kaz3g

Why would an engine final on late final be a problem. We used to be tought to fly an approach that would allow for an engine failure and still be able to land safely. Dragging it in on the prop is not good airmanship.

I suspect accidentally running out of fuel in the selected tank most times is not good airmanship

 

But I see many pilots in action who were trained to rely on engine power to get them around the circuit and I guess the photo shows what can happen if you land just a little bit short.

 

I was originally taught to fly glide approaches, slipping off extra height as required, but lots of modern GA trainers don't even like you doing that... C172 and PA28 are examples.

 

There's no doubt in my mind that having a little spare height up your sleeve when you turn final is a real asset... as long as you are able to dump it when it's no longer wanted.

 

kaz

 

 

Easy, when you have created a plan in Airnav and saved it, click on the GPS button (buttons on the second row), Airnav will ask if you want to save as a rte file (which is an Oziexplorer route file). Click save, then Airnav will ask if you want to save a wpt file (a Ozi waypoint file) click save. All you need to do is copy those two files from Airnav into the data folder of Ozi and go flying. Bring up the route in Ozi and the route and waypoints are all there. I use a card reader to transfer files, just copy and paste dead easy.

Hi Denist and All

 

I have AirNav with charts for all of Australia and I pay to have them updated as each new version comes out. The licence allows me to download it to two computers.

 

Is there a way I can transfer the charts files from my laptop to the Rec Flying GPS?

 

Be gentle, please I'm a little slow with this sort of technical stuff.

 

Thanks

 

kaz

 

 

...........<snip>The other problem I have is that the whole sequence is believable. Assuming it is factual, when you expose a problem of this magnitude there is no way that it can be conceded commercially, the whistle blowers were on a hiding to nowhere once they exposed it. The consequences of going back to fix would basically right off the previously constructed hulls, it will never happen.

David.

Compare this alleged situation and the consequences that might flow from it with the proposed requirement in the new CAR part 91.567 that the GA pilot must advise any passengers of the details of his/her personal liability insurance covering injury to persons or property and advise them that flight in their little aeroplane is much less safe than flight in a big one run for profit.

 

I wonder if that regulation includes Garuda?

 

kaz

 

 

Hi TP

 

Very observant - flight plan?

If it was coming from Doolgunna Station to Meeka, it only had 120 km to travel.

 

Doolgunna was a small pastoral property north of Meeka until recently when it became a copper-gold mining resource, instead.

 

I suspect the pilot messed up his fuel calculations and ran a tank dry on final approach with insufficient time to get his turbo going again.

 

kaz

 

 

Not when they were built... Franklin 165hp, wood prop was common arrangement. Lots of variants now, however, with Lycoming 0-360's and bigger Continentals, too so could be a CS problem, I guess.

 

They take 4 people plus full fuel and are supposed to get off the ground in less than 200m

 

kaz

 

 

Looks great... when might they be at the shop?

 

kaz

 

 

My goodness! What did the pilot have on board that degraded performance to that extent...lead ingots?

 

You can usually get the tail of a Stinson up only seconds after applying full power but this one seemed to take forever. Once up, I think the pilot was trying to drag it off the ground whereas all that happened was that the airframe drag increased and kept it attached to terra firma.

 

And the greater the firma on take off the greater the terra, too!

 

kaz

 

 

A Recreational Flying GPS...sorry, couldn't help myself

Having the actual AirServices charts on the screen, as would be my preferred case with the Rec Flying GPS and is currently the case with my AirNav set-up, is the biggest factor in my choice. I don't have that facility with the Jeppeson stuff in my Garmin... the detail isn't there and it doesn't look the same which affects orientation time between the hard charts (yes, I still use them too) and the image on the screen.

 

I know exactly where I am at any point in time and, if I should have an electronic failure, I can then continue to follow my plan on my hard charts without a WTFAI? moment.

 

The whiz wheel is in the door pocket and stays there while I'm in the air. I do any in-flight course adjustments by mental arithmentic -- 1:60 isn't that hard if you have your 10 mile markers drawn on your track -- and save the clunker as a "just in case" option for use on the ground if the electronic problems can't be resolved.

