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Funeral Details Graham's family have announced updated times for Graham's funeral: 10:00am: Memorial service 10:30am: Fly past Funeral service to be held once fly past pilots return. Jex

Here are the details for Graham's funeral: Date: 18 July 2014 Time: 11am Place: Sandon Point SLSC, Point St, Sandon Point. All are welcome to attend. Jex

Graham's family have advised that his funeral will be held on Friday 18th July in the Bulli/Wollongong area. There will be a formation fly-over and Graham's son-in-law will be flying Graham’s RV4. I'll post more details as they become available. Jex.

If anyone wishes to share their memories of Graham, or to pass on any messages to his family, I have started a separate thread here: Vale Graham White Jex

I am sure many of you have now heard of the tragic loss of Graham White in an aircraft accident just off the coast of Moruya on Sunday the 6th of July. Graham was involved in the training of an enormous number of budding aviators, so I am sure that his friends in this industry are spread far and wide across the globe. I have started this thread (and another here on PPRuNe) with the hope that people use it to share some of their memories of Graham, or to express their condolences to his family, especially if they are unable to make his funeral (of which I have no details yet). I realise there is another thread on the accident, but I just wanted to start one specific to Graham. I will compile and print out what is written here and pass it on to his family at his funeral. Regards Jex

I can strongly recommend P.G. Taylor's "Frigate Bird" as an absolutely riveting read. His account of the first air crossing of the southern Pacific by Catalina flying boat is fascinating, and the details of their rocket assisted takeoff from Easter Island is an absolute ripper. I find abebooks.com a very useful source of these old out of print books: http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=taylor&sts=t&tn=Frigate Bird As facthunter mentioned, "The Boats I Flew" by Bryan Monkton is another great read if you have an interest in the role civilian flying boats had in Australia'a aviation history. cheers Jeremy

Yep, motorbikes and planes for longer than I've been doing anything else!

G'day Frank, I've not tried only the last four digits of the rego when I submit a sartime. I'll give it a go next time I go flying, it would certainly be that little bit simpler. cheers Jeremy

I very rarely submit a flight plan these days, but I always submit a sartime using naips. When I do I use the ICAO code if the aircraft has one or ULAC if it doesn't. To help out the poor controller in the RMK section I usually type in the actual call sign. Eg: when I flew a Foxbat last weekend: Aircraft ID: 244422 Aircraft type: AP22 RMK: Callsign is Foxbat 4422 I started doing this on the suggestion of an ATC who pointed out that this would make it much easier to contact me on the radio if they needed to, as most of them are unfamiliar with recreational type designators. I usually get the type designators off the ICAO site as Camel suggested. They also have a search function which can be a bit clunky, but generally works after a few tries: http://www.icao.int/publications/DOC8643/Pages/Search.aspx Cheers Jeremy

Well the weather is shaping up to be perfect for flying tomorrow, so it should be a great day out. Looking forward to seeing you all there. Boingk did you manage to get the day off work? cheers Jeremy

... and it looks like both Foxbats from the Sydney Recreational Flying Club at The Oaks will be making the trip down as well.

Is anyone planning to go to this? I'm going to fly down for the day from The Oaks in a J230, which should be a nice trip if the weather is good. cheers Jeremy

G'day Propfarmer, Thanks for your reply! It's always nice to meet an fellow diabetic aviator :) I'll send you a private message with my contact details. I'd be keen to talk to you about your flying and answer your questions about getting a PPL. cheers Jex

Thank you to those that have got in touch so far. If any of you on the forum know of a pilot with insulin dependent diabetes, please feel free to pass on my email and spread the word that I am trying to get in touch. Any help would be much appreciated! cheers Jex

G’day All, I am an aviation enthusiast, but I am also a type 1 diabetic. I currently hold an RAAus licence with no restrictions, and a CASA Class 2 medical with the condition that I must fly with a safety pilot, and I seem to average about 40 hours of flying per year (although I wish it was more!) I am posting this in a couple of forums, hoping to get in touch with as many fellow pilots as possible that are also insulin dependent diabetics. My goal is to set up an informal network or group of some description so that we can share experiences and information about flying with diabetes. This seems a pertinent time to do so, given CASA’s recent changes to the Class 2 requirements for diabetics, and also their introduction of a new class of medical based on the Austroads unconditional motor vehicle driving licence standard (see this thread on pprune). If you are an insulin dependent diabetic with any interest in aviation I’d love to hear from you. If you are at all interested in sharing your experiences, or just keeping up to date, please send me an email to jex207 at gmail dot com (or even a private message). Cheers Jex

....also worth a look: http://www.spectrumaviation.com.au/ cheers Jeremy

Light Reading Here is some light reading for those interested in the calculations behind the spreadsheet! cheers Jeremy

G'day again, I've just uploaded an updated version. I've re-worked the equations for calculating groundspeed and also figured out a slightly simpler way of calculating the drift. I'm in the process of putting together a word document that explains all the formula used, which I'll post here once complete. cheers Jeremy

G'day All, Here is a little flight planning spreadsheet I cooked up a couple of weeks ago. It should be fairly self explanatory...! Feel free to have a stuff around with it and modify it for your own purposes, or drop me a line if you've got any questions about it. cheers Jeremy

Picolcell Technical Info Some info for the more technically minded: Once activated, the Picocell avionics provide the following level of functionality: - Full duplex voice and text message support for GSM phones capable of operating within the 1800 MHz/1900 MHz GSM frequency bands - GPRS data (email, internet) and related services - SMS text - Supplementary services (call forwarding, caller ID, call waiting, voicemail, etc) - Pre-paid services - RF management of all phone technologies (GSM is supported from a service perspective at the phone - minimum power level. Other mobile technologies [CDMA, 3G etc] are supported from an RF management perspective to mitigate against possible interference events.) The Picocell system is made up of three key elements: Mobile Sub-System (MSS): The MSS, which can be considered the core of the Picocell system, emulates a ground cellular network base transceiver station (BTS) within the aircraft cabin. It provides a wireless connection to passengers’ mobile devices, at a minimum level of RF power in the GSM 1800 MHz frequency band. The MSS includes both RF hardware and software components, which provide call management and service level control. Radio Interference Avoidance Sub-System (RIAS): By means of low level screening emissions in specific mobile phone frequency bands and formats, the RIAS provides effective RF isolation of the aircraft cabin from any ground mobile base station or handset. The intention of this function, which is provided by two Cell Phone RF Management Units (CRFMUs) under the control of software, is to prevent interference between the aircraft and the overflown ground mobile phone networks. Antenna System: A dual “leaky line†antenna is used to transmit and receive GSM communications within the cabin and is also used to broadcast the RIAS signals. The aircraft is also equipped with a Satellite Communications system (SATCOM) to enable the information to be sent and received from the Ground Station Service Provider. cheers Jeremy

G'day chaps and chapettes, Thank you for the warm welcome. I've only made one appearance out at The Oaks so far (and that was last Sunday). I'll try and make it out on a Saturday soon to meet some more of you. I tend to be working most weekends so this may take a while to organise! The core of my plan is, by the end of this year, to purchase a drifter and keep it out at The Oaks. I'm still working on the finer points of the plan! It's pretty fluid at the moment! cheers Jeremy

G'Day Everybody, I've had the disease for just on two years now, and I've come to the realisation that the only cure is to purchase a Drfiter of my own! I'm looking forward to it consuming my spare time. :big_grin: cheers Jeremy