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Ian, ban him, close the thread and lets get back to reasonable people arging about unreasonable things sensibly...

The personal abuse rule also applies to those who abuse the owner of this site.

Yep, thought it was pretty obvious that the shop mainly pays for this site, but...hey...it takes all sorts...

How about asking Ian first for a reason before dumping on him and the business.?

Had the same problem when I changed headsets, found the fault was the squelch levels on the Xcom. Adjust3ed and solved the problem.

Are the aircraft we fly not called Ultralights. You want to fly heavier, go GA for goodness sake. People want to remember why this organisation was formed in the first place, not winge and moan wanting a pseudo GA organisation. This in recreational aviation, we fly Ultralights (or microlights in NZ). You want to fly in controlled airspace, be heavier that 600kg, carry more than 2 peoplle all up, then go to the mob that does that. WE ARE ULTRALIGHT FLYERS. Deal with it.

So how can hi vis vests make me safer in the air??? Where do most of our safety problems occur, on the ground??? Are they saying that if I wear a hi vis vest when flying, I will be safer???

Clear, Concise and Correct........does that help?

If you read the post you would have realised that NO radio calls were made or received from many of the offending aircraft. You are assuming that they make their calls. Obviously if everyone knows where everyone is then no problems. A turning base call and a turning final call makes it fairly clear where they are, but if they are worried about making too many calls and dont make them then I rest my case. Yes, the radio is listened to at all times when in the aircraft and those aircraft that actually make calls can be placed in the area in your mind. Those that dont cant be placed or seen. I agree witrh your statement and in an ideal world that is correct but we are talking about the type and volume of radio calls for training and safety. Call, be heard and be damned to the naysayers.

Yep it is, buy about 10nm....big deal.

Thats why Temora was excellent and if not for the vested political interest in the aviation community, and the couldn't give a sh..t attitude of the members would have survived. The event was brilliantly organised by Carol on the ground at Temora, but because of that the naysayers and envious faction tried to white ant all the hard work. We had a winner that required some work. Wake up people, if you want a national flyin then you have to actually do something, not leave it to the other people to do the work. No good getting all philosophical about it and quoting studies, look at the real world, roll your sleeves up and actually do something....you know...its called involvement. Dont bitch about it if you arent prepared to get your hand dirty and actually do something.

Sorry Happyflyer, disagree totally, I want people to know where I am and what I am doing. Then the excuse "We didnt know" doesnt apply. I prefer to live, not go out in the front of another aircraft silently. I have paused before entering and using the active runway at my local airport and more than once have seen an aircraft on short final without them making any calls. Sorry mate, I like living and if that means I p..ss someone off because I make to many calls then so be it.

I would make any, and all, calls that you feel keep you safe and others aware of your presence/intentions. If they say you make too many, tell therm your life is worth more than their opinions..

How about nwe revive the home of Ultralights and have the southern one at Holbrook? The northern one was tried in Queensland a few years ago...Monto if I recollect correctly...

Remember we also need distances from Melbourne, perth, Brisbane etc to cater for those who have the temerity not to reside in the great Syd town...

I thought Temora was pretty damned good, great underwing camping, great food stalls, friendly locals and good grog from the aeroclub. The locals were well on side. Plenty of airspace, no controlled space around. A great museum that flies regularly (shame they didnt combine it with the Raa Aus flyin.) Narromine...too far for genuine old ultralights that dont do super fast speeds, this year was the same as the last at Temora...hows that working for you.

Read my previous comment re co-pilots group. So...do the surgeons have a men in surgery morning..??

call it a co pilots program and get rid of the politically correct nonsense. Co pilots covers ladies, men and signifigant others...just sayin

I will post some, I went from 54 lts over 2 tanks to 93 lts over the 2 tanks.

Made tank extensions for my Xair tanks ( resined onto the back of the existing tanks like a camel hump)...vinyl ester and fibreglass. Light, no problems and now 6 years old and going perfectly. I use both mogas and avgas. No leaks. Carbon fibre is great but its a bit like squashing a bug with a sledgehammer for normal and small size tanks. Make sure you get all of the air out when laying up and bobs your proverbial.....

Our mob aint negative, they aint positive, they are just there like a concrete wall. Obstruct everything.

The ramp checks arent the problem (if its not right then it not right). I suggest that overegulation, self serving empire building management, personal axe grinding by management and sheer incompetence are more to blame that mere safety checks. I refer to CASA of course.

the reason it is not doing well here.......CASA vs FAA and cost. Privatisation of airfields and money hungry airfield owners.

We had one, .........