Student Pilot

The edit function just came up om my recent post, why does it not stay there? Is there a limited time that you can edit after posting?

Changed, edit function disappeared again?

Ahhhhh just came up on my last post, delayed reaction to webpage update? Probably reflecting my reluctance to embrace new technology

I would have deleted the second image but as you can see there's no edit button

This one on the register? Used to see it all the time at Bankstown

Yoo have good taste in Aircraft Captain

Yours looks different to mine, what gives?

How do you edit posts with new format? Can't find any edit button.

The dog got my attention, some sort of poodle cross I think. I then settled down to watch what promised to be a very interesting presentation only to be bombarded with him advertising stuff. Stopped the vid at 1 minute, lost concentration and decided to look at kitten yootube. Can you give me a short review Gazza?

The engine tone deepened and an increase in volume can be heard. The Herc drops I have seen (LATs have been used a lot more this year), their climb angle wouldn't be 10 degrees let alone 18 after dropping. Yes they avoid flight into smoke. The lead aircraft normally fly's the drop then when clearing the LAT for the drop explains what they want with the drop including exit and departure from the fire after the drop.

If you listen to the video you can hear the engines powering up.

Fire near Canberra

Why was the video taken down?

That video shows the aircraft clearly established in a climbing turn after the drop then appears to disappear into smoke, looks to have then lost several hundred feet and impacted. With 2 very experienced pilots they would have been established on instruments and should have continued to climb. Looking at it again there appears to be a very steep pitch up after the load was released. Normally you get a pitch up only while the load is going out, not after. The aircraft also appears to initiate a turn left at the same time. The aircraft impact site looked as though it hit wings level.

The lead aircraft have been working with all the LAT's since September, I think they would have an idea of the capabilities of all aircraft. As I said retardant mainly used on bush, most fires have been bush this season. I would say 75% of my drops (SEAT) would have been retardant this year

The LATs and VLAT in Australia do drop water/ foam depending on where the drop is. In sensitive areas just water is dropped, grass and scrub mostly foam and bush mostly retardant. SEATs do the same, choppers, medium and heavy mostly drop water/ foam very rarely retardant.

I had heard the tailplane was intact, no sign of anything of any size in that footage. Absolute destruction.

Crew fatigue is well looked after on fires. The bigger machines have multiple crew and change out regularly. I recon that front in NSW was the one that came though Vic on Wednesday. We went to a fire near Lake Bolac on Wednesday and conditions were very rough in the lee of the Gramps making flying hard work.

How's your back country flying goen Gazza?

I agree Red, my Malvern Star is a real thoroughbred and only those specially trained can handle it, not for your average Joe Blow.

Cirrus used to target wealthy individuals with no previous flying experience then release them into the world with what some considered to be inadequate training for what is a high performance and complex machine, the result is reflected in accident stats.

Cirrus seem to have a lot of landing accidents

It's not a control tower only traffic advisory. Things have been very busy in some area's with the fires. In the last few months I have been Operating out of ordinary CTAFs with over 10 aircraft just associated with the fires plus GA traffic. Corryong, Mansfield, Hamilton just a couple. As long as you keep calls to a minimum and use common sense everything Ok, the 10 calls from inbound to clear are not welcome when things are very busy.

Was the "tower" just an advisery or was it controlled airspace? If just an advisery seems all that would do would be to add more transmissions to an already busy airspace, just talk directly to any conflicting traffic. Broadcast your intensions and keep your calls to a minimum.

Most NDB's are being decommissioned now. Never found them to be reliable, mostly because of old rubbish radios. Did have a King KR87 (To get it NVFR) in a little machine, it was mainly good for listening to the radio. Pretty amazing CASA still has reliance on 1920's technology, indicates how progressive they are.