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Thanks - I found it, I'll take a look there.

Chrysler motor would be my poison, slant or hemi. I have a mate who has a race built Charger, routinely takes it to about 7000+ rpm.

AUSTRO engines are EASA certified and fitted to Diamond aircraft. Based on a regular Mercedes automobile engine. Jet A or diesel auto fuel.

What re-drives are available these days for automotive type engines does anyone know?

Can't seem to find much of anything current on the innerwebs.

Just curious about this sort of thing, I've always wondered how well an Aussie straight six would go in an aircraft. Containing one to about 3000 RPM as direct drive might not work, or would it.

"Cirri" 

GOLD.

(probably PC too?)

Pffftttt....... Every landing I do I have no idea what I'm doing! You don't see me on the news!

But aside, yep, this was a remarkable outcome. I find it interesting that somehow the passenger used some flying phrases on the radio eg "I'm passing 6300" (or whatever it was.) No passenger would say that.

St Leonard's airstrip not an option Shajen? I don't know who owns it these days....

And there's another just north of there, west of Salt Lagoon.

Or Swan Bay (Eon - Bay City Microlights).

And there's a few others scattered on the Bellarine, all private.

ASIC has nothing to do with CASA.

Yes CASA just was for a time an "issuing body" - the same as numerous other players were and still are. I guess they decided it was even too hard or not worthwhile or BS for them to be involved with, so they got out of it totally.

ASIC was not invented by CASA. My point is, ASIC is one thing we cannot blame them for, not even 0.1%.

One more time....................

ASIC has nothing to do with CASA. It's not their baby.

CASA does have "on condition" info in AWB 02-01 On-Condition Maintenance.

Targeted at the VH world of course.

Try mackay rubber cattledogs:

https://www.mackayrubber.com.au/_files/ugd/17eaaa_667dde98888c456d96bd9e229d01053b.pdf

New CASA Airworthiness Bulletins:

AWB 02-066 - Maintenance - Aircraft Immersed in water.

AWB 85-027 Engine Inspection in event of water immersion.

Take your friggen spelling bee elsewhere peeps. FFS.

We are interested in Serpentine event.

Serpentine Victoria, north west of Bendigo. Sunny, 31 degrees. No storms.

https://serpentineairrace.com.au/

No sign of an 0830 ARR limit on website, that will be a problem for many if correct.

Bring back Valley Field air race in Tas, that was good, RENO is way better!

Yep, indeed.

What a thoughtful reply too, nice!

22 hours ago, onetrack said:

Have you looked at Planet Express?

Abuse of power?

Just fitted my third Odyssey PC625 battery in my gunship. 9 years old and still starting the engine first go every time. But it was showing only 11 volts static, so it was telling me time to retire it. New battery cost me $286 delivered, found on ebay. Retail price about $419 in store. Battery one I changed at 8 years. I have always used a 120mah trickle solar charger sitting on the cowling, sucking not a whole lot of daylight each day. I think that is the secret to long battery life.

I'm currently sitting at 7 years on a bigass VARTA battery in my V8 road gunship. I usually have a 5 year limit on car battery use and change them before they pack it in. One time (no, not at band camp) I stopped outside the local auto parts store to get something, came back outside and my KIA's battery had died right there and then. Outside the front door. Maybe the store had ultrasonic weapons to destroy batteries outside their door. Or not.

As a couple others have correctly stated, SAAA is not a self administering sport aviation org. We don’t do aircraft registration, pilot training and licensing. CASA administers VH activity. The pilot of this aircraft was not even an SAAA member. It has nothing nil and nought to do with us.

Cowboys give all us recreational aviators a bad name. So many holes in this Swiss cheese lined up perfectly.

VH-COOL - yeah, I'll take it.

I think the third and fourth runways where actually announced in about 1974 on the original airport plans.

48 years, not a lot of time to grasp the concept that the airport would expand.

Not all gliders are G. There's lots of normal reg ones.

Is it, or was it so, that gliders only needed to display the last two letters (of a G prefix)?   eg  ZZ

86 left you say..... (I do believe you, I looked at the list the other week)

What is CASA's plan to keep on registering aircraft then? That's what I'd love to know!

They have to comply with ICAO rules.

Imagine the fun we could have with 4 letters.

VH-MAVV

VH-GOOS

VH-VIPR

VH-JSTR

News just in:

Apparently Trevor Jacob was the pilot, and bailed out long before leaving the runway.