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  1. ben87r
    This is NOT just a complicated CTA thingo ( no offence intended to Nathan at all) an does NEED to be used OCTA, if you start giving your ETA in the central states as local when everybody else is using UTC you eta will be half an hour out!! 20 instead of 50? I see issues with that straight away..Seriously guys! Is not that difficult, either buy a decent watch with dual time zones or even better, buy a $3 digital watch and set it to UTC and stick it in the cockpit..
  2. ben87r
    OzRunways HAS to be the Holden!!! Its never broken down on me yet!
  3. ben87r
    Well there is AVGAS at Maningrida but, like you said if you are staying a while might be a lot of travelling to get fuel. In regards to the origional question, don't know bugger all about the fuel but, my car I had there didn't seem to like it. I got around 15% less KM to a tank when I was in Alice.
  4. ben87r
    Where abouts an exactly would you be heading? Ive mostly come across Opal further south in the Alice region, there is also Avgas at Borroloola, Groote, Ngukurr, and a few other spots, all but Groote needing prior permission/Local fuel card
  5. ben87r
    Ones Okta and ones OCTA?
  6. ben87r
    I use OzRunways both VFR & IFR, had a play for a while with Avplan but never bothered with a subscription, only, because I couldn't be bothered changing and having to learn something new, seemed like a fairly good product but so is OzRunways
  7. ben87r
    Now I've herd it all!!
  8. ben87r
    Oops! Beat me to it
  9. ben87r
    I'm thinking it might be some form of "world wide" business aircraft. Looks very nice indeed
  10. ben87r
    Who cares about another stupid Boeing!! What's your ride?
  11. ben87r
    I bloody hope so!! Pretty important info as you mentioned
  12. ben87r
    If a single knot of down wind makes big enough difference to your TO performance to question the strip length, I wouldn't advise using it in the first place.
  13. ben87r
    10kn at 10 degrees won't make any noticeable difference and for all intensive purposes it could be considered to be magnetic up until Xwind Dwind limits. To be honest I hardly read the wind anyways as long as it's under aircraft limits. Windsock and AWIS/ATIS is a much better source for runway selection/TO performance. That being said the theory knowledge should be there. There are a few things in the thread that really are minimum knowledge that doesn't seem to have been passed on. But that's where the forum is good as long as good info is getting passed around :)
  14. ben87r
    Haven't herd of skeds but got me thinking, are you on radar over the crossing? Flight following would be a must if so, obviously have to be equipped
  15. ben87r
    ...... We aren't going to start talking about religion now are we???
  16. ben87r
    There can be further information not listed in a TAF, few examples Xwind Dwind for the duty runway, instrument or visual approach expectations, turbulence on final and a heap of others like works in progress, so an ATIS is different to a TAF. An ATIS isn't just "weather" but like the name says terminal information
  17. ben87r
    Thanks HF! I didn't think of BOM, and don't have electronic Jepps.
  18. ben87r
    Na it's true north. I don't use AIP so I can't give you a reference unless you have jepps? Written is degrees true and herd is degrees magnetic. There was one exception to this and I can't remember exactly what it was but I assume it's when you copy a TAF off centre obviously it's still true
  19. ben87r
    Yep, that's correct, AGL for TAF's and AMSL for ARFOR's. Make it easier for alternate requirements/ VMC minima etc. As for the presentation, the shorthand is much easier to read in flight when your under the pump, only after you have a good understanding of it tho. You can look for certain info quickly without having to read or interpret any of it. I do admit that if you aren't reading it everyday I can be confusing tho.
  20. ben87r
    COOKTOWN (YCKN) TAF AMD YCKN 132044Z 1320/1408 12012KT 9999 SHOWERS OF LIGHT RAIN SCT020 BKN035 INTER 1320/1408 3000 SHOWERS OF MODERATE RAIN BKN018 RMK T 23 25 25 26 Q 1013 1015 1014 1012 SPECI YCKN 140000Z AUTO 13011KT 9999 // SCT014 BKN021 OVC037 24/22 Q1015 RMK RF00.0/000.2 Ill have a crack Valid 13/06 UTC from 2000-0800hrs Winds 120 true at 12 knots- Visibility greater then 10km SHOWERS OF LIGHT RAIN Cloud Scattered 2000'AGL Broken 3500' agl Periods of deteriorating weather not more then 30 minutes (holding fuel required) valid whilst TAF is valid, of Showers of moderate rain broken 1800'agl visability 3000m (below VFR) Special weather (Below set minimums for that aerodrome and replaces the METAR and isn't a forecast but current conditions) Issued 14th UTC Zero hundred hours AUTO weather station Winds 130 true 11 knots- Visibility greater than 10km- cloud scattered 1400' agl- broken 2100'agl overcast 3700' agl Temperature 24c dew point 22c QNH 1015 Remarks No rainfall last 10 min- 0.2mm since last 9am Did I miss anything?
  21. ben87r
    It would be if everyone was using the same, but, there are large differences in terminal/local especially in the southern states in winter. Area at least gives the guarantees 5HPA of difference before a split happens but as i said it really doesn't matter what is set as long as everyone is on the same DATUM! 100NM is about an hour flight in a jab type, allot happens in an hour but more importantly is ALL IFR traffic will be on area.
  22. ben87r
    That's one of them, but there are a few around the traps
  23. ben87r
    Hmm. Like I said I wasn't going to get into this but, here we go.
  24. ben87r
    I doubt he will want ADSB. There are about 100 pages on the "other" forum to back me up with that one!
  25. ben87r
    Not going to get into that too much but the intent is 100nm from departure aerodrome. Cruising along at A095 surrounded by IFR traffic is not a good idea. Like I said, no point being the only one with an accurate QNH.
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