AJ85WA

Well this thread has drifted so far from its heading Did anybody actually even go to Ausfly? Can you please post some pictures and experiences?

Well.... I had a blast! Me and my wife traveled from WA to make AUSFLY this year. We got held up by weather for 2 days, and we still made it. It was a great event and great success! and the adventure getting there was what it was all about. I was probably among the youngest builder/pilots there. There is nothing worse than grumpy pilots whingeing and complaining about these event, that's what turn the younger generation away.

Hi All I am considering flying my RV6 from (Bindoon) north of Perth WA to AUSFLY NSW Looking for any info tips and tricks from guys who has done this trip before. Especially stuff like refueling, accommodation along the way ect. I prefer to run ULP in my plane but have no problem using AVGAS if that is the only option. I have done a fair bit of reading and got some ideas of what to expect, but would love to hear from others. What places are worth seeing on the way, friendly accommodation, taxi up to browsers ect. Even contacts along the way would be superb. And of-coarse the don't do, and don't forget items :) My range is 600nm until dry, so 500nm would be good for planning. Thanks AJ

What a great fly-in! excellent turn out and what a location! We felt very welcome :)

Thanks KR, appreciate it

Hey Guys Glad to see there is a good amount of RV activity in WA. I have built and now flying my 6 for almost a year (65hrs). looking forward to catching up with all the RV flyers out there. I have a hangar north of Perth @ Bindoon. Is there a forum or facebook page you guys normally communicate on to go for a hamburger run and fly-in on weekends? Would be great to have a reason to go flying every weekend :) Cheers AJ

Hi Raindrops I am currently in a excellent syndicate for a 172 out of jandakot. I have been in it for a while and the benefits of it being your own plane over hiring is unbelievable, even the cost of flying is cheaper, not to mention you can fly when you want and where you want. I am in the process of buying a Kit plane to build and will no longer need my share, So if your interested i might be selling my share in the near future. AJ

Hey All I Did my Training at Air Australia (Jandakot) I originally purchased a share in a Syndicate for a 172, i am pretty sure its the same one you were talking about rgmwa, I must say i probably saved about $8000 over my complete CPL training. Well worth it and you can take it out when and where you want. If anyone is interested i am currently in the process of ordering/building my own LSA aircraft and will no longer need my syndicate. I might consider selling my share in the near future. Enjoy your training AJ 0420365024

Hi Mal I Own a Cessna at Jandakot and head out into controlled airspace most of the time as Vic 65 is a lovely scenic to take passengers over. I found in the beginning it was easier to run through it all on the ground so you can know where to expect freq changes and clearance. Are you still doing training? How often do you go flying... Im always looking for some flying buddies around perth. Enjoy the flying mate, hope the weather hold up :) AJ

Hi Drizzt Yer i did, it was an awsume day!! Rottnest Island is in Class G airspace and is approx 15min flight over ocean, it also has its own CTAF freq so im not 100% sure on what the RA licence is restricted to, but when i landed there was a Cessna 152 parked in the apron if that helps. Although if you decide on going there be prepared for some wicked crosswinds. The runways are east to west and all of perths winds are north to south and yer expect crosswinds 12knots on a good day. :)

Here is some pictures of the weekends flying over perth city and then over to Rottnest island for a day trip! It is such a nice route to fly and is well worth it ENJOY!

Well done Well done mate!! I remember getting my first solo done! I got my PPL about 1month ago, been over to rotto last weekend and its just the best thing! Keep it up Who you flying with at Jandakot? AJ

Thanks Everyone!!! :) Yer i was not too upset about the flight plan as i really just wanted to pass and move forward. So yer getting CTA endorsement should be really easy as i have flown them over 8 times in the past. Cant wait to actually get the old piece of paper saying i am a pilot. So any of you know really good places to see in western Australia?

Hey Everyone On The last day of 2009 i had my PPL checkride booked. The whole day just seemed to fall into place as i was really well prepared. The only thing that really went wrong was the fact that my Flight Plan & SARTIME did not go through so i could not get my controlled airspace Endorsment. But ill just have to book another flight with my instructor to get that done. It is so exciting, just waiting on the paperwork from CASA to come back, wonder how long that is gonna take? Im looking into buying a share in a Cesssna 172P at the moment. Hope all goes well AJ

Hehe They sure are the Rec flying headset.... must say i bought them as only to get me through my training but they are bloody good headsets hey really clear 2. $124.... cant go wrong with that

Nice one Bud! I cant wait to start on my Navs in few weeks! Hope all goes well for you

Thanks for all the cool replies guys!! :big_grin: Took my dad for a flight, he was so happy up there it made me really proud to become a pilot. Is there many guys here from Wa? Here is some pics of the flight with my dad.

These guys are good!!

Hi Everyone I am kinda new to this site and have been keeping to myself as most of you have prob got a lot more experience than myself. But hey im on my way to getting my GA PPL and just passed my GFPT im so super excited about it, im taking my old man for a flight tomorrow and just been thinking of the route i will follow But is it just me or does everyone find that when your doing that checkride with the chief pilot next to you everything just goes wrong?? When i was doing my checkride i totaly stuffed up my forward slip, was very high on my Forced landing and i cant believe it that i had a shocking normal landing ...all of the above i obviously had to do again to prove my airworthyness , but seriously i never had problems until that day, Brings a person down a bit:sad: But hey I still passed and im super happy about it! Bring on the NAV's! Cheers Guys moderated for language - Ian

Yes i did buy a map (VTC map) from maptraxx and i bought the oziexplore on there site which they send you a user key and so on. So is there any way of getting that map onto my gps, mabye changing the format of it ect?

ah no way... that sucks , bought oziexplorer for nothing then $130..... its just weird that ozi cant load maps as they say garmin oregon is supported... So you recon the only software i can use is mapsource?

Its a oregon 300 garmin. Mainly used for tracks, marine, outdoors ect. the oziexplorer version that im using is the latest one and it does support the garmin oregon 300. The thing i wanna know is do i have to select something saying tranfer map, or do i copy some sort of map file onto the garmin memory card...i just dont know? thanks for helping out

im not sure i dont think so, just whatever it came with. does that awnser you question?

Hi Guys:help: I am fairly new to this but have tried my best to get things to work with no results. I have bought a new Garmin GPS, i also purchased a licenced copy of Oziexplorer and a few maps. Ozi and the maps work fine on the pc i can add waypoints routes ect send them to gps and vice versa, no problem. But my question is... how do i get the actual map onto the gps? i always just get the default map on the gps and not the one which i was viewing on oziexplorer. Sorry if this is a dumb question :hittinghead: Thanks AJ

Yes I would not do it if i did not have a water tight agreement setup beforehand. It really all comes down to finding a person with the same attitude as myself. I have a family member which owns an aircraft in partnership with another person and cos they all get along real well and have agreements setup things flow pretty smooth. Although i dont have the other half to convince and i could afford my own plane, i just think you would save yourself alot of money by doing it with someone else. Ill go check out the flying schools for any ppl interested maybe i find someone pretty cool.