Happyflyer

So I assume from that , Wind Turbines are over 500 feet AGL.

Your assumption is wrong but if you look at the picture and use your imagination you might see that I might have been 500 ft AGL 1000 metres down wind.

Thanks frank it was a thought I was having but I don't have an asic card and don't plan on getting one and there seem too be a lot of negatives too the idea so if I do get work I think I just drive !But thank you for the offer

Wow, wind turbines do draw them out of the woodwork. I regularly fly near wind farms. Sometimes down wind at wind turbine height. I have never felt more than the normal amount of mechanical turbulence that would be expected when downwind of any structure. I have walked under them and have not seen one dead bird. A quick search of credible web sites shows that for every bird that is killed by a wind turbine, 5000 birds are killed by flying into windows and other man made structures. I have not heard of one farmer who is making money from them catching the mysterious wind turbine sickness. I haven't seen the grass dying on the downwind side of wind turbines from lack of rain either. I would suggest 99 percent of rain falls from cloud higher than the wind farms. How they magically stop it raining down wind would be a mystery to me. More likely the down wind farmer is jealous of the upwind farmer who is getting paid to have the wind farm and will say anything to get "compensation".

Maybe they go deeper for you but not for me.

By type they mean Tri gear or Tail wheel, A/c with retracts and or CS prop.Not each individual aircraft.

Aeroplane Type

Aeroplane undercarriage configuration, design features, flight envelope (e.g. high drag/low drag and considerations of inertia), stall speeds and normal/emergency handling characteristics as designated by the manufacturer.

You do not need a specific endorsement on an aircraft (with some exceptions in GA) IF you have the endorsements the type needs.. ie tri gear 3 axis HP. I don't know if the prop is CS . No one signs you out on a type. Some people do present their log book with Types signed off. Not needed but If it makes you feel happier, do it. You summary records your dual and solo at certain time intervals on particular types if you wish it to.No one but an instructor in RAAus can instruct you OFFICIALLY. Private pilots and above in some circumstances are permitted and can record endorsements on unusual planes in GA.. Don't have to be a trained/ current instructor.

Whether the owner or operator of a plane allows you to fly it is up to them. A certain amount of diligence might be expected, one would think. Nev

RAAus OPS MANUAL SECTION 2.01.5

Endorsements based on aeroplane characteristics

TYPE TRAINING

13. No Pilot Certificate holder shall operate a recreational aeroplane as pilot in command without having demonstrated competency on Type. Aeroplane Type Training must be undertaken with an RA-Aus Examiner who holds the respective aeroplane group and type.

The RA-Aus Examiner is required to make an entry into the pilot’s logbook detailing confirmation of the training undertaken and achievement of competency in accordance with Section 2.02 of this manual.

Note: Logbook entries showing a minimum of 2 hours pilot in command of an aeroplane type recorded prior to Issue 7 of this manual will be accepted as evidence of appropriate type training for that aeroplane.

Self serve fuel. Credit card ok.

I don't see how a vent can siphon unless it the vent extends down into the fuel. We would have to know more about your system. I have heard of fuel leaks from over full tanks. Over filling with cold fuel on a hot day could see the fuel expand and over fill. Flying out of balance could see fuel transferring to the lower tank. Fuel return line going to the right tank while using the left tank could see the right tank overflowing if it was full to start with. Are your tanks linked, are you able to select "both" tanks or only left or right? Do your vents face forward to pressurize the tanks?

Hi again .Buggered if I can find the section in any of my books that tells me anything about "Last light requirements"

 

Anyone know where I should be looking for the regulations on last light ?

 

Cheers

 

Rick

Have seen wake vortices sit in the same place for at least 30 seconds to almost a minute, but usually from a LARGE aircraft, and generally in fairly still conditions.Watching the dust movement after the crash, I feel most of the vortex would have dissipated by the time the Cirrus arrived.

Would tend to lean more towards the pilot attempting a go-round and getting caught in the pitch-up and torque roll couple.

 

Damn lucky to get out of it...

A mate of mine in a TAA otter ended up in a swamp with Poof poofs? around all night. Engine Failure wasn't uncommon it the Otter as it was underpowered. Same P&W as the Beaver I think. Nev

From Wikipedia

The Papua New Guinea national rugby union team represent Papua New Guinea in the sport of rugby union. Nicknamed the Pukpuks, (Tok Pisin for 'crocodiles'), they played their first international in 1966, defeating Vanuatu 47-3. Papua New Guinea have not so far qualified for a Rugby World Cup.

Unless it has been changed, Flight Radar 24 only displays ADSB transmissions (contains rego 7979, not available in with mode C)

No, they just have transponders.

From Wikipedia

The Piaggio P180 Avanti is an Italian executive transport aircraft with twin turboprop engines mounted in pusher configuration.[6] It seats up to nine passengers in a pressurized cabin, and may be flown by one or two pilots. The design is of three-surface configuration, having both a small forward wing and a conventional tail plane as well as its main wing, with the wing spars passing outside of the passenger cabin area.

fair enough. I was trying to think of a single engine aeroplane around 5700 kg and couldn't think of one. At this point the biggest I've flown is the Archer, but its fun to dream up what might be in time :-)

Ah, twin engined aircraft. Twice the chance of engine failure and one engine left to take you to the scene of the crash.

You've been had mate. Me thinks it's a hoax.

