biggles

OK so D353 VFR transit corridor across the East Sale military airspace is now available.  It will be interesting to hear from RA-Aus pilots if this is working as planned.As for RA-Aus getting overall CTA endorsement/transit/access, I got a response from RA-Aus 2 days ago... no surprises.... All we get is the sound of (bureaucratic) crickets from CASA!!  How frustrating...!

Recreational Aviation Australia in their magazine “Sport Pilot” (May 2018 Vol 81 (5)) says

 

“ NEW EAST SALE CORRIDOR (page 13). Pilots intending to transit East Sale have a new track to follow.

 

The May 28 revision of Airservices publications will see the creation of a new lane of access through the East Sale active restricted area. This will be noted as Danger Area D353. RAAus says pilots intending to take advantage of the changes must read ERSA and associated AIP products before accessing the corridor to ensure they are conversant with the requirements associated with the danger area and surrounding airspace. Where any doubt exists, pilots are encouraged to contact the airspace administrator via the contact numbers provided in ERSA.

 

Pilots using the corridor should monitor East Sale approach on frequency 123.3 Pilots should also have the frequency on standby in the event of an emergency which might require them to request access to airspace beyond the limits of the corridor. Pilots should also monitor 126.0 (LTV CTAF)

 

 

Country airfields seem to be a target and I believe Wangaratta and Bairnsdale  have also been victims.

    I don't believe Bairnsdale has been targeted but West Sale certainly have ! ..... Bob 

 

 

Pulling the prop over before each start is, in my opinion essential, to not only check the compressions, but also to introduce some heat into the cylinders . I always pull over at least 10 blades before each start . Have never had any start problems . My first battery lasted 6 years . My second Odessy in now 4 years and neither have required any additional charging. I live in on the Victoria South coast . It gets real cold down here in Winter .... Bob 

 

 

" all three occupants " , " an electrical fault " .... Hmm !

 

 

Not too sure about that FT . All the operatong coal fired power plants in Victoria, are located adjacent to mines which are far from exhausted ..... Bob

Facthunter said "I reckon we need Al smelters for self sufficiency. but there's never been much obvious effort by them to provide the power them selves."I worked on a power statation at Anglesea in Vic in the 60's. As far as I knew it was solely built to supply power to an Aluminium smelter. Here in Qld, the government built Gladstone power station and then sold it to private enterprise. When the government ran it, you could see the smoke plume all the way to Mackay, since private enterprise has it they have had to clean it up and now you hardly see any smoke.

You are correct Yenn . I was a consultant to Alcoa at their Anglesea Power Plant in '94,'95 and '96. Their installed capacity was 150Mw from a single Siemens turbo-generator with steam supplied from a natural convection tower type boiler, firing pulverised brown coal from the nearby mine. Most of the water was supplied from on-site bores. The coal had a high Sulphur content, so SO2, discharged into the atmosphere was always in issue with the environmentalists, and probably signed the final death knell for the station. As you state, the power plant did, in fact, supply the majority of the electricity to the Point Henry aluminium smelter ...... Bob

 

 

The d.c. output for Jabiru 2200 engines, up to engine S/No. 22A-2661, is 10 Amps,.... Bob

 

 

Memory fading ? yes,. . .mine is too. . . .I'm 68 on June 2nd this year. . . .On the subject of good looking 'Millennial' Ladies,. . . .my local roadside Butty Bar is now run by an unmarried lass named Trina . .she is a lovely person, a great sense of humour, terrific cordon Bleu trained cook and very popular with the truck drivers who frequent the place. She looks about early thirties maybe. . . but she let it drop last week that she was born in 1961 FCS. . . .I was gobsmacked. . . Must be all that good bacon and going to the gym 4 days a week I guess. . . . . . shocked I tells ya. . . . . .

Sounds like you've got the 'hots' for Trina Phil. When you say " she looks about early thirties maybe " I assume you don't mean that's when she was 'born'. I don't think you've sunk to those depths yet, but then again,one could say that you've let yourself go somewhat lately. Anyway, giving you the benefit of the doubt, you are only about ten years her senior. Go for it young fella and good luck, you just might bring home the bacon !....... Bob

 

 

So those numbers are your best on a cold day or normal summer time temps ?

