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Back to the post was it a trike?

 

Yes, a trike. Registered to SAFA according to reports.

RIP and sincere condolences to the families of the two men 

so they should be refunding my ticket costs I reckon

 

To not hold the raffle is bad, but who ends up with the aircraft now that it is built and has the required hours flown?

If it has to be sold, then the proceeds should definitely go to refunding the ticket sales as everyone who bought one was a potential winner.

The failure of RAA to provide the shortfall of the Trusts losses, let alone the Bushcat is pretty poor.

 

Pretty poor? I would say extremely poor that they have not provided the shortfall. All they had to announce is that they had supported the event so that one lucky winner could have the finished aircraft as promised and that hopefully next year would return a windfall back to RAA.

There must be some redress to RAA for this surely. Or are they just going to say we will take the profits, but someone else can cover the losses? 

That's one view. The other view is that RAA has not be promting them or building on the grass roots of its existence.

 

If the aviation-enthused people out there in the general population aren't aware of this low cost way of accessing a flight a day within the household budget, the only way they are going to become aware and start buying is for the Association to promote the sector.

 

Agree wholeheartedly. If the flying schools taught in 2-stroke, easy to maintain aircraft then it follows that the student would buy them. There are some areas around Aus where low cost flying is endorsed by the CFI as an entry level, but as Turboplanner says, this is not promoted as a entry level in to flying by most.

A weight increase that brings the lower end of GA into RAAus will bring some older Cessna, Piper 2 seaters that are way cheaper than a Jab.  The alternative is relying on imported factory built, or kits.  Unfortunately we now live in a society that wants everything NOW and not willing to design, build, maintain.

 

Older Cessnas may be cheap to buy, but expensive to maintain. Especially with SIDS which I believe is not just a one off inspection

I hope you get elected Kasper.

It’s about time someone called for a look at the more affordable type of flying that the majority of pilots first started with. Those with lots of spare cash will always be able to train in the heavier and faster types of aircraft but most just wish they could buy something small and affordable to start off with. The Organisations are supposed to be not for profit which means making it affordable for everyone, and  encouraging new schools. If they don’t do this for the lower end, then we will lose that pathway.  So well done and we all hope you get through.

The L1 online test is just an exercise in looking up information as far as I know. The practical courses seem to cover mostly line maintenance so far, which everyone is allowed to do whether you are a L1 or not. So I assume there will be more courses to cover more things later on?

I thought they had gone to 20 Mill but obviously not

I guess if they both went through the same insurance Company it could reduce the costs for all.

That is bad news. Isn't that where Darren Barnfield is based?

At least the new board member flies a weight shift so that could be a good thing for the lower end of the membership. I mean in numbers not in Status. We now, at long last have someone to lobby on our behalf. 

ASRA Investigators on camera in this video confirming it was the model that was grounded. Very sad for all concerned. 

https://www.9news.com.au/2019/02/08/21/26/wa-gyrocopter-crash-robert-james-waughman-aircraft-should-not-have-been-flying  

They can't agree? i.e. fractured = split

dynamic = may be No.4 i.e. they were very loud in their differences?

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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone ?

Happy to hear you found your teeth now you can enjoy your Christmas dinner in style 

So it appears the DRAFT magazine was also sent to the printers and distributed ... great to see the quality systems at RAAus extend to the main external communication tool.  

Heard the Airpark is not going ahead as the Council did not have permission to sell the land? The land outside has been given over to RVs and is time restricted. Not free as they have to pay the Football club. No camping allowed as far as I am aware. Not allowed under wing, not allowed outside either. Looks like Hervey Bay is the better option as ERSA (November 2018) states Hervey Bay is free for Recreational Flyers but not Maryborough . Parking fees and landing fees will restrict future events. The Roulettes was a great success by all accounts with plenty of parking but that was before the caravan park and once the Aviation museum goes up there will be less land outside for carparking. 

Have you tried the L2 list in the members area of RAAus website? There are quite a few listed for Qld. Could be worth a try.

Assuming you can’t or don’t want to do your own maintenance. Might help to list what you are after, engine servicing 100hr or 200hr? Or airframe too? 

That's a slightly misleading way of putting it.CAA, CAR, CASR, CAO all apply to RAAus the same as GA, except where an exemption is granted i.e. the specific exemptions listed in CAO 95.55.

 

In addition, you have the rules written by RAAus (Ops manual etc). They apply because operation according to those manuals is a condition of the exemptions in CAO 95.55.

Part 200 of the CASRs gives exemptions to all RA-Aus aircraft from CASR’s but you are right in that all conditions of the exemptions have to be included in the RAAus manuals (Ops and Tech)

This photo of AirVenture is a little deceptive in the negative I would say from someone that did attend all three days . If this pic was taken on the Saturday , then it must of been in the morning , because by midday before the actual Airshow (display ) by an hour or so before hand the public started to arrive and pour through the gates for the afternoon attraction.. The fence line running down the length of the runway was very crowded. And it doesn't show the camping ground for the fly in pilots , or any of the car parking paddocks either .. take it from me , Saturday afternoon was a completely different picture than this..

Not many members bothered to vote though. Far less than 10%

Interesting comparison in this months Sport Pilot magazine with both AirVenures mentioned in separate articles.

Compare the two photos used: Aus AirVenture on the left was taken on the Saturday and of course the famous USA AirVenture taken from much higher, otherwise you would not get it all in.

Thanks Jaba-who. I was just wondering if it was another Trike 912-XT with an Arrow wing. I guess we will wait for a report to come in for further details

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What aircraft was he flying?

I thought it was still listed as a Not For Profit but I could be wrong

My understanding of what I heard and have read is that a condition for increase to 760kg is that lame's will not lose work opportunity and that is guaranteed with the rule that all above 600kg will still need to be maintained as they are now by lame and not by RAA L2, L4's etc. Cheers

Agree that Thursday was wet so numbers were really low on that day.

Friday was a nice day.

We got caught out with the $10 parking fee. A notice about it didn’t appear until Saturday.

A few people were upset about the on the day entry fee but to be honest I could have given my tickets to someone else to use as they were never checked.

Attendance on Saturday was much lower than I expected. Some of the vendors we were talking to are expecting to make a loss overall.

The seminars I attended were good (I didn’t bother with the meet the team ones).

The camping under wing was a long way from the venue itself so we didn’t see those apart from driving past, on the way in.

Watching the aircraft depart, most seemed to be VH registered on the Saturday.

I would definitely go back. The venue was nice, we could wander around and see all the aircraft. The vendors were all good and the air display was good, but I agree about the food area. We could’ve done with some bench tables, and why would they put the children’s area with bouncy castles in that area and in front of some of the vendors?

I don’t think it was advertised enough to non-RAAus people and other flying organisations. I think they were definitely expecting more to attend.