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I think that you have a duty to your family that is more important than any thing else.

Where have you been for the past six months? Read this:

An airspeed indicator is not an accurate instrument in the way that an altimeter is. It is tested for accuracy at an air pressure of 1013 hPa and an air temperature of 15C Those conditions are virtually never met in practice. True airspeed is used for navigational and aircraft performance purposes. Just think of the factors that you must consider when converting from IAS to TAS. True airspeed or TAS is defined as “the airspeed of an aircraft relative to undisturbed air. True airspeed is a calculated airspeed which has been adjusted for both altitude and non-standard air. True Air Speed (TAS) is calculated from Indicated Air Speed (IAS), your Altitude, local QNH and OAT.

Wait on! How long are you intending to hold fuel in them? I can't see any problem with a quick trip from servo to plane.

It was a joke, Joyce.

I hope that the RFDS registered the aircraft as a motor vehicle, and that the pilot held the appropriate class of licence and a public passenger vehicle driver's authority. Ask a seaplane operator about putting a plane on the water.

Having just priced 20 litre plastic fuel cans at upwards from $25.00, go for it. Considering that ag chemicals are petrochemicals, I can't see a problem. I would flush them with petrol just to make sure that any chemical residue was removed because you don't know how those chemicals would burn in a cylinder. Don't forget to paint the drums either yellow for diesel and red for Mogas/Avgas. And thoroughly dry the inside before putting in petrol. As with all storage of petrol, use it within 6 months, which is about the shelflife of fresh petrol.

You're welcome to enter the Arthur Butler Trophy event on 20 May, or simply come across from Trundle. It's only 100 Nm.

The website depicts a variety of remotes including Hyundai.

Thanks for that. They might sell the remote key that suits my car.

Quite true. If we can take Traffic Law compliance as an example, enforcement has definitely lead to greater compliance. Take excessive speeding for example. I spent a few years doing traffic law enforcement on the Hume Highway around Goulburn. At the time the speed limit on the highway was 100 kph. I wouldn't stop anything under 125 kph because there were much bigger fish to catch. Speeds up to 180 kph were not too unusual. The other month I drove through my old hunting grounds where the speed limit now is 110 kph. During a drive of about three hours I did not see one instance of excessive speed, and it was a Saturday when people were going from Canberra to Sydney for the weekend. So, to me that indicates that enforcement over time - a generation - has lead to reasonable compliance on the highway. During the same years back then, Blood Alcohol levels above 0.180 were not uncommon. In the last years of my service, levels hardly passed 0.125. Again a combination of enforcement and generational change over time. One could also throw in the wearing of seatbelts. Who, now, does not feel naked driving along a road without having their seatbelt set? However, and this is a big "however", I know that nit-picking enforcement has an entirely negative effect. In situations where a non-compliance is either trivial, or easily remedied, seeking compliance more often than not achieves it. The jack-booted, officious enforcer will never obtain compliance. Just look at the "flash for cash" speed cameras. With target speed settings unrealistically low for the locality, and operating where there is little likelihood of a "speed-related" incident, compliance lasts only on the near approach to the speed camera. And it is considered courteous for a driver to bring the presence of one of these units to the attention of other drivers who are approaching it.

I have spoken to the company that issues the RAA Member's Policy. That policy will not be extended to indemnify Arthur Butler Aviation Museum Inc. Entrants need to contact their hull insurer to obtain confirmation that ABAM is indemnified should a claim arise. If your aircraft is not insured, then your entry application will be denied. You are very welcome to come to Tooraweenah to socialise and experience the local area, but be aware that you will carry the liability for any incident yourself. Since Tooraweenah is an uncontrolled aerodrome, in the interests of safe arrival, I have prepared suggested approach routes from the 10 Nm boundary. The guide contains a lot of other useful information. Pilot Guide to Tooraweenah.pdf

If you are an RAA member, why not ask them? I know that a lot of people don't have hull insurance, but do these people ever consider what would happen to a passenger? It's like Third Party insurance for your car. We all pay it and the majority never claim on it. You've got to consider my position. If there is the misfortune of someone being injured during the event, or property damaged, then as the Display Organizer, I'm targeted. Don't I have the right to ensure that my risks are covered? I have had to buy Public Liability insurance in case a member of the public trips over a twig on the fairground.

