pmccarthy

A good looking aircraft for its time.

Ian, as you probably know I started a Group for our club when you added groups. I emailed quite a few people but no- one joined RF as a result. The two who signed up were already RF members. So there was no point in proceeding. I had expected to expand RF as a result as other clubs joined. I don't know what this means. But you may not get clubs involved.

I guess we all know that lawn bowls has the highest fatality rate of all Australian sports.

Apolo Bay if you are not familiar. Uphill strip, strong onshore winds much of the time.

There is a waiting list for hangar space at Kyneton. About 65 aircraft on the field.

Recreational includes GA, old C172s and PA28s and VH home builts and many more. All doing fine thanks.

Three Hummock island in Bass Strait is grass with Cape Barron geese to avoid. Not difficult but an interesting strip and location.

My mother's saying was meant that no matter what good deed she had done, someone would find cause to criticise. Sorry I was obscure. I thought the announcement was good news and was surprised that a negative slant could be put on it.

As my mother used to say - if I was an angel flying up to heaven, someone would mistake me for a crow and shoot me.

I did some training in a 100hp Victa at Broken Hill in summer. Underpowered is an understatement, but $11.50 an hour wet was as good as it got.

Last year 60, this year 20.

It might be good for micro devices., the size of insects.

So rewrite "he entered the cockpit"".

The classic problem is an RAA reg aircraft which is weight limited but would have a higher legal weight in GA. You are about to cross Bass Strait. Do you limit your fuel load to the RAA amount, or do you fill to the technical safe limit of the aircraft? Obviously the latter is the responsible decision. You will be legal about one hour into the flight once the excess fuel has burned off. If you then have an incident on arrival, can insurance be refused because you must have departed overweight?

My lap belt gets tighter every year. Must be a safety feature.

It can be done by subtracting the weight already in the list, but I would like to get a re-weigh any weigh 🙂 as it hasnt been done for 30 or 40 years.

My wife and I plus full fuel puts the Archer on the nose-heavy limit so I keep some water in the luggage compartment. Am thinking about removing the ADF which I never use, it is heavy.

Many aircraft also have a seat structural limit. It might be 110 or 120 kg and is based on the seat not collapsing at a certain g force vertical deceleration.

Spot on!

Yes but which one?

OK try this

Are you arguing that CASA has not run down its technical capabilities while increasing bureaucracy?

I think the facts are in the report. Professions Australia is a reputable lobby group.

Royal Aircraft Factory BE2

Professions Australia have released a report on CASA. In summary they concluded 1. Staffing. Technical teams are chronically short staffed and there is an effective freeze on recruitment. 2. Workloads. Under staffing is intensifying workloads among a shrinking pool of technical professionals. 3. Training and currency. Technical work groups are being deskilled as a result of a lack of currency training and professional development. 4. Restructuring and procedural change. CASA are hollowing out the technical elements of many roles via restructuring and changing procedures which limit the opportunity to conduct technical work and oversight. 5. Poor engagement and loss of confidence. CASA fails to take the concerns of technical staff seriously, convinced that the direction that executive are taking the organisation in is sound. Staff engagement and confidence in leadership is at an all-time low. See https://aopa.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/CASA_in_crisis.pdf