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How did we ever survive pre digital when GA was flourishing? 
I use both OZ & AV, both have their advantages but to me OZ is simpler if flying grass roots, AV much better for IFR planing etc.

Driving heavy metal OCTA into Ctafs is a risk, an acceptable risk, this event has been hyped up a fair bit I reckon!

The most tragic part about this event is that it didn’t need to happen!😞

I feel for the pax, they had no say in their demise😞. 
Sadly it will happen again😞

4 hours ago, Mike Gearon said:

King island today. French island to Tyabb for life jacket then south. I’ve been looking south from French island for 12 years. Today was the day to fly it. Well, calm early and it changed to windy later.

 

Cloud  looked like it was going to clear and I had a turn around plan the moment it didn’t look completely okay. Very relieved to hear central talking to pilots and finding out the cloud was burning off.

 

50 minutes at gs144kn TAS130. Coming home a lot longer! 

 

2 regional were coming in at the same time. I heard central reporting my position and arrival time (same) and then one of the jets contacted me on CTAF. They were really good. We just agreed it was my first visit to King Island and I’d dawdle down the coast  doing a bit of sight seeing. Hence the green squiggle on way in. I then spotted the second on final for 10 and made it easy to spot the airport. 20kn cross was interesting with the Pipistrel’s large wing. Just kept the airspeed at 70kn and first flaps only. Return to French island wasn’t much better. It handles the cross as long as 2nd flaps aren’t engaged and speed is.  Way too much drag from those long flaperons for 2nd setting in turbulent cross wind conditions for corrections.

Next time will fly in company and hire a car with overnight stay. 

 

That’s very brave😉👍

My last flight, well it is the title of the forum😂

I hate being a pax, (especially with an 18 month old kid sitting on mums lap next to me screaming!) I feel like a fish out of water!🙁

Miserable WX in SY today!  

I emailed MB airport to confirm their Ldg fees for non VH registered aircraft (sport registered aircraft, her words), the girl highlighted, in yellow $545!
WTF?

You would rather crash outside the airport boundary if ya lost ya donk than glide into that grubby corrupt joint!

Was just looking at YMMB’s website for access charges etc as I WAS considering flying into there for personal reasons, not now!

Talk about raping GA! 

There will always be idiots out there to entertain us😂

The chances of colliding mid-air would be so remote it’s hard to believe this even happened. I still can’t believe CG is gone😞

such a tragic accident which shook up so many of us in those circles😞

It’s actually common knowledge (to those within the inner circle) that CASA want to hand over the control of GA up 1.5t as I mentioned earlier but the hype of .76t as become the main focus. 

That’s what the set up I used to be involved with was, not so much a free swinging axe but an axe head of sought captured in a guide frame, then being belted with a mash hammer, we used to simulate it and it actually worked quite well.

The ‘axe’ comment reminded me of the days towing targets for the Navy in an old PA31. The ‘axe’ was placed in a specially built frame suspended over the cable, should the cable winch fail or the target was shot up by the Navy gunners ( whom I might add never once hit the target😂😂) and couldn’t be safely reeled in then a large mash hammer chained to said frame was used to belt the crap out of the cable!😂

Footnote: with the target extended the old PA31 would descend at around 500fpm on one donk at combat power! Great times, many years ago now👍

There sure has been some ugly A/C over the years!😂

Easy fix. I put all my fuel Caps on my seat until they are needed to fill the hole/s in the wing, pain in the ass it is ………BUTT😂

Had one left of my A320 many years ago, got a message from ATC b4 we lined up, fuel guy has yr cap in his truck!

CAsA would love to offload the burden of GA to RAAus up to 1500 kgs, but most of us here will be worm food b4 it becomes reality!

Too many events were on the same W/E!☹️

Not a good spot to be sitting in there!

You flew 16 nm in that thing? Now that’s adventurous!😉😉

I was over in sheep shaggers country recently and spotted the old Convair, still operational for Chatham’s but the gas man said they are retiring them, going jet!

There sure are some NQR fools out there! Me thinks the lunatics who got the price that high did you a favour KR😉

I didn’t think you were in yr 80’s KR?😉I wouldn’t be too concerned with the idiot who contacted you being butt hurt, it’s a public auction and advertised on public forums/places, let the moron sweat!😂

There’s plenty of NQR plane drivers out there so getting $200+K wouldn’t surprise me one bit, shear stupidity is all!

Some of you guys are hanging too tight there😂😂😂😉 

It’s odd to see some cockpits set of for R/H seat Ops SP, I just don’t get that? 
some plane drivers really struggle to handle a plane in CMD from the L/H drivers seat, weird! 

Too many😉 Gotta keep the aviation industry going😉

…..if only I could drive my RA toys at these speeds😂