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    Thanks, will be in contact Phil
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    G'Day Mike, Pleased to hear that you are making progress with your project again. I can see many uses for this type of aircraft, especially for farm, station owners, mustering etc. I can just imagine loading the bike in the bay and away you go. A question. Did you consider the 230 wing? Or was this just a budget decision? I have been meaning to call in for a while now for a cuppa, will put on agenda soon. I have a few stone chips after my latest trip to WA. Do you have a bit of paint to spare? Regards Phil.
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    Guys, Avgas at Patjarr by phoning, fly over village to bring out Refueller. Pretty good at $2.40 for that remote area. Ayers Rock to Patjarr via Giles was 257 miles. Next refuel Newman at 365 miles. So you would need a bladder if not flying a Jab or similar. Tecnam with me and he used a 20 lt bladder twice so far (Kalgoolie now) head winds both ways so far!!! Longest stretch was Newman to Carnarvon about 108 lts. Although I could have purchased BP ultimate at Coral Bay for $1.99 if required. Next stop Forrest and overnight at Eucla. Down hill now and hopefully a tail wind along the Bight. Phil.
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    RA These are seriously great clamps, but as stated unless you have the EXACT fit the hose blows off, happens all the time in the field. I would use Super Clamps if a more secure fit is required. They are a bronze colour with nuts instead of screw driver to tighten Phi
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    Most irrigation company's sell Cobra clamps. The size of the hose and fitting is critical for a correct fit. I personally would not use for aircraft. We do sell thousands in the low density poly applications as apposed to the nearly obsolete plastic cray clamp due mainly to uv failure. The correct application tool is about $30 ea. Hope that helps Phil
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    Yes, country looks very good, still water in water holes. Karajini national park is the best it has been after two good summer rains. Some colour, but too early yet for the main wild flower blooming Fueled at Patjarr then Newman, shorter route than Warburton. Phil
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    At Coral Bay WA for the next few days. My planned route is Meekathara, Kalgoolie, Forrest, Eucla , Ceduna, Port Lincoln, Aldinga and home. Using Avgas so the above may not suit you. Phil
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    Waiting for my card too Better to get the rego backlog methinks
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    Monitor ML or BN Center in the mid and NW of WA. There is a considerable amount of high speed FIFO traffic coming and going from places that are often not on your old WAC. Do a very careful update of ERSA, NOTAMS, and your maps, locating all the new minesites. You'll be amazed to see newly constructed, long, sealed runways servicing everything from A320,B717,Q400,F100,F50,DHC-8 and smaller stuff. They mostly all have discrete VHF frequencies. These hi speeders come down from the flight levels and often call on the CTAF some 30nm out... coming thru 10,000 more often. 126.7 won't cut it for most locations. 2 COMS, or 2 channel monitoring on a single VHF COM is a really useful capacity. Enjoy. happy days, Hi Poteroo and thanks for the tips. I am pretty well prepared with 2 coms, transponder, 2X gps, Ozrunnways and latest maps and ersa. I haven't loaded the Jab yet with the survival gear, tools, oil and such yet. I will do a weight check when loading. I may have to leave my darling behind Phil
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    Turbo, Explanation accepted. Kaz and David, That's the answer I was Asking. I will now broadcast at frq. boundarys until told otherwise either by centre or CASA. Comp, Looking forward to the new publication which hopefully will clarify the do's and dont's Leaving for a trip to North West WA next week so should get some feed back if I am a nuisance. Phil.
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    Would it be allowable to give a broadcast on the area channel of my position and intentions Thanks Frank Do GA aircraft monitor the ctaf constantly below 10 thousand feet? Or just the 10 mile radius? Assuming dual radios. REastwood Good explanation Thanks for that info. Would it be so hard for Jabiru Phil just to look up the current regulations, and get it 100% right, rather than just rely on what someone "does", or worse, take the advice of someone posting superseded information because they hadn't kept up their recency. Point me to the page if you know I think I spelt out my concerns in English. What does this forum do if you can't ask a question. I shall await a response Phil
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    A very good mate of mine of 83 years of age who suffered a mild stroke a year ago went for his driving test recently. He is restricted to the 60 km zone in our country town. Apparently he failed the "test" because he couldn't describe the difference between a double white line and a broken one. This mate has been driving accident free since 16 having vast experience on trucks to and from The markets. Etc. He and his wife are grateful that they can drive from their retirement home to collect the mail and have some repoire with the locals. He is being victimised by the system IMHO Phil
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    You swap the three bade to two blade Flyme?
