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Obviously there were a fair few holes in the cheese. (o.14% being a very big one).

It is also noteworthy for us recreational flyers that this was a private operation and therefore more than likely not subject to the same level of scrutiny as an AOC operation.

As private / recreational flyers we are probably less likely to come to the attention of CASA until something goes wrong, and certainly we have no chief pilot to be accountable to ona day to day basis.

With that in mind we should make sure we look at our flying with a critical eye, stay current, be honest with ourselves and de-brief any mistakes we make and not become complacent otherwise we will likely face greater risks and the inevitable scrutiny, and nobody wants that.

If anything Pvt flying at any level is open to riskier behaviour than commercial Ops cause we don't have a CP or a boss to be scared/worried about and some would think they are beyond the laws of common sense and the Regs..

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Scenic around Cairns on Sunday (24/5/20). Very quite with not another aircraft to be heard. Here’s a shot of Cairns Airport from (almost) over the 15 threshold at 1000ft.[ATTACH type=full" alt="300FD0BB-0E2F-45C0-903A-549ADDFBBD5C.jpeg]53489[/ATTACH]

Great shot?

Lots of bird activity at Cairns, got stuck there for a couple of days after whacking several plovers just in the flair!.....they stunk the plane out, cooked bird!?

I operate a 2200 solid job wth a carbon fiber prop in a small single seater. 2900 rpm I get 12.3 LPH, I flight plan 15LPH, fuel is the cheap part of flying!

I also keep 1 hr Fixed res.

A FF gauge is a must in any aircraft, well for me anyway.

Welcome from afar? The tyranny of distance shall not contain mankinds desire to spread his wings?

The human mind is the most complex organ in our fuselages and we know very little about it, it is however easily fooled for some!

Can any of us imagine what it would have been like watching those towers collapse after impact knowing a family member worked in them? Just unimaginable on all fronts to think it wasn't a real terrorist event!

I ref to my post #6, hard to imagine some out there truly are how shall I say mentally challenged! I can't for the life of me understand how the EMS people coped with that carnage!

The term gets blurry with the way people talk about it. An amateur built aircraft can be built under RAA or CASA rules and registered accordingly.

You are right there with the term 'blury' The whole idea of ultralights or whatever tag they get these days was to allow for in a nutshell cheap flying, recreational, the very core of this forum. The AUF where invented then CASA allowed self regulation of the sport by way of RA becoming the governing body. It's worked well but the 'concept' is starting to lose its origins especially if the weight increase ever becomes reality. Some of the current crop of machines these days are expensive, have everything that opens and shuts, not everyone with the original concept in mind can nor wants that. Personally I think they should leave the sector the way it is, 600kg, basic and affordable.

That's shear craziness at its best! Hope they had ADSB-out?

Fire in the cockpit is probably one of my most concerns. Recently I had my master switch let out some magic smoke, the area around it next to the ignition switch got very hot! Finally popped the CB. Traced it back to one switch wire very close to the frame, after years of pushing it on & off the switch mounting got a little lose so it touched! Luckily I was still, on the ground! I now carry a fire ext. not fool proof but some insurance.

Somehow I don't believe the industry of mustering is operated by choir boys just the same?

When was the last data base update?

As far as I know SIG still make a 1/4 scale one?

I'll go against the general feeling on here no doubt gunna get shot down for it, Trump has done some good for the country. Sure he's odd he's not a politician but a businessman, remember pretty boy Obama said all the rights things, looked good on TV especially for the corrupt CNN yet his party was squashed, funny about that! The USA people had a choice they where sick of the country going down the toilet, go with Trump or war mongering Hillary who stood beside her husband the commander & chief at the time (got away with the impeachment, cunning move) and lied to the nation!

That aside the people get to vote again soon and watch the next election, Trump is a sure thing I reckon!?

Yeah saw that report, tragic? High risk environment leaves little in the way of errors.

I think any intelligent person could not for one second accept the nutters theories out there but human nature being what it is debunked theories are like a modern day 'Kool aid' drink, some simply follow & believe!

Apart from the shear deviation of the NYC event, the lost lives, the misery that will live on forever for so many the terrorists have done their job well! Many years latter we are still suffering their dastardly deeds by way of tyranny and fear everytime we travel via that medium, everytime we go thru the pain of airport security, the bastards need never do another attack for its forever implanted in our minds! RIP to those victims that where to become part of the world's ugly history!?

How many people would have to be in on this? How many New york residents would have witnessed this event? Where are the literally thousands of people on the street that morning who surely would have come forward by now reporting the absence of aircraft? How many airtrafic controllers, how many baggage handlers refuellers? how many passengers at the airport observing these aircraft departing?

Exactly! To 'hide' everyone involved would be fanciful at best!

What about all the grieving families where they in on it too hiding their loved ones? The crazies out there live in fairyland!

If only the human species could stop inventing ways to kill each other! We get one single go at life, we waste so much of it trying to hasten our demise!?

I enjoy reading about the whacko's & their theories, makes for amusing reading!?

That's tragic? Hope some lessons can be learned from this event.RIP.

In doing my researching I have found this.....

 

The Jacobson Flare ™// Best Landing Technique for Pilots

 

Anyone used the app?

Whilst there's always something to be gleamed out of such info most pilots tend to overthink the landing phase. A good stable App is very important, from there landings are generally a non event! Personally I do the opposite to what most drivers are doing, I use pitch to keep the 'picture' where I want in the window and the gas pedal to keep the speedo where it needs to be?

Having freelanced for many years jumping in and out of numerous planes (mainly twins) one got pretty good at adapting especially as I had a little black book with the various A/C's "need to know" numbers etc but if in doubt the POH was my go to resource?

61.385 is a broad stroke brush requirement, impossible to fully comply with 100% of the time! The buck stops with the driver everytime.

202kts RV7A two up with a good tailwind

Done 190 kts a few times but getting over the 200 is good ?

Proof, we must have proof???

WoooHooo, that's cookin'? Yr off track by the way????

The inter-tropic convergence zone between Darwin and Timor has Cu's to 60 OOO feet that look green like a wall of ice. There's more energy in tropical areas especially where there's a lot of ocean and some high country as well. giving lots of unstable tropical maritime air, the cradle of powerful cyclones and heavy monsoonal rains. The ITCZ follows the thermal equator. There's times of the year when the almost daily thunder and lightning display is worth being in Darwin to see and feel.. All fine if you aren't trying to get some where in a plane at that time. . Airborne weather radar enables you to find the bigger cells and if you are half smart you give them a wide berth. Nev

Oh that brings back ugly memories! Did some contract work out of DN some years ago, the vertical development of some storms was staggering even though we where at 49K ft!