Tomo

Great to catch up with a few there this afternoon. Got to fly around in a J200 which was good fun, looked well organised and it was a great day for it.

Good watch, I've had mine over 6yrs now, never had to do anything with it, other than put a new band pin in as I lost it at a bush dance one night...

I'll be over tomorrow lunch time in the car.... see you there! Ps. What you up to later today? If this weather clears a bit I might go for a fly around the area.

Hey, are you going on either of the days? Not sure what I'm doing yet, but I reckon if the weather is respectable I might drop over, either Saturday or after the meeting on Sunday.

Onya Dazza! One of these days we'll have to catch up!

At Avalon for the weekend... give us a buzz if you want to catch up! Tom 0429 680 423

Sorry... at least I wasn't the one driving the boat!

Good to hear! I thought after you rang I probably could have come down in the C210...but it would have cost a fair bob just in fuel alone!

The same goes running your own business too!!!

A light weight high drag aircraft needs a lot of nose down to glide... or even move forward without power. Something a bit more streamline and weight will have less drag to keep forward motion going, so between the weight to pull you down which you then convert to forward speed and less drag you'll end up with a higher nose attitude to get best glide. If you keep the nose down, it will go to fast which will then increase drag and descent. Put simply anyway!

The difference between me and you however... you probably have money in your bank... I've lost count how many types I've flown, but it does get easier the more you do! Mind you I wouldn't go more than 2 weeks without flying

I always wake up with today... it's tomorrow at the moment... however... As they say, a fine is for doing wrong, tax is a for doing something right... whichever way you go you're up the creek without a paddle, so just go and buy a motor boat instead.

Aircraft LAME costs are similar to that of your local car mechanic - they all range between $90 - $140 hr to the customer. Parts are dearer than poison, and everything (just about) is on calendar time, so a lot of things you replace whether they need it or not. With your car you only replace it if the duck tape and cable ties won't hold it together. You inspect your plane periodically, so that is another cost - paying $120 an hour to someone to pull off covers and look with a torch - it needs to be done, but it's something you don't get done to your car... Paper work, with you car... you don't have 2 days of paper work to go through after each service... Avgas is the biggest killer for me - at over $2 a litre it's criminal! Landing fees are a killer, I spent over $200 in one week on landing fees a while back. Club fees, Charts, ASIC are all just other costs... That's why I own a 95:10 ultralight... costs me nothing to keep out the back, I can tinker with it, fly it... look after it, no insurance to worry about... Keep it simple Sam!

I won't be able to make it this time... got way to many things on around Easter to be able to get away!! Hope you all have a good time those that do get the chance to do so..

That's right, I'm not saying I like it - but it is a known fact however!! But to be honest, as long as the oil pressure and temp gauge of some sort is working on a Cessna or Piper, you'll be pretty right... The rest are just niceties in a way. Look up the MEL for a GA aircraft and it's not a lot!! (Minimum Equipment list) EGT's are handy on a 2 stroke, and particularly helpful to see what the cylinders are up too, however they are pretty iffy, and numerous times they fail in some way - I know mine stop working every so often so I generally don't trust them all that much. My CHT gauge is deadly accurate and I trust that one and use it for most operations. I will state it is a lot different on a single carby though.. as it's a lot harder to get pot induction differences that are present with dual carb (i.e. one carb can have a partial failure and it could cause quite an issue.) At the end of the day, it's your life - and if you're not happy with something, don't do it.

Thanks Ian, that sounds awesome!! I'll let you know in a few days to confirm it all but I reckon we'll take up the offer. It's just me and my older brother. I'll give you a call in the next day or so.

Now I have it stuck in my head!!! Argh...

Couldn't agree more.

Looking like it could be a possibility!

Jump in an old Cessna or Piper and you'll find most things on the dash don't work....

Hey everyone! Just thought I'd put it out there because you're all such a nice bunch! I've been offered a place to stay for Friday night and Sunday but Saturday night wouldn't work for them... so just wondered if there was anyone else that wouldn't mind myself and my older brother to stay during the Avalon weekend - we're flying down Friday evening and leaving first thing Monday morning. Being within train/public transport travelling distance would be pretty awesome too... Thanks! Tomo

You! Better than an old chook...

Biggest I have logged PIC time on is the C210...

Thanks for looking at it Mark, really appreciated.

If it's something you want to do, you'll get there if you work hard at it. I wanted to fly when I was around 14 but the massive cost of a PPL when I was that age was huge... $18k or something. But I was determined to not give up on the idea... I found out about RAA at 16 and jumped right in as I did have a couple of grand to get started. Did a lesson a week, worked hard and saved like no other. Making hand crafts in my spare time out of school and selling them at markets to help. (I was home schooled however so that helps you achieve more I reckon) It blows my mind that only 5 yrs on, I have not only over 300hrs in both RA and GA, but I have a PPL as well, and own a plane. If someone simple like myself can do it, anyone can!