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This shows the changes over the last few years.

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On 15/04/2024 at 12:35 PM, facthunter said:

Funny how we have to fight for what we had first.. Funny as in ODD. Don't look for LOGIC..  Nev

Those freedoms are still there. Kasper told us that. 

Quite a few people have been stitched up just by not checking; You could import a FAR103 Aircraft, but why not buy one locally under the Australian 95.10 category?

Here is the website for Ultralights Australia Group:   https://www.ultralightsaustralia.com.au/

It has links to its products: Aerolite, Quicksilver, Flyfox.

.....teeth; pearly white and able to strip auto cable all day.

Not many people know that Winifred was one of the nest pianists in the world. When you bought her sheet music, thinking you might start up in competition the first thing you noticed were the extra five notes per word.

Winifred was buried in Northern Rivers Memorial Park, South Gundurimba near Corakai, Lismore, with a small plaque.

Elton John found out about it.

......when people were picking on me (before I joined the AFLW teams) and calling me "Twobums",

Turbo came into a bar when several huge brutes were rubbishing me and cleaned it out.

He wiped the counter meticulously, removing food that had been there for 17 years, polished all the bottles and did the floor twice. He was AMAZING, but that's not all ............................

.........Mustang Convertible.

The room fell silent because the teacher had asked the same question and found that Garry still had 23 DUIs to clear through the Courts along with .........................

9 minutes ago, jackc said:

The training use will be limited, number of circuits before recharge needed?  Probably no cross country endorsements? Aircraft limited range will mean no real hire out possibilities.

This will mean far higher hourly training cost.  Not to mention train in electric than add extra hours for training on piston type, to get signed off for RPC.

That was more or less what we concluded when we were discussing the aircraft operating in SA at the time.

It's consistent with range still being in the Top 4 EV issues when loaded and operating at highway speeds and in country areas.

For RA airctraft training I would still look at a 70 kts product, so dramatically less hp consumed per circuit, and legal for 500 foot circuits, so less full power climb, less distance per circuit, more training circuits per hour.

Those two things mean lower up front cost as well for the airctraft.

Sure, it's not going to be used for cross country training, and qualified students are not going to be hiring it for trips away, but from my experience people who want to do that move almost immediately to something like an Arrow anyway, so it will cost them less to do the cross country training in GA.

12 minutes ago, jackc said:

‘How any flying school makes money is beyond me but if we don't support local then we will all end up the poorer.’

 

Some flying schools, spec up their training aircraft with top shelf options, which makes their ROI expensive.

A school I want to transfer to, after Covid had upspec Foxbats, full glass cockpits etc etc.  The hourly cost was $100 per hour more the I was paying, that flying school is no longer in business 🤢  

So what happened to your J230?

3 minutes ago, jackc said:

But I wonder IF CASA is able to look at this new technology, in a timely and knowledgeable way.   Regulatory work from them is usually a hurry up AND……wait regime. 🤢

It's not new technology. Hopefully the RA training aircraft are out there racking up training hours.

Remember they set an endurance record, admittedly by being followed by two car crews with trailer-mounted generators. But range isn't an issue if the proposed operation is withing the aircraft's range and safety margin.

Following the sale of the Airport in 2012, a group of RA owners were going to move to another small field some distance away.

Doe anyone know whether that survived. I've counted 9 members of this site with an array of aircraft from Jabiru, Morgan etc to a Wizard winged trike and a C150 who are no longer members here, so it's possible it failed.

In 2009 there was a plan to turn it into a "Freight Hub" but of course a Freight Hub pre-supposes there is a huge tonneage which needs to be brought into that location and a huge tonneage waiting to go out to make it financially payable.

....was forced to go back and fly that fateful mission that made television history around the word, won him a Medal of Honor and condemned him to touring schools and being asked questions for the rest of his life.

It was at Great Falls, Montana Junior High that ......................

5 minutes ago, Garfly said:

 

 

Well, notwithstanding the Bob Jellys of the world ... I'd have thought there'd be a pretty strong

sentiment in an important town like Goulburn that it have a well functioning airport.

So ,call me naive, but I'm comforted, for now, that YGLB will stay due "its SP2 zoning, designating it as a ‘special purpose’ zone aimed at safeguarding infrastructure and supporting related uses. This zoning underscores the airport’s pivotal role in regional transportation,” 

I take it you didn't bother to take the relatively simple step of checking what  the SP2 Zone includes or take any notice of the fact that someone can put in an Application for something Pilots might not want and have it approved at the Tribunal. If I wanted this airport to stay I'd be on red alert right now.

56 minutes ago, skippydiesel said:

Am I the only pilot who thinks that TBO claims are BS due to the lack of a common measurement/criteria across the aircraft ICE engine industry.

If I am correct, those poor deluded pilots, who use this marketing tool, to compare longevity of service, between engine manufacturers, are fooling themselves.

 

No, you're correct. Just about every engine has its own lifecycle.

Some, designed for linehaul over the road multi trailer work might have an industry expectation of 1.4 million km, but I've seen new model series with problems only achieving 650, 000 in their hundreds and other new modesl series coming off the line and achieving 2 million km.

