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Hi David, your Sportstar being an early one will have small front wheel I presume and they are tricky to land, the manual allows the use of either size wheel on front, I changed mine to larger front wheel due to suggestion fron Peter " SilverWing" , it made a huge difference and was a lot better to control on landing when the front wheel touch down. Previously it had a tendency to wander. I found I could do anything with it after the change and crosswinds were no problem.

Nicely said Dave and the Jab bashers will give you heaps, I have owned two Jabs and flown many others and flown Rotax powered aircraft that I like very much, Jabs do need to be monitored carefully which is admititly not nessecary with a lot of other engines but I accept this and like the jab engine. I find my J230 a compromise as it has space, speed and power, monitored carefully during flight and climb to allow sufficient cooling should give good service. The Jab engine does need improvements but that's progress. My thoughts are if you think you can trash an air cooled motor and think it won't let you down is a big mistake, my lycoming powered C172 suffered a cracked head soon after I bought it and very expensive repair, my Jab 3300 will get a top overhaul soon as a matter of insurance to my peace of mind and due to the fact this can be done at a reasonable cost makes it a good choice compared to others, like I have said before it always comes back to affordability and Jabiru have a slogan than reflects that " keeping flying affordable" and the RAA mission is to keep flying affordable and if you want fully Certified, LAME maintained CASA scrutinised aircraft join the GA ranks and fly heavy metal, I've been there and still hold a current PPL and am a dedicated supporter of RAA and am happy to fly rag and tube two strokes too. If anybody picks on Jabs they obviously don't like two strokes, they also need care and attention and will give reliable service if treated right but as told many years ago "it's not if but when" it will let you down, so maintain and care will save your back side, Jabs glide very well and trikes only half as good although don't need much space to land for a trike, learn to land short, very short and it may save you in any aircraft ! I would love to see the Jab Man improve his engine as it will only get better, without Jabiru things will get worse much worse ! Happy and safe flying to all !

If you self impose the restriction on yourself it would be fair to lift it yourself, tell CASA and you will never hear the end of it until you have jumped through a heap of obstacles and emptied your wallet. I have no respect for CASA or it employees as they seem to be completely out of step with reality, complete fools, idiots and no regard for safety just full of their own self importance !

In 2009 I flew through Maroochydore, Sunshine Coast airport, got a clearance etc, it is class D, the controller asked me to confirm my altitude and told me transponder was indicating 200feet difference, so they must have radar I presume. The transponder was not calibrated in my aircraft as I had just picked it up from Bundaberg.

I flew as a passenger in a C180 tail dragger, the pilot did an excellent cross wind landing, later I said "why do you limp" he replied " I only got one leg " , he had a prosthetic leg.

1st Jan 2016, Early morning Crescent Head NSW, 3 horses on beach , me in the sky with a friend, perfect weather, no handover, going to be a great year, all the best for a new year.

The Morgan Aeroworks planes have easy to remove wings not folding.

Deb, I have used a boat winch for pulling a plane backwards as it is difficult to push, I also used an electric boat winch but it was slow. Also used a ride on mower as a tug which is the best. How you work out a way to make it easy.

Thanks Aldo and Jetjr.

Violation of Contraled Airspace ! Haven't you had one yet ? I had one years ago and it was the towers fault, once that was established and proved, no more letters ! No more VCA.

Thanks, actually had it on, what I wondered is there a quick way to get notam on restricted from map ? rather than just the red like colour. For me the biggest problem is that I don't use it often enough and forget how to use ozrunways.

Could you briefly explain how to do as I am unable to work it out ? Thanks

Caap 166 7.3 Positional broadcasts 7.3.1 When departing or arriving at non-controlled aerodromes, pilots should monitor their radios and broadcast their intentions in accordance with the following and paragraph 7.3.4:  When at or near a non-controlled aerodrome or in a Broadcast Area with a CTAF, including those assigned Multicom 126.7, listen and broadcast as necessary on the published frequency.  When at or in the vicinity of non-controlled aerodromes marked on charts that have not been assigned a discrete frequency, use Multicom 126.7.  When operating at aerodromes not depicted on aeronautical charts, pilots should monitor and broadcast their intentions on the relevant Area VHF. Note 1: Note 2: The intent is to ensure broadcasts are made on a frequency that other aircraft in the vicinity will be monitoring. A broadcast made only on Multicom 126.7 at an aerodrome whose existence is only known through local knowledge is misguided, as transiting aircraft relying on aeronautical charts for aerodrome location information will be monitoring area frequency. Nonetheless, pilots should study all authorised aeronautical charts relevant to their flight route and category, in accordance with CAR 233 (1)(h). This is because some details may be omitted from charts of different scales even though they cover the same area (usually to avoid clutter).4

