billwoodmason

Hey Peter, whats this about a quick liift Jack. (Please explain) Sounds like somthing I should have in my tool kit for my J230.

Congrats Peter on a well written account what must have been great trip. You may remember we spoke at Cobden Airfield some months ago when you flew in with your grandson.

Cheers.

CASA staff should all be fired for there handling of the Jabiru fiasco. This video makes me want to vomit.How much did it cost?

Serious OH&S violations which I will be reporting to Worksafe ACT, and Safework NSW.

 

How can CASA guide people thru the "complex aviation legislation" when they cannot even follow simple OH&S obligations.

 

28 seconds No appropriate sun hat, Hi viz vest not worn correctly "The importance of using the apparel only in the specified way", No sun glasses.

 

36 seconds No appropriate sun hat, no sun glasses lanyard not fitted with breakaways.

 

45 seconds No Long sleeve shirts, inappropriate hat, no sun glasses, loose item in pocket.

 

54 seconds inappropriate foot wear, no hi viz top.

 

55 seconds given the previous violations was was a confined space risk assessment completed and entry permit completed before entering space?

 

60 seconds loose jewellery in work space.

 

66 seconds Loose clothing, inappropriate footwear, lanyard with no breakaway, loose jewellery in work space.

 

75 seconds inappropriate sun protection cap does not comply with Australian standards for sun protection.

 

105 seconds no sunglasses and lanyard with no breakaway being worn while using complex machinery.

 

You know we have gone completely insane when you can get 2 bureaucracy's fighting :)

 

Worksafe should go right thru CASA and fix this clearly lax organization they cannot make a simple video without multiple violations of OH&S. How slack must they be when they are not being filmed?

What I am interested in knowing is how many RAA aircraft flew in and how many RAA members attended ?.

My take on fly-ins for RAA pilots and members is that they just want an old fashioned get together ie no airshow, but I do understand that there has to be an attraction for the general puplic to help bankroll the whole thing.

This current style of program holds little or no interest to me because you can see it at all major airshows.

Hi Ross, welcome to the forum - where are you flying from?. Don't forget to enjoy every moment.

So, because one individual flight review isn't as you remember and some one mentioned an increase in cross country hours on an Internet forum, you tee off at RAAus management when in reality, RAAus policy has not changed at all in relation to these two things in at least the last ten years. Bill, your arguments will have more weight if your points are factual.

The BFR hasn't changed in ten years at our local school, neither has the the cross country endorsement. Can you please elaborate on these changes?

Not sure when cross country hours increased - was recently mentioned on here.

Airventure is about starting the conversation of the amalgamation of all recreational flying being under one banner. Why else would RAA need a weight increase and access to controlled airfields along with more stringent maintenance requirements, exams for Level 1 maintainers, BFR's that resemble a license fight test, increased hours to complete a cross country endosement and the list goes on. I don't like any of the two Mike's recent moves regarding RAA's future. We will end up with an organisation that none of us will want to be part of.

RAA is not a members organisation any more they are a dictatorship enforcing a CASA wishlist. CASA are the last organisation that should be charged with the future of aviation.

They stuff everything the touch.

The empire building proceeds apace...

Welcome Curly1, you'll love flying the J160. When you complete your Certificate there is a few Jabs who fly out of Cobden (Vic). We'd love to see you. I bought my first Jab from Latrobe. Its only a short hop across the Heads then 30 min to Cobden. BBQ lunch provided. There's lots of good info on here - look forward to your inputs. Cheers.

Yes looks like that. The castings look excellent and the machining looks good as well. I really would have liked to take a pic or two but didnt want to push it. They have 2 machining centres one had a cyl head in it the other is a larger machine and had a 6cyl block in it which they do the 4cyl block in as well. They have also a cnc lathe that is making small parts. Sue showed me a new aircraft with a 6cyl install in it that was about to be delivered and the engine install and airboxes for the heads, it looked quite good with plenty of room under the hood. Not a lot of staff around but then again it was about 2pm on a friday arvo. Sue did say they were taking it slowly to get it all right for production. 6cyl engines in numbers wont be available until late this year or early next year. As I said I was pretty impressed with what I saw there today. I think they have learned a lot of lessons maybe

It sucks when youre charged to fly in to a fly-in. Good luck selling that to RAA members!. Possibly doomed before it starts. The numbers were poor regardless of the spin put on it by our CEO in the past. Now they think it will be successful by charging for the privilege. They have lost touch with why AUF/RAA was formed in the first place.