I've seen selfies posted of people on their first solo's. If I was still instructing I would be pulling the go-prop out of the aircraft before sending them solo. If the student refused to hand it over, then no going solo. I would also ask for their mobile, so they can't take a selfie with that or get distracted by it ringing just in case they forgot to turn it off.Remember it's Aviate, Navigate, Communicate, not Selfie, Selife, Selfie

was it wake turbulence, or the cirrus pilot stalled and spun while attempting a go around... quite a long time passed between the chopper departing and the cirrus arriving

All they have done is move the legal responsibility for training on new types SEA, and now MEA into the industry, no longer do they say (MEA) 5 hours endorsement training is enough to meet the required standard, may be more, may be less, CASA aren't putting their name to it. But yes their are still single engine types that require a rating. Haven't seen the list but sounds like all turbine AC.

Single-engine class-rated aeroplanes requiring training and a flight review

Type of single-engine aeroplane

Aero Vodochody

Aero L-39 Albatros

Aero L-29 Delfin

BAC

BAC 167

BAC Jet Provost

Cessna

C208 (Caravan)

Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation

CAC CA-27

North American F86

Daher-Socata

TBM700 (all models)

De Havilland

DH-115 Vampire

Fouga

CM-170

Hawker

Hunter

Mikoyan

MIG 15 (all models)

MIG 17 (all models)

MIG 21 (all models)

Pilatus

PC12

PC9

PZL

TS-11 Iskra (all models)

Quest Aircraft

Kodiac 100

SIAI - Marchetti

S211

SOKO

Galeb G2

hi Ev,Just wondering about this - are you saying there is a list that will show all of the single engine planes one can fly without a specific type rating? That part was a bit confusing, as my licence says SEA up to 5700 kg, but that covers a lot of territory and there are of course ones that would be < 5700 but still would require an endorsement due to features (csu or retract eg.) It would be handy to have a list of every plane I can fly with the current basic licence. (obviously with proper familiarisation and checkout, before the beard-tearing group set on me...)

I have to say (sorry guys) but the answers given on this thread regarding the legal position of councils has been a mish mash of of misinformation.I have looked at buying a property and setting up my own airfield several times in three shires and have friends who have been through the mill and can report the following:

 

As far as the legal situation about councils (rural or otherwise) at least in Queensland goes.

 

IF a council ALREADY has in place a By Law that restricts the setting up of a place where you land an aircraft (the name ALA, airstrip airport or whatever will not get you around the rule) then you can not set one up. This is currently the law in the Tablelands Shire in North Queensland . Other shires may or may not have similar by laws. If you think you can get around it by claiming my plane is like my car you can't, that ONLY applies where no by law ALREADY exists.

 

If no by law already exists then you CAN claim the right to enter and leave your property by whatever means is safe. This is certain and was proved in court by Bob Norman in Cairns about 20 years ago when he installed a helipad on an acreage property on the northern beaches area of Cairns.

 

If you are told by a council you can't have one and no by law exists they can still stop you with a court injunction and YOU have to take the council to court. Even if you do win the council may impose heavy restrictions on your usage. Pat English built a strip at Koah in North Queensland (In the Tablelands Shire prior to the no airstrips rule) and although he won, at great cost, he was left with significant restrictions such as daily weekly and monthly take offs and landings, no circuits except for returning or departing from the strip, no usage by other aircraft except in emergencies, provision of records of take offs and landings to the council at regular intervals. It was his "victory" over the council which inspired them to introduce the by law which couldn't stop him but does stop anyone else from having a private airstrip.

Perhaps bad wording on my part Happyflyer, I was NOT saying that permission was required. It never was even under the old ALA regulations. I should have said you are required to meet the regulations when using an ALA for the purposes of taking off and landing an aircraft.It is always dangerous to selectively quote from a CAAP, because the very next paragraph following the one you quoted states:

 

"Civil Aviation Regulation 92 (1) states that: “An aircraft shall not land at, or take-off from, any place unless:

 

...(d) the place....is suitable for use as an aerodrome for the purposes of the landing and taking-off of aircraft; and, having regard to all the circumstances of the proposed landing or take-off (including the prevailing weather conditions), the aircraft can land at, or take-off from, the place in safety.”

 

 

 

Regulation 92 (1) does not specify the method of determining which “circumstances”, other than the prevailing weather conditions, should be considered in any particular case. These matters are the responsibility of the pilot

 

in command and, in some circumstances, are shared with the aircraft operator.

 

 

 

These guidelines set out factors that may be used to determine the suitability of a place for the landing and taking-off of aeroplanes. Experience has shown that, in most cases, application of these guidelines will enable a take-off or

 

landing to be completed safely, provided that the pilot in command:

 

(a) has sound piloting skills; and

 

(b) displays sound airmanship"

 

The point I was trying to make is that if you use a paddock (and a simple paddock can be used in compliance if the dimensions and slope are correct) that meets the dimension for your aircraft as detailed in the ALA CAAP; and provided you had not breached other regulations like overloading; and you had an accident, your insurer would be bound to cover you. Good luck with a claim where the landing area did not meet the ALA recommendations.

jetjr, what did you reply when they asked about registered airports? Given that a very large number of airstrips are not registered or certified that would restrict you quite a lot. I would be changing insurers.

Would appreciate if you could let me know the name of that app.