 

We don't use morse code in radio communications anymore, so why should we confine ourselves to navigation tools from the same era?

 

GPS technology is reliable and affordable. Even I can use it. I don't understand the finer points of how it works but I can work it.

 

Critics say that there is a temptation to fly the GPS instead of the plan and the aircraft thereby reducing safety and efficiency. I disagree. If your GPS is displaying the ASA charts and you know with real certainty where you are, then you have more time to look outside and "see and avoid" which is the primary safety task.

 

The only issue I have with my current set-up is that it's not easily portable -- the TFT sceen is pretty much a fixture in the Auster. So I'm waiting and hoping that it will be possible to share the AirNav charts and moving map program on my laptop with one of Ian's Android tablets (the licence allows me to run it on 2 computers).

 

kaz

 

 

I missed that but I recall that she believed in "every man for herself".

Yes, but her beliefs went West with her some years ago, I recall

 

kaz

 

 

Hi. Personally, I think flight planning software is a waste of time. Pilots should be capable of doing a flight plan using the whizzwheel and definately be able to recalculate headings/tracks and wind while in the air using the whizzwheel. (How many can?). As for GPS, I use a Garmin Nuvi in offroad mode (as a backup). It works just fine, plots a line between waypoints in purple and your track shows up as a blue line. Easy to see where you are and what to do to maintain track. Great when you get home and overlay your track on Google Earth. I am however old and frumpy so you may throw your sandles at me, if they are followed with booz.

I have mentioned on other occasions on this list that I use AirNav VFR for flight planning and run the moving map version on my lap top bluetoothed to a GPS mouse and 5" TFT screen. I find it an immensely useful tool.

 

Last Saturday I had to go to Ballarat to see a client. I rang the aeroclub to ask about the weather and they said it was vis good with cloud broken about 4000. It was even better at home so I did a quick plan and headed from Coldstream to Romsey and across the range to Ballarat. As I got closer to my destination the cloud began to close in around me in all directions very damned quickly. I squeeked in the last few miles and, watching the rain and cloud now almost down to the ground while my client signed her papers, thought I'd be there for the night.

 

After about an hour and a half, I could see that the weather to the south had opened up a bit but the weather to the east from whence I came was still not for me. I phoned Bacchus Marsh and they confirmed that, while they couldn't see much other than cloud in the direction of Ballarat, it was much better to the south.

 

It took just a few minutes to plan south to PPB at Altona South, then around the coastal route to Brighton then direct to Coldstream. Five minutes later, I was heading off with the plan showing on the VNC and VTC charts on my screen and the little black arrow marking my progress. I had my altitudes, headings, times and distances all calculated and recorded on the flight plan and the whiz wheel stayed firmly in the door pocket where it belongs so I could concentrate on the aviating. Austers and trikes have something in common... they move around a lot in the air, don't have a heck of a lot of room and need to be flown ALL the time.

 

I like my little bit of technology even if I don't understand the details of how it works

 

kaz

 

 

Ha, yeah, the gate code. Nearly caught myself at MIA last year. Landed, taxied and parked, jumped out busting for a pee. Of course I left the phone and pen in the cockpit, but didn't want to couldn't go back:jive:. As I'm standing there doing my business:whistling:, the code started rolling through the head. Was it this way or that way? Luckily, got it right on the first go. Lesson learnt

Yeh, well I have to sit to do my thinking meaning I had longer to forget that code and got locked out... the dog and the Auster were on the inside!

 

kaz

 

 

Hey Heon,I'm finding this info really helpful, thanks very much!

Would this be the oft-quoted "carnet card"? How would I get hold of one of these?

 

If I understand the ERSA correctly I think I can get fuel with a regular credit card on weekdays between 08:00 & 17:00 (est), so hopefully I'll be right without the Mobil-card.

 

Thanks again,

 

PF

The fuel man has a little office just over from the bowser and you can pay him by credit card if he is there and he usually is weekdays. The code for the gate is on the inside so make a note of it before you go out of airside.

