motzartmerv Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Lol, I love the way we always compare ourselves to the yanks. i'll spare you all my personel opinion of the good old U S of A, but I reckon they cant hold a candle to Australia, on the whole. You couldn't pay me to live there. It would be a nice place, if it wasnt for all the Americans...hehehe:amazon: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djpacro Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 We got a magazine cover photo with the Grand Tetons in the background towering above even though we were above 10,000 ft. I guess the Husky and Pitts would've disturbed the lonely fisherman 50 miles from civilization who complained to the Sheriff who raced airside with sirens and flashing lights just after we landed. Rule is at least 3,000 ft AGL overflying that area (unless aircraft performance does not permit) and we were above that height. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Isaac Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 We got a magazine cover photo with the Grand Tetons in the background towering above even though we were above 10,000 ft. I guess the Husky and Pitts would've disturbed the lonely fisherman 50 miles from civilization who complained to the Sheriff who raced airside with sirens and flashing lights just after we landed. Rule is at least 3,000 ft AGL overflying that area (unless aircraft performance does not permit) and we were above that height. Bugger ... is that all ... I was hoping for a good story ... LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moz Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Perhaps an alternative to not landing where you're not supposed to is to do what the balloonists used to do way back. That is, carry bottles of champagne, and land wherever you need to, and then hand the champagne to the land owner as a sweetner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest turk182 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Perhaps an alternative to not landing where you're not supposed to is to do what the balloonists used to do way back. That is, carry bottles of champagne, and land wherever you need to, and then hand the champagne to the land owner as a sweetner! Yeh I guess the dirty spark plug wouldn't really cut it with a balloon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodo Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 I'd try it... "How do you think we light the bloody burner, officer? With a cigarette lighter? " dodo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnarly Gnu Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Just seen the Australian governments new tourism ad, seems outlandings and low level flights are now officially OK! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pOVfJwBd5s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howard Hughes Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Just get yourself a flingwing GG! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaz3g Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Artistic licence? Kaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnarly Gnu Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Just tell them you landed here during filming a new tourism advert..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danny_galaga Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 Sorry for the necro, but this was never answered and I’m curious about beach landings too. My partner had the mad idea of me flying her son to his wedding reception on the beach. It got me thinking, is there a way to legally do that? Maybe a one off permit from the local council? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Isaac Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 What beach landing ... get my drift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 What beach landing ... get my drift. Just don't have lots of witnesses and/or photos.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 To much "drift" and you will be in strife. It must be OK. Mates of mine have done a lot of it. Right! There's a risk judging the hardness of the sand so some luck needed. and skill. The slope makes the plane turn as does the wind or one wheel in the water. It's like many things. If you pull it off you may have got away with it. If you don't, the attention is on you... The SALT wrecks your plane anyhow. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danny_galaga Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 I think I'm going to take that as a NO then, seeing as how there tends to be quite a few people at a wedding reception I'm definitely not going to skirt around any grey areas for this... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboplanner Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 One guy in the Riverina decided to follow his intended bride’s car along the road to the church in his helicopter. Hit a powerline, crashed and burnt to a frizzle in front of her eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdseye Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 I think I'm going to take that as a NO then, seeing as how there tends to be quite a few people at a wedding reception I'm definitely not going to skirt around any grey areas for this... As far as permissions go, below the high water mark is less of one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve L Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 I guess a sick passenger could constitute a necessary beach landing which shouldn't generate too much paperwork, its amazing how quick they can get better once back on terra firma. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboplanner Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 Since the ATSB guys read this forum, and for all I know participate in it, I can visualise some knowing smiles when they read this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danny_galaga Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 Question is definitely answered for me since we are doing a specific thing- wedding reception. He can get a limo like everyone else! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Tuncks Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 Gliders have always landed in paddocks. The law as I was told is that it is quite legal to land in any paddock. But the farmer has a right to get paid for any damage done during the landing and subsequent retrieve. The insurance should cover that. Last time I looked at the figures, a good crop of wheat was worth about 5 cents per square metre. You just google up yields and prices to get this figure. So if you have damaged 100 sq metres then you should pay $5, or your insurance should pay this. Once a farmer wanted to charge a thousand dollars or so but he came down after a club member, who was also a farmer, visited him and talked real numbers. Personally, I have always been treated well by the farmers and have never done any damage. And sometimes they have not been around and would have been unaware that their paddock had been used. If you do this, be sure to close any gates. Farm dogs have never been a problem either. If they were, I would have carried some dog biscuits in the outlanding kit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APenNameAndThatA Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 Gliders have always landed in paddocks. The law as I was told is that it is quite legal to land in any paddock. But the farmer has a right to get paid for any damage done during the landing and subsequent retrieve. The insurance should cover that.Last time I looked at the figures, a good crop of wheat was worth about 5 cents per square metre. You just google up yields and prices to get this figure. So if you have damaged 100 sq metres then you should pay $5, or your insurance should pay this. Once a farmer wanted to charge a thousand dollars or so but he came down after a club member, who was also a farmer, visited him and talked real numbers. Personally, I have always been treated well by the farmers and have never done any damage. And sometimes they have not been around and would have been unaware that their paddock had been used. If you do this, be sure to close any gates. Farm dogs have never been a problem either. If they were, I would have carried some dog biscuits in the outlanding kit. Leave the gates as you found them. Don't close them unless you found them that way. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Tuncks Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 Yes that's right...the rule is to leave gates as you found them. I did know that and should have said it better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboplanner Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 Yes that's right...the rule is to leave gates as you found them. I did know that and should have said it better. ...and the reason for that is usually to give the stock access to water after a bore breaks down in one paddock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APenNameAndThatA Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 Yes that's right...the rule is to leave gates as you found them. I did know that and should have said it better. Yeah, I thought that you would have known that, but just said it wrongly. I just said it anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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