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What do you do on a day off? Go flying of course !! Chatting to a mate yesterday while flying model aircraft, we decided it would be a good idea to have a fly down Wilsons Prom way. The general idea was I fly, I need the hours and he navigate cause he reckons he needed the practice....no GPS's here just 2 ludites with maps....:) The phone call at 9am sugested that the weather was still average but would improve. Another quick phone to Tooradin Flying School soon secured the use of the Fly Synthesis Texan. Maps prepared, flight plans filled out and fuel tanks topped off, all was in readiness. Run ups completed, EFATO brief done, rolling call made and just after 12pm the wheels lifted off runway 22. First point of call, Leongatha for a touch and go just because we could, then onto the Prom. The cloud was keeping us down around 2500'. Not a major problem, just a few little bumps. As we approached the Prom, the cloud base appeared lower and quite dark. We decided not to fly around the prom but to stop short after passing Port Franklin and turn direct for Sandy Point. From Sandy Point the bumps smoothed out and the sky cleared as we started to make our way up the coast. The ocean looked very inviting as we flew over Waratah Bay and Cape Liptrap looked great. We continued on with Tarwin Lower,Venus Bay and Inverloch turning up on time off to the right. The scenery is spectacular down this way. We continued on and Cape Patterson was right on the nose :big_grin: with Wonthaggi off to the right. Damn....we're still on track and not lost. will wonders ever cease? A couple of radio calls and we're overhead the field at Phillip Island. We continued up to the GP track where there appeared to be a ride day. Last turning point here and we're on the way back to Tooradin. Radio calls inbound and a couple of little hiccups with the radio as we discovered and we were back on the ground. 1.9hrs in total and a great day. Regards Phil

I'd start with fly the plane. Get Vbg really quickly, dont turn back and keep your head outside the cockpit if you're below 500'. You do not have time to fluff around... If you have an engine quit at 100' you've got exactly about 15 seconds to deal with it and half of that time will be taken up with "this is not happening to me...". Aviate first and IF you can remember the checks AND you have time, by all means do them. I know I take off with fuel pump on so all I'd be reaching for if I remembered and had time was carby heat, not to de-ice but for an alternate (partial) air source. Before you get into the air however, brief yourself on what you will do in the event of an EFATO..... BEFORE you start your roll. You have 2 responsibilities.... 1. not kill yourself 2. not kill anyone else Everything else is a material posession and can be fixed with suitable quantities of cash....(hopefully from an insurance company). My thoughts..... Regards Phil

Excellent work Bigglesworth. now that you and Slarti are basically finished, does this mean there's going to be some formation work going on? In all seriousness, nice job, enjoy the flying...be safe.;) Regards Phil

Nice work Ross. Great looking aircraft. All the best for the test flights. ;) Regards Phil

tankering fuel With a fuel burn rate of 15L/hr max at cruise, that gives you 6.6 hrs including 45minutes reserve at 100 knots or 600 nm plus reserve..... I don't know about you, but my bladder wont last that long.:yuk: I'd be dropping about 30L out of the tank and that would still give you 4hrs or 400nm (depending on wind) plus reserve as well as 21kg of baggage room based on your calculations above...;) Just for perspective, Melbourne to Adelaide is about 370nm... My 2 cents Regards Phil

beauty newt ;);) Regards Phil

That'll teach me to open my big mouth......I'll go through my logbook and drag some figures for you. ;) Gotta love having a cool label to... Regards Phil

I'll volunteer my services right now...;););) Regards Phil

Come on Mathew, Drifters have a wheel at the back and 747s have a wheel at the front.....:yuk: :) regards Phil

Condolences to the Families affected. Not what any of us want to see at the moment, or ever for that matter. I'm with J430. Proper safety brief on what you will do following an EFATO and stick to it. regards Phil

I'd cack myself laughing if it wasn't so true. I think we had 2 street lights in the town I grew up in..... The local copper always cornered us and gave us a size 12 up the backside and sent us home. We were fair dinkum scared of him !!! The teacher was addressed as Sir, Ma'am, Mr or Mrs. We never answered back. Adults were addressed as Mr or Mrs except those who were close family friends, they were Uncle and Aunt. And so it goes......

now if our own national carrier(s) employed something like that, the chances of everybody reading and understanding safety onboard would be greatly enhanced...... ;) regards Phil

Fantastic aircraft. It looks like it's going fast just sitting on the ground. Love it... Now of course you'll need a hand with testing this nice aircraft, I just thought I'd let you know I was available for cross country work. Yea yea, I know, tough job but somebody's gotta do it, might as well be me...;) Regards Phil

ROFL that definitely would have got everyones attention...

