kaz3g

Interesting...but written by a non-aviation person I suggest. It contains out of date info. States aerial fire-fighting is done under VFR only. CFA began night ops last year using night vision goggles.

Is Kyabram closed now? That’s another oldie gone by the sound of it.

The Decathlon is surely the C172 of the tailwind types... a real gentle lady. I’ve never flown one but the Pitts is undoubtedly a different beast.

You mean they are buggered without a good woman beside them?

I just wish.....sigh

I agree Nev...that’s why I orbit “out of the way”. a few years ago I was coming into Broken Hill and gave a 10 mile call. About 5 minutes later RFDS Kingair called straight in. I gave my current position and told the RFDS pilot I’d dag around in an orbit to the south and let him land ahead of me. His response was “It’s alright Kaz, you go first”. It was Michael Tregear who I knew as a struggling CPL student at Coldstream where he lived in a little caravan with his dog while he worked a day job as a fitter and got hours up flying a meat bomber. Michael proudly gave a guided tour of their hangars and offices, and then drove me into town in a brand new Celica sports. Wow!

Yes...it’s a high-powered brick whereas mine is more like a feather with a rubber band.

I’d be very nervous landing in sequence behind a Dash 8 and would prefer to orbit out of the way for a bit until it had taxied in.

I do my circuit very close in at 1000’ downwind at 100 knots. But I’m down to 50 knots or less just before starting a curved base so wash off half my speed. Vfe is 56 knots and Vs with the barn door open is 26 so I generally warn aircraft behind me if it’s likely to impact them.

RPT will only be flying in to Cert aerodromes where carriage of radio is mandatory. It’s the twins arriving straight in for various reasons that need to be considered...speed, vortices, complex single pilot operation, etc

The generosity of men clearly has no bounds.

Traffic departing overhead should be at least 500’ above circuit height and traffic arriving crosswind should be at circuit height

It’s easier to do this now with all the electronic gear available but was quite important when flying clock and compass into the great unknown

Phil...BEHAVE! Karen

I did more than 500 hours in gliders including instructing and cross-country. Winch club so more launches than hours in the air. I shudder a tad when I think of the “aeros” we did in those poor Blaniks we thought were stressed for massive g’s. Regular spin checks were required. I also flew aerobatic Pilatus and Salto machines among a number of single seaters but my favourite was the ASW 19 which was quite a speed machine way back when...

Just purchased an iCOM A15 handheld radio from Ian for less than $300. A bargain as new model coming out will see an increase of around 50%. kaz

You lost me after you called me a great GUY.....

Come back djp!

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/north-west/sunbury-pilot-terry-otway-mourned-after-lancefield-plane-crash/news-story/eb8030a269ac4c54a92a706ed1cdfd4b This one killed an old friend and his student. And this one resulted in an advisory from the Regulator https://www.flightsafetyaustralia.com/2019/05/spin-deaths-prompt-certification-warning/ And my my best mate was killed in his C150 B chasing cattle on a hot day. Too low, too slow and too inexperienced to recognise it.

Great little piece of history, Kiter. Thank you. in WWII, trainees in Tigers were expected to solo with less than 10 hours and got moved out if they weren’t solo by 16 hours. They were into Spitfires with less than 110 hours in command time. Thing have indeed changed!

Those lawyers are working in a system largely designed and implemented by pollies and their bureaucrats. They have the powers to bring about change as do those who elect them, albeit indirectly. That “system” puts individual recovery for Bush fire survivors out of reach because the defendant has such deep pockets. The ambulance chasers carry a risk and expect to be remunerated accordingly. It’s not good but that’s the system. I’m a Community Legal Centre lawyer, the bottom level of lawyer incomes, and none of the clients we work with can afford paid representation. Many just receive a little advice and face the magistrate alone, some we can appear for, a few are eligible for grants of legal aid to pay a small fee to private practitioners...justice generally comes at a price if it comes at all. That’s the system.

It’s a bit rough to continually blame lawyers...laws are made mainly at the behest of politicians assisted by bureaucrats who instruct lawyers on what they want. And people who suffer hurt and damage are quick to go to lawyers to uphold their rights under those laws. We need to change the politicians and bureaucrats to change laws we disagree with but, in an apathetic democracy where personal self-interest is the primary driver, change doesn’t come easily.

Hi Manwell I’m sure you mean well but I find your phraseology sometimes a little off-putting and this one more so. We all try to be respectful most of the time and learn from others where we can. i think you have much to offer and hope you will continue to do so. kaz

Off topic but I like your Vagabond...close similarity to my AUSTER.

I knew an instructor like that who used caustic criticism, abuse and derogatory comments to bolster his position. On a later trip as PIC with others on board he lost Broken Hill and had to land on a road in the dark. Hadn’t cancelled SAR, either! Chickens do come home to roost!