Student Pilot

If you would have shown the whole airstrip it would have been clear with the fire bomber base at the other end, you can however see a red trail from the retardant overflowing as the bombers accelerate.

I picked up my ASIC no charge, I think Post Offices no charge to pick up ASIC?

So basically a side by side Ligeti Stratus?

So your not criticising the inaction of the last 6ish years of Coalition (looked it up) but what Labour "Might" do? The privatisation of commonwealth airfields and the ASIC debarcle are 2 things the Libs and Nats have done (under lil Johnny) to help CASA wreck GA.

I have been a bit jaded so not sure, aren't Libs and Nats in power? Meaning they have the power to do something with CASA? Why blame somebody in opposition for no action if the people who are in control won't do anything to rein in CASA? Am I missing something?

Yoo a teckno nerd Gazza

Albo's fault as usual, not being in power for more than a few years you'd think he would have fixed CASA by now ? CASA is running out of flying aircaft to regulate so the are moving into a growth industry, regulating drones.

I think CASA OK's ipones as a second source for maps/charts, I recon too small for my oldfart eyes. I use ipad air, ipone too small when your trying to get more info like tapping on to get airfield details n such.

Yes turning stalls are different to straight ahead, you can show signs of a turning stall without doing a full blown upside down white knucle recovery. The point I'm getting at is if you can recognise the approach of a stall either straight or turning then spin training is unneccesary, CASA must think the same way, that's why spin training is not required. I do think that aerobatic training including spins helps pilots with their skills but it's not for everyone. Sscbd, there are times when practicing something that is unlikely to happen is dangerous, 2 engine failures on 1 wing on a 707 over Bass Straight is one example, the investigators said it was like practicing to die, you only have to do it once.

With all the cross litigation the biggest part of the cost will be lawyers fees and charges, just the photcopying bill (at $50 a sheet or whatever they charge) would be in the millions

I learnt to fly well before GPS were invented, of all the stuff I learned up to commercial I have only used wizz wheel for groundspeed. Just used compass and clock, never used 1 in 60 and flown most of the country including remote and dessert areas. GPS has taken a lot of stress out of cross country, I have an ipad with ozrunways but for most general work including fire work I use a cheap $2 program called motion X and only use ozrunways for frequencies and runway diagrams.

In the olden days you have to do a full stall, not a requirement now? I have seen some hairy chested instructor types try to frighten people by doing "Extreme" stalls, not the way to train. I can understand people have given up training after that.

It's not the end of the world if people use non standard phrasing, to me as long as you get the message across as clear and consice as possible. I'd rather that than somebody prattling on and jamming up the radio waves.

And learn to be diplomatic ?

In an area where there are more than a few airfields it becomes tedious with pilots making 7 circuit calls even when there is no traffic. Common sense fella's, if there is no traffic there is no point in making 7 calls? What was wrong with different frequencies for CTAF's listed in ERSA? Working especially on a weekends becomes tiresome monitoring 2 or 3 frequencies with one constantly blaring postion reports many miles away.

Max, Jim are brothers

All those points have some truth to them Nev but............................................ A tailwheels weak point is the tailwheel, many days I have spent with the rear end jacked up repairing bearings/pivot/tyre/rim/springs on aircraft from 180, 185, 188, Pawnee, Pacer, Brave, Callair, Air Tractors, Thrush and Beavers all have a weak point with tailwheels on rougher strips. In fact even the main gear on tailwheels can be damaged with mounting points on leaf spring undercarriage, separator plates on the rubbers and main crossmember on a Beaver undercarriage and mounting points for oleo's on Piper mainwheel pivots being some weaker area's. The best aircraft I have come across for rough strips was a Fletcher (Happens to be a nosewheel), the oleo undercarriage is the strongest and most pliant for Ag strips on any any machine I've worked. So you see a nosewheel does not have exclusivity with fragile construction working out of rough strips.

The old "You have to have a tailwheel to call yourself a bush pilot" rubbish. Although I see in the vid they call it a "Bushplane" (that's something you scrape or level wood with outside metropolitin areas) the Bushcat if it has nose or tailwheel. A 182 is as good a short field aircraft as a 180, a Fletcher is as capable as a Beaver. It's not one or the other is best, both are great. If the ground is too rough for a 182 then you probably shouldn't be landing there. Some devotees quote all sorts of areas where nosewheels can't go because their too "fragile", poppycock I say. If it's that rough then use the ultimate stol machine, a Jetranger or a Robo heelokoptar ?

I think Garfly has a point, for those who haven't had much flying it would give you some idea until a feel is developed, depending on how much training/flying is done it can take a while to develop. Till you feel comfortable flying looking outside most of the time the instruments are the way to tell what the aircraft is doing. Those of us who have done a bit of flying take it for granted but there is a lot to learn and it can't be learnt overnight, takes time.

Interesting Kaptain Gazza, I see he suggested AOA not needed on panel ? The Lone Ranger certainly has unconventional style to it, a sort of very appealing Noddy car styling. I shall do some viewing on the University of life (YooTubby) and loogit what a Sky Ranger Yukusa can do. Hot weather coming to and end now, time for a decent cross country?

If I could figure out how to load Vids then I would. Most of my Vids are VERY big files, some at 30 frames a second.

Some people think if they call final at 10 miles they have priority, they don't. Those that say "Downwind number 3 to the Kingair on finals and the 172 on base" are wankers as well. Keep calls short, if you say joining downwind the people know where you are. Those on finals and base or anywhere in the circuit know where to look for you. If you have just joined downwind then you are level with the threshold, not 5 miles out going to join downwind.

I got seasick in 10 seconds watching that vid, looks like a History channel reenactment ?

720's are very reliable. They will run all day at max continuous. Usual fitment for Fletcher, you wouldn't get a much harder engine life with a take off every 5 or 6 minutes. These engines run to their TBO on AG ops no problem. Trouble is cost of overhauls, very expensive. They do use a lot of fuel but if you want power you have to pay for it. Those in the picture Freddie's?

I think the 262 injuns had a similar TBO as Le Rhone Rotary, around 50 hours. Yanks claimed heaps of 262's shot down, they were either landing out of fuel or parked ?