Bandit12

CASA Avmed really don't understand neurodevelopmental disorders, and what they don't understand gets a hard "no".  I diagnose Autism frequently, and many Autistic adults would make fabulous pilots.  It's a generalisation, but often structure, rules, and repetition works really well for how they operate. Use of checklists, religiously rehearsing plans for response to engine failure, never attempting a turn back - arguably, Autistic pilots would handle these things better than the rest of us.

ADHD is a little more complex.  A person with ADHD might have attention at the 1st percentile but be at the 50th percentile when taking stimulant medication, while the person without ADHD could be rolling along in life blissfully unaware that their attention skills are only at the 25th percentile. One gets a medical and the other doesn't....

.......the AGM of the Victorian Speedway Association. Accusations of inappropriate behavioural touchpoints abound, Turbo took to the podium, drew a deep breath and said.....

(PS hello chaps, long time no see!)

When we're with women we talk about our planes. When we're around our planes we talk about women...

Let’s start back in the days when GA had the Piper Tomahawk which came into Australia around 1975.....

Now what is so very interesting is that this beastie was a widow maker and spun at the drop of a hat......

 

Some comments below from guys who flew the tomahawk back in the day!

 

1. The Tomahawk was changed structurally so much between it;s certification flight tests and production, that the Piper Engineers and Test Pilots said it is NOT THE AIRPLANE WHICH WAS CERTITIFED !. Piper had modified the wing after and made it more flexible.
    
   2. Spin recovery is extremely difficult. In the context of a approach stall/spin recovery it IS impossible.
    
    
   

 

 

3. The accident record of the Tomahawk as a trainer was appalling, and the industry that buys them ran the other way screaming. Many airplanes today are placarded against spinning, including the Bellanca which has been used successfully in airshow routines. Nobody in his right mind would want to get anywhere the limits in the tomahawk .

Now I've seen that photo of the strip it makes me wonder even more why he turned back.

Aviation is full of Alpha males. Many who have a huge amount of knowledge, ability and experience gained over decades are susceptible to coming across as arrogant and whether this is deliberate or just a part of the individuals personality seems to me to be part of what we now term "Human Factors". I know of a number of these individuals and while they often provide very valuable information and advice, can be friendly and forthcoming on almost anything aviation and provide assistance without even thinking about reward, I remain somewhat wary when the attitude on some issue is tinged with a level of arrogance. I am sure that those individuals don't see it in the same light, but then why would they.We have all probably had bad instructors as well as good instructors so how can this arise if the process of getting there is supposed to sort this out? The difference is often the personality or attitude of the instructor not his knowledge, ability or experience. Something that perhaps needs to be done is a psychologist report be part of on-going reviews, particularly when an individuals attitude is called to question by that persons peers.

Incidentally, I would be happy to offer my time to look at the HF side of accidents. There is always plenty to be learned, and if nothing else I'm sure that Maj would have been quick to encourage others to learn from the accident.

The things you miss when away from the forum for awhile. Sad news, RIP Pud.

Haven't been around much, busy life and kids had taken centre stage. I saw the crash on the ABC news yesterday morning and while an accident is never good news, this one struck a chord instantly. Even then I avoided logging in to the forum for a day, not wanting to know about it.

Like so many others, I had never met Maj in person, but enjoyed many discussions over the last few years. He will be greatly missed.

that's the difference between being depressed and depression

We have more people commit suicide than die in car accidents in Australia every single year. And how many of them take out a plane load of people with them? Granted, most of them probably aren't pilots, but most of them drive and most of them do not take a car load of people with them when they decide to go. This was not just depression, and it was not just being depressed.

duch, for what it`s worth, I reckon your heading in the right direction, is it even possible though, to asses someone`s mental health accurately and totally?Frank.

Seriously, I think commercial aviation has probably some of the best mechanisms of support that I have seen. Think about the appalling treatment of our service men/women with PTSD. I think Dutchy is completely on the right track, all we will see are bandaids to make people feel like "something" has been done, and the very outside risk of this sort of thing will continue to be just that.

I don't really know what they can do to mitigate a seriously suicidal pilot, apart from not having him there in the first place.

Close, the other Bandit - we caught up in Alice last May for dinner with Nico and Roadbandit.

Too many similar forum names! Nice Corby by the way, looks like it has been done up with a Christen Eagle paint/decal look.

Gday ColdComfort, from another FarRider from the old days......

Bikes and planes really do mix!

I'm a reviewer for a medical journal and review stats and manuscripts and if an prospective author presented stats like those we would reject their paper without further reading.

Anecdotally, I have seen a lot of mention about people approaching Jabiru with a failure, only to be told it was caused by poor maintenance or operator error. Has an alternative response ever been received?

......The following three accidents seem not to have been reported to ATSB by state police or by RA-Aus Operations staff.....

"Good question CheeseBoy" (FromageRef) said Turbo, who is an acknowledged expert in the repair of marine and aircraft engines. "It's just a bolt (or stud (AhloxRef) + washer and nut (another AhloxRef)) located at the base of the barrel, normally 4 or 6 in number, which we engine repair experts refer to colloquially as .............

....Ahlox's ar$ehole, for its propensity to let rip with explosive gases at the most inconvenient of times.

At that moment, Loxy's derriere twitched, signalling his intent to emphasise Turbo's point for him. Turbo dived for cover, screaming......

.....to the standard of the adoring fans in a clear case of coitus failus. Turbo wasn't prepared to ruin the coitus supremus reputation that his signature model had been built on, especially given that his own stash of chicks were starting to show a clear aversion to his magnetic......

My money is on disorientation at night. Once I was downwind doing night circuits when I felt an overwhelming sensation that I was heading straight for the ground in level flight. With few visual cues on a dark night, it happens very quickly. Hypoxia could be an option, particularly if he was a heavy smoker (don't know if he was but it makes a difference). Carbon monoxide can lead to hallucinations, especially if primed by belief in aliens!

By the way that's only one of two things I've learned during the past 50 years of married life !Bob

Probably right there Frank - I would suspect that the financial return would be less than required.

That's pretty cool. Had to use a lot of trim changing from climbing to descending. I suspect it wouldn't have been light on the controls when pulling out of the dives.....

....dating profiles from RSVP, eHarmony, and JabJabber, the latest place to meet and.....

"..............tomato sauce?" St Madge smiled, and his eyes lit up........................

.....when the truckie pulled out a container that looked suspiciously like BBQ sauce.

"I drained this from the sump of my Jabiru" he said, offering the sludge to Madge "and it tastes more than a little like......

...... who nonchalantly replied "But jeez this prosciutto tastes good. Don't ya just LOVE Tapas?"

"Speaking of torpedoes" commented The 12 Incher "I think that might be one of Andy's .......... and while he says that he may not be the best log in the woodpile (or the least stretchy thru-bolt in the engine), he is a good ..........

..........person to have around in a sticky situation. Like that time we were swimming around in the molasses tank, and Andy came up with a different way of cleaning up, by......"

He mentioned that Australia's Lancaster, G for George, was presently disassembled and he wanted to know if there are any plans to restore it to flying condition - does anyone know?