metalman

It's a one way only strip? can you get in the other way if you need to ,under the wires or a slip after them? Top vid mate, and was that song written just for you!

You obviously don't know about the class action based out of Texas, USA for 7 fatalities behind their engines. The lawyers were doing the rounds at Oshkosh earlier this year basically coming up in saying.... "We are starting a class action against the said engine manufacturer on behalf of families with a number of fatalities in the US... do you know of any said engine accidents that have contributed towards loss, injury or death" these are as close to the exact words as I can remember. I first heard of this about two years ago on the Internet but this year they were actively sourcing information first-hand information at Oshkosh.The way I see it, LSA manufacturers in Europe have to comply with not only ASTM regulations but also with the regulations of their local CAA and this includes building the aircraft to a known standard which includes accepted aviation practices otherwise they lose their production licence.

 

If I wanted to start up manufacturing aircraft in Australia myself I simply claim that I meet the ASTM standards without any local CAA involvement. It would require a CASA appointed inspector to come and have a look at my facility and that my paperwork trail ensuring that I was complying with the accepted ASTM standards. The big problem with the standards is they are based around paperwork rather than manufacturing standards and I see this happening everywhere! Some inspectors couldn't care less if the plane was airworthy or otherwise all they are interested in is if the paperwork is correct!

 

All of this is my opinion only.

ooooooo, I can feel a flyin destination coming on

there's a culture in Oz that we cut down the tall poppy, sometimes this backfires on us when things like this happen, I have had a look over the morgan aircraft at a few flyins and was pretty unimpressed, I thought they were just rough, I have a mate who does builder assistance with RV's and the quality is worlds apart. I stayed out of a lot of the discussions on these and plenty of other aircraft as I didn't want to be seen to "bag" another Ozzie trying to make a go of it, I still resist really letting fly cause there is a lot of people who have bought these aircraft in good faith and I'd hate to see them done wrong. Hopefully Morgans can move on ,but i would be a liar to say I'd fly in one ,

With cable-ties?

The pilots problems are one thing, the issues with the factory built aircraft are real scary, the engineers I use for automotive stuff would laugh me out of the business if I presented a vehicle with zip ties holding the fuel system together, let alone the rivets , the joy stick, the brake lines, and what else , I wonder if the whole lot will be inspected for shoddy practices?

Just had a look at the specs on the atec zephyr,, 116 knots cruise, pretty impressive , does your zephyr get along at that ? The MTOW is low I think that's a euro thing, what will they be in Oz?

Looks nice mate, should sell a few , what sort of price range will the kits be in?

I find if I have to type anything it takes ages,,I'm sure someone moves the letters around!!!!

big move mate, good onya,,,,farmer , pilot, forum fighter, village gay and now aircraft importer,,,,,have you got that trophy yet so I can come and take it of ya!!!

no flying for me either ,was putting time in to a Eurofox, but it would need floats to use YLIL today.

E10 isn't really greener, just government policy to appease the global warming adherents.

G'day mate, welcome, and it's good to know Dex isn't the only Zephyr pilot,,,,always wondered if he felt like the village gay,,,(every village has at least one)

Good stuff - what did you do in it?

Hi all, went up in a Eurofox taildragger on the weekend, great fun but man that rudder does not want to be ignored,with full flap the adverse yaw is something to be experienced, looking forward to putting a few more hour in it over the next few weeks!

Drumroll please......"Hello".

 

Having just signed up to TAA, I'm the editor of Australian Business Traveller (www.AusBT.com.au) but I promise not to spam - just add the odd link to any story as relevant and generally share anything as I can that's germane to TAA members.

mat

Thanks for the link, very interesting. I'll have to have a look for the Bunyip field next time I'm out that way, was over Berwick on Saturday and was having a look around for the airport, now closed. Same as Pakenham, you can see where it was but the houses built through the middle of the runway kinda ruin it for aircraft!!

just looking at the airport finder, used to be an airfield at Plenty, makes me wonder just how many airfields have disappeared over the years

Hi all, been looking for airfields around Melbourne ,does anyone know if the Bunyip airfield is still open, and the berwick field is gone ,but does anyone know where it was?

Mat

nice plane,

I love the DC3, it's on the bucket list to fly one, although the cost of an endorsment is pretty high.

Are you flight crew on this one?

Just had a look at the website, what sort of dual rate are you looking at for the AN2?

Lilydale eh,,,might have to drop by, I've been flying KAR the super dec there for a few months, would love a run in something like the AN2, the costs are dependant on full seating I guess?

I work in mining - construction in Gladstone but have a property in the sunshine coast. My 10 hour ordeal driving back & forth on the atrocious h/way & covert speed cameras promted me to the realization that it may be feesable to fly by light aircraft as there is no direct commercial flight & QANTAS has regained it's preditory monopoly now stategic had to pull out..So why not learn to fly ? ( had done lessons years ago ) and get the hours up flying home ?..makes sense i thought, until a quick search revealed NO flight training in Gladstone ! So there's an opening for someone who may see the potential considering the $$ people make around here.. Does anyone want to get some hours up plus costs & fly me to the sunny coast & back ?..Cheers

good luck Mat

Actually that is VERY funny... can i use that when i speak to Peter Harlow next ?? He would also get a giggle !

Seems like everything is going to China lately..... Czech Evektor EV97 2002, is now made in Shenyang China since 2011.

 

 

Cessna 162, made in China since 2007, planning to sell 700 to over 1000 planes every year.

 

. Hawker Beechcraft, the CEO,Bill Boisture came to China 3 times from January 2001 till now,trying to decide the way of co-operation with Chinese.

 

. DF-2 made in Ningbo,China, full surpoorted by an USA company( calls Changfeng co.,), contracted to export to USA, about 350pcs during 3 years since 2007;

 

. Dynaero fron France, authorizing a Chinese company to make MCR-4S aircrafts in Zhuhai in China.

 

. China bought Sirrus Company in USA, in March, 2011.

 

. Diamond from Austria, made DA40 series in China several years ago, and past EASA manufacturing certification in 2008, sold 43 planes in China International General Aviation Convertion (CIGAC) 2011.

 

. Liberty, seems established in 2000 in USA, came to China and finished the trial fly in April, 2001. It was fully certificated from 2004 to 2006 by FAA, and CAAC in 2007.

 

. Aurora Aircrafts made in Hunan province, Chinese people made, fully supported by government.

 

. Hummingbird 206L (Sikorsky S-52) has been made in Kunshan in Jiangsu province since 2011 and planning to make 300 planes during 3 years.

 

. S300C technology sold to Tianjin to make AC310 and show in Sep.,2011 fair in Tianjin.

 

. Czech Evektor EV97 2002, is now made in Shenyang China since 2011.

 

. Tiger AG-5B was made in Chengdu since 2002,and contracted to export 200 planes every year.

 

. USA JDTmini-Max Aircrafts will be mae in China by a homebuilt lover in Shenzhen, China.

Geez I should have had a read, didn't see your post Dex, I guess if you grab the CAGIT then it'll be a bit closer for me!!!!

Hi all, Like a few others I am inbound from the other site.I fly out of YLTV, I own a j170 and have 370 hours in it so far.

 

Found this site quite by accident and decided to join up.

 

In september I returned from a 5 week trip around the outback the report can be found here : http://www.flyingonline.biz/OutbackSafari.pdf

 

Also I am the current holder of the CAGI trophy.

 

Looking forward to participating here.

 

Kev

cheers Mat :biggrin: