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Boston. Nice. Brad Delp had such a great voice.

Yep, I'm hopefully arranging my Coffs Harbour family Christmas visit so that I can go to EH for a day or two (but haven't told the wife of my true motives:augie: ).

Keen to see what the state of play is with regards to saving airfield/preventing inappropriate development too.

Chris

I really liked Adams column in the magazine-

Hi,Have just moved to sydney (Baulkham Hills region) and am thinking of getting into flying.

 

I'm definately swaying towards recreational because of the cheaper costs.

 

Can anyone enlighten me on a flight school they've enjoyed flying with in the sydney area?

 

i dont mind travelling!

 

Tom.

Being in Sydney, you will have to travel!! I live not too far from you.

Starting closest, your options will be:

-Sydney Jab School at Bankstown

-Gostner at Camden (combined RA and GA school)

-Syd Rec Flying Club (SRFC) at the Oaks (15 min west of Camden) (mostly weekends only)

-Dave's School also The Oaks

I've flown at all of the first 3 and i'd say the most fun and friendliest is flying Foxbats with the SRFC. I found Gostner gave the most comprehensive training (leading onto GA) and available 7days (but obviously more expensive)

I think there are also some microlight (powered hang gliders) at Somersby and Warnervale on the Central coast.

Father afield your options increase to include Wollongong, Jaspers Brush (Berry), Bathurst, Cessnock etc etc.

Hope that helps. Don;t think too much. Go for it!!

Hi all, anyone know the status of Richmonds control zone on weekends? I've attempted to gain access on quite a number of occasions in the last 3 months or so and every time I ask sydney radar for their status I'm told its active. Are they still deactivating on weekends or has there been a change in their operation? I tend to drive around Richmond often and have to admit that I haven't seen any civilian aircraft flying around at all for quite some time. I know that there are quite a few people who operate parachutes and even microlights out of that area. Any idea if they are still allowed to operate? I have a friend who wants to fly microlights out of emu plains from his backyard but he's in the airspace.Bluey

For some strange reason, with the current VTC, what was previously a CTR zone is now a restricted RA.

There was some discussion about whether RA aircraft were allowed, and a RAAF controller himself said he wasn't sure; then I caught a glimpse on some paperwork on the topic (anyone else?) that stated you must possess a CASA licence and I think be in an aircraft that fits all those certification criteria that allow you to fly over built up areas etc. The RAAF ATC also said a transponder would certainly help in them allowing to clearance. He also said below 1500ft, call Richmond tower for clearance, above that call Syd radar.

Having said all that, there are powered parachutes that operate near the base, and lots of other private strips and farms with heli pads within the Restricted Area that get 'permission'. So perhaps the best thing to do would be call the ATC at Richmond and ask them. The guy I spoke to was very frindly and helpful.

Chris

Ummm if its suburbia you live in then you'd best hope your neighbours both side share your passion cause you'll need their front yards as well I suspect...23m long and 19m wingspan when the wings were swept fully forward.Unless you have some reasonably tough dirt you'll need to think about what is going to happen over time as the 22,000kg weight comes into play.....good thing it isnt fully loaded, just shy of 45,000kgs then. So about the weight of an average filled up suburban inground pool (empty aircraft) but that is applied to about 90cm^2 surface area.......

 

To put all that in context, a 737-800 is 39m long with a 34m wingspan and weighs 41,000kg's empty

 

And here ends todays historical trivia......

Very happy that one apiece are going to Evans Heads and Albion Park.

Very unhappy one's not going to my front yard.

I lived very close to Schofields Aerodrome for many years. The "powers-that-be" should never have closed that airstrip.A city the size of Sydney really needed that additional aerodrome.

Unfortunately the plans for development of Schoies is advanced-some (very little) of the airfield will be retained as recreation reserve.

Of course that school in Bankstown talked about here used to be in uncontrolloed airspace at Hoxtons, butthey were forced to move when that too was closed and sold off by the "powers" just 4 years ago. Ah Sydney :(

It's great to see that a number of you have subscribed to LAM. I know that you will get a great deal of benefit from it.Like all magazines, some months are diamonds, some months are coal. Overall you'll find it's a precious gem.

 

OME

All that has ever been asked here of the RAA for years has been improved communications with the members and it has never happened to the satisfaction of particpants here. Even the CEO has not included a report in recent magazines (probably just another "mistake").

I am pretty sure the Editor of the mag said that he would not merely include a monthly column from the usual RAA people unless they had something interesting/important to say and that it was well written (or something to that extent).

So, the absensce of a CEO's column could be an editorial descision-or I guess they may not have been submitted in the first plance. Either way, it woulkd be good for the members to regularly hear from 'the top'

Regards

try out the abc websites iview. I havent checked but I'd bet its up there for anyone to see for the next 2 weeks

What more can I say?

http://www.wollondillyadvertiser.com.au/news/local/news/general/new-town-on-the-cards/2656043.aspx

This show is coming up at 9:30 tonight on SBS. The famous precision bombing raid by a Mosquito squadron. Wooden aeroplanes rule!

Especially how they retraced their flightpath at less than 100 ft in a Cessna 410 (? I think). At one stage(in the modern reconstruction) they showed them flying right over the Australian Memorial at Villers-Bretoneaux.

Just had a look at RAF Hendon on Google maps-can still make out the airfield very clearly. Now to fly around that countyside and visit thoses fields is something I MUST do.

That news just gave me goosebumps!!!Never have I seen a stronger or simpler ultralight trainer than the little Gazelle. I'll be lining up for a new one!

Just wondering what is the correct method to amend a Sartime that had been lodged via naips on the Internet when in flight ?. Do you call Flightwatch or Atc on vhf to make the amendment ?

"Dear Chris,

The most appropriate telephony is the example given in AIP ENR 1.10-9 4.3

In the scenerio you described details have been lodged in the system, so by saying "SARTIME FLIGHT PLAN AMENDMENT" you are alerting the controller that details exist for your flight. You could also use the phrase "SARTIME details" as per AIP GEN 3.4 - 28, 5.4 but this wouldn't alert the controller to the fact that details already exist in NAIPS & CENSAR

As a Sartime or VFR flight wholly OCTA, ATC are completely unaware of your flight plan details. NAIPS will not send your flight plan to ATC unless your flight plan indicates it will enter CTA/R. By saying "SARTIME FLIGHT PLAN AMENDMENT" the controller knows a flight plan has been submitted and it is not necessary to ask for all the items specified in the table below as they have already been provided, just any changes.

The usual response from the controller to the above phrase, is "standby" -what is occurring behind the scenes here is the controller is asking NAIPS for your details, this can take a few minutes. Once he has your original flight plan in front of him he will ask you to advise your changes. The controller then sends those changes through to CENSAR or if the new route involved flight through CTA/R to those relevant ATC sectors.

Regards

David"

So, from that I take it we call whatever the area frequency is and use his phraseology.

PS:the AA guy at Natfly said we should all make use of AA people on the phone or email to ask any questions-they are more than happy to help and by using them, they can more easily justify their funding and jobs!!

OzRunways Vs AvPlan. Both appear to be very good, simarly priced and well suited to our conditions.Does anybody have experience with these applications? Cheers Ferris.

http://www.pprune.org/dg-p-general-aviation-questions/462383-avplan-vs-ozrunways-2-0-a.html

Sorry for mentioning another site, Ian!!

Yep, as of yesterday afternoon I'm no longer shackled to the 25 NM circle! It took close to three hours of flying, but I passed my Nav flight test! There was a bit of everything thrown in - good weather, bad weather, strong winds, diversions and some crosswind landings. All in a days' flying!Full story here: http://1000feetagl.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/little-bit-of-everything-navigation.html

I'm hoping to do mine soon, so I'll look at your blog with a "could I have done that?" interest.

Mines a snippet of a random larger picture i just snapped before going on a trial flight in a trike I just bought from Airborne.Turned out the cropped image is kinda cool... on the day, my mind was anywhere but focus on taking top notch photos... Mark

I love how your daughter describes "Dad's big kite.." It's sooo cute!

242% is a bit of a wack!

Luckily too many people vote to risk putting a CT price on MOGAS. Roughly how many of us use ULP as opposed to AVGAS? Generally speaking, don't Rotax prefer ULP while Jabs prefer AVGAS?

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Did that strip have a slope to the pilot's right? Pretty violent pivot at times. The Texan is a fairly basic trainer and the pilot would feel pretty embarrassed and a big damage bill even though he had washed quite a lot of speed off. Plenty of RAAus planes would ground loop easier than a T6.The cause is the positioning of the mainwheels forward of the CofG. As soon as there is a side load on the wheels it wants to yaw and that causes more sideload making it yaw more, and so on, as you saw there.. Once you have gotten to a certain point you can't stop it. Nev

Hi ladies and gents,

An incredibly proud new father chose this one of his now 4 month old (she's less than a week in the pic), clearly dreaming of her first flight....

