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GraemeK, yep Gary got me to go into Drouin Sth a couple of times during XC training and I loved it - it was fun trying to find it (not too hard) and fun when I got there. Did some prec search practice and I remember a huge tree pretty close to the rwy. Bunyip was also interesting. You wouldn't by any chance know if you can park for a while at YIVE? Would like to fly down for a day sometime and and go into town for lunch...

Hi All, Am doing a XC endorsement test flight in a few days which includes a prec search and T&G at Inverloch (YIVE). As it's not in ERSA or the country airstrip guide, a wondering if any one has any tips on this airfield - I was planning to use 126.7 for R/T as I believe it is the unicom in the area but happy to be told otherwise. Also have no idea if PP is available. ANy advice greatly appreciated.

Thanks for that Phil, good idea - will give that a go hopefully next w/end if weather improves.

If I'm doing circuit practice I'll turn crosswind at 500ft (750 indicated) and yep then am usually abeam the strip pretty quickly. But if heading out to training area, usually climb to 1500 and turn right off R36 or left off R18. In both cases, we're lucky at YLIL that we have good landing spaces within 30 deg. But I'm going through the thought process of 'what if' in various situations, especially if around that 1000ft decision point do I still maintain runway heading or in what circumstances have I got safe margin to go back to the nice big runway? As I'm in that early low hrs solo phase - ie low esp but no instructor there to say "no power", am trying to ask myself those 'virtual instructor' questions! I just read that whole discussion thread too - really good stuff.

Hi and thanks HIC, yep did lots of glide approaches (great fun) but always from downwind/short base abeam the threshold. A tight glide circuit from just over 1000agl seems like a good option. Especially in a headwind where not too much distance has been completed on climb, downwind is fast over te ground and there was some runway left before TO! Than ks for that interesting discussion link, really useful.

Great to have just found this site. Am building solo hrs in J160at Lilydale, Melbourne after getting RAAus cert. recently. Was googling people's thoughts on back to field for downwind landing vs outlanding after EFAT just after 1000 ft AGL. Fortunately hypothetical! Thoughts?