You'se one sik dude slarti....:yuk::yuk: Just ignore him Ian....he's just jealous.

I prefer to fly with the stick in my left hand for a simple reason. I'm right handed and whenever I'm doing cross country, I write notes in a flight log. If it's bumpy (usually) it is a pain to write notes left handed if you've a stick in the right hand. If I'm doing local work, I'm not fussed on which way around the sticks are. Most of my time is in GA, where the yoke was in the left hand and the throttle on the right, in saying that, I'm now flying jabas and have had no problems.......the throttle between the legs caught me out for a bit in the LSA though :;)2: Regards Phil

Welcome to the forums Will. Plenty of good information and the only stupid question is the one not asked. We're all pretty friendly here... Regards Phil

The government and CASA are getting more and more ammunition for implementing ADS-B as it's becoming apparent that we cant see and avoid ourselves. :black_eye: Gentlemen, can we have constructive comment happening rather than a slanging match between us and them, whoever them are (VH maybe). Ultralights had a problem and by his own admission smoked the bloke on the radio. O.K. maybe if he didn't smoke the bloke they maybe could have had a chat and sorted it out. I had an "incident" and I managed to have a chat with the bloke a bit later. No harm done and no further issue. Ben, did anybody have a word to the Chippy driver? I think that BrentC has a good point as does Big Pete. If a stuff up occurs, dont hit the roof, sort it out as calmly as possible and dont loose sleep over it. Take one from the bucket of luck and put it in the bucket of experience. As Big Pete says, good manners dont cost anything. My mother-in-law has suggested to me on more than 1 occasion that you catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar. We ALL make mistakes, it's part of life. Believe it or not, that's how we learn. If the other pilot has missed seeing you, be thankful that your own training has caused you to see him and deal with the situation in whatever manner is appropriate before a disaster occurs. Lets try and sort things out in a civil manner and make sure we give CASA no grounds on which to implement changes. United we stand and divided we fall. I'll hop off my soapbox now, thanks for listening. Regards Phil

Gotta love a good navex. Great work Matt. Must get me one of them fancy GPS things one day....:big_grin: Regards Phil

Does this mean we call you KERMIT ?... looks good sofar ;) Regards Phil

1.2 hrs after taking off this morning in the jaba the CFI said that's enough and I parked the plane. He was happy enough with how I'd handled the the flight and suggested that I'd done enough to qualify for my pilots certificate. Total conversion time from start to finish including the flight test 10.3 hours. So there it is...another nutcase added to the RA-Aus ranks with a ticket. Free at last....Watch out guys, I'm comin' visitin'. Regards Phil

Ahh, J430 I thinks you mean IFRRR........ I Follow Roads Railways and Rivers Phil

Forgive me if I've missed something earlier on...... My thoughts.... I'm also on the Vans RV_Aus forum as well as this one. ADSB appears to be a sticking point with those guys as well. I.E. experimental GA fraternity... Is there a way that we can ALL band together and present a fair arguement to ASA. This means we shelve our differences whatever they be and concentrate on the big picture which is ADS-B. United we stand and divided we fall. Can we hold a fly in for everybody, GA, Ultralights (like drifters), Recreational Aircraft(like Jabirus), Weightshift, Paragliders...you get the idea, get all the gurus together, this includes ASA and have a fair dinkum discussion and sort out the imminent mess.... Regards Phil

Great photos Ultralights. I'm getting envious. Must pass that check ride on thursday so I can go flying properly...:) regards Phil