The blanket was a present from my hoplessly-romantic-for-all-things-flying mother-in-law; (especially if it's powered by a V12 Merlin, or 4 of them in the case of a Lancaster!) I knew I had to marry my wife when I found this out!

Yep Tomo.

I think Kevin was featured in a Flying Mag article a few years ago and he was equally forthright (on other issues). The real test would be that when an EFATO happens, would I do what I know I should and land ahead on the road/paddock/in the bush, or would I panic and turn back?

Hi Ian,

A couple questions regarding the RF GPS's;

-Does the 5" version have Word and Excel viewers like the 7" or is it just PDF? If not are thy able to be put on (and other apps I guess) by the customer?

-Has AA updated their WAC's so that from now on they will be the new ones loaded (you mentioned this in another thread)?

-Lastly, how are we going with a replacement for the individual VNC/VTC's that were offered by Maptrax? If these are still not available, are these also something that can be added on if'/when they do become available?

Thanks!

Hi Bill,

I think I found it after a bit of searching-i wanted to look it up too!

Try http://www.recreationalflying.com/threads/recreational-flying-gps.27195/

Chris

Hello all, I have been reading your feedback on Natfly and having spent a year of my life organising the hangars, forums, equipment, encouraging people to give forums, talking to Council, Townspeople, printing programs, getting Temora aviation museum support, I must say your comments are more than discouraging. I won't be involved in organising Natfly ever again. I've done the program for 6 years. This year I had 8 hangars with forums for each hour of the day except lunchtime. Over 500 people PER HOUR were in forums. So somebody got something out of the weekend.Now, where do I get the people for forums? I ask everyone I know on this and other forums for suggestions and I implement every one that is possible. I helped to write all the copy for the magazine, for the Natfly website, for local news to try and get more people to come. I wrote to every chapter of SAAA, who had a great program in two hangars, the gyro people came in force and I made sure they had forum and workshop spots, the women's pilot association came and gave a forum, and I invited the Balloons, the Warbirds, the Antiquers as well. I also invited CASA and they decided who they would send and their forums were well attended. I also invited Airservices and they sent a rep who gave two forums. I put invitations in all the magazines for airmen that would print them.

 

The office look after the Exhibitors, their sites, their costs and so on. I have nothing to do with that. The ops managers decide if there will be displays or not. They decided no for all displays except the aerobatics. Now, think about what you are suggesting. Paying someone to organise Natfly, means that the office will make all the decisions and people like me who put members first and foremost in the program planning will have no input. If we spend money on an event manager, then there will not be money for maintenance workshops, safety briefs throughout the year.

 

The cost of mounting Natfly, with the office and volunteers is huge. By the way, I managed to get over 50 community volunteers through media and radio ads I did on Temora Community Radio. So is your Event manager going to do that in our local community? Living here, so many people do things because they have a personal connection with me. I never wanted money, I only wanted for Natfly to satisfy the wants and needs of our members. Last year I was given a debit card to get signs, and other things for Natfly. With the new management and Board, that was taken away (even though I kept scrupulous records of expenditure with receips and a full report to the Board) and getting access to things for Natfly became too difficult.

 

What I am suggesting, is that paying someone to do a job will not necessarily end up with an event that

 

you guys will enjoy. But hey, you need to spend the next few years working your tail off organising from the inside, to really understand the enornmity of the task.

 

On the other side, SAAA have asked me to organise a Jabiru reunion for Ausfly, which I have agreed to do. So all of you Jabiru people, plan to come. I am planning morning tea for Jab people, I will have a marque for Jab flyers, some maitenance forums, and would like to hear your ideas on what we can offer Jabiruers who come.

 

Cazza (Carol Richards)

Dear Cazza,

Well I would like to say thanks for all the forums-for me they are the highlights of the 3 Natflys I have been to. Certainly where i learn the most. I wish I could say I understand all the tech-talk the SAAA guys were on about, maybe one day! The CASA and Airservices ones were great, but the best of all was the guy from Dynon Avionics-his presentation was absolutely fascinating. Hey, I even liked the ukeleles! But we ran out of instruments... :( (Everyone has the right to have a whinge). Just joking! Good idea whoever thought of that one. A bit of variety.

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