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  1. Love to fly
    The Coroner's Findings are the only objective 'fact' I'm aware of, along perhaps with the email from Rod Birrell. The lack of transparency and communication from the RAAUS executive is concerning. Whether that breaches their constitution or not would be speculative on my part as I haven't read the constitution. But I doubt that would be the case. JackC appears to have information that others aren't privy too. The veracity of this information is unknown, at least by me. And the Coroner's Findings are worth reading carefully, if you haven't already. COR 2022 005430 Form 37-Finding into Death Following Inquest_Signed.pdf
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    Interestingly, there was a similar incident last Friday. Aircraft waited for services before landing. No foam laid though. One runway was already closed for maintenance, and airport closed for about 40 minutes while they waited for fire brigade. ATC were great, monitoring as to how long oeople could hold before diverting to other airports. Plane landed uneventfully.
  3. Love to fly
    Hiw long after the plane crashed was the wreck spotted? When I'm flying VFR I rarely lodge a SAR, I do lodge a flight night with friends but the timelines usually allow a little extra time. And a flight plan on its own doesn't alert anyone if you don't get there.
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    Not about more governance Perhaps if RAAUS can be shown to have demonstrated good governance ie. following their own standards & procedures then there will be no issues. And given current RAAUS registered aircraft can be relatively fast and sophisticated and are a long way from the AUF beginnings its hard to find relevance.
  5. Love to fly
    Maybe for some. Some questions it may raise for others will RAAUS continue to exist as it does now? Will an audit raise other governance issues? Should it continue or come back under the casa banner?
  6. Love to fly
    Sure. Agree 💯 re referral doesn't mean it will go further. Just responded to your comment re inquiries vs Court. Thought, maybe wrongly, tad pedantic.
  7. Love to fly
    Hmm. Hearings, not inquiries maybe. And held at the Coroner’s Court of Victoria https://www.coronerscourt.vic.gov.au/
  8. Love to fly
    Sheesh don't spoil a budding conspiracy with the truth 🤔😅
  9. Love to fly
    Coroner holds a Pilot License. I know nothing about the the experts. But many airline pilots start out as GA and RAAus instructor. One of our hangar neighbours owns and regularly flies a Jabiru along with his other aircraft. His day job is as an airline pilot. He is nowhere near retirement. Its a fairly common scenario.
  10. Love to fly
    Yes. And yes. But others at Mt Beauty say there was a patch of blue. He did not have the training to correctly assess the weather and clearly thought he could climb out. He flew for 40 minutes before crashing. And smsd his fiance shortly before crashing without indicating concern or distress. You don't know what you don't know. And once again I say, he didn't take off expecting to crash. Adequate training may have helped him make a better decision on the day. And unfortunately we will never know whether training as per RAAUS's own framework would have made that difference.
  11. Love to fly
    Of course he has some responsibility. But methinks RAAUS bears the brunt of it.. Lying to the Coroner, withholding information doesn't help their cause.
  12. Love to fly
    Yes, but you, and they are basing your weather assessment on training & experience. I'm told by others at Mt Beauty that he took off during a brief lull between flights. A patch of blue was visible. He didn't expect to crash.
  13. Love to fly
    Actually in my opinion you're wrong. Training won't ensure all decisions are sound. But does give an educated basis to form an opinion. Accelerated/shortened training removes that. You don't know what you don't know.
  14. Love to fly
    Perhaps this accident has had an effect on timing. Given the review that is coming.
  15. Love to fly
    RAAUS used to do investigations. They stopped during the process for this crash.
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    Guessing this memo got missed. RAAUS definitely had lawyers there.
  17. Love to fly
    "People are not understanding what they are hearing." Yep. Definitely applies to some. 🤷‍♂️ And some seem to have read news reports and be basing their comments on these. The Coroner's Findings are readily available, reattached here, but... COR 2022 005430 Form 37-Finding into Death Following Inquest_Signed.pdf
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    I am no expert. But I thought the referral would cover more than the one board member? Perhaps those that knowingly tried to conceal information from the Coroner, including a senior employee who he was scathing about in the report?
  19. Love to fly
    You stated it was an instruction. Now its an interpretation. 🤦‍♂️
  20. Love to fly
    The Coroner made a referral to the DPP. It's stated in his report. He didn't make an instruction to the DPP because this isn't something a Coroner does. 🤦‍♂️
  21. Love to fly
    No suggestion of anything other than a medical event. I believe he was in his 80's. If you haven't read the Coroner's Findings as opposed to what's here, and in the media it may be worthwhile. Attached here for your convenience. COR 2022 005430 Form 37-Finding into Death Following Inquest_Signed.pdf
  22. Love to fly
    I think maybe you missed the bit where it says he is deceased. It's stated in the Coroner's Findings.
  23. Love to fly
    My early IFR lessons I struggled with S&L and upset recovery. Not just trusting the instruments, but retraining my brain to focus on them, treat the AH like it was the view out the window, and keep my scan going. Without an autopilot, reliable IFR instruments, practise and training it would be really really difficult.
  24. Love to fly
    Would the pilot know anything about the risk of icing given the training he had received? Do unpowered paraglider pilots cover icing etc when training?
  25. Love to fly
    Were you not taught what the regulations are re distance from cloud, visibility etc?
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