Going down to smaller diesel engines I've seen two different diesel engines going into the same application with one achieving a consistent 60,000 - 80,000 life cycle under the load and a competitor engine achievingf a consistent 250,000 and in later versions getting out to 800,000. km.

Nothing beats costing each vehicle (engine) separately and totalling the invoices to bring you down to earth.

3 hours ago, Marty_d said:

Zoning only works up until someone who wants it changed is mates with a councillor.

You get above that easily by taking it to the State Tribunal. Of course an awful lot of people sit back and do nothing and the Council decision stands by deafault.

24 minutes ago, facthunter said:

Great instability in the Auto  world. .You'd be surprised at the other alliances out here. Nev

It's staggering how much has changed since 2019 when I did an analysis of the lot. Adding to the cross owbership you referred to is the Chinese supply route into older brands.

1 hour ago, kgwilson said:

No they aren't. They are all owned by Stellantis based in Amsterdam. This is a conglomerate of the merged Fiat Chrysler and PSA groups. They also own Vauxhall and Opel shed from GM when they went bankrupt & got bailed out by the US government & Peugeot.

If you want to go up the financial structure to Stellantis you have to add the following brands.

• Citroen
• Opel
• Peugeot
• Vauxhall

3 minutes ago, facthunter said:

Chrysler isn't It. Fiat is made by Chrysler. . GM pulled out of Fiat.Nev

As of about 35 seconds ago Fiat owned:

Abarth

Alfa Romeo

Chrysler

Dodge

Ferrari

Fiat

Fiat Professional

Jeep

Lancia

Maserati

Ram Trucks

SRT

8 minutes ago, facthunter said:

They have the capacity NOW. Remember when JAPAN  car wasn't much..? It's ALL much more high tech now. Trouble is if you don't watch they will cut corners. There's a lot of Chinese Parts in makes you wouldn't be aware of.  Anyhow, how good is a JEEP/? 

Jeep is made by Fiat.

1 hour ago, jackc said:

I have spares everywhere, don’t need dealer to reset ECU when I fit a new battery 🤩

Just ensure there’s 12 volts going into the terminals while you pull the old battery out and connect the new one, affects the computers as well as the ECU.

44 minutes ago, Garfly said:

Okay, but all I really wanted was some assurance that it'll remain an airport.  And it seems it will. That's good.

No that’s a different question. Life isn’t as simple as that. An owner or lessee can apply for a planning permit For anything at any time, and most Tribunal hearings are for a decision on why a different Use should be permitted despite the zoning.

28 minutes ago, Garfly said:

Yeah, well I was wondering whether there were any zoning type restrictions that'd ensure it remains an airport.

This article seems to suggest there are.

 

 

Steven Westlake, principal at Ashby York, has described the airport as “a premier investment opportunity in the aviation sector”

... “Moreover, the property offers a unique opportunity for potential investors with its SP2 zoning, designating it as a ‘special purpose’ zone aimed at safeguarding infrastructure and supporting related uses. This zoning underscores the airport’s pivotal role in regional transportation,” the firm said.

 

 

Goulburn Airport on the market after 13 years – Australian Aviation

AUSTRALIANAVIATION.COM.AU

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The general aviation airport, which has been owned by Goulburn businessman John Ferrara since 2011, has been listed for sale through real estate firm Ashby York as Ferrara looks to divest from his property...

Each zone has a list of as of right Uses (where you don't need a permit), List of Uses which require a planning Permit (different to building permit which comes later) and List of Uses which are Prohibited.

If you look at those lists attached to this SP2 zone you can see what's allowed and what's not allowed.

18 hours ago, Garfly said:

Ian, have you heard if the Goulburn Council is in favour of - or insisting on - the land being retained as the town's airport by any new owner?

 

 

They don’t own the property so can’t do anything as long as its rates are being paid and the uses are in accordance with its Planning zone, overlays and permits.

9 hours ago, skippydiesel said:

As manager, organising in house events from 20 to around 2000 people /day (international & domestic visitors) and as manager facilitator, for others, using my employer's facilities, to around 8000 over two days - That's all you get, until you demonstrate you are in a position to offer a remunerated consultancy, that might attract me out of happy retirement - then you get my CV

You...you didn't wear the denim and boots did you Skippy?

3 minutes ago, turboplanner said:

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There are two vehicles schemes operating now:

HEV     

Compressed hydrogen gas is carried in the vehicle, goes into a fuel cell which converts chemical energy into electrical energy which powers electric motors. Successfully trialled by MTT Perth in three buses around 2005. Buses powerfull and quiet, not practical costwise. Honda leased HEV Civics in Los Angeles a few years later, brought one to Australia.  Several versions currently operating.

HICE

Approximately the same process as CNG vehicle.

Hydrogen gas fuels an internal combustion engine, zero CO2 output, eliminates battery drive, suits ICE Car platforms, normal ICE range.

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.....solo flight in the Tennis Court (avref), and since it was dark they sat around listening to old 78s of the Russian composer Clackmaninoff who never disclosed how he was able to play such a wide scale of notes.

In the morning the Carrier went to General Quarters and Garry...........