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20 minutes ago, turboplanner said:

I would focus on the Australian aviation classes we have in RA, and try to get some real flying done.

Ok your right. Getting sidetracked.

But I am going RPL now. Then check ride for my rpc afterwards.

8 hours ago, turboplanner said:

No, it’s about distorting facts.

you keep alluding that i am not in the transport industry.  i wish it were true. should have payed more attention in school.😁.

and i am not distorting any facts , not much anyway. i am sure you are in some high up position but seems you won't say what it is you actually do i will never know. 

3 hours ago, turboplanner said:

In a nutshell; anyone in the Transport Industry would know that no one person could remotely cover all of transport in this country.

And no, I've never designed tyres.

It's the way you come across. Read some of your own posts.

43 minutes ago, turboplanner said:

I was contacted by RAA because an employee liked what I had written. It wasn’t about a crackpot thread.           Any real person who works in the transport industry knows the terminology and knows it wasn’ “designed”.

 

I probably used the wrong words but in the past you have often made comments about you designing prime movers and other things like 11r tyres ,maybe I misunderstand what you say.  It always looks like you are the driving force behind almost everything to do with transport in this country. 

And yes I am in the transport industry and have a small fleet of trucks which I wish was even smaller. 

3 hours ago, turboplanner said:

Only once to say "No thanks" to a request.

why would you be contacted by raa , seriously tell us why. i can't decide if you are full of crap or not. you drop hints about designing the australian transport industry among other things. there is no substance , not once do you say what you actually do or provide any proof.  i don't say this to be nasty, i would just like a bit of background or proof that its all true.

On 30/04/2024 at 4:26 PM, spenaroo said:

Okay gets a bit muddier.

Qantas aquired impulse, which became part of Qantaslink.

but the 717's of Impulse became the starter aircraft for Jetstar.

which then became the aircraft for National Jet Systems... another Qantas subsidary.

that operates aircraft for Qantaslink (yeah I'm confused too as to why its a new separate entity)

either way the original aircraft were older "Q "fleet

used to fly to work on quantas link. they served mines and towns in the goldfields and pilbara.

we also did perth mel return with compass and it was a great trip both ways except we had to board on the tarmac in a tent from memory.

On 30/04/2024 at 4:07 PM, spenaroo said:

interesting reading the history of budget airlines in Australia,

I remember in Bransons biography him saying Virgin originally started with an operating budget of 1 million,

but looking at wiki they had two jets (one leased from another virgin airline). and only operated 1 route initially

it got lucky with the collapse of Ansett (also talked about in his biography - overnight the business completely changed)

giving them the gates etc.. to expand rapidly

 

Tiger had 5 aircraft transferred from a sister airline, and 10 million dollars.

started in 2007 - first year of profit was 2010

it also avoided using expensive airports (remember when you had to go to Avalon instead of Melbourne)

 

we all know Jet-star uses the older Qantas fleet and gates.

 

seems like Bonza had the right idea with only operating one type of airline to reduce costs.

but implemented it incorrectly - with the leases negating this advantage.

be interesting to see if its a case of trying to start too ambitiously, lack of capital or failure to gain the needed infrastructure (timing with the lease agreements not being possible as airlines scramble for more capacity post COVID)

 

 

 

i flew tiger to perth once and i boarded at tullamarine. lucky i barrack for collingwood because all the passengers looked like they did.😁

6 minutes ago, jackc said:

Well, the HP2 motor would go well in an aircraft, 1200 GS motor, with no balance shaft, some good race bits and factory blue printed and dyno’ed. Torque? Heaps 🤩

 

You can buy a kit to fit a BMW r100 to an xair. There are 9 flying in the UK ATM and going very well.

6 minutes ago, kgwilson said:

That was quick. Absent for 24 hours & it's now a motorbike forum.

I was wondering how long before that came up. I did say the Honda motor would be a good aircraft engine😁

8 minutes ago, turboplanner said:

I thought you were in the transport industry?

