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    Cheap navigation - Mio Moov and OziExplorerCE

    in Instruments, Radios and Electronics

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    Maps if anyone would like them...

     

    All,

     

    I purchased VTC13, WAC 3469 and 3470 (Hamilton and Melbourne) and VNC01 in a variety of formats for Ozi Explorer and other apps - .ozfx3, .bsb and .nosGeo.

     

    I am very happy to share if anyone would like them - please PM me.

     

    Very happy with my 5" generic GPS - unlocked and set up with Ozi and car navigation! Thanks Ross for starting this thread - very valuable!

     

    Cheers,

     

    Lee.

     

     

    Cost of PPL versus RA-Aus

    in AUS/NZ General Discussion

    Posted

    Definitely is cheaper to learn to fly via RA then convert to GA . Check out time for me on a Piper Warrior was 2 hours then took another 5 hours to do my XC time. The PPL flight test was 3 hours.

    Hardest part for a old slow dummy like me was the online exam for whichI just scraped thru at 81%.Info just doesnt stick in the cranium like it used to.

    Hi Skydog and thanks for the post... I am interested in where you did your PPL conversion - was it at the same school you did your RAA training? The extra hours you suggest from RAA to GA are very reasonable but I wonder if I could get away with that going to a new GA school after doing all my RAA at YTDN???

     

    Lee.

     

     

    GFPT and nerves, do they go together?

    in Student Pilot & Further Learning

    Posted

    I already had my RAAus license and it still took me about 10 hours after that in a GA aircraft to get the GFPT.

    Bob, did you mean to say PPL in yr post?

     

    My understanding (without researching thoroughly) was that once Certified, and with pax and x-country endorsements, you could bypass the GFPT stage and go straight to PPL (after completing min 40 hours, 2 hours instruments, etc and passing the PPL exam)

     

    Cheers,

     

    Lee.

     

     

    Cessna Emergency Landing in Melbourne

    in AUS/NZ General Discussion

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    Cessna ditches in Melbourne

     

    Two men have escaped injury after their Cessna light plane made an emergency landing on a golf course next to Moorabbin Airport in Melbourne's south-east.

     

    Police say the two-seater plane was on a training exercise when it was forced to land on the Capital Golf Course around 12:30pm AEST.

     

    The pilot and trainee were treated by paramedics on the scene before being released.

     

    No damage was done to the plane.

     

     

    Shepparton - Narromine Return

    in Trips/Events/Seats

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    Thanks Mike and Matt for your trip reports...

     

    Mike, I hope to be heading up the Shep soon... I have a very good mate who lives at Kialla Lakes with his family so can't wait to test out my soon to be achieved xc endorsement with a quick trip up for morning tea! I might even try and get a famil in your Tecnams...

     

    Lee.

     

     

    RAA or GA

    in Student Pilot & Further Learning

    Posted

    Hi Nev,

     

    Have a look at the thread under Announcements - Costs of RAA v PPL - for some great discussion on this topic.

     

    I'm 43 so in a similar position to you. I've just got my Certificate and soon I'll have my x country endorsement. I am considering a PPL solely so I can take the whole family with me eventually (4 + me). If not for the need to fly a people mover, I'd stick with RAA only.

     

    Cheers,

     

    Lee.

     

     

    Avalon 2007

    in AUS/NZ General Discussion

    Posted

    Ian,

     

    Great to meet you today and see the realisation of your hard work over these past months.

     

    The stand looked fantastic... and the CT-SW - well, what can one say ! :big_grin:

     

    I'll be back Thursday for another dose !

     

    Lee.

     

     

    Cost of PPL versus RA-Aus

    in AUS/NZ General Discussion

    Posted

    My stats are similar to Mikes - I am now at Certificate + pax endorsement stage and have invested approx $5400.

     

    At this point in my training I am essentially at the equivalent of the GFPT stage of a PPL and I calculate (based on published rates at another school) that I am about $1300 ahead so far.

     

    It's now that the savings and value of Rec aviation kick in. If I budget 10 hours to complete x-country I will have gained a flying qualification which is all but a PPL (for my needs, at least) for a little over $7000. (By the Regs, I could gain my xc after 5 hours, as one forum member recently announced, however many CFIs increasingingly see 10 hours as the appropriate anount of time to xc)

     

    It's no wonder that the smart GA schools are now embracing Rec aviation as a way of ensuring they attract and hold on to students as long as possible.

     

     

    Landing Strips in the Vicinity of Cape Otway

    in AUS/NZ General Discussion

    Posted

    yes, i think yr right brent... a local has just confirmed that it's helos only... i'll take the D9 down and see if i can extend it a little :)

     

    thats ok though... apollo bay is only 30 minutes away... if we get the place, i'll get an old station wagon and leave it there for when we fly in. we'll drive down saturday and check it out and i'll drop in and see victor as well and check out the field.

     

    (perhaps i'm getting ahead of myself :;)4: )

     

     

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