KRviator

Then you get the "fly-neighbourly" areas that frown upon you turning crosswind at 500AGL before the departure end of the airstrip and downwind just outside the boundary fence so you have to fly upwind a mile or so before turning crosswind... party-poopers.

You need XC hours for the PPL, so you can either do it as part of your RPC, then port it over to the RPL (with 2 hours IF) in a cheaper aircraft, or you can do your XC hours in a VH- aircraft, but either way they need to be done. From your description, you do not currently meet the requirements for a PPL.

If you're genuinely interested in purchasing it, the registration certificate should be easily available, but RAAus themselves caution that this does not prove ownership.

By all reports, there are some gaps in what is available in the Garmin Australia VFR databases. Truthfully, it doesn't worry me as I have a SkyView system, but in saying that, I wondered if I could narrow those gaps somewhat, given I have made a series of files available that list every Australian ALA and Certified airport for those of us running the Dynon SkyView system. After a little r search and playing around with Excel today, I think I have manag d to produce similar files for the Garmin crowd, which I've somewhat cheekily uploaded over at the Dynon forums. Hopefully they won't mind too much. So if you have a Garmin G3X system,p and you would like a listing of the airports in Australia as sourced from the May 2018 DAH, nip over to my post at the Dynon forums, and follow the directions. Hopefully the files will work for you. No promises made either way, good luck!

The new DAH goes live tomorrow, so as ASA haven't tried to pineapple me yet, I've updated the files to reflect the data in the MAy 24 reivison of the DAH and uploaded the new files over at the Dynon Forum for those that want to update their systems.

2012 completion and only 45 hours? Something must be (or was...) seriously amiss with that aircraft...

Ask ASA... they're the ones who turned off most of the ground-based navaids...

Not in Australia anyway. Traditional radio navigation systems are no longer a requirement for an IFR aircraft. If you have a TSO-146 GNSS, that's all you need to file and fly IFR. Which is what surprised me about the drone guns at the comm. games, that jammed the GPS signal.

Knock off a jar of your wife's nail lacquer. That'll work just about as well.

FWIW, HERE's the accident report from the BA accident. And yes, the Captain did have his belt on, though had loosened it during the climb.

Pity it'd cost $20,000 to keep the cows away from it and look after the access road to the base of the turbine.

Reports from passengers on board suggest she was in fact wearing her belt, but when you have several hundred cubic meters of air at 8PSID trying to force you out an opening a foot square it's not going to end well if you're in close proximity to the opening.I'd also suggest consideration be paid to the captain of BA5390 who had the cockpit window fail and was drawn outside the aircraft, though in this case, he survived. I dare say the skipper had his belt on too....

Ain't that the truth. When you can install a 20kW solar system for around $25K and be assured of being paid for power, it makes an awful lot of sense. Even a 10kW system with a battery seems to be enough to get you off-grid in a suburban system if you are smart with your energy use. No it isn't, IMHO. Sure, it provides steady power, but then you have to store the used fuel for centuries. The Roman empire lasted around 2,000 years. Does anyone really believe we can safely cool and store high-level radioactive waste for 50 times that?If you want to consider base-load power, solar on every house, and gas-fueled gas turbines for night would seem to be the more environmentally-friendly option.

In this case, there doesn't appear to be much structural damage to the aircraft. The engine - certainly, but not the aircraft. And consider Boeing design their aircraft with fuse pins in the pylon so a catastrophic engine failure that threatens to endanger the aircraft will fail the plugs and the engine will fall away from the wing. Hopefully...Now, Aloha 243 was another story...that was impressive!

Excuse me? Us drivers would love them to be covered! So would ARTC, to stop coal spillage contaminating the ballast and points motors. If you think coal dust is bad, don't ever look at a Pilbara iron ore train doing track speed!

Depends on your point of view. I'd rather have safety, practicality and lower insurance premiums instead of the tailwheels sex-appeal. Then again, I am an ugly bugger, so perhaps sex-appeal isn't the right word...

At what speed? Endurance doesn't equal range. Forrest is the only one I know of, and they list both AvGas and Jet fuel available.

You won't go wrong with a -9A unless you have your heart set on doing aeros at some point. I'm putting a new panel in my -9A and will put it on the market in a few months as I need a 4-seater. I should've listened to the KRviatrix and built a -10.....

Silly question, but does it have to be grass? Would a dirt runway, kept smooth by the old dragging-railway-line / sheet of reo method be suitable?

Not for the price! Dimensions of block: 325mm x 323mm x 37mm Pack of blocks (10): covers 0.95m² Price: $33.25 500mx20m = 10,000m2 = $332,500. Another brand "Turf cell" seems to be marginally cheaper, but still well over $30/m2

Geez at $2000+/20kg and 10g/m2, you're looking at roughly $1/m2 for the surface you want to seed.

Even though I'm based there, I only know what the ATSB has posted, but VH-OAJ was involved in an accident at Somersby this afternoon. A local news outlet reports the pilot was airlifted to Royal North Shore, but no indication on his condition.

Meant the 440-odd kg C150 you were talking about. That'll teach me to proof read things after nightshift.....

Of course it is. I have a 445kg BEW, but registered 2 seats. Nothing at all wrong with that concept so long as the 600kg TOW limit is adhered to. So full tanks & me, or half fuel and one of my rugrats. How's that any different to a 152 operated under RAAus?

Ain't that the truth. I tried to get on the MPC being held in Perth next week, and never got a call back from SAAA HQ with the details or anything. The course last year in Perth they ended up cancelling at short notice - too bad if you'd already booked flights and accommodation. I think I'll stay with RAAus a bit longer!