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  1. ben87r
    Wow! I may need to move south not East!!!
  2. ben87r
    Mate of mine over here has a L39 that he uses for joy flights. I was meant to have a crack last year but wasnt very VFR friendly on the day so had to sit out... One day tho.
  3. ben87r
    Unfortunately not, that I'm aware. Alice would be the closest but not necessarily the cheapest or most convenient
  4. ben87r
    Hmm. That could get interesting quickly. I like being in control of the drag I reckon.
  5. ben87r
    Since training I use the written checklist in flight after each change of flight condition. I would like a dollar for each time I have picked up something I've missed by using it after I've done my flow. Cowl flaps and mixture are the usual suspects. Now although you can forget to use a written checklist just as you can forget a bumsomething, I think physically having to pick something up and read it is harder to forget. It was SOP at the last company with allot of pilots and from what I know no one there had a gear up. Cant say the same for the current.
  6. ben87r
    Also I select flap entering the circuit area and gear dosnt come down untill 5nm/mid downwind.
  7. ben87r
    The M/KM thing is a joke.. Ive got no idea what a metre is in aviation terms and turn it into NM so i can get a time based guess, can see a min in front? Then I know ive got about 5k visibility. The states is weird also, using statute for visibility.
  8. ben87r
    Dont like the format at all, very hard to read. Could they not have just done a ipad app? I get most of my subscriptions on the iPad now and love it!!
  9. ben87r
    I think its because they have very little options over there apart from tiger country. I fly single engine without a safe option regularly but it isnt by choice, the boss isnt keen on paying for the 2nd engine yet
  10. ben87r
    Ild be having a close look at the prop on the next preflight. Have had a few occasions now where a new chip would change the harmonics
  11. ben87r
    I would be very surprised if that was the case. Ive never heard of it before and have sat all three levels of met exams.
  12. ben87r
    I've got a really "bad" habit of checking greens just before the flare. I think it's better than the other issue.
  13. ben87r
    Nev. the two I will never get. Speed on final!? And no drag noise!?
  14. ben87r
    Nev I couldn't agree more. I had an ICUS pilot not "let" me put down the gear. I reckon it's about a dozen holes in "the Swis cheese model" that need to line up before your day comes. In saying that there is an amount of guys in our company alone which have done it.
  15. ben87r
    Forgot to put the gear down?? No my time to do that hasn't come yet. There is a large difference between driving and flying , that is traning. You are tought repetitive phase one actions to remove the "oh $h17" factor. Unfortunately the guy in question chose the wrong action. Flew when he should have fought.
  16. ben87r
    You don't for GA. Doubt RA would be different.
  17. ben87r
    Magic! And they fact that anyone on the ground (read CASA) is in a worse position would have a very hard time disagreeing with the PIC. Dont fly in it, keep adequate and approximate separation at all times is my best answer.
  18. ben87r

    Rotax TBO

    ben87r replied to PaulN's topic in Engines and Props

    Isnt TBO normally a "recommendation" ??
  19. ben87r
    This is CRAZY!! I would love to know what he was thinking or who had said him to him to go around after a gear up..
  20. ben87r

    RA BFR Etc

    ben87r replied to ben87r's topic in Governing Bodies

    So the flight training org has seen some common sense and said that I will be single current, will maybe want to see a circuit or two.
  21. ben87r

    RA BFR Etc

    ben87r replied to ben87r's topic in Governing Bodies

    Speaking of part 61, CASA are back up this way next month to try (again) and explain their intent... Would have thought 7 sets of documents would have done that.
  22. ben87r
    Don't let me forget to repay the shout at the pub! ☺️ But I stand slightly corrected.
  23. ben87r
    As I said CASAs mob were the cheapest.
  24. ben87r
    Same mob just run 2 websites
  25. ben87r
    https://securityid.com.au
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