Peter RV8

Thanks everyone for the various opinions .... at least you know where I coming from. Fed up with medicals and ASIC fees.

I have RPC and a 24 category (factory built) J160C and PPL but medical is lapsed ... am I permitted to land, and of course take-off, at aerodromes such as Camden (i.e non RPT ... don't have my ASIC anymore either)?

Something I'd like to share with my transition experience ... Beechcraft Skipper/C150/Piper Warrior to Drifter (RAAus). In the VH aircraft I was always taught that if you have an engine failure and you have sufficient airspeed, convert the airspeed to altitude until you reach best glide speed. Not so in a Drifter (or any low mass RA aircraft) ... upon engine failure point nose down to maintain safe airspeed. This was drummed into me during transition training HOWEVER when after many hours of the blah-blah-blah (point nose down) we were doing a touch and go at Lismore Airport when the instructor in the back seat of the Drifter cut the power to idle when I was 20 feet off the ground on climb-out... and what did I do, I pulled the stick back (from instinct of VH flying days)... the instructor freaked out screaming "do you want to kill us?" and forced the stick/nose down before we stalled. I have not made the same mistake since then.