J170 Owner

Have a read of this....

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/national/royal-flying-doctor-service-pilot-passed-out-at-controls-later-tests-positive-for-drugs/story-fndo1qgd-1226520737157

If this story is true the pilot should be named and shamed and given a length of rope and a chair. I simply cannot believe that somebody would be so stupid. (Then again, maybe it's normal and I'm too old to understand?)

I was there, pity I missed you, could have got my plane washed. Glad you enjoyed the flight and have heaps more. Daz is a fun guy, dry sense of humour....

Yea, being a woose I tend to avoid flying when it's hot, hot with gusty winds is even worse. I once landed my Jabiru J170 (high wing plane) on a day when it was over 30 degrees C and windy and the wing tip almost scraped the runway. It was quite hard to control and I was glad to be on the ground. The other thing that scares the jibblets out of me is those 'pot holes' in the sky. You're flying along, some turbulence then BANG!. You drop into a hole and everything flys up all over the place. I can't help thinking that a wing bolt is going to break. Having said that, enjoy your flying, it's still the best thing you can do with your pants on.....

Hey Patrick! I'm doing it with Adelaide Soaring Club, Guessing in one of their Jab's (think they have a 170 and 230?)

One of my first instructors thirty years ago was a girly, I think it's great because you cannot cry when it gets rough as guts and scary. Hello Melanie if you're out there...

Never, ever, ever, never use the term ascending. It sounds too much like descending. Always use climbing and descending. Keep up the training, it only gets better.

Yep, I had a transceiver (144Mhz) that had an adjustable timeout from 30 seconds to 5 minutes. If the button was held down past this timeout period, the warning warble sounded then the radio dropped back to receive. Yes, many of us have done it but a stuck button can (and has in the past) lasted for hours. It is amusing though to hear folks calling the person with a stuck button - forgetting that that person is in transmit and will not hear jack.

Some well designed radios go beep-boop-beep after a timeout period of (say) 30 seconds to several minutes to let you know. Not seen any on the aircraft bands yet.

I am nearly 55 years old is that to old to learn to fly?cheers David

 

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hedradyme??!! Heterodyne - when two signals of nearly the same frequency interfere causing a signal equal to the difference between the interfering signals to be produced, or is it somebody who wears the clothing of the opposite sex? Been so long I cannot remember this stuff...

A hangar fee of more than about $25 to $30 a week would require that the hangar have power, water, gas, a band that plays requests, a bar, dance floor and air conditioning. Perhaps pole dancers as well. I loathe greed.

I guess you're aware that under section 'zed-zed-plural-zed-alpha-A (Aussie Rules)' you need to be sure that other pilots can use your proposed strip for visits, wine tasting, beer drinking and sausage sizzling.

G'day, I'm new and only just started getting my licence underway but I'm wondering about the average cost of owning an RA registered plane. I'm very interested in purchasing an aircraft but have little knowledge of annual costs involved.

I use a Garmin Nuvi 255W in off road mode. Probably less then $200 now. It is NOT an aviation GPS, but you can select a destination and way points and it draws a pink line indicating your track. As you fly, you leave a blue track and it is easy to see how well you are maintaining track. It shows all the towns, roads etc. on a moving map. You can upload your track to Google Earth and view it there. If you want you can put in a point to indicate airspace boundary etc. Personally I think a map and compass with the electronics as a BACKUP is the way to go. It is easy to read and sunlight friendly.

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Hope Gary doesnt mind, looks very good.

 

Merry Christmas Bruce

Once you get a passport sorted out, come and visit Gawler in South Australia.

“You’re right son. We didn't have those things when we were young, so we invented them. Now, you arrogant child what are you doing for the next generation?”

It took a lot of convincing to get my niece to realize the internet was invented in the 60s.

I'd check with the airport operator as well because they may have their own regulations.

Fuchi capesta!

I supply YHBA CTAF feed with my radio here, to LiveATC server in USA and have just temporarily switched to SAR channel for today for you guys to hear what is going on. I never intended it to receive signal 100NM away! So sorry about static. I made a tuned 1/4 dipole but it is mounted too low for best reception - works well for local stuff though!

I may be wrong but the Dragon was used by the RFDS until quite recently, 1970s?

My first logbook has my Trial Introductory Flight (TIF) as the first entry, way back in 1980. Enjoy...

Talking to a fellow yesterday from Canberra. Apparently the light planes have been forced out. I would guess the big operators would have had a say in that.

Beware that some of these videos on the web have sinister motives. I was sent a link, mildly naughty, very funny video and found it caused the two chops under the griller to burn to a crisp.