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    If that was what someone was looking at it then maybe the cheapest way would be to buy the cheap aircraft (as long as it was airworthy ect) and do all your training in it. That way you are only paying for the instructor and fuel and you are starting with the endorsements you want so no extra cost later getting them. Also if it doesn't work out and you later change your mind as to your aircraft preference a 20-30 yr old ultralight won't lose much value over twelve months so you could resell it at the finish and get a fair chunk of your money back (assuming you didn't wreck it while training!) I do think it is a pity that more schools don't run two strokes or tailwheels but if the demand isn't there then it is understandable and then I guess there is the upkeep of it all. A nice four stroke nose digger should be basically trouble free and a bit easier for learner pilots to get the hang of.
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    IT WORKED! Seems that is the solution Planet47. Just follow the forgot my password prompts and bobs your uncle:thumb up: Although you would think the original should have worked But alls well that ends well
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    Actually 47 I just read a few help pages. Have you tried the 'forgotten my password' link? On the help pages they say if we get our password and it doesn't work to try that link and it may email us a new one which may work. I'm going to give it a go and will let you know if it works.
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    I finally got around to emailing support to get my login details which were promptly emailed out to me but like you 47 when I enter in my username and password it comes up with that incorrect message. I will send them another email, but I would guess it is a simple problem. I even double checked I was getting the capitals and numbers right
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    Welcome Huppy I love what helicopters can do and have enjoyed the few flights in them that I have had but unfortunately my budget falls far short of what would be needed to get the licence let alone the cost of owning/operating one:crying:. Anyway I have settled for the next best thing and am a stol fan:thumb up: I hope you enjoy the forum, a lot of good info here although often hidden in some dribble:wink:
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    I have the Zulus and haven't had any trouble at all but all the commercial operators (ag fellas) around here say the lightspeeds don't hold up to their operations and they all swear by the Bose. As for wireless, I like bluboyz would like to see a head to head compared to the EQ-1
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    And that is why a few of us have expressed doubts as to whether it is really needed. Why add a new endorsement? what is this endorsement going to cover that the ll endo doesn't? Would it be more sensible to tweak the ll endo?
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    I thought they stuffed up pounds to kilos? But I could be thinking of another incident.
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    That is also what I heard but I think I heard it from old Koreela so not sure how reliable the info was:amazon:
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    Spot on Frank, a little while ago when flying with my doors on I popped my seatbelt off to fiddle with something that was bugging me and didn't think twice about it but since then I had the same thing play up while flying with the doors off and wasn't game to pop the seatbelt. But truth be told if I hit a big enough bump to throw me out the open door then the catches on the door if shut would provide little to no extra support but it is just a mental illusion of security really.
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    IMO needing a 'genuine reason' to get a ll endo is rediculous and to say an instructor doesn't need it or shouldn't have it is criminal!
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    While I agree that the basics can be taught at height that in no way prepares you for the ground being close, before doing low level manoeuvres I would have said I was fairly good at all those skills and I was current but once close to the ground and not being used to that perspective it was amazing how amateurish my coordination became. It is something that needs to be experienced to believe and obviously with an instructor would be the safest. So for sure practice at height but even though they are exactly the same moves they are totally different at low level. IMHO facthunter is right, I would say I'm less likely to fool around at ll than before I started the ll endo
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    Sales of firearms wouldn't change OK, well not in aus anyway. It takes a lot more than ten seconds to put through a permit to acquire. But I 100% agree with the ten second stop and think thing. There is rarely any urgency to open our mouths but we seem to think that it is so important at the time to speak our mind and often over such silly things that if we stood back and had another look we would be embarrassed at ourselves. Better to hold your tongue and be thought a fool than open your mouth and remove all doubt. Lol I got told that a lot as a kid
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    Probably didn't see the wirestrike due to bad weather show up but how many bad weather forays ended with a prang because of loss of control before they could find wires? I have only done a little ll training and have a lot more to do to get my ll endo but in the little that I did I was surprised at just how extremely dodgy my flying became once close to the ground and it was a big eye opener to me. Sure ll straight and level wasn't too bad but once doing steeper turns with a nice little breeze I started doing the worst unco turns I have done since my start of my RPC. It took me a couple of days of doing it before I was getting to a relitively decent coordinated standard and I can't stress enough just how ridicously inadequate I realised I was at low level manoeuvres before I started. I was pretty happy with my piloting skills before starting the ll endo, I was flying weekly so was nice and current and was totally adequate at altitude and doing straight ll flying (approaches and takeoffs were always balanced and safe) but my eyes were certainly opened and I can't recommend it highly enough and think that it is certainly well worth the time and money to do. There will always be cowboys but that shouldn't stop the rest of us getting a few extra tools in our skillbox which IMO could prove priceless.
