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I've said it before, YGYM is in desperate need of a taxiway

Hi and Welcome Steve! Congrats on getting your RPC. I've been to YGYM a couple of times. It's a busy little place at times, and I love the hump in the middle of the runway that blocks line of sight to the other end, not!

Hi and welcome Bradley! Nice to see a fellow Jabiru pilot on here...

Hi and welcome azeemshah! I have seen syndicate shares for sale from time to time for around the sort of price you said you were prepared to pay to buy into one. But you would need to talk with the other syndicate owners, they may not be happy for a member to use their aircraft for flight training. Some syndicates stipulate you need a certain amount of experience before you can buy into it. But each syndicate is different with different rules and agreements, so you would have to talk with them.

My thoughts as well. I think a J160 or a J120 will be my next plane for those reasons. My LSA got me into aircraft ownership and she is fun to fly. You still have the same issues as the LSA55 with the J160 if you go with full tanks, but if you go with 60L to 80L you have heaps more options. Your average LSA will be much more affordable than the J160 generally.

Hi Mark, I had a look in my POH but it doesn't directly refer to what the wing area is, but I've uploaded a doc you might find useful.With the MTOW of 430kg and my particular aircraft weighing in at 248.3 EW, I have a useable weight of 181.7 (pilot, Pax, baggage and fuel). The wing area of the J160's would be significantly higher as indicated by their higher MTOW. The LSA 55's may not be able to carry much, but the fuel burn is between 12-13L/hr. I think you'll find the J160's burn around 18L/hr. JabiruLSA.pdf JabiruLSA.pdf JabiruLSA.pdf

Hi and welcome to the forum Angela! I learned in non-Jabiru aircraft, but have grown to love them since I bought one. Which model are you flying?

Thanks Ian! It's a little late to wish you and your family a merry Xmas, but I hope you had a good one. But here's wishing you and your family a happy new year:cheers:. Fly safe, and keep up the great work with this site.

Hi and welcome fellow local!

They are a great plane! Fast, economical to maintain and fly, and fun to fly. Is it a 2j or 3j?

Is that a LSA 55 in the background Chris27?

Hello from Qld

My aircraft is a good one. It wasn't that expensive to purchase, fuel burn of 12-13L/hr. Inexpensive to maintain, and fun to fly. The TBO on the Jabiru 2200's tend to be around 1000 hours compared to 2000hours on the Rotax's, but the Rotax is about double the price.

Hi and welcome Nate!

Hi and welcome Evektor5545. I'm guessing you are a Sportstar pilot?

I bought my first and current aircraft from a guy at YWOL.... Now that was a great 2 step XC flight to bring her home to YBCM. I had a stop over at Narromine with a sleep over at the caravan park next door to the airport.

Now you'll get all these annoying messages. Welcome to the forum Roger!

Thanks mate, I'll just have to live the aviation life vicariously through you guys and gals on this site for a while, I guess.

And I think 2 months is a "long hiatus". Bad weather rolled in after my last flight, then the sun came out about 3 weeks ago and I was planning to take to the air on my next day off... then I broke my arm at work! Grounded until further notice

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If you go RAAus, you'll need to pass 5 theory exams throughout the course of your training, and complete at least 20 hours of flight training, but realistically expect to be doing a little over 30 hours, it is competency based so the CFI will sign you off when you are ready. Hourly flight training rates are typically between $200 to $300 per hour. Your school will probably recommend you purchase a pilot kit, which should include your text books you'll need, and maybe a pilot log book, or at least tell you what you will need and where to get it. They will also want to get you to get your Student Pilot Certificate, about $240, within the first month of you starting your training.Your first step would typically be a trial introductory flight. Your instructor will take you up for fly, and hand you the controls for parts of it. I would recommend you then schedule 1 hour long lessons at rather regular intervals, like every one, two, three, or four weeks, or as your finances allow. Just bear in mind that if you leave your lessons too far apart, you tend to be playing catch up a bit, so in the long run you may take a little longer to get through it. I kicked off my training May 2015 and earned my RPC in Feb 2016, so I think my advice may still be relevant.

Hi and welcome Bobby! You have a good approach to obtaining your dream, and getting your pilot's certificate or license. It is a slow and steady process, step, by step as you say. Plug away at it one lesson at a time and before you know it you'll find yourself at 6500ft in a plane all on your own, saying to yourself, "does it get better than this?" Have you contacted a flying school in your area yet?

Have you checked your Member login on the RAAus website? When I did mine, it just showed up there with no other correspondence.

Hi Joe and welcome! What are you flying these days?

As far as Mr.Google is concerned, no such action ever took place. The Meteors were primarily tasked with taking on the V1s, to the great disappointment of their pilots who were itching for combat with the ME262s. The top brass forbade them from going over enemy territory in the fear one may fall into enemy hands.