greybeard

Seriously, the worlds ending because you can't look at an aircraft ad online?

From the sounds of it, it won't matter how many people are or aren't on the board or if the constitution should be changed or the RAA structure altered some will argue for and some against. Some will just bitch and moan. After all this, I bet the sun comes up in the east tomorrow and opinions on internet forums will still be granted the respect they deserve.

Sling it out the window, see where it lands and then do some fancy maths taking into account ground speed, height and drag or download the iAirspeed app.

Have to agree to disagree on this one. As someone else has suggested, spend the extra money on a csu & retract endorsement. Your regular lessons should be a more than adequate review of your skills. If the OP wasn't intending to get a PPL then fair enough, as they have stated that they are intending to continue to get a PPL, spend the money on gaining extra skills.

Find another flight school that isn't trying to force you into spending time and $'s on an intermediate test. Skip the RPL and do the PPL.

While everyone is arguing the details/numbers/stats/rubarb rubarb/waffle/ mines bigger than your's etc back on topic, too many engine related failures are occurring. If it's an issue with the design (regardless of who make the damn thing) or the numb nutz manipulating the throttle then maybe some of the NASA scientists with all of the answers could put a smidgen of their efforts into sorting out the problem(s). Rather than excrementing over and over about the exact percentage of who cares. Or maybe just go flying.......

get a room guys

It's like watching vultures waiting to pick over the carcase

Just think of it as the internet version of 'Crackerjack' (the movie)

unlike forums

It's not the mousetrap that attracts the mouse

Nice American 'N' number on the non-flying aircraft in a hanger ;)

An Australian designed fibreglass airframe with an (as yet) unknown engine was observed parked in a bent state at a location not normally used as parking spot for aeronautical conveyances..........

Interesting. Not convinced. It'd be pretty brave legislator/board member/researcher to justify altering any rules/laws etc on the basis of wading through any threads on an internet forum to extract any factual information. The signal to noise ratio is far to high. As a means of discussion, yes, I can see a place, as a means of having a bitch session, probably healthier than the bar at the bowling club, as a means of collating factual information to be used as justification for making changes, pretty hard work from what I can see.

Not much point bitching to the bitchers, if you feel strongly enough about it wind up your local MP. Can't remember the last time any legislation/law/rule was ever changed as a result of a forum thread.

What makes anyone think that the content of an internet forum has any influence or bearing on anything apart from the ego's of the participants?

why? It's an internet forum where discussions about aviation occur. For the record, I hold a PPL. But really, unless someone decides to make it known what licenses they hold, it's no one else's business. I judge people on what and how they say something, not on what pieces of paper they have. Is there some reason why such information is being sought?

It's all pretty academic, the airframes are old, they appear to need to be inspected, it's impossible to retrospectively inspect them and whoever's rear end intends to aviate in the airframe would probably appreciate knowing that it wasn't likely to fall apart underneath them. Given the average age of the Cessna fleet that this applies to, the biggest lesson to me would be how are RAA type airframes going to be managed as the fleet ages. Some of those airframes are starting to get on a bit.

The RAA board provides direction to the Ops People, not the other way round. If you want change, it must come from the members to the board and them directing the Ops People. ( Regardless of what anyone thinks of the previous and/or current situation )

There's some interesting concepts and ideas expressed here about how an organisation should operate. Can't help thinking that there's a bit of a gap between the utopian concept of governance by mob and reality. Bottom line is, vote for who you want to represent you, keep your elected representative up to date with your ideas and concepts, stop the delusion about the importance of opinions expressed on an internet forum.

We've now narrowed down the options to a graphical group hug, written retort or nillus respondus.

It's amazing how much detail can be extracted from an inaccurate media report of an aviation related incident. Beats me why we bother with getting anything investigated by the ATSB.

Ask a motorcyclist ;) http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=979253

Discussing the finer details of international aviation regulations, acceptable international port of entries, paper work requirements, planning and touching up on some diplomacy skills just in case there are any English reading people in the customs and immigration departments in Indonesia who can read blog reports. The finer details have been updated in their blog, link is in the first post.

Been keeping up with the blog. I've no idea how much prep work was done before the trip but after reading the blog I'm kind of hoping that no one in Indonesia reads the blog. Regardless of the circumstance it doesn't really read like an invite for a xmas card list :( Kind of makes me feel sorry for anyone who tries to follow their path