 

kaz

 

 

Hi Everyone,Well, I've done it. I've decided to bite the bullet and plan my first big flying expedition! I'm hiring the local Foxbat and (pending weather of course) will head off on Friday the 24th ...but I wonder what I've forgotten?

:big_grin:

 

PF

Hi PF

 

Your tie down kit and an ELT plus some water and energy food. Some of the country you intend flying over suffers from "sameness" so good heading and time keeping is really important. Your pax will be able to act as your check captain for those :thumb_up:

 

If you get the chance, pop into Wentworth and say hello, too. Another friendly bunch and their fuel price is usually very competitive. Have a good one!

 

kaz

 

 

Talking about new regulations, I'm a bit intrigued that no one has really commented about the proposed CASR Part 91 - General Operating and Flight Rules.The GA weekend warrior guys I've been talking to are really down in the dumps about it.

General opinion seems to be flying will only be for the rich.

 

This is the AOPA submission

 

http://www.aopa.com.au/assets/118/AOPA_Response_Part_91_Consultation_Draft_13MAY11.pdf

 

http://www.aopa.com.au/assets/133/AOPA_Response_Part_91_Supplementary_Comment_30MAY11.pdf

Hi TP

 

I have mentioned it a couple of times because the regs have clearly been written by a lawyer who is not a pilot. Some of them are just plain silly and some are not even within power. The problem is the regulator and the Minister seem to think this is the way to go.

 

I know pilots are very proud of their individualism, but I strongly recommend each and everyone of you on this forum thinks about joining AOPA as the only broad representative of aircraft owners and pilots of ALL categories which has the ability to influence both politicians and the regulator.

 

We can already see the encroachments into G airspace that are occurring as the RPT's push their boundaries with the regulator ever further and it won't stop unless the RA/GA voice is heard loud and clear.

 

kaz

 

 

The one I watched takeoff was listed as a 206, there was another one which might have been a 172,182 etc etc.You would think if it is the high revs causing noise that rotax engines would be a lot louder.....

The C206 with a 3 blade CS prop is shockingly noisy. A jump ship C206 operates out of Lilydale weekends and you can hear it clawing its way up every one of the 10,000 feet until it evicts its load. We have one operating out of Coldstream, too but it generally just comes and goes as it is used for pilot training by the MAF.

 

kaz

 

 

We've posted version 2.0 to Apple for approval on 02Jun11. ....

Android and flight planner?

 

kaz

 

 

Firstly....do you have Google Earth? If not, download it from here and install it............... As with all the items in the "Places" folder you can check or uncheck the box next to "Australian Airspace" to make them visible or invisible.

Thank you very much, Powerin... I did it!

 

Well, you really did it and I just followed your instructions.

 

But it works and I just flew into Alice Springs like I did the last time I was there in 2009.

 

Wow!

 

kaz

 

 

I've put a couple of files in the Downloads section that might come in handy.Simply put, they are the entire collection of designated airspace within Aus, all of the flight information boundaries, and the area forecast boundaries.

 

I'll keep them all updated when any updates are published. The files are only shortcuts to the live versions on my server, so you won't have to do anything regarding the updates... all automatic.

 

Naturally, these aren't to be used for navigation.

Guys, I learned to write on a slate with chalk.

 

Would someone please have pity and explain politely and in very simple terms what benefit I might get from this and how I achieve it?

 

Thanks

 

kaz

 

PS If it is going to take more than a page or two, please just let me know it's all beyond me and I'll forego the enlightenment.... Thx

 

 

Thought some of you might find this interesting: http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2011/06/01/337911_country-living.htmlRegards Bill

Might be the perfect excuse for a fly-in to Yarrawonga? If enough of us went there we could have a bus pick us up and take us all for a look see, perhaps?

 

kaz

 

 

Strict Liability - explained in context of Australian aviation:Fortunately AOPA have responded comprehensively. I submitted some of my own comments - there is some good stuff in there and it is quite easy to understand especially compared to the current rules however it is all very prescriptive and draconian. My guess is that it will never happen (I like to remain optimistic).

Too late to do anything about it for this round now anyway so just keep flying.

