Camel

Gladstone- NSW- Mid North Coast.

Fly-in Breakfast - sunday 11 October - PlayStation (north east of kempsey - check it out on ozrunways). I also runs a WikiCamps site at PlayStation so if your really keen you could prob stay the night beforehand roll out a sleeping bag. Mogas available by prior arrangement.

Indicate interest below. Seems Coffs Harbour is currently a ctaf on weekends so easy coastal run for those coming from the north.

Kindly indicate interest by contacting phone number in Ozrunways info for contact

I am hoping to make it a regular thing. Perhaps get a cross country nav and meetup in before all the smoke , or rain, or pandemic ?

There is currently a RAPAC submission to have a VFR lane through Coffs.  Further submissions to RAPAC or letters of support would certainly help. 

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You must have calibrated airspeed, altimeter every two years and approved engine which Rotax and Jabiru are and your meant to get a letter of approval from RAA to say that it is approved for CTA.  Like what was said already I agree with .

 

 

Another Jabiru airframe put to the test by the looks of it.

 

Well done Jab you built a great airframe, shame about the propulsion system, wish it was as robust.

I wish some more pilots knew how to use the propulsion system properly ! Which I happen to use and like !

 

 

Good buy. Now you will be able to fly with the third wheel at the correct end.

 

How do you find it for landings. I think flying a Lightwing again would do me some good, controlling that low wing loading on final is harder than flying an RV4.

I've be flying nose wheel for twenty years with the odd tail wheel so I'm getting use to it, doing fine so far but I am a bit of a perfectionist so I won't be happy until I'm faultless, it's a 100hp so it gets off quick, I've been sticking to the grass at the moment as I'm told they can get a little wild on bitumen. I think flying the lightwing gets your flying skills up to a high standard.

 

This aircraft was rebuilt by a few guys out Broken Hill and did a real fine job of making it like new again.

 

 

 

 

Be Careful. Lightwings can be addictive!

It certainly is, honing my skills at the moment, done some greasers and a few to make the heart race but all in all it is fun.

 

 

I bought a Lightwing GR912, a bit different to the J230, but I'm not getting rid of that either.

 

 

 

Call it a paddock,an access road, a park, a firebreak but not an airstrip as that opens a can of worms and the machinery shed is not a hangar.

 

 

Fantastic to hear this event is on.

 

 

Very few people, very few, ever react the way we are taught, especially the first time things go pear shaped. That's well known to anybody who has studied human factors to any real depth. How many hours did this guy have? How many engine failures did he experience? 

I have had two problems relating to partial loss of power, one was ice on take off caused by excessive taxi time and required heat instantly and it still coughed and spluttered for a while as I lined up for landing, applied heat, swapped tanks and checked mixture rich, it came back into life and I climbed, failure to do those checks, mainly heat would have ended up in a rough paddock.  Sure no one is perfect and we forget but some things like carb heat, pump on and mixture rich are very important.  The other incident was on take off and it was a human factors mistake, Lycomings can foul plugs taxing so I leaned while taxing, checks done and left it lean until ready, well guess what happened, when the engine sputtered and near died I did the checks and put mixture in first as I realized I had made that error ! 

 

My point is old mate in video could well have had carb ice and nothing was done ! He had a engine failure and maybe it was preventable or should I say recoverable.  My training and every BFR involved a simulated engine failure and my GA instructor would pull power on take off if I took my hand off the throttle. 

 

 

I was there Sat morning and left after lunch, I thought it was great event and hadn't been for a couple of years.  I saw you KGW near your SIERRA but you were busy talking to another ! I was in my J230 ! 

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saKPnSIu1iM

another jab failure. I find it hard to believe that anytime a jab engine fails it’s because of improper mx. 

I had a quick watch ! I never saw carb heat go on ! I never saw fuel pump go on ! I saw a quick response of communication ! I saw little effort to slow this aircraft on landing as the stick was going back and forward ! Please tell me if I saw this wrong and why !    

 

 

Relax !!!!!! Seriously read your books, listen to your instructor and relax, the knowledge will sink in while your relaxed and interested, 

 

 

Relax ! 

 

 

Yes, but you have the GA LICENCE Frank.....I have no problem with that. 

And anyone else can get one too ! You will need a medical for CTA I'm sure and you will need the training so just get an RPL or PPL and do it !  This is about getting access on the cheap and making others pay ! I'm sure most will get a shock when they have to pay air services charges ! It's not free ! 