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    So how about the GFA? Weren't they the ones already in CTA with similar medical to us? Maybe it was another mob, my memory isn't the best
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    Personally I think it could work but as long as we don't lose any of our current freedoms, I don't see any reason why we can't have CTA for all (factory and homebuilt) of us with no change to our medical requirements. Obviously that might not be doable but why not aim for the top? I wouldn't be happy accepting CTA if it required all of us to do a higher medical. At worst I would accept that if a higher medical was needed that it only applied to those wanting the CTA endo. So to sum up, I am totally against losing ANY freedoms we currently have but don't see anything wrong with chasing more privileges as long as the losing no freedoms is guaranteed.
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    Pearo when you say you can legally join anywhere I don't think that is technically correct. With the straight in and base leg joins there are quite a few conditions to be met before they can be done legally, not least of which is to make sure it doesn't inconvenience (can't remember specific legal term used) traffic already in the circuit.
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    Ok I must admit that I havnt read any of our latest sports pilot mags, since the paper one stopped I read the first digital one and then havnt bothered so am a bit out of the loop but going off what you have said Poteroo and what hitc mentioned in another thread I think I agree with you. The ll should already cover this so why extra hoops? I am part way through my ll, just need to get time to line up so I can get stuck in and finish it, I am enjoying it and think more people should do it but I wonder if this utility endo will have the opposite effect. How many will look at it and think doing the two endos is too hard (surely to do ll utility work you still need the ll endo!) and just go and break the law and eventually themselves? If the ll endo isn't broken why complicate it?
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    I do the 500ft above circuit height (remember that is 2000agl as circuit height is 1500 for quickies!) then descend to join crosswind when going to a strange airport or if I have any uncertainty about anything, it is always good IMO to get a good look at the strip from overhead to spot any hazards or at the very least to check the sock. As for if it is safer than a downwind join, I have always thought that that time when in no mans land overhead and descending down to crosswind that that would have to be one of the most dangerous places around the field, after all there could be someone else doing the same thing at the same alt but could be going in any direction so it is definitely a place to keep a good lookout. But having said that I still think that is generally a safer option than a downwind join. I still do downwind joins at times depending on a few things, if done correctly they are safe but keep an eye out for people doing 5mile wide circuits!
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    http://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/news/light-aircraft-crashes-at-saunders-beach/story-fnjfzs4b-1227604383057 Those cessna's are always failing.................
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    I wonder where they load them in Sydney? Maybe wellcamp is onto something, how much easier would it be to load sheep out of towoomba than Sydney.
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    So taking that literally, if I was to 'announce' at our next aero club meet that I had a spare seat if someone wanted a ride and then took someone for a circuit with no charge I would still be operating illegally?
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    I was just stirring Russ . Although I have seen people dawdle down the runway and then do their runups on the keys:loopy:
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    P.S. If you are still on the Tarmac there then YES you should vacate the runway it is dark now!
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    If someone can fly that much of the circuit and you haven't finished backtracking Russ you must be dawdling:amazon:. And of course you can't tell him to pull his head in that is not appropriate radio language . As for if you should vacate the runway, if the surrounds were suitable and you could vacate without any danger then maybe that would be the easiest way to settle any conflict but otherwise if you called first and were backtracking before he joined the circuit I would have said you had right of way unless of course he had any issues and 'needed' to land. If the runway was surrounded by rocks or gullies or unknowns in long grass and you have him on radio then stay on, within reason (obviously if he has engine out or other suitable emergency that negates this!) after all if he does hit you it doesn't matter who was in the right.
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