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I rang a flying school at Moorabbin and that's the price I got. It was oasis. Do you think he gave me a GA rate.

Thanks. Just looked up Cowra aero club. Would be good weather too. Down here the weather can be pretty ordinary.

Is that ra or ga

That is a bargain

Don't know if it's done anywhere now. That's why I first mentioned ga. I can do that here in another school that is not so busy. I have listed the ultralight. If it sells I will go back to RC models. I have enjoyed the training in raaus but after nearly 3 years and no ticket I am over it.

Not real sure we are on the same page here. I was talking about Holbrook flying school which had some thrusters and you could book your course which includes onsite accommodation.

Ga at our club is over $400p/h. If you do raaus at Moorabbin you are paying around $420 p/h. It's expensive when you can't do regular lessons.

I understand there is a need for a lot of training for people flying further and in faster aircraft. But the auf was what got me interested years ago and I was silly enough to think it was still like that. Remember when you could go to Holbrook for 2 weeks ,stay on the airfield and go home with your certificate. As quite a few have mentioned before ,it would be great to have something like the auf so people can still learn and fly in rag and tube. I think raaus mean well, they want everyone to be safe but they are ga now not ultralight. As good as anyway.

I have no interest in flying in controlled airspace or even long trips for that matter. I have an xair rag and tube for burning around my local area. The reason I thought of changing to GA is purely because it is so hard to finish my raaus certificate here. The club is booked out all the time and because I have weeks in between lessons I go back to square one each time. I am thinking of selling the plane and sticking to ground based hobbies. There is far too much bullsh#t to go through when you just want to fly around the local area at 60 knots in good weather. Those head tracking setups in rc are really appealing, I flew rc for a long time and loved it. I can understand pilot training has to cover a lot of scenarios but do I keep paying $320 p/h trying to get a certificate I may never receive.

It seems odd to me To have an aircraft and worry about a one off purchase of a power lead for $50. Just buy it.

They look like full lotus floats . They have been around for years and have a good reputation.

It does too now that mention it.

pretty sure its this machine. built by tag aviation in canberra. passenger is describing how long the log he saw was.

have you met my mother in law 🤣

4 hrs solo.

its nothing against raaus. i am struggling to get instructors to finish my last few hours. there are more ga instructors in our area . its either that or i may have to go somewhere like wings out west but its expensive to go away and pay accommodation and fuel etc.

when i worked on a charter boat i got a promotion. skipper said i was the masterbaiter.

Medical is self declared. Same as raaus

Thank you. That's the info I was looking for.

hoping you blokes or ladies can provide an answer . i have been trying to find out about raaus hours counting towards an rpl. the casa site states the holder of a rpc can convert to an rpl . i want to know if raaus student pilot hours can be used towards rpl if the student has not got his rpc yet.

they are both instructors .

Excellent.

Looks great. What design is it.

Learn something every day. I looked them up after your post. I always thought Gerry Ryan was the founder of Jayco but not at all. Jayco was already in business in the USA and he partnered with them and started the Aussie arm of Jayco. I stand corrected.