Pretty sure I sm

3 minutes ago, turboplanner said:

I was having lunch in a local hotel today and a stack of bikies came pouring in and started to push tables together. They'd just been to the funeral of a female club member. She'd been killed in a pothole accident; five riders were injured, she was the one that died. The guy I was talking to wasn't sure who hit the pothole. Victoria currently has about a million potholes, all about 450 mm dia, all from 50 mm to 400 mm deep....like wells, all on the LH car/truck tyre line, many hard to see because there's no gravel spill.

The big build takes all the resources that should be fixing roads. The wet weather the last few years caused a lot of them.

26 minutes ago, Litespeed said:

The ST 1100 are great tourers but very heavy.

 

The V4 is a smoothy but very heavy to convert for a aircraft.

300 kg.   The v4 is 97 with gearbox.  There are sts that have done 500,000 km and still going. 

I have an old Honda st1100. Its only 100 HP but you still need to be careful on the throttle. I just stripped the forks , doing Bush's and seals, then a full service and timing belt. If I don't feel confident riding someone will get a good tourer ready to go. That v4 would make a lovely aircraft engine.

On 01/05/2024 at 9:05 AM, turboplanner said:

That's two that didn't make the end of the runway in a month.

in the raa training we are taught to set up for landing quite a way and control the shallow descent with throttle. a couple of older pilots i have spoken to at the airfield reckon this was a bad way to land, they were trained by ag pilots to come in high and drop in on the runway so they can always make it if the engine fails. i am probably stirring the pot saying this but i can see the logic in it.

quite often coming in to land in the tecnam if it wasn't for a burst of throttle we would land short of the runway, just inexperience i guess.  

motorcycling in victoria makes ultralights look pretty safe.

its funny the perception people have , my wife wants to ride pillion with me yet refuses to go in an ultralight at all.  i think she might change her mind once she experiences it.

3 minutes ago, skippydiesel said:

After about 10 years of accident free motorcycling, I gave up road bikes, in the late 1970's. I spent a couple of months commuting in/out of the Sydney CBD - I had at least one close shave /day. The chicken entrails don't lie - it was time to sell the Honda 750/4.  - just like this one except I had "Walker 2/1 pipes and dropped handlebars. Good open road bike, bit of a pig on sweeping bends.

$20000 sitting there. cb 750 s are sought after.

17 minutes ago, facthunter said:

Surely not?  Has she taken out a lot of Insurance on you?  Nev

i went for a ride the other day after 25 years and i needed another set of eyes, cars tailgating me at 100 , cars switching lanes without notice. you have to on the ball. 

1 hour ago, facthunter said:

Some people thrive on taking risks. Nev

well my wife is terrified i will have a plane crash, i put her mind at ease and bought an 1100 cc motorbike instead.😁

2 hours ago, BurnieM said:

Do we know whether MF held a XC endorsement ?

Yes. That's what all the dramas is over. He got signed off with everything after only 4 or 5 hrs flight training. 

1 hour ago, Love to fly said:

Actually I think training in interpreting weather forecasts across different areas is really important for cross country flying. And without it it could be very difficult to make informed devisions as to whether a flight is safe to make. 

I don't disagree about training. I am saying the pilot in question made the decision to fly when another person left his plane in the hangar because the weather was bad and the airfield manager said when he heard Matt taking off he was surprised anyone would fly in those conditions.

i stand my earlier comment that the pilot took a risk knowing how bad the weather was on the day. 

surely you don't need extensive training to decide if you should fly or not.

this case is causing a huge ripple through raa and casa. i think thats why they have cracked down on everything.

23 minutes ago, turboplanner said:

You take a big risk working on the advice of "some forums".

 

The comments posted below are a good example of where the flame can go, and it looks like it's going to go a lot further than that.

seriously , what are you on about.  

3 hours ago, facthunter said:

Be  serious sometimes. Nev

   i didn't realise you were the only one allowed to be funny. i will ask your permission next time.

1 hour ago, facthunter said:

Well presented?? There was nothing in it of substance. Braised muffler ? How long do you think that will last??  Nev

braised steak doesn't last long in our house😁