I can't recall, but doubt that it would have been less than 20oC or more than 25oC ... Bob

 

 

That’s a mighty fine set of numbers you have there. Yes I am aware that I can set it up a little differently. Went for a fly the other day and what was 127 is now 134, have not done a thing ,maybe ambient was slightly higher. Does yours vary from day to day.?

Yes , ambient temp. does have an effect on CHT's ..... Bob

 

 

Yes engine had warmed up and let cool after 1:2 hour flight. All temps good in flight, cold start with no choke as usual for this time of year, hot start good but tight as usual upon crank, ( gives a heavy clunk as starter engages) however pull through finds not the familiar even resistance.. not having access to leak down test gauge will slow my research, but I know something is wrong with my girl.

I think as a safety precaution you would be well advised to have someone familiar with Jab engines check it over before next flight..... Bob

 

 

Derek , I'm no expert either, but all I do is click on the box that says "attach files" which takes you to your photo library . You then select a photo then click " done" and it appears into your reply. I am an Apple user...... Bob

 

 

ive not flowin my sp for a while and have noticed 3 cylinders during prop pull through are not as high as the other, nearly half the resistance in fact. Guessing rings are issue as valves haven’t needed adjustment for a few years, (about 96 hours) tappets still around 10thou gap. I Have noticed a bit of oil in intake but oil consumption doesn’t appear un usually high at this stage. She is the original engine 2001 with 780 hours, jabiru informed me there is no heads available and that they would be able to do top end over haul late may. My thoughts were to strip the cylinders and heads off an send to jab for service but after talking to them got the impression they want the whole engine. Any thoughts or opinions?

There are many ways to deal with your issue. Sending the engine to Jabiru involves removing and reinstalling the engine, but at least they should warranty the repairs, providing of course, that you agreed to the work they recommend, which may be substantial. If not done already, they would want to replace the through bolts, pistons, valves, rocker bushes, upgrade to dual valve springs, check and hone barrels etc. etc. without even knowing the condition of the bottom end. Sometimes the costs can get up towards a newer generation reco. engine, but without knowing the history of the engine it is difficult to say. The other option is to ask Jabiru if they could recommend someone they consider competent near you to do the work, which may not come with a warranty...... Bob

 

 

At last after much tweaking the results are as displayed

Paul,

 

If this is your aircraft , you can easily adjust the instrument to give you an almost full scale deflection. I have my EGT's set to 750 degrees and CHT's set to 160 degrees, like this....... Bob

 

 

 

Too old to fly, take up bird watching:oh yeah:

'Bird watching' is, and always has been my main past-time, but I still manage to get the Jab up fairly regularly. . Was speaking to Lilydale CFI this morning who indicated that they are currently flooded with students, managing to keep 5 or so instructors fully occupied . He was doing a doctor charter into YBNS in a Beechcraft twin, which meant him hanging around filling in time ..... Bob

 

 

what about the 71 to 74 year olds ?

 

 

That was posted here pages ago, there will be more councils wanting to jump on the band wagon for sure!

 

 

 

EXCLUSIVE: Qantas eyes Bundaberg for flying school

Rocky mayor to bid for $20million pilot training facility

...... where he had a new piston cast and machined

Don't tell me, ....... ' and got it weighed on the local butchers scales' !.... Bob

 

 

Agree that there are generally always other visual cues out there, ( smoke, water waves etc.) but surely some sort of low level 'wind direction and velocity' indication shouldn't be too much to expect..... Bob

 

 

QANTAS GROUP ANNOUNCES PILOT ACADEMY

yeah, my dad used to take a Bex when he needed a 'lift' - as the old saying goes "he needs to take a powder and lie down" - don't really have much of an idea what was in them...what I live as? not sure about the question...I live at Woolooman, just south of YAMB, up high on a hill, in an old Queenslander (house on 34 acres) I am restoring, along with two Renaults (10 and 16)

 

I have been retired for a few years now and wifey of 47 years this year is retiring in December '18

 

and if this damn horrible heat continues, we might just run away to Tasmania for our later years

 

BP

You don't have to move off the mainland BP. Anywhere down here is OK this time of the year, but you may need to migrate North in Winter.... Bob

 

 

........ "not far from where I lived as a boy" ..........

Ah, the good old Bex, I well remember, but tell me BP , what do you live as these days ? ....... Bob

 

 

Is the iPad connected to the Internet ?