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A great sight as always. I am revisiting Duxford and RIAT In July to refresh my memory of these tantalising sounds.

Sorry but I don't think that CASA would be coerced into immediate action if RAA was to crumble. They could and maybe would place the exRAA business in the not important tray and continue on their merry GA path. They CASA, claim that they are currently poorly funded so we would have to pick up the crumbs. Changes to funding of government departments is a slow process. Recreational aircraft would just have to sit it out and possibly not fly.

We have little leverage over CASA so be careful what we wish for.

Adam, have you sent them an email detailing this? In your second link Richard suggests a way to go backwards to 8.2 to cure the problem. Goodluck.

I was at YNRM for the 3 days of the Phoenix fly in (killed by the weather gods), and was at the presentation by the young CASA person. The implication was the downloadable copy was just waiting for the Easter break to finish and takeoff.

Thanks SDQDI, saved the link to my desktop. Wont work in the scrub though.

CASA has released the updated VFRG however I cannot locate a free download. Does any contributor know if there is a freebie or do you have to buy a hard copy from the CASA site?

Thanks in advance.

Ah, but the farmers here have bigger smiles. Swings and roundabouts.

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WoW. I went on Saturday, but for the conference, there was "Nothing", Saaa was all locked up, the museum was doing business, must have half a dozen people there, Casa was there as was sting and another table with brochures.spacesailor

WoW. I went on Saturday, but for the conference, there was "Nothing", Saaa was all locked up, the museum was doing business, must have half a dozen people there, Casa was there as was sting and another table with brochures.spacesailor

There was, as you would expect, a lot of organising in place to handle/guide an unknown number of aircraft. The award for patience must go to the Technam rep who stayed the full term. Many apologies were received from along the eastern side due to the weather.

As expected the weather on Monday was good for flying. Currently (Tues) it is pouring.

This event was not organised by theSAAA or the flying club, but a group of interested aviators.

I too had my reg returned within a week. Excellent turn around.

Narromine is having a sort of informal affair over Easter as well. Locals are organising it.

I sat the test today after reading the study guide quickly. Straight forward but more concerned with documentation than what a spark plug colour will tell you.

One of the questions is whether you retain your existing L1 status. You do without sitting the test, as long as you keep your RAAus membership up to date.

Anyhow, easy as. Some semantic differences with the preferred answers but still ok.

Do it for your knowledge base with respect to administration and legal responsibilities.

Thanks bra83d, I should be there if the gods are kind. Sounds good.

Hi posters, I believe there is a gathering for flyers at Narromine this Easter. Any word around the lines on this?

A young person can be issued a pilot certificate or pilot licence years before a drivers licence

Thanks, I am deliberating. Where are you keeping the a/c?

For Sale, New, 30 hrs old Jabiru SPT6

This is a very light aeroplane (E.W. 276 Kg ) with an oversize engine (6 Cyl 3300 120 hp engine )

 

Goes like a rocket. [ATTACH=full]33033[/ATTACH]

 

Any Buyers ??

I flew in the 80s from Royal Casey. From memory a 150 WXP was the noisiest one in Australia. Shut down because the council would not allow the flying school annual permit to be renewed.

To FlyingV, sometimes the effectiveness of an iPad can be improved by shutting it down and rebooting. Seems to clear the detritus. Cheers

The only ones I saw had acetone in them

Thanks for your input folks. I have located a source east of Melbourne @$3.50 per litre. Have to buy 20 litres though so I will have a lifetimes supply to use in Polyfibre repairs. Plumbers primer with its dye would look funny with ivory Polytone paint finish over the top.

Hi fellow flyers, I need to do some maintenance and need to source a small amount of MEK to work on Polyfiber finish. Anyone know a supplier in Melbourne apart from Aviaquip? Thanks

If your angle to the stone is correct, the cutting edge is a straight line. If the drill is closer to perpendicular to the grinding face the edge will be concave. Too shallow an angle gives a convex rounded cutting edge. The back angle and pressure (feed) on the drill determines the cut.

I am pleased for you Howard and hope it continues. I hope to enjoy the same with my flying in the future.

Howard, gliders can and orbit whenever they like. I have seen them do so on downwind and base legs at Narromine in the not too distant past.