 

 

 If an individual behaved this way they would not be allowed to continue ! CASA are completely out of touch with reality and are ignorant about safety ! The pressure should be turned up and the heat put on them ! Certain CASA people should be seriously held to account For ignorance, lies and misleading ! 

 

 

Well said Camel. Unfortunately this thread was started with unsubstantiated rubbish and it’s escalated from there. Thank you for your first hand level headed input

Thank you sir ! A pleasure to hear you with positive feed back, ! I'm happy to read people's opinion on here but thought this needed more facts ! I can join another school and teach any time I feel like it and probably make more money but I have my own style, don't stick to exact time always give a little extra because I love to fly, I have my own strip with no waiting, disadvantage is I have to mow it !

 

 

Hello interested humans only ! I'm writing to be informative and not argumentative ! I am a CFI in my own school due for an inspection and have already been sent an extension ! I'm not a busy school, I'm semi retired and I enjoy teaching, I hold many endorsements and hold a PPL too , I have never been told or given any indication they want to close me down and for that matter I'm probably not worth it to them as I don't bring in enough new members but I'm like a service ! I can train, BFR's, endorsements and keep an eye on this part of the world because if you read the Ops manual CFI's report things back to RAA Ops !

 

The truth be known as a business it is not viable, owning a hangar, plane and school, maintaining all these things, advertising, cleaning, paperwork, etc ! If I was closed down they probably done me a favour but I didn't start a school and become an instructor to get rich ! And I get very offended by those who think instructors and schools charge too much ! There is a lot to just owning a plane as many of you know but a school adds a lot of responsibility with little renumeration ! Some time ago a lot of damage was done to me and my school by a few big mouth experts, a couple posted on this web site, one has retired from flying as he realised he is not as good as he thought he was ! And another has slowly disappeared after not being as smart as he thought he was ! Raa supports it schools very well in my opinion and will talk to me if I have any questions or if they have any, I have never felt threatened by the system but only by a couple of students would felt they knew everything before they could fly properly !

 

A CFI has a tough job as he has to recognise if the person is safe to go on their own and they have to have the skill and the passion to get better ! , if they think they are already too good and bagging the system then you get a little worried ! So far I have been able to recognise instant geniuses and those with the passion to get good at stick and rudder flying !

 

A guy who I thought was a buddy and I got into flying GA many years ago back stabbed me to no end when I went back to ultralight flying, saying things like they are not real planes and just toys, this guy was only interested in his image and had no passion and was one of the worst pilots I have ever known and witnessed several near misses he made including entering a runway when a plane was landing and ignored all radio broadcasts and warnings !

 

Those who think training is not as good in RAA are very wrong as ultralight are harder to fly than larger GA planes, I hope those who read my post take my opinion seriously as it is very sincere !

 

Hope the beginners learn to get the passion for aviating and try to get good at it ! Without the passion it's just spending money ! Enjoy !

 

 

Apart from the obvious bad weather this was a great fly in ! I was unable to fly due to weather from the Mid North Coast, to get there or back ! the long drive was worth it ! And yes there were lots of Pitts and others doing their thing in the sky, a few formation Aero's too !

 

 

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I'm not moving to the USA. I seriously considered it in the 70's. (Oregon). I have USA contacts moving here. Don't forget LSA was a USA concept that I've consistently condemned as being a "non decision", decision.. A useless stop gap attempt to get some European designs onto the US market. The Piper and Cessna attempt were not successful. The low weight made the Skycatcher unviable and structurally compromised. Nev

The Jabiru 230 is a success compared to the Sportscruiser and the Skycatcher ! Strong, fast and reliable !

 

 

Cost for GA and RA seem about the same to me if you use a LAME. If you maintain your RAA membership as well there is no saving going GA.

The fact that RAA is owner maintenance is the major advantage in my opinion, flying school cost is much lower because there is no need for AOC, chief pilots and most schools have a L 2 on the team, I owned a C172 and the introduction of sids was the reason for selling and the maintenance costs, parts, labour and paperwork BS was escalating ! A lot of charges were for just filling out logbook ! I would consider a VH homebuilt but the resale is not usually good because a lot of LAMEs are not keen to work on homebuilds, I wouldn't want to if it appeared rough either !