DarkSarcasm

Hi all,

I know that to carry pax you have to have done 3 take offs & landings within the previous 90 days. My question is whether this has to be done in an RA aircraft or whether 3 takeoffs/landings in a GA aircraft would count as being current.

The ops manual says that the takeoffs/landings must have been "in an aircraft of a "similar" type [their " "] as that to be used for the carriage of passengers".

Would a GA aircraft qualify as "similar"?

Thanks everyone :big_grin:

Congratulations Dark One! I am mightily impressed having followed your progress from the dark days when you wondered out loud if you'd ever get this landing business sorted.

]Is the next hurdle to be CPL?

Well done little Princess. Proud of you!:clap2::clap2:David

Congratulations Darky, you earned it. I take it that was Unrestricted PPL?

Would've been a bucketload cheaper without all that time zooming through CTA and paying landing fees!

Does that include Raaus Cert or is that just GA? (Im assuming its inclusive)

Thinking back, I think it might be closer to $12,000. Eh, either/or

gr8 Work there Darky ! Congradulations. Hey Whats the PPL set you Back Now days ? Did you do your Raaus Flying Cert First then the PPL ? Cheers Lance

As the title says, today I got my PPL :big_grin: I can now terrorise all of Australia!

I got the immortal "licence to learn" line from my tester, I have to admit I would've been disappointed if he hadn't said it

Thanks all :)

I've looked at the websites of a few clubs, but the main thing that's putting me off is that you have to pay a yearly membership of their club. I don't particularly want to do that since I'm not planning on taking up gliding as a hobby, I'd just like to try it to improve my skills (e.g. forced landings, since you only really get one chance to land in a glider, so it's always a forced landing...), so I'm reluctant to pay the fee. I might email a few of them and see if I can organise a weekend thing without the membership fee or at a reduced fee or something...hmmm

Hi all,

I'd like to try my hand at gliding, does anyone know of anywhere that does gliding reasonably close to Melbourne? I was thinking of seeing if I could organise a '1 day intensive' sort of thing, or maybe go there for a weekend and do a 2 day thing.

So does anyone know of somewhere reasonably near Melbourne that teaches gliding and any idea of a rough cost estimate for it?

Cheers

Aldinga just outside Adelaide is a good field, with nice Sportstars. The school's name is Adelaide Biplanes. I did a lesson there when I was visiting a friend and was impressed by the instructor and the school.

Just out of curiosity, since I have no experience with this, if you fly out of an airport with landing fees (say, Moorabbin, as an example) and you're doing circuits, do you have to pay the fee for every T&G or just the final full stop?

Early 1990's and my instructor was bemoaning the loss of students directly related to the women in their life - she was either scared her meal ticket would be killed in a crash, jealous that he was spending more time flying than with her, or spending money having fun when it could have been spent on other things she considered more enjoyable. His own girlfriend kept up a littany of "If you love me, you would give up flying ..." I used to listen to so much moaning about how wives / girlfriends hated flying from commercial pilots scrapping a living in the hope of cracking an airline job - and this is what makes them give up in sight of the prize. How many here have moved on from aviation resistant partners? Or given up the dream in the younger years for lack of support?

Aldinga is a nice field. Not sure how far out it is though

I also turn the radio on and off in the wrong order.

Don't give her any ideas....

I've told him it might be possible and to call some operators to see if they'll sell to him. It's nothing to do with me now, it's up to him and the operator (I still think he's nuts)

He's welcome to kill his catalytic converter if he wants, it's not my car! I do have some doubts myself but I said I'd at least ask around and see if it was possible for him to get his hands on some. The rest of it is up to him.

(personally I think he's nuts, it's going to ruin his car and I don't see the gain from it being enough to make the price of the AVGAS plus the price of repairs worthwhile)

where can i get an aviator watch that is girlie and pretty?? that thing i wear just doesnt go! girls?

I, on the other hand, ditched the 'girly' and 'pretty' and bought a mens one because it was a limited edition Red Arrows one

And congrats on the XC! :thumb_up: If the weather ever improves, I won't be far behind you!

A friend of mine is planning to race his car and was asking me about getting his hands on AVGAS to put in his car.

I'm fairly certain he can't just go to the airfield and buy it because he doesn't have a licence, is that right?

But are there any rules that would prevent me from buying a jerry can of AVGAS to take if I wanted to, or can you only buy it for use at airfields/in aircraft etc?

You'll enjoy the Cooper Darky, I had the privilege to drive one a couple years ago (don't tell anyone!), they are good fun. Plane would be first priority I thought though!

Plane isn't a priority at the moment, mainly because I don't have enough experience to know what I want. I could go out and buy a plane now only to discover that by the end of this year I want a tailwheel aeros machine or something. Too much around to be making any decisions yet!

Driving.

I love driving, even just down to Coles (am I sad?). I am half considering taking up motorsports/rallying when I get my Mini Cooper at the end of this year...

As far as I remember offhand, it's a CASA requirement for GFPT holders to do a flight with a FI every 15 hours

Want more freedom, get a PPL. GFPTs are generally viewed as a halfway step to a full licence so are more restrictive (others feel free to correct me here).

"Fear not Slarti, for I will suck the poison out" said .....................

...Long-Hop Louise, who was Sally's....

so wats yours Darky???...

As I was writing another post a moment ago, I got looking at the smileys below and realised a few of them remind me of some of the forumites

- Motz

- Ahlo

- Tomo

- Ian/Mods

- Iggy

What do people reckon?

Wear clothes that are comfortable and cool - the aircraft tend to heat up after a while. And sunglasses (as P4D said). And a water bottle.