bogged recovery.

This is not correct for Private Ops. The use of EFB does not require a second iPad / Device or Paper so long as you satisfy the use of it: I do always carry a second device (just in case) all loaded up as well as extra external battery however this does satisfy the requirements.

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/latest-news/two-men-dead-in-qld-plane-crash/news-story/5fbef92e523b8588d75cb93ea8f18196

I’m flying in with my wife, leaving YBAF Friday around 8, stopping YTNG for a comfort stop then onto YSHR. We are staying at Big 4 eco resort... fancy name for a caravan park. Have a cabin for the 3 nights.

That is RAAF Base Amberley, was happy to be able to do a 2500’ fly over it with it being Class G still with the Tower Closed.

More pics.

Was an awesome day, glad to have made it out there.

Like the “go jacks” or “quick jacks” that the tow trucks use. [/url]http://www.racerindustries.com.au/afawcs0161689/CATID=345/Go-Jacks.html

What a great day flying yesterday, flew back home to YBAF after spending 4 days in Mudgee, staying at the Hangar House. The Hangar House is amazing, great location right on the airport at the RWY 22 so you can see planes landing (if they don’t stuff up too much and land long). Then you get to see them of they use RWY 04 in their climb. The rooms are all aviation themed and I picked the Connie room, it is their largest and has a double person spa in it. The Hangar itself was available so I could park our Arrow II in it. It did feel a little funny as we didn’t see the owners until the 3rd day, we had a call and some txt. It turns out that they have sold the Hangar House, I’m not sure if everyone had seen that it had been on the market for a year or so. Later that day the new owner was had come by and they are also very nice and going to keep it running, so this amazing place will still be available. The flight back was great, as I departed on RWY 22, from downwind (right hand circuit) climbed through to 7500’ to make sure we had nice height to get over the 4000’ great dividing range. My wife was busy taking pics of the range and I was casually adjusting to avoid the puffy whites that had formed along the range. Tracking to Lake Keepit (YKEP) to avoid Tamworth (YSTW) then on to Park Ridge Water Tower (PKR). A few times I had to reduce to some odd heights to stay away from the cloud, between Inverell and Glen Innes, flying near the Wind Farm they are at 4000’ and the cloud had dropped to around 7000’ so some careful separation and a great view. After the wind farm the cloud lifted again and I was back at my filed 7500’ and back on radar, BN CEN was following us again and able to give us some early traffic warnings. As we got closer to Brisbane, it was smooth air, I thought plenty of time to go so why don’t we do a flight plan amendment and stop at Kooralbyn (YKBN) for a coffee and lunch, but no sooner than I thought that, I could see that we were only a few miles away and the radio is now getting busy. So we skipped coffee and I started my descent from 7500’ to 1500’ for the water tower. I already had the second radio setup with the AWIS, took down the details, started to SQUAK 3000, contacted YBAF Tower 118, “ME: Archerfield Tower, Piper Arrow WJO, Park Ridge Water Tower, 1500’ inbound with Golf, 2 POB for full stop at the Fuel”. After crossing the Logan, they advised to join final 28L (damn, now I need to taxi around to get fuel, then back to our parking). As I started to prepare to turn final, the joyful words came cross the air: WJO, change RWY 28R. Awesome, they do an amazing job there in the tower and now I get to save some time on the ground. a few seconds later, the airways were alive again, tower: WJO 28R cleared to land. So now I do my final PUF check, look at the wind socks to make sure everything is still going the way we were expecting. A greased landing, cleaned up and took B3 exit, cleared 04R and contacted ground for taxi clearance. Then it was just a matter of topping back to tabs and to put WJO away. Tied her down, had a quick chat with a few of the other pilots getting ready to enjoy the amazing day. So a big kudos to the Archerfield Tower, always do an amazing job, Brisbane Centre, even when they are busy, they are still cool under pressure. My wife, for the company (she was super happy I paired her A20’s to her phone this time so she had music all the way).

Flew to YMDG for a few nights stay at the Hangar House. Amazing place. Great flight down from YBAF on Tuesday. Preparing to fly back today, going to miss this place. So nice and relaxing.

I went to Valley Kitchen a few weeks ago, unfortuanly when I landed the windsock was missing. The Valley Kitchen does great coffee and breakfast as well. It’s a nice little airstrip, watch the bump just at the beginning of 30. Yes unfortunately the building has been trashed, looks like it would have been great in the day. https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=198721463879559/posts/632107330540968

Seriously looking at it, the only issue I just recently found is that I want to do Angle Flights, and they won’t use experimental... so need to look more at my options.

Yesterday I took my first flight in a Cirrus SR20. What an amazing plane, so comfortable and fast. A big change from our little PA28. Apart from the cost, this is something I would love to fly often.