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Really - Another stellar, brilliant and 5 star idea from CASA if correct. Anyone know the breakup of the CASA guys that actual fly in CASA these day. Who is the guy that RAA talk to in CASA maybe we should get his? email and write a few letters direct. Is this all based under liability again? When will we get something helpful form these guys for Australian sport aviation that flying is fun, and not looking up case law. Or maybe RAA could provide all operational information via phone by employing someone for all the fees we pay. Don't see what else they are doing except taking money and giving me a PILOT CERT not a Pilot License- why by the way? Many pilots, sport RAA pilots and some GA still have many problems with finding and understanding NOTAMS - I still get some calls to translate every now and then. Example like in the old days, you called up or at certain airports where you walked in and talked to real people from the department, called pilot briefings and were in English too, and broke it down for early time guys when they had the stunned mullet look, it did everything under one roof and were actually friendly and helpful!!! What did Trump say drain the swamp, find people that actually have run a business - sounds like we need some guys inside CASA for sport aviation that actually fly all types of RAA sport aviation and "understand city and country flying" and the real challenges of each, for non professional private sport PILOTS. Just a thought.

Tell that to CASA - you had some interesting department guys testing ppl and com tests in GA - that you had to fly at 990 ft in the circuit as they did not like the FIN above 1000ft - true story. Or they prefer fuel management done this way instead of that way. Or one that flew right into Sydney control airspace!!! without clearance as he had the student under the hood had the radio turned down and he lost position awareness of the aircraft. Lots of instructors in RAA have their own ways of doing things - including refuelling aircraft in hangars with students! I watched one day. also with describing - aerodynamics get confused with how things really work and the student is given wrong information. In my very lowly humble opinion some instructors should be removed as they are shocking. Not everyone is born to teach. Also in my humble opinion any new bright and shinny new instructors that takes a student flying for the first say 100 hours, the student should be charged just aircraft hire rates, as these new shinny instructors are just learning for the first time themselves with students, and they the instructors have just got off their L plates and need some seasoning under a very close eye of a competent CFI, as the student is not getting the full value of EXPERIENCE for their hard earned money.

My personal opinion on students going solo Solo is a subjective thing, it means they can fly aircraft under very controlled conditions for a circuit and hopefully get back in one piece. They usually do half a dozen circuits with an instructor, and they are in the groove. As you all know I hope, it’s not something that means the student is safe in varied conditions that change. Solo means that got the monkey off the back, and now you can really start teaching. Also what aircraft are you flying, you can launch a student in a drifter for example all things being equal faster, then you can in the hot metal beasties with all the switches and flaps, why because drifters etc are just easier to fly and things do happen a lot slower. Now you have the student, and the students come in a wide range of varieties. Some are apprehensive initially or did they just come from a top gun school after watching a movie. I know of one student that had a fear of flying and can to learn to fly to overcome it, from memory it only took him an extra three or four hours extra than usual to go solo. Then you have what I call the uncoordinated types, there are always a handful. Then you have consistency of training, do they fly once or twice a week today fly once or twice a month. Weather, did you get a good run of weather or not although a good bit of crosswind or bumpy weather made them much better on the controls in circuit training. Then you have instructors, you have good ones you have bad ones, just the fact. My personal opinion is that I prefer a student to take slightly longer just because it’s given him more time wiggling the stick gaining muscle memory and just have a little bit of edge of experience if you could call it that. In the decision to send a student solo from my point of view, was not that he had six perfect landings beforehand, but for example on finals if he was doing well I would kick in a bit of rudder or push the stick over on short final to watch him recover and unsettled aircraft and he or she still put had it down well.

Only God and you Frank. And I think you have more hours. Best

OK - everyone is grasping as straws - MEANS - YOU DONT HAVE THE FACTS OF WHAT HAPPENED - Everyone is guessing at what happened. for example - 504 ft elevation - short hard grass - forgot flaps - Where are the FACTS. I now see someone is guessing - the published takeoff length is wrong from the aircraft company. Really. How about someone who knows the pilot call him up and ask what went wrong and get it from the horses mouth.

If you have the PPL license and or CASA has your number still in the system, you should have no problems flying again. If you have a unrestricted PPL license you should only need to show you are competent to the CFI and to standard to pass a BFR. If not do some hours. Others have done the same thing with no or lost logbook, but have the license.

Hi Howard, I flew at NAVAIR myself. How many hours did you do, and what did you get to.

You are grasping at straws.

Hi Frank - how's the two stroke twitch. Sometimes we cross our fingers. And trust in four strokes.

Hi Turbo, I was waiting for someone to go all PC. the above has been quoted Esqual t/o to 15 metres obstacle, 138 metres: required. Now I fly like this, PRACTICILLY and operationally 1. I find out the max distance required for max weight for an aircraft, I am flying that day. 2. Have an idea in my head of what weight I am, full fuel or less 3. Takeoff wind direction (into wind to be specific for all those PC. ) 4. Stick wet thumb out for temp 5. Look at the runway eg, is it more than 138 meters ? answer yes - then you are good to go. But I never had a 138 meter runway yet (unless sideways at mascot) Its always longer. Now usually the sport aircraft always leaps or hops into the air anyway in ground effect. Say within the 138 meters quoted So I stick the nose down to build up airspeed anyway. Then pull up (not hard) with excess airspeed anyway. But I been doing this thing called flying for a few years and have not had a problem yet. Most of the other guys I fly with (yes they have a few hours too ) do the same for these RAA spot aircraft.