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    I do a fair bit of X country flying, Consequentialy I am prepared for some rough turbulence Kaz has the answer above, try a different altitude. Amazining how just a few feet will make a difference. Read and obey your published turbulate air speed Quite a few guys I know will not fly if they can't drop a hankie at their feet from waist high and land at their toes. It's a part of flying and the experience is invaluable as sure as heck it will happen sometime, so don't be perturbed Phil
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    Jet Yes I agree and do broadcast near ALL strips but on ctaf only. Do you or do or suggest doing the same on area freq? Agree it can be very quiet radio wise on x country trips and as you say if the other pilots have the same thoughts that you have the sky to yourself, there lies the possible conflict. I assume that just because there is no broadcasting on a freq does not mean that the controller is not busy on another freq. by this I mean that they maybe monitoring multiple frequencies. So back to my original post, can I broadcast when entering an area freq? Phil
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    Thanks Frank and all. My main concern is really not RPT but all others that could be in my vicinity without both of us knowing. I give an example that happened to me once. I was overflying Cobar and gave the usual calls. a little time later a Piper aircraft called on CTAF to say he was inbound descending from the north east at 10 miles. obviously he never heard my overhead call and we were on a possible collision course. After my call to him he said he would maintain height until I passed under him. If I had travelled a couple of more miles I would not have heard his call until I had passed him. This got me wondering about the lack of awareness in near isolated areas and the solution if any. Hence my post Thanks for the replies. Phil.
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    I read somewhere recently that it is advisable to broadcast your position, height, intentions etc when changing to a new area frequency. Made some safety sense to me. I always listen out to the appropriate channel and change frequently on X country trips I.e SA to Qld. I always broadcast the above information on ctaf when anywhere near an ALA or airport. A couple of questions I suppose would be of help. Do GA aircraft broadcast to centre when changing frequencies? (not talking about passenger flights) I have that covered as they give a 30 mile call. Would it be allowable to give a broadcast on the area channel of my position and intentions? I am aware that frivolous broadcasting is very frowned upon, if that is the term, but giving your details when entering the next area would I believe let other aircraft in the vicinity be aware of your position etc. Do GA aircraft monitor the ctaf constantly below 10 thousand feet? Or just the 10 mile radius? Assuming dual radios. I frequently fly past rpt airports and get a bit nervios when a SAAB is descending near me outside of the 10 mile ctaf boundary. Hope this makes sense. Phil.
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    Maybe cheaper if we get two eh?
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    You would sure remember if you had seen ( heard ) her. A real outback character
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    Sent mine in the other day. I usually put the hours etc along side of the existing hours shown Done thus every time and no problems.
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    According to the CASA reps, you may have the weather on a device saved as a file or some way that it can be read in printed form. So to answer your question, yes, as long as it is saved somewhere and retrievable. A snap shot of the page is not legal as there are more than one page in the weather reports. I didn't ask if it was ok to take snapshots of all the pages with iPad Phil
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    Couple of queries clarifield at the recent Loxton flyin by CASA reps What back-up is required? The answer was none, refered to cars 22 I think, where you must have adequate means to complete the trip in safety. ( not his words exactly but refer to cars) If he was doing a ramp check he would look at the amount of power left in the ipad to complete the trip, make sure that I had a hard copy of the weather (air services approved) and thats basicly it. No maps NO mini ipad required. He gave me his card with contact details should I have further queries. As he said, it is all to do with safety which I totally concur. Personally I will carry maps for backup. Phil.
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    Give the CFI a ring at Penfield. He will give you the rates if any Also Sue at Bacchus Marsh should have an answer
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    The thing that I think helps many users here is its simplicity...apart from some necessary extras like adding images to posts etc, it really is a very simple and easy to navigate around site...and that's another thing that I am scared of damaging Hit the nail on the head Ian
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    Thanks, so I am not to worry! We're there any other traffic doing the tour? Re Cadney. Stopped overnight once and enjoyed the room, meal and cold refreshments Caravan park next door if camping. I lost a few litres of fuel overnight due to the uneven parking spot I chose. Looking forward to your report later. Safe flying Phil .
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