TAA Student Pilot

Originally ultralights were a lot cheaper to hire/run/train in, now most are $110+ an hour dual, that seems a lot for a Drifter. The prices you can get for training and private hire seem very good, they are asking $200 an hour here. If your going to be carrying the family then you have no choice, it's got to be GA. You can always get checked out with an RAA licence and hire a Drifter for some different flying after you have your Private, open cockpit flying has something to offer besides the cold. Your flying doesn't have to be one or the other, it can be both, both have different things to offer.

They do use Trojan as a callsign for Herk's, the new J's sound a fair bit different to the older ones. They sound like a single engine Aircraft, must be engine management system.

Gave up reading prune ages ago, too many dickheads with no idea what the real world is, Danny included.

So after you go to full throttle and let go the throttle goes back to idle? I don't think so, it might not have an "adjustable" throttle fiction but it has some "friction". TC didn't say anything about not keeping his hand on the throttle for take off.

He must have been an older instructor, they introduced throttle friction in about 1925. :) Some do carry on a bit, it's like your not a pilot unless you wear a uniform and do a 62 part check pre start up check list for a 150 Cessna. Some now have students fix position every 10 minutes and between the position fixes check everything from fluid level in the mag compas to the copper oxidation rate on the buzz bar. Flying is great, is it really necessary to go on with all this ritual and bullshit? Simple check lists and enjoy your flying.

About even with Fletcher and Beaver, roughly 7000 hours each.

Great reports Sixties, those old machines definatly had stuff to offer that more modern machines can't.

I didn't look, if it takes any more than 3 nanoseconds to load I go somewhere else, the advantages of ADD.

Why is it everything is to the "max" these day or "extreme". On telly they even have "extreme bowls" with everybody dressed in bright clothes. All that's missing is the knife fights between ends to make a truely spectacular, spectating, spectacle. To be "extreme" at activities you have to have at least 40% of your body covered with tatoos, at least 13 body piecings and call everybody "bro". Your choice in music is only heavy metal crap with an odd rap crap thrown in and only on "extreme" volume. "Extreme" can intrude into any activity, skydiving, snowboarding, MX riding (only showing off not actually racing), rockclimbing and even oil painting. :D As long as you follow the above rules you can be "exteme" or "to the max". Me, I'll just stick to being dull and boring. :(

Further south, I forget which one exactly. Might have been Straddy.

A Queensland Island, not far from Brisbane, frequented by a few four wheel drives.

Some warmer weather activities, the cooler weather makes for better flying conditions but the summer has stuff to offer too.

It is a requirement to have a security pass or be signed on/off by an approved person in a provided log in a "secure" airfield. You don't have to have a licence to have an ASIC. There are different ideas on what actually is required, don't expect anybody in CASA or DOTARS to take any responsibility by telling you what is actually needed, all they do is refer you to regulations. Those regulations are made to be convoluted and hard to read. It's been proven by John Howard the bomb maker not the actor or the other one, that they are a complete waste of time. He applied for and recieved an ASIC, while buying explosives and storing all sorts of things. A farmer has to have a security check to buy certain sorts of fertiliser, anybody else can buy nicely packaged 10 kilo bags over the counter, no checks. It's all a total waste of time.

You want to try some with an instructor qualified to do so, on flightsim or watching it looks very genteel, almost graceful. In real life or non computer generated and actually sitting in an Aircraft it can be frightening, quick and violent. I think all pilots should have a look at this done properly. I have seen it demonstrated with malice or the very least showing off which didn't help the trainee at all, he actually never really recovered from it. Instead of getting to it gradually and while the student was comfortable, a young female instructor demonstrated with the most violent and eye popping flick upsidedown. I think most can do without that sort of bullshit when learning, if the student is not comfortable and prepared then the least your going to do is lose a student.

There's a bloke round here with both, he rekons his Gipsy is the fastest. I spose it's like the rest of Aviation, you can fly many of the same type and you will get as many different results. I've flown quite a few of the same types of Aircraft, some dogs, some rip tearers.

They rekon quicker too?

Done a few hours in our ole rocket (a PA22-20), seems OK. From -6's to 37+ seems to keep warm/cool at the right time. Did have some trouble with the front steel oil cooler, put an aluminium one on and no problems.

They changed the tail shape when the Riley conversion was done (the early Riley conversions had the original tail). The 720's made for a good performer but at 80,000+ each for overhaul these days there's not many left flying. The Dove also had a spar life issue.

I don't think youv'e been damaging too much. I just use temps in the bottom of the green, do the runup's and blast off. On a frosty morning it does take a little while, warm day it's nearly taxi out doing moving runups and take off. I usually have the oil above 40C and the CHT above 125C. Saw an old video (I think a Continental one) lately about engine handling, brilliant tape made in about 1958, there was stuff I've never seen before. When all else fails go on the manufacturers recomendations.

We're all Student Pilots really. :D

Was very interesting, pity about the swaping camera angle every 2 seconds and the stupid music though. You couldn't really get to see what was going on, maybe some aerial footage remaining on the Aircraft for at least one round of the coarse would look good. They really pulling 8G's round those corners? I could understand micro seconds but not for an entire 180 turn. An F16 has trouble pulling a constant 6.

Maybe we left at 1? prolly won't be going to Narranadera, have pretty heavy work commitments at the moment.

Yep, I shrunk them right down but no luck. We only went down there for the day, left around 2.

You forgot to mention the "RAT' was parked with ELK (a Pacer) on one side and HOG (a Maule) on the other. I tried to download a photo onto the album but nogo. Was a good day, too much dust, wind and rooly cold, but lots of Aircraft to oogle at. :D