The push to be GA Mk2 needs to be stopped. There is a bad odour about what the two Micks are doing to what was a good thing.

Very sad to hear Aub's passed away - I've done a few biannuals with Aub while he was at Barwon Heads. He was always easy to get on with - never got stressed and a pleasure to fly with. He had flown something like 140 different types during his flying career.

Condolences to Barb, family and friends. RIP.

The average RAA member was happy with a low key get together amongst its peers without the bells and whistles air shows or CASA doing ramp checks just to show you what you're doing wrong. Ramp checks at a flyin are about as popular or welcome as a pimple on your a--e. Any wonder they are universally disliked. CASA would be better served by simply having a site to promote what they do for recreational aviation. (probably an oximoron statement).

This joint effort encompassing RAA and SAAA is trying to promote the idea of one overarching body for all rec flying up to 1500 kgs. Beware SAAA. The RAA chairman is a vulture wanting to empire build at your expense.

The problem is there are thousands of members who don't know that, don't care, and will only come to life when their flying access is shut off.

Mike M is counting on this to achieve his agenda. (Another 3 year term should just about do it.)

so what's changed?

There used to be one hangared at Lethbridge Airpark, it may well be the one in the Avalon photo above. The Grey Mongrel refers to the owner. A search of Raa registrations would find him.

Hi Flyers,Does anyone have any first hand experience or knowledge for converting a 2 seat Jabiru from tri-gear to a taildragger.

 

Thanks in advance,

 

RE

Why is Gandolph always championing RAA lowering performance standards? Didn't the lessons from the registry audit sink in?

Storchy, I must have missed something you've posted along the way but why can't you repair your aircraft and put it back on the register?. Has the Tech manager refused to register it or similar?.

Back to the tread topic, why on earth would you learn to fly in a high performance aircraft like a Sling?.

Much better in my opinion to train in something more robust and forgiving and accordingly cheaper.

The two Mikes are ushering in a massive cultural change to the members of RAA largely by stealth. Increases in maintenance requirements ( read " governance "), never ending price increases to all areas of services they provide will eventually chase away the older members who joined RAA initially to enjoy cheap, affordable minimum regulation flying promising "maximum fun". They increasingly will see the whole thing too hard. The two Mikes see the introduction of increased weight limits as being the catalyst to bringing in new members who already are used to paying through the nose for their flying. The future of RAA is as plain as the nose on your face. I am genuinely concerned.

Yes Turbs, without doubt CASA's blueprint for RAA combined with RAA's Chairman and CEO (the two Mikes) penchant for following blindly along with CASA's Wishlist we will go the way of GA. RAA will outprice its members and be faced with a declining membership they hope will be propped up by GA pilots joining RAA.

I haven't read Sport Pilot since I didn't take up the option with the membership increase. Having just received the issue with the voting details for the up coming election my first reaction to reading the mag is that is more like the old CASA crash comic than ever before. It appears we are paying to be preached to - at the end of the day I guess that there may be a lesson for all of us in these anecdotal tales of other pilots misfortune, just a pity we are paying for this even if we haven't taken up the option.

I think the L1 exam requirement has met with some resistance from members, I believe only a small percentage of the expected 1200 - 1500 members expected to apply have done so to this stage. Can it be deduced from this that people are still conducting their own L1 maintenance without RAA's authority?. I think the requirement to do an exam for L1 privileges is to make someone's CV look good.

It seems to me reading all the candidates statements that the transformation of RAA to GA mk2 is a feat a compli. All seem be reading from the same hymnal - are these candidates hand picked and asked to apply?.

It all worries me. I hope there is a cat among the pigeons and Mike M misses out.