 



I also made a submission and included my thoughts on the use of strict liability offences as opposed to including the usual element of intention. My effort focused on just a few of the proposals that appeared to me, at least, to be almost nonsensical in their construction and effect (eg mandated fuel reserve now becomes ballast because it is an offence to use it under the current proposal... how does that promote safety?).

 

The AOPA submission was extremely well researched and encompassed the whole of part 91 and I recommend people do read it and consider making their own comments because I don't think CASA will be seeking GIC approval just yet.

 

Remember also that the Senate Estimates Committee is currently grilling CASA and ASA on a number of issues including the cost of regulation on industry and, for once, the senators seem particularly well informed.

 

kaz

 

 

........I have dropped the 7" version of the GPS and instead it will be a 7" Electronic Flight Bag Tablet PC that can be mounted on your panel which will enable you to get live data as you are flying using 3G (inc NextG) and it will also come in a 10" version although not easily mountable in an aircraft but can also be used at home and in the office as well.......

EFB's appear to be gaining favour overseas as the sole source of paper (See AvWeb article below) so perhaps we might see them approved here sometime this millenium?

 

ALASKA AIRLINES OK'S IPAD FOR COCKPIT

 

Alaska Airlines is now giving iPads to all of its pilots to replace 25 pounds of flight manuals. "We've been exploring the idea of an electronic flight bag for several years, but never found a device we really liked," said Gary Beck, Alaska Airlines' vice president of flight operations. "When the iPad hit the market, we took one look at it and said this is the perfect fit." By mid-June, all of the airline's pilots will have iPads. The airline is also exploring using the iPad to replace paper aeronautical charts. The airline said the iPad will eventually eliminate up to 50 pounds of paper per cockpit, saving on fuel costs and reducing back and muscle injuries to overloaded pilots. More...

 

kaz

 

 

It's not spiders that I am scared of, but spider webs...if there is a spider web there's likely to be one of those buggers lurking around ready to pounce somewhere??????

Ok... true story number 3 and the last, I promise.

 

I had a succession of governesses for the kids while I was on the station. They used to come out all (i) wide-eyed, (ii) believing the myths (iii) enjoying the fresh air and (iv) ready to embrace the outback, (and sometimes the jackaroos as well). It usually didn't take long and they began to realise that we were (a) isolated, (b) without tv, © most always working, and (d) that jackaroos aren't always the romantic types they're put out to be. Some stuck it out longer than others. Kerry, however was only with us for a few days.

 

Kerry came to us straight from the recruiters in suburban Perth. She was a largish girl, in fact very largish, but she had a pleasant smile and seemed to make an immediate hit with the kids. It was hot! Bloody hot! Early January and the mercury was hitting the low 50's already. Kerry found the heat trying.

 

Then we had a call on the "pedal" from friends on Nyang station up near Karratha. Would we be able to come up for a few weeks and station sit for them while they went to Perth? Close to the coast (sea breeze... the Dr), big pool in the Yanrie R next to the homestead, a shop (Barradale roadhouse) with ice-cream only 18 miles away, and an inground pool............ OF COURSE WE WOULD!

 

We left the roo shooter in charge at home and headed on up. Me, the ex, 3 kids. Kerry and a dog.

 

I won't bore you with tales of blood and gore (a worker on a neighbouring station had put his shin in the flywheel of the diesel generator just before we passed through) or of drowning the 4WD in the Yannarie River crossing (which was a bit deeper than the driver thought it was), but I will tell you about what happened to Kerry.

 

We arrived, our friends headed off to Perth in the C182 and we relaxed in the pool. Beautiful. And a beautiful homestead, too. Stone and mud, like so many of its kind, with big verandahs all the way around. Each bedroom with ensuite opened off the verandah for maximum cooling in the breeze that came like clockwork each mid-afternoon. Magnificent!

 

Ex had wandered off somewhere. Kids were swimming with Kerry and I was half asleep in the shade sipping a G&T.

 

I noticed Kerry heading back to the homestead in her less than becoming Speedo all-overs. She disappeared into the dark of her doorway.