Has anyone got any idea on what the RAA are doing for the membership in regards for actual flying. For example How about RAA and small GA, light aircraft transit lanes through "ALL" our control airspace , without any clearance (not to land) at a set height. (500ft north ish or 1000ft south ish as example) Just broadcast intentions for other local traffic using the lane way. Or simple north bound lane and separate south bound lane. If you look at the maps I don't see from my point of view any real conflicts at 500ft but will stand corrected. I was looking at this Mainly for the coastal areas and a few military zones. You would not need to involve ATC and not impose any workload (costs) for this to operate. Specific to cost, along the beach its not hard to maintain 500ft both ways for example north is over the beach and south is say 500 meters off the beach over the water. It gives just you enough to get to the beach at 500ft with engine failure (with most aircraft). Any thoughts to simplify the Sport Avaition system WITH common sense.

Yes Dad

Bloody waste again with what really could use funding.

If above is correct - at three meters above ground - engine failure - with wing down - it seems stalled - in ground effect - nothing you could really do. Pan cake in - stick back - not forward. You start to run out of elevator authority Its one where guessing what happened above at the moment, till all the real fact come in. My humble opinion.

Hi Frank - Glad to hear from you - No Never - ever - let a chance go by - Scotty was also friend, we had some fun flying - and his machines were really fun to fly - even with a bloody two stroke!!!

Great to here its back ready to fly. Enjoy.

Thank you Dutch roll - some sense prevails. To be clear on MY personal drinking and flying comment = I may fly out with some friends and we camp for the night. We have a few beers (4 to 6 cans) OR 3 or 4 glasses of red around the fire with bbq. This is fun flying and what can be done with aussie sport aviation and seeing Australia, not just flying for an hour and go home. a FEW people must get a grip on what is said here instead of always going to extremes. It seems people are ASSUMING about flying to country pub - have a bender - and then fly out the next day.

"Well it sounds you like telling people what to do, and pushing you own agenda.And thankyou M61A1 for letting me know what I should like or prefer or not. Sorry M61A1 another person telling me what I can do or not personally, this gets me right offside. That you, and I quote in your post "CRANKY" , why have you the right to do something or not and you re telling me I have no right to do something or not.? It is legal because you cant find a politicians with balls to ban or outlaw items you don't agree with. They will have those (balls) cut off if they tried to ban alcohol and coffee, etc. I also believe that anything can be abused by some. I also believe that people can use heroin for cancer or justified medical reasons. Really- to be clear yes I drink coffee and have a scotch or class of red socially, never been booked with DUI or been ugly drunk. Also I know how alcohol affects me and my doctor has some dam fine reds I drink with him. I certainly would drink a lot more If I had to here you spout off for any time on your crusade. But please do not take to the pulpit here and preach to me or other people as it is my life and I do as I please within reason. I am Cranky with an aforementioned minority trying to control and tell what a person or a majority should do. How did we ever fly and survive 20 or 30 years ago without these people's help and divine guidance.

I think, --- these (no fun with no humor) people who keep issuing all these rules and regs and in the future are just trying to stop the common sense fun in PVT aviation. Why do we fly - to have fun or Not! RE RAA aircraft - If you training and experience is at a good level you have no problem flying these go carts of the sky - its a different matter when flying commercial sardine packed Boeings or Airbus etc. Come on guys get a grip on reality or you all become the sky police.

Bruce I agree with the puritan comment.I have noticed some members are going for sainthood or are just so PC that no common sense comes into play. How did we ever commit aviation before the RAA? How about human factors - You are not supposed to fly after a argument with the misses because of the stressful situation - Really Also What about drugs with flying these days. Drivers of cars are getting done at high numbers now. So I think I will stay with a beer and a good red.

Gone are the days when you drank around the camp fire and flew the net day. However I did know of a couple of flyins / airshows years ago when the GA side and Sport side were not looking in great shape, but the show went on. Also was funny at Bankstown on Sundays (again years ago) hearing the inbound calls (they were pretty average or not sounding well ) from the pvt GA guys who had been at the wineries over the weekend.

I use for example xxx this is sting 4444 at (location now ) at 1,500 feet heading to --- or intentions

Oh I forgot , you will need to lodge a flight plan flying at any flight level.

What plane please, be specific. Temp drops (rule of thumb) 2 degrees C per thousand feet. You are not making sense to cool down in summer - Really sounds weird, and even if you wanted I am assuming its an single engine, It would be very slow to climb those last couple of thousand feet huge fuel burn. Also you have ice problems at times, and is it really worth it in a average single aircraft I assume.

What aircraft do you have, how much power do you have, as you will get a performance problem the higher you go. And the real question is why??.