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17 minutes ago, turboplanner said:

Unfortunately the question of training has been raised

Coroner's recommendations are just that, no obligation on bodies to comply. I know that politics enter into the mix, that's why I preface my conclusion with 'hopefully'.

A coroner's inquiry is substantially to identify any 3rd person's probable culpability regarding a death. This case, as so many others, can only find that responsibility lies solely with the pic. Training can only point the pilot in a direction. Decisions are always subject to irrationality. This man was mature age and had a history of operation in risk prone activity. A leopard cannot change his coat.

Hopefully no further restrictions will be levied on us arising from the palpably stupid actions of one 'pilot'.

Luckily, the pilot, no spring  chicken, was only a little shaken & bruised. Really unfortunate that he didn't quite make tha strip but airplanes are dispensable, we're not!

NICE!

Very wealthy nimbys say...over my corpse!

Recreational forum... why speculate on dumb machines designed to kill indiscriminately?

The Mt Beauty strip is operated as 1-way because of the embankment  on the town end. It could have happened that approach was mis- judged and attempt made to go around. I dunno, just an idle opinion. 

Bump?

To Area 51, see my post on Thurs. I flew VW as did Markdun  for years. I was attempting diplomacy (yeah, foolish I know). Never works, pistols at 10 paces, I bags second!

Hey! Just another forum. Nothing is 'gospel, nor 'truth. Opinions are matters for judgement. Each engine has its adherents or even 'fanboys. Never going to resolve questions of faith. I flew for 550 hrs behind a VW  conversion, fancy that.

Faux pas (not fopa) gaffe, blunder, indiscretion,impropriety etc. I.E. a mistake which really demands an apology, Similar to addressing me as Donna!!

7 hours ago, Garfly said:

No, Dick's Gundaroo strip is about 15nm north of Canberra.  Williamsdale is about 20nm to the south.

Neither of these are available to transient aircraft. There is also a strip mat Lanyon, 10km to the s/w of Tuggeranong town center but I don't like the chances of getting permission for this one either

Probably too cold in Holland for an open cockpit. 

Too much nimbyism for that to happen. 

On 14/04/2024 at 9:21 AM, justinjsinclair said:

we as Aussies praise the stuff made in Europe (which by the way have just as many issues as everything else)

Was in Tumut this weekend. Lying forlornly in the field 300m north of 35's threshold was a Foxbat. It had declared an oil pressure related engine failure. Rotax 9 series engine I would suppose. So, they  don't all run like the veritable Swiss watch. I'm certainly not attempting to bad mouth the pilot who suffered a little physical shaking but otherwise unharmed. Any engine can fail. Don

4 minutes ago, jackc said:

Soon, it will be private airstrips or next to nothing.

Would insurance cover private landing grounds?

The Kitfox 1 we owned was equipped with flaperons. I quickly learned never to activate the 'flap' feature on this plane. Roll control suffered to a frightening extent and it was never necessary to modify the final approach path anyway. It virtually landed itself in normal into wind conditions.

For 20 years I powered an Icom A20 in a couple of simple aircraft using exactly the setup as described by Glen. Absolutely safe, just mind the polarity. Don

They land on the grass, just another outlanding🤣

Serious thread drift🤔🤔

For many years I've thought that flying x country exercises, say Bankstown to Bathurst, is unnecessarily risky. I recall a particular case where a well own pilot nearly perished after ditching in Warragamba dam from the Oaks.

Anybody who has the impression they are invulnerable should take a seconds reflection. At the least this person has imposed on genuine people an unwanted  insurance cost.

I travel 200k to Tumut to fly the clubJab. I could take a more direct route over the mtns on a very 3rd rate goat track. Why not? I Don't want to die. Flying over unlandable terrain is Russian roulette, a game only played by lunatics. The pilot should be charged with attempted manslauter. IMHO

Why did the (in)competent pilot pull the panic string ( and ruin a perfect plane)?

 But you wear tyres on every arrival