Bennyboy320

It’s not the career it used to be, feel sorry for the people joining Airlines these days on sub standard conditions of service, only 2,803 days to retirement, but who’s counting.

Unfortunately we are in a race to the bottom, professionalism, character & class are traits lost to history, just YouTube some of the media stories from the 1960’s-70’s, the anchors & reporters were very well spoken & they actually reasearched thier stories without Facebook or google & none of that sensationalism we now see. For me the cream of the crop was the ABC’s James Dibble, absolute LEDGEND.

Actually six trips, (seven if you count the lunar liftoff) Gemini 3, Gemini 10, Apollo 10, Apollo 16, Shuttle 1 & Shuttle 9.

His bio “Forever Young” an outstanding read.

He had the best career of any astronaut, R.I.P.

:amazon:Maybe if it’s too costly & the RPT a/c pull out of the country strips there will be no need to have an ASIC as they will cease to be a security controlled airport.

Yes Merredin leased for $1 for 100 years, wow one cent a year, along with the sale of Darwin port authority we really are stupid white trash, talk about selling the farm:gaah:

Another media blow out of all proportions slow news day, he’s no closer than when air to air refueling.

I hear you Bernie, I used to have top secret defence force clearance & have held a current ASIC for the last 7 years, however on my next renewal I have to provide them with a naturalization certificate from 1970 as well as my current passport & ASIC. How bizarre.

You can’t make this stuff up, it’s comical, just think “Yes Minister”

It’s all going to be a personal choice, I’ve held a military equivalent to the class one ( A1G1Z1) & civilian class one for over 35 years, my current medical has been with a foreign authority for the last 20 years, I’m going to give the class two & CASA a very wide birth & will stick to the current self diagnose medical we have with RAAus. As I said it’s all going to come down to what suits the individual pilot, I suppose I’ll just have to remain OCTA.

Nice pics, Arizona?

Congratulations & well done sir on an outstanding effort, my hat goes off to you.

Capillatus, you sir are a LEGEND, -10 degrees & only a windscreen:yikes: I’m impressed.

As they say, “you get what you pay for”.

Let me guess the GAF contact went to the lowest bidder, you get what you pay for.

Golden rule, never buy anything off the plan, wether it’s a house/apartment or aircraft, the prices initially quoted are ALWAYS unrealistic.

Outstanding Peter, always enjoy reading your trip reports, thanks again for putting them online.

Jeez Louise, unfortunately political correctness & treating people like idiots is out of control in Australia.

See attached a few pictures from Oshkosh a few months ago, the F15 as well as every other military a/c has no fences, the F22 has a rope, ok plus an armed marine with a rifle.

The crew of the B52 on the wing without dayglo vests or a safety harnesses, and they all survived without falling off, imagine that.

Well just got back today after a 6 day trip where we logged 12.5 flying hours. Day 1 Caboolture-Chinchilla-Roma, day 2 & 3 Roma-Ingelara (stayed two nights at the Wildernesses Resort in the Cararvon Gorge which was outstanding & I would highly recommend it) day 4 Ingelara-Emerald-Old Station, lovely stay & hospitality offered by Ron & Helen Creed, again highly recommended dropping in here, day 5 Old Station-Bundy & stayed the night due to the strong winds in Brisbane, day 6 Bundy-Gympie-Caboolture.

Looking forward to spreading our wings & traveling further afield on future trips.

Are non-Australian International pilots who fly into Australia required to have ASIC's?

As an example I can fly a HKG registered a/c anywhere in the world, but I can't operate a VH registered a/c unless I have an Australian license, medical & ASIC.

Like I've mentioned before, I can't believe that with 10,000 members we don't have more political powers like EAA in the US. We should be telling these elected officials what WE require not the other way around.

So as I was born overseas I need my original citizenship certificate plus my passport, even though to get a passport I needed to show them the certificate 40 years ago, as well as to join the RAAF, mmmm all very "Yes Minister" more red tape.

It's really a personal choice, as for me my day job is following a green line on autopilot so I opted for the basic steam driven dials.

Best option when dealing with the AIP is to download it in GoodReader then do a word search for what you are researching.