Yenn, I can't quote the regs but from memory I think you are supposed to be using the nearest strip frequency if within 10 nm. I am 8 nm from an airport and fly out of a paddock and monitor its frequency. If I was 15 nm I would still moniter it.

Pre 2003 most pilots gave a broadcast of their position and intention where frequency changes were required, any other traffic that was a possible conflict would broadcast their position and intentions, this was a unique Australian practice because Australia did not have enough radar coverage like USA, ADSB was due to be introduced in 2008. So Dick Smith got the gig to run the National Airspace Reform ! WHAT A JOKE ! What has been proved is CASA and Airservices do not have a clue how to promote safety or organise airspace ! Air traffic controllers held seminars at the time and they explained what a Mess it was ! Their advice was to continue broadcasting to avoid conflicts ! I can not emphasise enough how Rediculious our airspace and safety authorities are ! It is 2015 and soon to be 2016 and ADSB is not in all aircraft ! There was supposed to be about 500 ground stations too ! A glimpse of the story , http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2003/s971180.htm https://www.casa.gov.au/standard-page/casa-media-release-safety-first-airspace-reforms https://www.casa.gov.au/standard-page/casa-media-release-airspace-changes-will-be-safely-efficiently-and-professionally http://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2006-08-15.104.1 http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/09/29/1064819871290.html http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;db=CHAMBER;id=chamber/hansards/2007-05-08/0066;query=Id:chamber/hansards/2007-05-08/0000 Plenty more proof out there that shows CASA are out of step ! The first lot of maps were released without the frequency boundaries ! Everyone complained because the danger was obvious ! But not to CASA the professionals

Use automotive brake material and cut to size or buy from http://www.parts4aircraft.oxatis.com/PBSCProduct.asp?ItmID=9383127 I have automotive material on mine and stops well and very little fade.

I totally agree with what you say, I have found without doubt that most CASA people are not interested in the answers to anything ! At most CASA seminars I've been to, people ask question and the CASA people don't know the answers !

Nev, it is all in the operations, technical manual and 95.55 , 95.10 and 95.32 the rest is normal CAR's and CAO's apply if not exempted under the 95.10, 95.55 and 95.32. Yes all very complicated I know. I'm sure you could take it to court. What people are not realising that 95.55 etc are exemptions to normal CASA regulations so if is not exempted normal rules apply that are in the CAO and CAR's.

It is written in the 95.55 document, Section on flight conditions. https://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2015L00228

Struggle on with your posting, great to hear from you as your doing fine. Merry Christmas and happy new year to you ! Hope you get to do plenty of flying. I agree with Nev about spats, unless you use sealed runways always, they fill with mud and make checking tyre pressure difficult. Some aircraft with nose wheel spat handle better without spat due to rudder inputs in turns.

The link I gave you was a sky dive mob that use it !

What happened with Craignish ?

Out of interest, just snooping around looking on maps and google earth I saw a strip at Craignish. Googled again and found this, http://www.sqpc.org.au/clubs-1/drop-zones-and-clubs . The second listing ! Good luck !

If CASA was concerned about safety something would be done about this ! They are professional IDIOTS ! Absolutely STUPID ! CASA have passed the STUPID test and do not care about safety ! They are FOOLS and only interested in petty things ! I can not insult CASA enough without swearing ! And their interested in meta data ! From RAA webpage ! Please note - There are some printing errors on the charts and in ERSA: Innisfail's CTAF is incorrect on charts, but is correct in ERSA; Innisfail's PAL+AFRU frequency in ERSA should be 132.9. Please refer to the correcting documents including NOTAMs C15/15 and C16/15 attached which were all downloaded from the Airservices website. .............. See here. https://www.raa.asn.au/our-organisation/latest-news/article/?id=new-ctaf-frequency-cassowary-coast

Son, you're going to have to make up your mind about growing up and becoming a pilot. You can't do both.