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Good spot to ditch, sadly very uncontrolled, looks like he held it in the stall for the last 100 ft. Very lucky to land flat and not have it enter a spin or rapidly drop the nose.

everyone knows Hi viz vests make everything safe. OH&S industry says so...

i shudder when i hear this...

congrats on breaking through. dont be surprised if you back a little bit, but once it has "clicked" it will be far easier to improve and refine your skills.

i fill mine to top mark every 50 hrly change, by the time the next 50 hrly is due, its about down to the bottom 1/4 of the stick. if using Avgas, as i did 21.6 hrs on it, another oil change was done.

ok, i saw this today on a recently overhauled Jabiru engine, to put it mildly, its absolutely disgusting.. on a certified engine? this type of Jabiru workmanship goes against all engineering principles when it comes to fasteners. common engineering principles is. on any fastener, the nut MUST have a minimum of 2 threads exposed past the top of the nut/collar/whatever hold it. max is 4. if any engineer in the military, or the airline industry, or any of my staff at did this, they would not be an engineer for long... but jabiru? this is acceptable.. i normally keep my mouth shut on Jabiru engine quality, but after seeing this, i am truly shocked. and as a aircraft structural engineer worked on B747/767/707/727/737, Airbus A330, Kiowa and Squrrel airframes, i have not once seen bolts like this. not even on the most insignificant tertiary structure, let alone on the only bolts holding your crankcase and cylinder barrels together. No LAME should ever sign this off.... dont get me started on the little corrosion issue with said structural fasteners.. obviously used hight temp resistant parts...

3 weeks is easy, if you train full time, 3 hrs a day approx, quality on the other hand....

the downfall of the roman empire was beauracracy.. seams its all happening over again. but globally this time.

not good news.. not poor pinky!

only if the Ipad doesnt have GPS. if its a 3g then it won't need one..

In some of me dealings with CASA on the maintenance side, most of their inspectors on the ground are as clueless about the reg details as we are.

Watched a Cessna 182 bounce 7 times on landing recently, each time, nose wheel first, followed by a tail strike and then back to earth nose wheel first. The question I was thinking, other than "how on earth did that nose wheel survive 7 hits without breaking?" Was, I wonder if that solo student will report what happened and get the aircraft inspected, or will it just be parked, and used by the next unwitting poor student? I am expecting to hear of a Cessna losing a nose wheel in the near future.

The question these days is "can the ERSA be a digital copy?"

When is this flyin you speak of?

In the tent in the carpark right now. Lots of Savannah's here. Sadly not mine though

might have to ask bill, the builder, he is on the forums sometimes, he built 4 Savannah's, all with similar distinctive paint schemes. It does attract a lot of comment. I love it.

Gday Planey, hope you had wonderful Christmas and a great New Year, fortunately you do not need a transponder in class D, which bankstown is, you just need a PPL. though a transponder is still on the shopping list. the only advantage with the transponder is we could fly in Class C, but have no real need to, also the safety factor is probably more important reason to have it. the 5 hr leg was interesting, it was a race to the toilet when we landed!

Part 2, the return east. Longest leg i have ever flown, at 5.1 hrs, non stop from Broken Hill to Narromine for an overnight stop. and must have been the most boring section ever, interesting till about Wilcannia, then really nothing of interest for a few hrs. until about Nygan when the landscape becomes farmed again. not much to see from 9500 ft either as that was the height were out TAS countered the headwind and gave us a cruise speed the same as IAS. about 85 kts. the highway east and a dry river bed. The darling river again approaching Wilcannia lakes east of Wilcannia Approaching roadhouse with airstrip, cant remember its name just yet, but can get food and accomodation if you fly in closer view approaching more fertile lands. farm paddocks on the horizon. well know location. made picking a runway direction interesting with no windsocks! Wellington Airstrip, has a few more buildings on it now since the last time i landed here. was pretty much a deserted unused airport back then. inbound to a very nice airpark at Ryalston, near Mudgee Ryalston Airpark. Lovely airport. from the Airpark, to Bathurst for fuel and a toilet break. then direct to bankstown, sadly no more pics from here on in. 21.6 Hours flying time over 5 days..

yeah, but its still more fun.. and you get to fly....

Sally and Myself just completed a holiday flying trip around SE Oz. departed Bankstown, Landed at Wagga Wagga via Goulburn for fuel. Landed for overnight at Echuca. Departed for Asses Ears via Stawell for fuel top up. overnight at Asses Ears, Highly recommended. then headed for Mildura for fuel. Original idea was to head south to the 12 Apostles, but 20 kt headwinds and very low cloud to the south we decided to head north, so Mildura for a refuel, then up to Bindara Station, approx 160 km south of Broken Hill. Again, a must stay fly-in location, brilliant place to go, cheap accomodation, Bill and Barb are brilliant hosts, loved the garden fresh roast dinner. airstrip is in excellent condition. Next day, headed into Broken hill for fuel, via Menindee Lakes. After Broken hill, then non stop to Narromine for overnight. Narromine to Ryalston Airpark, again, a great fly-in location east south east of Mudgee. then home to Bankstown again. total of 21.6 hrs flying over 5 days. I am sorry i never made it thurther south, it would have been great to meet a few faces from the forums, but i will plan another trip to Vic to see the coastline and meet a few forumites. plenty of pics. so heres a taste. turning finals Wagga. The Rock. Do NOT fly into these. nice little dust devil. Finals Echuca The Grampians Asses Ears. finally cloud thinned out enough to get into some smooth air. once you get toward Mildura, the scenery is just amazing. Amazing colours in that part of the world. just north of Mildura. Finally The Darling river, now just follow this for a few more hours. Township of Pooncarie This is NOT Bindara Station, but a station we dropped in at thinking it was Bindara station. Bindara is actually 5km to the north, as you can see in the very top of the pic towards the centre left. short finals to Not Bindara Station.. fortunately the station owner was expecting someone, but in a car. and once on the ground informed us we actually landed in his old tip site that he had ploughed to bury all the rubbish, that explained the soft and undulating surface. no problem for the Savannah though. The Actual Bindara Station Airstrip. Smooth as dirt can get.. smoother than some sealed runways! Our accommodation. comfy, cool Just brilliant. Bindara Station from the air. a must for a fly-in. it doesnt flood but becomes an Island in flood times, only access is via air. some of the flooded channels off the main darling river. Approaching Menindee Lakes from the south. Menindee Lakes. Between Menindee and Broken Hill.. is this where Roast Lamb comes from? Approaching Broken Hill. The return east phot0s to come later.. Broken Hill to Narromine was a 5.1 hr long leg. Landed at Narromine with 1 hrs fuel left. not too bad considering we had a 5 kt headwind the entire leg.

cure? who needs a cure!

G'day. We didn't make it to far south, 20kt headwinds and low cloud didn't help. So we headed north and stayed overnight at Bindara Station on the Darling river south of Menindi lakes. Fantastic place to stay! Top quality airstrip as well. Today off to broken hill for food and fuel then to Narromine for overnight and a warm shower.

tomorrows stage will be Grampians, to Warrnambool, down to The 12 Apostles, then up to Ballarat, just to top up the main tanks, then up to Mildura, and if time weather permitting, then up to Bindara Station near Minindi Lakes. does anyone know of accommodation available around Mildura/Swan hill area?

At Asses ears now. bit windy. made for an interesting landing. tomorrow thinking of heading to the 12 apostles, we will try to get a stop for coffee at Ballarat on the trip up north.