 

About 60 seconds later, I heard this hysterical scream and Kerry reappeared from her doorway heading back towards me as fast as she could with the Speedos down around her knees.

 

It took some time to decipher the blubbering sobs as her voice came down from somewhere above high C.

 

I finally made out that something had happened in the toilet (yes, the toilet again).

 

I went in and waited for my eyes to adjust to the gloom (the generator wasn't running because it was daytime).

 

I looked in the toilet and understanding instantly dawned.

 

There in the toilet bowl looking very pleased with itself was a Dugite. It wasn't a very big Dugite but it was fishing for frogs with the intention, no doubt of getting bigger.

 

(Every time you flush a toilet in that country, frogs cascade from under the rim where they collect to soak up the moisture. They even collect in the U-bend. Yes, it's that bloody dry they'll do anything to get wet!)

 

Now Dugites for the uninitiated are a bit like the eastern Copperhead. They are a bit slow and not terribly aggressive although they are poisonous snake and can make you very sick if they bite you.

 

This one, as I said, was fishing when I went in to the bathroom just as, no doubt, it was when Kerry went in............. and sat down.

 

The Dugite, wondering at the sudden loss of all daylight, must have raised itself to find out the cause of the problem and, cold and wet, kissed Kerry where she had never been kissed before.

 

Kerry caught the bus back to Perth later that afternoon and I never heard from her again.

 

kaz

 

 

Visual Flight Rules. CAR 172. Repeated in AIP ENR 1.2 and in the VFG.Regards, Jeff

Well done, Jeff... I couldn't find it in the AIP, but now I have thanks to your research.

 

kaz

 

 

Hey I need to find a regulation reference to the land 1o min before last light statement.I'd be blowed if I can find anything... so if someone has the magic answer that would be awesome!

 

Thanks! :thumb_up:

My PPL is endorsed VFR by day (I think... the licence is in my logbook in the aeroplane) and CAO 40.0 covers licence endorsements

 

All I can find is -----

 

page 216 vfrg... makes a statement that must plan to arrive no less than 10 minutes before last light but doesn't reference it to legislation which is odd because just about everything else is.

 

CAR 5.82...daylight means the time of any day that is after the start of morning civil twilight (first light) and before the end of evening civil twilight (last light).

 

The new Part 91 (not yet in effect) states:

 

CASR 91.245 VFR — flight at night

 

(1) The pilot in command of an aircraft commits an offence if:

 

(a) the pilot conducts a VFR flight at night; and

 

(b) either:

 

(i) the pilot is not authorised under

 

[Part 61]

 

:

 

(A) to conduct an IFR flight; or

 

(B) to conduct a VFR flight at night; or

 

(ii) the aircraft is not appropriately equipped for a night VFR flight.

 

Penalty: 50 penalty units.

 

Funnily enough, they don't seem to define "night" anywhere!

 

kaz

 

 

......I am working on an alternative 7" version that is much much better but also more expensive.... a 7" Tablet PC that works like an Ipad or your smart mobile phone but 7". It has all the builtin GPS moving map features as the 5" but the screen is a multi touch capacitive screen which means, like your smart phone, you can "pinch" the screen with 2 fingers to shrink/enlarge etc. It has Bluetooth, a camera, rotation, WiFi, Network connection and USB. They have a Google Chrome Web Browser when browsing the internet, check your emails and access either Microsoft Office Web versions or Google Docs for your Office programs. The Operating System of these units is Android so you can make use of any application that runs on Android phones etc. Using a NextG USB modem plugged into the side....

My preference is the 7" Tablet PC with inbuilt GPS and plugin 3G at $349 plus ERSA and moving map based on the ASA charts like AirNav VFR as extras. It will need to have capacity for extra memory, 12v dc charging off a cigar lighter socket and, most importantly, be sunlight readable. I would like a transparent cover for it so I don't scratch the screen or change the display every time I touch it inadvertently. I don't need to use it as a phone (I have both next G phone and USB modem) and I don't particularly want to listen to music on it. What attracts me is the prospect of an affordable back-up for the Garmin and laptop-based moving map I have fitted to my machine now.

 

kaz