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Mate have a look at Civil Aviation Safety Authority | Visual Flight Rules Guide It used to be available as a PDF which was better

What do you do for work mate? I’d love to be able to incorporate aviation into my job

Come north my friend... PM me if you want a number :) provided you can fly a 172 to standard and speak english, pretty sure you'll walk away with a rpl/ppl

what are you planning on renting, and where are you planning on going roughly mate?

Sounds like a good trip you have planned, If you are around the mackay area, I'll show you around if you are keen

To be issued with (and to exercise the privileges of, if we take the way it is written literally) a CASA license (RPL, PPL, CPL) you must already hold, or apply for an ASIC/AVID at the time of application. Until you hold a valid ASIC or AVID, CASA will not issue one. Not just if you want to fly into security controlled aerodromes. I recently went through this. Aviation ID Australia would not issue an ASIC as I did not have an operational need (a license) and CASA wouldn't issue a license as I didn't have an ASIC. They professed to have never come up against a similar situation.

Rogerramjet, I know you are in the ACT, but if you are ever up in QLD, go see Neil Hoffensetz at Ayr Flying Services. He has a good reputation up here with some very highly qualified (atpl types), and there is no pretentions to him, no <mod censored>, if you are good to go, you are good to go type of attitude. Doesnt milk you for all you are worth, and actively speaks about not doing so.

thanks all

Looking for a recommendation on where to send an icom a210 that wont power up. Ribbon connector was crimped causing OL on some pins and short on others.

target fixation

I'm currently 33, got my RaAus cert when i was 27 or 28, starting RPL in the next week or so fingers crossed. From when I 1st got my RaAus to now, I have not been very active for various reasons. My belief is that "the old guard" with the superiority complex keeps/drives away a lot of the younger (or even older for that matter) people. Take that under the understanding that I dont mean *ALL* the old guard have that attitude, but that the ones that *DO* have that effect, and are often the loudest, hence the negative effect. And that group encompasses Raaus and GA, with both often looking at the other with (unfounded and non-sensical) contempt

Awesome effort, thanks!

just seen your message in the other thread. I've sent you a private message

Hi Mate, I have no new messages?

I've just had some similar to the Abe Tiedowns mentioned in the video rgmwa linked to made at a local laser cutting place, out of 1.6mm 304SS. I'll take them to a friends press brake and fold them up and get some stakes etc. For 6 of the anchors, my total spend is $48, plus I'll have to get some stainless steel rope and jewellry (factor another $15 or $20) and some stakes (another $20ish) I should get out of it for <$100. I already have some dyneema rope which has a breaking strain of something ridiculous. I'll do some tests and let you know.

All good mate, cheers. Just trying to get my -7a ferried to Ayr, so I can do some training. Looking for an RV experienced local pilot. Seem to be thin on the ground!

righto righto

I'm In mackay mate

Any RV owners around here?

if we are talking fictional books, one of my favorites is "The dog stars". He gets it, and gets the technicals mostly right from what i can gather. The Dog Stars by Peter Heller

of interest skippy, how old is your device? I currently have an ancient old ipad 3, and apps that used to run fine, are slow. In windows parlance it may need a reformat and reload. Ie. restore to a factory fresh iOS install?

Im biting if you tell me where :)

Yes mate, certainly is

Palmyra is fine to go into, just make sure the drags are not on. Runway looks pretty skinny when you're on final, but its charcter building. When you then go to a 'proper' airport, you are spoilt ;)

there is one in mackay mate at palmyra, Matts Flying School, I did my ticket there. Its a Savannah S, last i heard, 150/hr wet solo, 190 dual.