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ATSB to investigate potential drone collision with light aircraft in Adelaide

"Police said they were contacted just after 7:00pm on Tuesday by a pilot who believed he may have struck a drone on approach to Parafield Airport"

his mum was proven right!

Light plane crashes into a lettuce field in Queensland | Daily Mail Online

I bet he was tossed around like a salad

I noticed more on the Nullarbor. They were using them in Sweden? I think, years before anyone else. The Swedish ones are for defence, the Australian ones for road emergencies mainly.. Air Ambulance..Be slow any other way. Both of those roads are long drives. What a jet covers in an hour takes a day on the road (Rough equivalent) Used to make me a very impatient driver on a long trip.. Nev

if I recall correctly my now deceased relative who flew these extensively in WW2 said that there were many accidents on takeoff in spits, that they could be quite a handful

have you flown either of these? a good way to get a handle on these questions might be to go up in each, with an instructor.

I've got a USA CPL and recently been researching my next visit. Their drivers licence medical requires you to hold a drivers licence of a state of the USA and that requires you to be a resident of that state which requires the correct visa etc. (I haven't checked all of the states ...)Visit the FAA website to see what your options are and email them as they are very helpful.

Hi All,After flying for a couple of years in tecnams, last week I had my first taildragger lesson in an Aeronca Chief (at Airsport in Boonah). Lovely old aircraft but a lot more challenging as it needed constant rudder attention throughout the flight - a great challenge. I know a lot of people say that taildraggers make you a better pilot and I'm just starting to see why. Others say gliding makes you a better pilot. So my question is in a general sense, what made you a better pilot? And why? I'm interested to know if it's particular aircraft, age of aircraft etc.

 

Happy flying,

 

Michael

very happy with the LSA/55 jab

All good, I have budgeted for up to $1000/hr

jabirus come with a universally maintenance-free tailwheel.

where is the airstrip, with the L1011s (hopefully I'm correct) in the background? Marshalls?

I had just soloed, and a couple of lessons later the instructor took me out to the training area to celebrate. He did a barrel roll on the way out, followed by a flight up one of the local drains, below ground level, a general look around the boundaries, and then I was free to solo out in the Training Area. As soon as I got out there down went the nose and I was flying across a swamp about six feet above the ground looking down at the ground as you do. Suddenly I realised I was coming to the bank of the swamp. Not only that, but there was a row of pine trees around the bank. I was too close to risk a sharp turn, so I gave it full throttle and pulled back on the stick. The nose rose for a while, then, at flying speed, wouldn't come up any higher than about half way up the trees. I was intrigued at how long it was going to take to die compared to a car crash, and the usual life flashing before your eyes occurred. As luck would have it, we were doing our BAK in night classes ahead of our actual flying, and suddenly out of my head came "full flap produces best lift and slowest forward speed". I yanked the flap lever up to full flap, the aircraft rose like a lift, easily clearing the trees, and I'd learnt a lifetime lesson not to engage in low flying.Caution: I lucky enough to pull it off because full flap position on the V115 was limited to allow it. There are other aircraft, like the C172 with full flap angles that would cause the aircraft to bog down and stay more or less at the same level, so I wouldn't recommend trying it.

I avoid low flying like the plague: as I see it, there are two things that are your friend: airspeed and altitude.

Stay safe!

I I mean really close so I dragged out the microscope. I examined a drop of oil from the oil filter and a drop of new oil. Nothing to be seen, not a sausage. Both looked the same. .

thanks

It saved my life in a Victa

next time I'm in the jab I'll check that lug. I always give the lever a little jiggle every time I move it to ensure the lug is properly engaged. I've never known it to pop out of 2, but I'll bear this in mind.

one reason I like mechanical flaps is that in a forced (unpowered) approach using 1 stage I could quickly pull in 2 stages of flap to clear an obstacle, like EK Gann at the Taj Mahal. I know I could do this because I've practised this maneuver.

All are good points however finding a non arrogant, professional LAME or L2 with in depth real current knowledge on all variants of Jabiru isnt easy.That manual flap mechanisim is pretty ordinary even when new. Sure had a few frights with it releasing from St 2 to 1 on short final, not only in terms of aircraft performance but the loud bang it makes.

 

Ive seen numerous attempts to improve with limited success

 

Get rid of it and fit electric version, if you have wings off it can be mounted pretty simply. Worst failure mode you have ten is flaps that wont come down or up, in either case you can handle it.

so how does the A22LS compare with the B58 Hustler you used to fly?

Not just the aircraft that are at risk from lack of exercise. It is 4 times as risky to be inactive as it is to fly.There was this research guy recently called for type 2 diabetes to be re-named " lack of exercise syndrome".

In South Australia the need for a medical to retain a driver's license between 70 and 75 has been discontinued as it was doing more harm than good. I wrote this stuff to the CASA consultation on medicals for pilots... I wonder if they will take any notice.

My victor motor mower is 20 years old and has done about 20 hours. Its had 5 plug changes, and never had an oil change. I have replaced the pull start cord 3 times and the throttle cable just failed, so I replaced it with a makita battery powered thing.Therefore Victor is better than Jab and Rotax. Lets see how the Makita shapes up.

My Ferguson's in its 61st year on the original engine, which has never been pulled down, and it's still ticking over nicely too.

Just trolling Bruce Mate 550 hour old jab going fine

I'm a bit like Bruce: I was flying the jab this morning, and as usual, it didn't miss a beat.

I heard on the grapevine that Jab 2200 engines were only good for 550 hours.

history of the owner?????