Spacey, Non-stop it's a 5 hour drive from Penrith at 100 kph via Mudgee. So if you take a break at Lithgow; Mudgee and Dunedoo that's about seven hours'. Woops. I missed the "w' in that sentence.

"These adjustments are necessitated by the chronic shortage of airline professionals, particularly pilots and engineers" And who's fault is that? For nearly fifty years Australian airlines invested in education, especially in engineers. That allowed for the expansion of their fleets, and for the replacement of loyal staff who were retiring (and natural attrition). But then the "bums on seats" mob overrode the very people who had made the airlines safe and the services reliable. How many engineers could QANTAS have trained if the Leprechaun didn't dig so deeply into the company's coffers to line his own? It's one thing to post big profits this year and next, but to remain viable year in and year out, a company must weigh up profitability versus sustainability. There's a lot contained in the adage "moderation in all things".

If, and I do mean "if", the Tooraweenah event is not cancelled due to lack of interest from the very people it has been created for, then there will be a static display area (with security) open to the public to get close to the aircraft.

So that this event can be run safely and the possibility of aircraft chopping off the tail feathers of preceding aircraft, I have to prepare an order of departure. I will not be able to do that if people try to enter on the day. Therefore AIRCRAFT ENTRIES WILL CLOSE MIDNIGHT 13 MAY 2023 To make registering for this event simple, we’ve created a Google Form. Please visit https://forms.gle/5zwPr3ZCJUexGWwS7 to register your entry. However, entries from passengers in the "Neatest, correct flight plan" competition will be received up to 10:30 am on Saturday 20 May 2023.

That 172 better be at Tooraweenah on the 20th May. Info has been sent to your club

Would Councils really like to retain ownership of the land used for this type of air park? They might like the rental income, but the maintenance costs might not be so tasteful.

GA or RA doesn't affect the movement statistic, which simply record wheels on the runway. I wonder, too, how they gather the statistics for helicopter operations. At Bankstown it seems to me that there are more copters operating in training than fixed wing. Interesting word "helicopter". From a Latinized combining form of Greek helix (genitive helikos) "spiral" or "helix" + pteron "wing"

Skippy, For the next few months you can expect fogs if your plane is down at The Oaks. How foggy does it get up at your house up on the higher country? What you need to do is prevent the atmosphere within the airframe to refresh. In other words, you need it to remain the same as it was on the day you parked the aircraft. Putting that cover on properly will greatly reduce the airflow around the aircraft. Since you have aken steps to put a protective coating on the interior surfaces, what little condensation might occur will not get to cause problems. I know that you have put your heart and soul into building your baby, but maybe you are acting like a 'helicopter parent". Care for your baby, but let it have a life of its own.

It's not the capital cost of an aircraft, maintenance/operating costs and insurance that differ between basing an aircraft at these Secondary airports or somewhere else. The costs explode on Secondary airports through landing fees, parking fees/hangarage fees, which are all determined by Chief Financial Officers whose sole purpose in life is to inflate the bottom line. It's a crock that if I use an aircraft to go to Sydney to see family for a few days and land at Bankstown or Camden, I have to pay a daily fee to leave the aircraft there. What am I going to do with it so I don't incur a parking fee? Perhaps I should get one of those Goodyear inflatable planes and pack it up in a suitcase when I land. And what do you get in return for that fee? Sweet F. A. No tie down cable. No temporary hangarage. And definitely no security surveillance. These airport landlords even make it hard for maintenance organizations. If they have to stand an aircraft aside, say whilst waiting for a part to arrive, and the aircraft is outside for a day or two, along comes the airport parking patrol and slips them a bill for parking.

Still had the plastic on the door trims.