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Depends how far it was to the house.I wonder how far I would elect to walk before I decided that the use of the PLB was warranted? It is a big cost to a lot of people once the button is pushed whereas a walk of a kilometre or so if well and able would save a lot of wasted expense. If it was to take you too long it could also be expensive as the emergency services could be wasting effort in the wrong location.

A great addition in my book

. . . .visited quite a few parts of W.A.. . but can't recall if I've ever BIN DOON there . . . ( och aye. . )

The Aeroprakt website has the POH for the A22LS quotes 104 mph which equates to a touch over 90 knots...

Sad news to hear you are leaving the board Andy, although I'm sure we all understand personal life comes before public office. Thanks for all your hard work getting us moving in the right direction and best of luck with the job search. Will you still be involved in the RAA IT steering committee/advisers? Maybe RA-AUS needs to employ an IT officer...

Didn't it crash 10-15 metres from 60 people?Jim

Anybody consider that maybe it's the dogs owner that should have been drowned and butchered?

You want to keep animals, then you take responsibility for their well being and their actions.....

Hi Tassie Triker,

The following links are about spiral dive recovery. I also agree with Sib about consulting your instructor.

http://www.trikepilot.com/videos/view/henry-trikelife-escapes-serious-spiral-dive_21048.html

http://www.trikepilot.com/members/profile/163/blog-view/spiral-dive-test_795.html

http://www.trikepilot.com/videos/view/spiral-dive_18893.html?m=163

Steve maybe you would have been better off posting your critique of wings elsewhere in the forum.I believe the funerals for the pilot and his passenger are being held this week.

If you're going to pay out on Stevie, then how about you go back and have a look at the blatant advertising by a site sponsor ( which is probably why the thread wasn't split)

If you are pulled over in a car by the police they typically do not ask you where you came from, what time you left and the maximum speed you travelled at.

Are people being punished for failing a ramp check at a social event? I've heard plenty of complaints about the inconvenience, but haven't heard of an actual penalty being given.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3040509/Panic-Washington-D-C-helicopter-lands-Capitol-lawn.html

So basically make RAA flexwings the same as GA ... no thanks, I would rather focus on training organisations and instructors ... its a rare thing that a pilot moves from very low to very high performance without the local instructors knowing and IF the training is such that people are aware that an old XL is not the same as an Arrow wing then that's half the battle. I am confident that instructors will gladly help transition people across - not a lot of money to pay for an hour of flight training when you have already sunk thousands of $ into the new wing/aircraft and so long as pilots through their training are aware that there are differences in performance and handling and difference training can be useful = keep regulation light as possible and focus on why people are unaware of the issue.

 

We cannot regulate away stupidity, you cannot regulate away people who do not want to hear, but big sticks in the form of regulation should be the last port of call ... otherwise we may as well abandon Rec aviation and just all go GA and argue tooth and nail that we need to reduce regs there.

If your system is going to work, what are you going to change. They say the one that went into the sea had just been professionaly rebuilt and a new wing fitted, why wasn't he given advice to have transition training? If he was why didn't he take it? At least one instructor new of the Glen Innes pilots intention to buy a higher performance trike, if nobody else new, I bet Airborne did. Perhaps they could put a warning notice on the outside of the box.

So do we tolerate a couple of fatalities a year and mark that down to people ignoring advice?

Kasper, you made some very good points about moving from a lower performance wing to a higher performance wing. This was the case as related to me about the accident in Noosa. Whether it was the cause, is yet to be determined.

I believe we need to start categorising the different wings, and mandating a pilot endorsement on type.

You make some good points AC. Time for a close look at the causes.Your figures work out to 23 fatalities per year, and given that we wouldn't expect to hear much about HGFA crashes, most fatals make the news, so I think your figures may be too high.

Australian rego 32- flying in USA?

I didn't know you could register a Cougar. Maybe I should let my ex wife know about this!

: the orings still wear out or flatten or soften up,

I have used them in a hydraulic application and they increased the maintenance interval ten fold.

Anyone seen good floor options other than concrete?

Another bloke I know used recycled concrete then helicoptered in extra cement in the surface. You need to be told it is not concrete..

Subsonex will make its airshow debut at Sun n Fun