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  1. Geoff_H
    Is anyone over 75 with a class5 on this site?
  2. Geoff_H
    But when you hit 75 the rules even for class 5 change. Is the stress test etc mandatory then, even without prior problems? It is with a class 2
  3. Geoff_H
    Well I have absolutely no medical conditions but I am required to yearly do a stress test, ultrasound heart and full blood tests. I pass all tests at a considerable cost. I have to do them just because I am over 75, no other reason. Will I still be required to supply this under class 5?
  4. Geoff_H
    Does the class 5 require a stress test, heart ultrasound and full blood tests? Is there someone over 75 with a class 5 that can let me know if these are required? And yearly?
  5. Geoff_H
    Unfortunately I don't like driving in Vic. Too unpredictable.
  6. Geoff_H
    I have done a lot of work in coastal Thailand. Loved it. Outside work. I just hate being cold. Love heat. We are all different. In the gym I will keep my jacket on far into the class. I liked the Darwin people. Whe I was flying in there i reported "unfamiliar" was immediately told area without any other aircraft, clear to land. I even liked those big lizards with teeth. 😃
  7. Geoff_H
    I love NT. Loved the flying there. Would move there tomorrow if not for my extended family here in Sydney.
  8. Geoff_H
    Do we know any more details? Aircraft type call sign etc
  9. Geoff_H
    I spend .much. ore time on a homebuilt aircraft site. It is Americsn and far more technical. This site is find interesting when topics are technical. Many years ago I was working on Yalourn Power Station and travelled once with the original guys designing and building the aircraft I was intriguing intrigued by their undercarriage testing device. The machine would lift the undercarriage with a weight attached the same height that the FAA rules require then drop the undercarriage with its weight. I was facinated as this mschine went through its paces time after time automatically. Great that the company is back.
  10. Geoff_H
    Too many old farts on this site, living in the past and looking relevance in life. Me included.
  11. Geoff_H
    No $400 a pop. Only covered when bi yearl
  12. Geoff_H
    The financial burden of yearly stress, ultrasound and blood tests
  13. Geoff_H
    My question really is that is this large financial burden give results that i am safe, well as safe as a younger person, to fly? Is it the best thing that CASA is doing?
  14. Geoff_H
    I suppose that the question now is does a stress test, an ultrasound on the heart at maximum stress and blood test each year reduce the risk of me having a medical episode in the air?
  15. Geoff_H
    I was looking at the Bruces protocol test and it says a 1 in 10,000 death rate. What makes it more poignant is that they require that you sign a waiver, that now worries me. Another flying risk. Although I have been doing them annually for nearly 20 years.
  16. Geoff_H
    That is too "exciting " for me. It is one of those "rather be on the ground wishing I was in the air thing". Night VMC (years ago) is "IFR in the dark". That was "exciting", well heavy adrenalin.
  17. Geoff_H
    I agree. But CASA requires the actual data from the test, not just a cardiologist saying I am OK. If I don't do the test I don't have a Class 2. They sent me a very dirty email telling me that it must be sent to them on time. The cardiologist said I was OK, it was not until the actual numbers were sent that they approved my Class 2 for another year. It does not worry me as I get greater stress 3 times a week for 45 minutes, maybe I should worry, I am addicted to endorphins.
  18. Geoff_H
    The way I understand it is that a stress test that takes you to a higher level that your heart usually reaches is very dangerous. And often kills you. At my test I am doing less than usual. I.have had an angiography and it showed 3 not the usual 2 arteries going to my heart and little blockage. Probably why I am doing so well at present. However does not mean I won't drop dead tomorrow.
  19. Geoff_H
    Three times weekly i exercise and my heart rate gets to between 170 and 190. On the stress test I get to around 165 before I say quit, usually due to lack of breathing. I have been doing the exercise for just under 30 years. Don't expect it will kill me soon, I have been told of how to stop if I get certain issues.
  20. Geoff_H
    Every year now its a stress and ultrasound on my heart then a full blood test. As we get older, in spite of fitness, our heart gets more dodgy, usually heart valve. In her opinion, she is my GP and DAME I will pass for another 5 years, I am 77 now.
  21. Geoff_H
    I believe that a fibreglass wing tip could solve the wing loading issue. My back of a napkin (always the best calcs as per Rudd internet design), say that wingtip extensions could even make it a powered glider. I have been making a Composite Cri Cri similar aircraft but have abandoned it owing to the significant design and testing issues that have extended the design and build process to a time when I will run out of Medical. My DAME recons i have another 5 years before I will be too old to pass.
  22. Geoff_H
    I believe that is where the requirements are not as good as they could be. Maybe 30kg for an untested aircraft but use a landing speed as an override if below a certain amount. The problem is that a person unable to get a GA PPL cannot fly a Cri Cri but it is one of the lightest aircraft around.
  23. Geoff_H
    Then why can't a Cri Cri be an RAA listed aircraft?
  24. Geoff_H
    I asked because this was your argument. Both countries have common law. I still see no other reason other than RAA wanting membership.
  25. Geoff_H
    "FAA Part 103 is based on the US legal system; ours is based on the Australian system" What is different about the Australian system to the American system?
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