BurnieM

Was that a press release from Garmin .......

Foreflight do not need the product as they already have their own. So probably they are going after the customer base. Only problem is these sort of takeovers have very mixed results.

I'm in the software industry. Yeah, nah.

While RAA will be getting CTR access 'soon' I do not see us getting more than 1 passenger any time soon so to me they seem pretty comparible (for class G) except on a RPL/PPL you can fly a 4 seater will lots of luggage and full tanks. Anybody have the numbers on full RAA license/rego vs CASA ?

I hear water can be useful too.

Anybody applied for it yet ?

I believe currently when you get your RPC you can no longer takeoff/land at Bankstown. Can somebody confirm. BT lane of access and training area are fine but where do you take off from ? When WSI goes live we lose Bankstown lane of access, Bankstown training area and part of Camden training area and these areas all become controlled. You would require a massive westerly detour if you want to stay uncontrolled. I believe this is a significant part of RAA getting CTA access. The size of this political problem is why I think owner maintained group A will have access. Question I have is what equipment requirements will there be ? ADS-B ? A harder attitude to 2 yearly calibrations ? ?

You mean Western Sydney International ? Almost certainly this was a factor.

Except that it looks like owner maintained group A will also be allowed into Controlled Airspace so ?

As regards LAME maintained, I suspect this is partly political; 'my GA plane is LAME maintained so why are the RAA guys getting away with cheaper maintainance'. Same with Basic 5 medical which I suspect will be simialr to us with similar restrictions.

Most of the work has already been done so you have already paid for it. Wait till they get into MOSIAC 🙂

While this is the current situation the new CTR endorsement and use of it has not been defined. Particuarly, whether we will need more than our current self declared medical to use it. What happens with Casa basic 5 medical seems to be intertwined with this. I do not think we will know for another 6 months.

Surely CTA transits are a skill to be taught, learned and practised like anything else. I can see that people who learned 20 years ago and currently only fly in class G may be taken back but even old b*stards can learn. Non-standard radio calls from all types of pilots are more of a concern.

Depends how Basic 5 medical turns out. Could be that they become so close to the same that nobody bothers.

Can I point out that many (most?) KTM engines are built by.... ... Rotax. BMW, Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki and Kawasaki all have the design, testing and manufacturing facilities to build LSA engines but they do not. Why not ?

Have you looked at the mounting systems on other 912 equipped aircraft ? Something like the Evektor or Sling who have been using 912 for a long while.

Two points; I have never received complete or relevant information from a company in receivership. Never. Interesting that Sling Aircraft are addressing their recent massively increased demand by expanding their in house manufacturing facilities. Yes they are a smaller company but appear to have a more strategic management. Not saying they are perfect.

Lets see what happens with basic 5 medical. They could end up being very similar.

While current kit builders will pay whatever they have to, I don't see many new kits being sold in the next 2-3 years. This willl create further problems.

The NSW Fuelcheck app is handy to have on your phone. It will give you locations and current pricing.

Agreed but with basic 5 likely to be restricted to 1 passenger, how is this different to what we have now with RPC ? If anything the number of crashes with DAME signed off pilots appears to be higher. Not suggesting that this is a factor but am suggesting that self declared is an extremely small factor. Yes you are legally covered but in many (most?) aircraft scenarios you are dead.

I purchased Garmin Pilot for Australia in January and it did location based display of Notams then. What took OzRunways so long ?

So what are the numbers for the 912 ULS (on the market for 24 years) and the 912 IS (on the market for 11 years). These are pretty reasonable time periods and would have thought we would all have a pretty good warm fuzzy feeling by now.

Agreed. You would need to modify the design. These 4 manufacturers all have the expertise and facilities to do this but they haven't. Rotax was not a aviation engine manufacturer for 60 years until it was.

Yes, the current enigines produced by these Japanese manufacturers are not ideal for aviation use (but they are close). These manufacturers all have the expertise and manufacturing control to design and produce an aviation suitable engine to match and better (power, reliability, long life) Rotax. The question is why have they not done this ?