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The thing that peeves me is having to pore over charts when checking G airspace, too much information clutter where something important could be missed. If only there were charts primarily for RAA pilot use.

Avoidance of some Wars in the past has resulted from skilled negotiations. When those skilled negotiations fail, then it’s game ON……..

Well, I have picked some pretty big battles in my lifetime, ones that people said I was wasting my time……but I still won. My personal policy is…..if you don’t have a go, you will never know 🙂. I will be happy to take my achievements to my grave!

So is Ben Morgan and the AOPA wasting their time? Who here would take on what appears to be a thankless task trying to keep the wolves from airport doors? I mean would I not have a clue, been in Aviation all of 5 minutes with nearly Zero knowledge, and living in an Aviation wasteland.

Don’t try fitting this to your aircraft, looks just like a Bomb 😞 https://levilaviation.com I think might be allowable on 19 rego?

Money, greed and apathy comes to mind. There are examples everywhere, airports/airstrips, caravan parks, speedway tracks, showgrounds plus many others. These facilities created many years ago have been surrounded by development and values have risen to the point where the operators of these facilities have realised there is big money in developing those facilities and the incumbent uses are now unviable in respect of monetary return. How many airports that accommodate GA and RAA have been built in the last 20 years? As I have said in the past, many people will be flying from private airstrip in may cases. Airports/airstrips in many rural areas will still be around for a long time, but the numbers will dwindle the closer they are to more densely populated areas. Not a good look, but we just have to keep working to keep existing facilities going and to this end, Ben Morgan is fighting a daily War to try and save airports under threat. I don’t see many soldiers behind him…….

Looking at my airstrip construction and as we are getting intermittent rain it’s time to knock over some trees to make it wide enough, I need to get serious and realise I don’t want an erosion headache, I am getting a seeder to tow behind my ATV but wondering what grasses I should sew. Probably need to add fertiliser etc. Not being able to water it, so will need to be a good covering, hardy type of something to do the job. Fast growing a bonus 🙂

Then add this to the list…… http://vocasupport.com/airports-in-australia/

All I need to do is watch out for drones! And helicopters doing power line inspections, be too low for radar and like you said keep watch for anything else. Lived here for years and never seen much except for the aircraft departing for Brisbane that pass over at 4500 feet or so. Arrival come in on a different track 15 kilometres to my North. Be interesting when my Skyecho2 turns up and I do a ground based ADS-B listening watch. Would not mind setting up a proper ADS-B ground station and feed the data to the Internet, need to do some research on that. Could be beneficial for local area?

Turbs needs training……he sh1tcans things, tells us his experience BUT but does not offer ideas for possible solutions. By all means can someone’s ideas, but be ready to offer possible workable solutions otherwise it’s best to say nothing. Success with RAAus board will determine how he can deal with egos, big or small. No different to most organisations that have a regulatory flavour to them. Skills of negotiation need to come to the fore……..

Turbs, the only time I have had any real success with submissions is when I have submitted them in person to meetings, I have done this with Govt Depts, Defence Depts, multi million dollar corporations both here and overseas. I have runs on the board for success. Submissions by email, letter etc have never seemed to work, but at least when the first Airspace kerfuffle with ASA was on, I got a thank you msg from both RAAus and ASA for my submission.

It can’t be a substitute for ELT/PLB but it sure is handy for email/SMS messaging and tracking for your family. I use it in the 4x4 and previously when I was a lone expedition motorcyclist.

Good looking kit 🙂. This, is my summon help device….

Well, sit back and see how our air space changes by ASA go? I will hurry up AND wait 🙂

Decisions are usually set in concrete WITHOUT considering submissions, they are only paying lip service to people in an effort to make them feel all warm and fuzzy. Nothing more 😞

Generally, an Epipen is only used by the person who may need it. No one except well qualified medical professionals are equiped to deal with giving an unconscious or non communicative person any, medication. I have always carried extra medication for a possible need, when my wife an I travelled all over Southern Africa on a motorcycle, my GP loaded us up with enough different medications to bring a dead whale back to life 🙂. Stuff you would not get into or out of the country with, these days. My wife got food poisoning in South Africa……Gastroenteritis fixed 🙂. Along with a few other maladies on our trips there.

I need to think what I need to add to a First Aid kit in the way of air sickness medication, since I have been flying I have only got a bit sick a couple of times and not sure what causes it. IF I am skipper in a boat, no problem. However I did a tour boat trip to Balls Knob? when on holiday to Lord Howe Island. Never been so sick in my life, took some over the counter pills (Quell) Useless, sick as a dog the the whole 3 hours of start to finish. Bothers me IF I get turbulence while flying…….bit hard to fly and use a chuck bag! I know I had some pretty good stuff when I got Chemotherapy for my Cancer 10 years ago……it was that good, I did not need an Aeroplane, to fly 🙂

Which raises the point……carrying a small Aid Kit in you aircraft sounds like a good ideas. Wonder how many people do it?

Too nice to fly 🙂 Make space for it in your lounge room!

My problem is not fly over 1000 ft AMSL, and airstrip is about 550 ft AMSL give it take a bit over its length. Anyway, I spoke with Rocky Tower the other day and had that confirmed. Apparently they keep a local ‘mud map’ of private airfields anyway, to which I will add mine. They did not say I could not fly, but going under 500ft other than for departure and arrival is not allowed, so see what happens. Told them I would use a Skyecho2 ECD for ADS-B in/out that they cant see anyway, but others can and they did not know such a device existed 🙂 I advised I would make radio calls for departure etc etc an they seem happy with that. Guess I will find out on the day I call for a departure advice and see what happens 🙂

Quite simply for me, a Skyecho2 is an investment in safety, It may not be a total answer but it’s better than NONE 🙂

Well, Skippy……. sorry but my mind reading facility is working ‘on condition’ due to its battery being past TBO. Just like my life is 🙂

Replay of AOPA stream on Facebook.

Sad news for Blue Mountains, a live stream by AOPA this afternoon with the current leasee revealed closure date of 19th Nov 21 will see the keys handed back after some 50 plus years. A kick in the guts for local Aviators and others who used this facility.

Just purchased a Skyecho2 ECD today 🙂