Student Pilot

Aircraft powered by Garret turbines have had single lever operation since the 60's

I vaguely remember something about the last aircraft ditching mentioned that without power there was no functioning powered controls. There is a pop out windmill that is supposed to takeover after power plant loss but only works at higher speed. As the aircraft slowed control authority was lost hence the wing drop and aircraft breakup.

I have a passion for flying and been flying low level for a living for 40 years next year, I do know what a stall is. What I was saying is that if your aware of a stall and know how to prevent one then there is no need for "Extreme" stall practice. Pushing of "Extreme" stall practice by hairy chested instructors showing students how brave they are can actually discourage students who could go on to further their flying.

Yanks have to have the biggest/baddest/bestest of everything. Even if it's not ?

European crops look glorious, Pom's especially. Looks like you could drive on top of them they are that dense. Sprising that the French produce more wheat than Australia.

Part 61 with GA was a total waste of time for more complication and a heap of work just for compliance, no benefit. Only made things harder.

Hiho LoneRanger, bit of a difference in groundspeed taking off and landing with that wind

Been flying since 1978, then a submitted plan was a requirement even for private ops. When they deleted the mandatory requirement I ceased submitting plans, probably only submitted half a dozen since and that was only because it was an airspace requirement. When I fly now plans can change so I only have a rough plan, really only keep an eye on endurance and the rest takes care of itself. You can overplan with groundspeed and track checks every 10 minutes.

Except Ag aircraft, survey machines, firebombers and the odd drone I've seen Mirages, Skyhawks, Hunters, F111's, and Hornets flying through at AG operating height. They were pretty switched on especially the F111's, very regular vistors 2 or 3 times a week and often a trailing pair.

So still too early to speculate?

Survey pilots are used to heavy workload. 210's are getting pretty long in the tooth and being heavily loaded with survey equipment and severe turbulence, my guess would be structural failure, depending on equipment 206 and 210 on survey are usually loaded over gross. Survey should be flown with turbine aircraft not 40 year old worn out piston aircraft with 30,000+ hours and no aircon and cockpit temperatures of 45C+. There are some modern machinery used for survey but not the norm

Just a Jodel, with some fluff on it, seems there's lots of people copying aircraft and calling them their own design. Good example is the guess this aircraft thread, many machines are copied off a recognised design and given a different name.

Why the obsession with Wellcamp? Why not out Melbourne and Sydney's cartel actions?

This thread a Wagner bash fest?

Been a while since I've sat in a 185, 206, 210 or Agwagon but from distant memory they don't have fuel pressure only flow. Same with Fletcher, Brave, they only have fuel flow.

With GA there is a mustering endorsement, anything similar in RAA? What is the syllabus for low level endo with RAA?

Red, looks like a Whitman Tailwind derivative

Gere biplane, looks rooly good. Where is it based? There is a bloke locally who flew a Fisher Biplane with one of those Rotec radials, sounded VERY good, he had a bit of an incedent down Tyabb way n bent it, not sure if it's going again yet.

What a pretty biplane

Yooa geenious Gazza

Variation on Avid, same as Kitfox/Gazelle/Eurofox. Extended fuse and looks like the gear has been changed from nosewheel to conventional using same rear mounts.

Emair MA-1 Think it was an indigenous Hawaiian Ag machine, 1820 Wright powered?

Silly people, don't theyknow you can only fly into places like that with a tailwheel and gigantic tyres? For those that couldn't tell that was a sarcastic comment. A 182 is an underated bush machine.

Mustang at Illawarra hangar mebe? They had a drogue towing contract I think, was it Craig Breedlove that pranged IVI when the canopy came off? The hangar with the Tiger looks a bit like Marshals? That was opposite and along one from hangar 17 of Air Ags. Lottsa stuff in there from a couple of Spits, a 109G and an Oscar, used to have a Lockheed 12 parked out the front in the early 80's. Ceres looks a bit out of place there.