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I have the non TSO garmin in my Legend. It works ... Reliably and it has stereo capability. I have Lightspeed Zulu headsets and I wired the system for stereo. I can hook in some music into the intercom if I want (but never have) and listen to it in stereo. Also, on dual watch, the active frequency reception moves towards the left ear and the standby towards the right ear. Also, the pax voice comes mostly in my right ear so it sounds more like you're not actually wearing headsets. As a final plus, the Garmin has remote frequency and toggling inputs so I can cycle through my frequency memory and swap active and standby with a switch on my yoke. PPS! The Garmin has a nice BIG bright display that is easy to read in a bright cockpit, unlike some of the gear with the little LCD screens.

Another take (possible conspiracy theory) about airport fees. When a council implements airport fees, the original, and stated, intent is to cover the operating and maintenance costs of the airfield. However, a subplot could be to drive traffic away, thereby justifying the sale of the airport to developers. Everyone knows that airports draw developers like sugar draws ants. All that flat cleared land is cheap to build houses on and developers can make a motza out of an ex airport. Then the council gets rates from all those houses/units and no longer has to pay to maintain the airport. For the council and the developers, what's not to like. For the couple hundred pilots who can no longer land or house their planes there ... Too bad! This is the world we live in now. Where the $ rules and business is a sacred (cash) cow.

Absobloodylutely!

Hi Phil: I saw your comment on the Gilberton video. When I saw the signature, I guessed it was the same Phil Perry from the fora here. Thanks for watching and thanks for your feedback. Yes it is Tommy in that and other videos. Both versions of Countrywide in that video are Tommy playing, one with an orchestral backing and one solo. WRT flying over tiger country and what it means for the "donkey in front" LOL, it can be a little scary at times, but flying with a group helps with the nerves a lot. I'm not brave enough to attempt these sorts of trips on my own and I'm very grateful for the support of my fellow Puk Airlines members. Another upside of group flying, is that every night is like a party while we're on tour. Our core group is very close; like a family. We get along very well and have a really great time.

That's true if done poorly. However, vehicle wrap is a different product to the vinyl used for making rego letters and stick on graphics. Vehicle wrap is very flexible and is applied using a heat gun. With care, the rivets can be dealt with effectively, but it will be a very tedious job. In addition to that, you could have a very speccy "paint job" for a lot less than having it painted that way. And if you come to dislike the decoration, you can heat it off and design a new one.. But you'd still have to prime and paint a base coat, probably white would be best.

That other link didn't allow the whole series to play. Paste this into your browser's address bar if you want to watch the rest of the trip. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=videoseries

Not exactly our last flight, but our most recent trip. Our stops were: Dingo Winton Adels grove Karumba Gilberton station Bowen Yeppoon And then home There was some spectacular scenery along the way and some really interesting stops. Winton, Adels grove, Karumba and Gilberton station were amazing

I agree. Also, do you fly with an tablet or phone? If so, make sure the wifi is turned off. I found that cured the phantom receptions I was getting.

We'll be there and looking for you!

Personally, I'm not a fan of having "all glass" for aviation instruments. In my experience, things go wrong at the worst possible time. Translation: When the internal glass cockpit fails will be the time you find out the the batteries in the external pod are dead. Don't get me wrong, I think glass panels are cool, but I also think they can be a distraction to the pilot playing with the "bells and whistles" rather than looking outside the cockpit. I've seen pilots do this.

Something that wasn't mentioned was the possibility of the drone's Lion battery catching fire inside the wing after impact. If that happened with the fuel in the wing, I'm reasonably sure the aircraft would not survive long enough to land.

Where were the wing walkers? Budget cuts???

Mick: Welcome back to flying and the forums. Very pleased to hear that you've found a way to realise your dream.

Will we be able to opt out of CTA?

Yenn: As I understand it, everything that goes into a GA plane (apart from experimentals) has to have some sort of certification somewhere along the line. That adds costs from manufacture to maintenance to spare parts. A simple example is the difference between a Rotax 912S and a 912ULS. There is a significant difference in price of the two engines which is mostly down to all the extra certifications in the 912S. Want to put a new airspeed indicator or altimeter in a GA plane as far as I know they have to be TSO. Not so much in an RAA plane. As others have said, in RAA you can maintain your own plane. Can you do this with a non-experimental GA aircraft? And so on it goes.

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The GA industry is dying because of the regulatory costs created by CASA. Of course we can "just remove the numbers and instal 'VH-" and then bear the costs associated with a VH airplane and the costs associated with the pilots licenses. That was the whole point of LSA and ultralights; to give more people a chance to fly. These changes (IMO) are designed to accomodate some of the very light GA aircraft into the recreational category. That is where GA started, but steadily over the generations, the bureaucrats in the regulatory bodies have generated endless paper chases under the cover of "safety". The major result of all the credentialism and certification regimes has been to push GA flying out of reach of most average income earners.

That's a nice looking airplane.

How about a Cessna without rivets or SIDs?

Skippy: Are those LPM figures for pumping to the same height as the fuel container or above it or below it. If above the fuel container, how much higher? I like the idea of this pump and am wondering if it is suitable to refuel a high wing from a container on the ground.

My engine also shows a higher pressure when cold than when warm. As I understand it, this is because of a temperature sensitive bypass valve in the oil filter.

Yes, it was very easy to tow, and very stable. Also with the long wheelbase it was easy to reverse.

Here's the drawing I used to guide my trailer maker. The plans are not a cookbook solution and should be tailored to your trike. I've also included a pic of the wing rack setup. The positioning of the racks was done 'on-the'fly' having the trike on the trailer for positioning and setting the positions so that the wing didn't extend beyond the width of the trailer in the back, nor beyond the length of the prop extents. The plug on the back of the trailer with the wire connected to it, powers a second set of tail lights on a board that I hung on the prop for extra safety. Edit: The stone guard on the front of the trailer is a necessity. If you look closely at the pics, you'll notice that the shadecloth screen doesn't go all the way to the bottom of the guard. I used to regularly find little pebbles on the deck of the trailer that no doubt would have hit the trike, without the guard.

From memory, the decking was around $1800 and that was, what? 10 years ago??

Just checked with the cheese n kisses... We think it was in the order of $4,500. Told you it wasn't cheap! :-)