Neil_S

Correct. And of course the fuel shut off valve to the engine under my seat.

Well we keep being told there is a pilot shortage so I hope it inspires people from minority groups to become pilots, when they otherwise may not do so. I remember my ex-airline instructor telling me that the few female pilots he came across were better than most of the males as they had always had to work harder to prove themselves in the eyes of the males. And let's not forget the Tuskegee airmen from WW2, and Eugene Bullard (black American living in France) from the Escadrille Lafayette in WW1. Sadly the Orange man in the US would probably discourage it....... Cheers, Neil

Hi James, The outer tanks on my Savvy S feed into the inner tanks, so when I switch them in I wait a short while to allow for the levels to stabilize then double the value seen in the sight gauges. The inner tanks have no switches and simply feed into the tank behind the seat. Nice and simple and has worked OK for me for the last 9 or so years.... Cheers, Neil

Not really - the ones doing that mostly don't make radio calls.......

Well he says he "had a landslide", but in reality 77 million voted for him out of a population of 340 million. Even excluding children too young to vote etc that is still a minority, probably around 33%. He got 49.8% of the vote and Kamala got 49.3% (75 million).

Hi T510, As Garfly says, there are a few options available to you. I use a Skyecho2 and display the ADSB-IN from that on an iPad Mini 7 using AVPlan. I've been using this combo for several years with no problems. Obviously with no electrical system you would need to ensure both are adequately charged up before embarking on a cross country flight. Where in Victoria are you based? Cheers, Neil

Exactly. And who would be best placed to do that? Let me think..........

...or unregistered drone, or even model aircraft......or possibly some sudden structural failure........we will never find out.

Hi Onetrack, I understand that, but in this instance there is no indication that there was any "simple pilot error". He was flying along in the cruise at 4000 ft a short distance behind his brother in another aircraft and then suddenly he was at a few hundred feet pulling the chute. A few weeks later a GA aircraft ran off a runway and pilot and passenger escaped unhurt - yet the ATSB are investigating that. Also the sad accident where a young instructor took a couple of mates up in his newly-acquired GA plane and flew circles around the mate's house , lost control and crashed is also being investigated by the ATSB - yet I think we can agree this will not reveal anything new about flying circles low and heavy around a point. So I'm afraid the argument about only investigating fatal crashes where something new can be learnt does NOT apply. Cheers, Neil

Hi T88, As it had numbers on the fuselage and not letters there was no ATSB investigation, so no cause has been determined. There is no evidence that the chute failed to deploy properly, it appears to have been deployed too late. Cheers, Neil

Oooooooh - salt - that'll put your blood pressure up! Don't declare that! A guaranteed fail!!

Hi IBob, I guess it comes down to the principle of moments. I remember doing all that stuff at school with levers and weights at different lengths from the fulcrum. I guess the CG for the aircraft is the "fulcrum" here, and a smaller weight a longer distance away has the same effect as a larger weight that is closer. Being a bit of a pedant I frequently put more fuel in the starboard outer tank on my Savvy than the port outer tank as I usually fly solo, and I worked out that even a relatively small extra amount of fuel acts as if I had a (light) passenger in the right hand seat, and therefore the plane is more evenly balanced in the roll axis. Cheers, Neil

Hi Alan, I agree there do not seem to be many changes year on year - personally, as I live in Melbourne and mostly fly within Victoria, I just buy the hard copy book for Victoria and Tasmania every few years. Not sure if that's the most cost effective, but I have done that the last few years. BTW - if you log into their website (www.flightace.com) it lists all the airfields in the books by state, so you can check if a certain field is in there. Cheers, Neil

Hi Jackc, Assuming I have understood your enquiry correctly - it cost me $770 to convert my Savannah to Experimental. I received a new C of A. There have been no recurring fees other than the normal annual RAAus aircraft registration fees. Cheers, Neil

Sting - could be registered GA or RAAus. If GA, ATSB will investigate, if RAAus they won't. Makes SOOOO much sense - not.