furio

Good one Dave

I have used it serveral times for flights. The whole concept is very good and provides a comprehensive system for flight planning. However i do not rely on it as my sole means of navigation. I use it at a backup and cross reference prefering to use the old pencil, map and calculated flight plan sheet. Go and load the 30 day free trial and test it out - thats the only way you will know if you like it.

Good on you and congratulations

I have just finished reading the book. Can't say if his story is exaggerated or not but i found it to be an interesting read and detailed account of the whole event. very easy reading. Recommended.

welcome Aldo

Hi Mal, I went thru a similar process last year when I was designing my panel. See picture. I teneded to keep things standard as much as possible. So I have flight instruments on the left side, basically as a six pack configuration, then gps, radio and Xponder in the centre stack with engine instruments on the left. Everything is located logically and can be seen from the left seat. Try and keep those instruments that you refer to frequently in front of you as much as you can. keeping instruments in standard locations also helps when you transition from one aircraft to another. Good luck with it and love to see a pix of the final panel. cheers

I was watching a video today of the Cessna Corvalis TTX. It has some amazing new Garmin avionics. This got me thinking about the wide range of avionics that's available these days, particularly for LSA, ultralights etc. So my question is what avionics (glass, dials, or a combo) do people prefer to use and why? How much automation eg autopilot, have you installed in your plane? In my plane I use a combo, mixing dials and an EFIS as my primary display. I find this combo works well as it gives me the best of both worlds and I feel that I'm not being left behind with technology and I have a backup system should the EFIS go dark. So would be interested to see what your thoughts are. Cheers

Sounds like a good one, yes i agree, this is what it's all about.

Hey Dave, fantastic stuff. Keep up the good work. Always good to fly out at ybth. Cheers.

It takes me about 2.5 hours to drive to the field. So about 5 hrs in the car and 2-4 hours in the plane add up to a long day. Fortunately there are places i can stay overnight if i need to. Have to say that i don't mind the drive, get to see some great country.

Pretty sure there are no RAAUS schools at Richmond. There are two that run out of YBSK and a couple at the Oaks just south of Camden. Also try Warnervale on the central coast.

Thanks for the leads guys.

Torture - buying a new aircraft and flying to its home airfield then the next day you break a leg so you can't go flying for four months.

OME, thanks for sharing.

Hi everybody, just wondering if anybody can recommend a good reliable maintenance organisation or person (L2 or higher or LAME) located in the central west or Cessnock areas of NSW . Experience with Rotax engines, composite and metal aircraft would be ideal.

Congratulations, thats fantastic. hope there are many more flights.

Rdarby I find it's best to get your theory from as many sources as possible that way you consolidate the information from different perspectives. When i did my PPL theory i started using the Trevor Thom books (BAK and PPL theory) but i found it difficult to understand the content so i switched to the Bob Tait books. These i found explained the info in a much more friendly and familiar manner. Once i understood the basic information i then went back to the Trevor Thom books for more detail and indepth information. I also have a set of the Dyson-Holland books which are also quite good. good luck

Great video Sally. I'd love to be able to do that. Keep up the great work and hope to see some more videos in the future.

Congrats on your first solo and what a very respectable landing. One down and many more to go. furio

Hey Mick, What a great collection of model aircraft. Really impressed by the detail particularly of the pilot in the Hurricane. cheers furio

Furio (real name Ian) here, I have been viewing these forums for some time now and just thought it was about time I dropped a line to say hello. Why Furio - well its a beatiful little aeroplane from Falcomposite based in NZ - just love to have one. Started flying GA about 11 years ago but unfortunately had to stop whilst I had a knee reconstruction, however I never really got back into it until a couple of years ago when I took up flying RA-Aus out at Bathurst. Since then I have completed my RA certificate including nav endorsment and have been flying Jab 230's around on short hops and long X-country. Also took delivery of a Evektor Harmony LSA in April. Great aeroplane to fly. Plan to do some loooong trips in it. Funny thing, the day after I flew it home to Bathurst (from YWBL) I ended up tearing a number of ligaments and achilles tendon in my ankle and so for the last 7 weeks have been grounded and will be for at least another month - 6 weeks. Theres a bit of a theme happening here. Oh the pain (not in my ankle but the fact that I can't fly). Just counting the days. Well enought about me. cheers