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And what if CASA put the pressure on RAAus to attend to this situation? Can only hide under a rock for so long?

So in that case members have to solve the problem about RAAus investigation incidents and crashes? Has not CASA delegated this requirement under Part 149? For RAAus to undertake this work?

Turbo, was my statement correct? If it is and you intimate it’s in the too hard basket? Maybe CASA need to make RAAus get it done? Organisations need to get on the job to at least make an effort to meet their obligations and inform the membership of their progress?

I was under the impression that RAAus had to do investigation under Part 149? If RAAus don’t do investigations on crashes, yet we must abide by their regulations, and be subject to investigation for breaches? Call me confused?

Yes and I don’t like the way I need to use them. Reach across with left hand and use switch by holding with finger, at the same time watching that little indicator cable on the extreme right side of cabin. Simply should be a rotary multi position switch on instrument panel to select desired flap setting. Select, forget and continue flying plane. Set switch as desired, when needed. iF my aircraft was 19 rego, I would fix it in a heartbeat.

Does this incident bring to light the deficiencies of RAA Insurance? Seems to me this needs to be investigated otherwise members could be compromised on what is deemed a legitimate claim?

Benalla Gliding Club had an LS1 powered Pawnee as a tug. It was on a special 1500 hour permit and it went like a scolded cat dragging an ASK21 glider into the sky 🙂 IMG_1381.mov

I just wonder how many pilots fly without a current required medical? Any statistics? There will never be any method to check self declared medical status either? So the whole thing is a crock……

Why worry about about things you cant control or fix. Don't EVER expect the Govt to help either. Make plans to cover your own needs in a shortage, be it food and fuel for generators, be off grid, water supply etc. Keep cars full of fuel etc…..the list goes on. I have long been prepared, and by the time I run out of resources, most of the population will be at each others throats….. Get short of food? I Can always knock over a passing Wallaby, for fresh meat 🙂

Sorry, looks like I have stumbled into an EV forum? cheers from, The Coal Roller 🙂

3 years ago I was looking for a new aircraft, one of my many aviation moments and never did buy new. Instead, I went second hand with a view to upgrade later. Went personally to the Brumby Factory at Cowra and looked, sat in their demo Brumby, looked the goods everywhere…..but was told NO steam, NO way and that was the end of that. Out the door I went. My original training aircraft had steam gauges, due to COVID I had to change schools, choices all had Dynon screens…..nope, not interested. I wont own a car with screen displays, I managed to get a Mahindra ute with no digital screen, will be my last new vehicle. All I need in an aircraft is to know how high, I am , how fast I am going , how much fuel I have and what direction I am flying in. A radio is a good thing, too 🙂 Engine gauges? If they go awry at 5000ft on a flight, you will probably soon be a Glider Pilot, just fly your freaking plane……in silence while you look a place to land 🙂 Lots of technology is not always better…..look what rhe Wright Bros got away with 🙂

I don't care what gets said about them, I will keep mine until I go to my grave. Mine hauls my sorry arse around the sky, well enough for me 🙂

Triggered reminder for me…..when building airstrip, make sure sides are clearly marked…..

I was sure I picked that up from the AOPA broadcast Thursday night……

Australian Aviation will always have a problem with 800+ CASA employees of which few have a Pilots licence of some sort, administering about 9000 aircraft. Then you have the FAA in the U.S. with 49 employees administering some 30,000 aircraft. You can see CASA is way over MTOW 🙂

Just fit what other owners have and what works. Fly happy 😃 In this case, screw the MARAP system, your aircraft wont care 🙂

Turbs, dont sweat it…..its not your problem. You wont have to pay even 🙂

Trust me, I consult with good people and I learn from others. Yes I break the law somewhere every week, but I compromise no one else in the process, nor myself. But there are some LAMEs I would not let touch a $300 rusty Corolla, even if I wanted to drive to the next town. I have learnt in this life I have to fix nearly everything I own, myself. Just the other day bought a new 4t 4 post hoist and installed it, because for the last 55 years so, I have rolling around on the ground under cars, fixing them…..yeah I know, I am a slow learner.

This was the first of many disasters I found on my newly acquired aircraft, dontcha love the firewall penetration of the fuel line that was marked 7 years old and done as part of the 5 year rubber replacement requirements as detailed by Rotax. . Which I immediately grounded……further inspection by me (totally unqualified) found more problems revealing a flying death trap:-(. RAA were not interested, said they could not care if my wings were held on with Blue Tak. Whats a Condition Report worth? SFA. Care factor by RAA, ZERO. So now I do not fcuking care anymore, I do my own work now….have all the FAA Tech Books and study them carefully, like my whole life…..taught MYSELF. Illegal and I dont care, Illegal is a sick bird. Now just waiting for some Aviation Gronk to send this info, to snitch on me to RAA…….

Read the PDS referring to the insurance scheme and it will be like many, full of escape clauses and all but worthless 😞

The MARAP is simply a document to read and allocate an invoice to. In respect of the one in this post, its just an excuse to charge money for something not required. Which in itself cannot really be substantiated. Since I have beed involved in Aviation which is all of 5 minutes, I have seen gaping holes in some things, over regulation in other garnished with a whole heap of b/s. Don't ever mention Condition Reports to me either…..that will wind me right up 🙂

5 minutes for a rubber stamp job, next please for another MARAP the same as the previous one, KA-Ching……

RAA is a company, not a non profit and it has to make money, which is easy for a monopoly. They are worse than Banks of which you get choices.

You pay the fee for the engineering? And IF someone else needs the same…..they just resell their existing work on to the next Joe for the same money. Its called profiteering and people wonder WHY I want Part 103 USA?

You know what? Just get an FAA FAR Part 103 compliant aircraft and just fly. Fcuk the rules, CASA could not catch a cold, let alone an unregistered, unlicenced pilot flying around outback Qld, no matter where it was.