shags_j

Let's not belittle those who attend by calling them names and questioning their motives. I was at the brisbane parade yesterday and something that absolutely struck me: Beside me was a young chinese couple, behind me was a middle eastern couple wiht a kid. A mediterranian lady in her 20's was there also. As far as you could see there was no single race that dominated the participants. And what amazed me the most: They weren't there for the photo opportunities, they weren't there just to see what was going on. They clapped, and they all clapped each and every digger that walked by. There was nothing I saw yesterday that Glorified War. It was an honest celebration of the sacrifice of those who served by a grateful public.

What an awesome day we have in brisbane today. 12degeres, not a cloud anywhere in sight. Not a breath of wind! If anyone is lucky enough to be up today, how about posting some pics so those of us stuck inside can dream. Good flying, Shags

That's awesome Toally. I'd give my left nut to fly one of those bad boys.

Only if the government knows about it ;)

Great list (thought I might revive this thread). Do we have this list by any chance, along with the place to purchase said kit?

There are a couple of these US Leftovers in Australia. When the war ended it was too expensive to take all of these back so a lot of stuff was just buried. I actually have the location of two of these types of cache's in qld from when my Grandparents were involved in it all and they would appear to still be there... Well I haven't seen evidence of the land being disturbed. One day I will be able to buy the property ;)

Also: http://www.recreationalflying.com/attachments/temora-2012-160-jpg.17187/ ??? EDIT: Never mind. I see it now. The two aircraft melded into one to create what I thought was possibly the ugliest aircraft known to mankind!

Great pics Maj. Gonna take me all mornign to get through them! You should put them in the gallery on here then post a link cause it makes them a hell of a lot easier to view. But thanks for the piccies. Makes those of us who didn't go even more jealous.

Also is the ops manual downloadable. I think mine is out of date. Found it: http://old.raa.asn.au/opsmanual/

Three letter Ian... C.. T.. A! Just kidding. Can I say one thing. Reading the ops manual is hard frickin work.

I remember some discussion on Aircraft Geeks about commercial pilots in the US recently being authorised to use electronic flight bags. They also said that CASA was still considering it. Just and FYI

I second the Android request. This looks good but I would rather eat glass than own an apple product.

Shafs: I originally learned to fly at the school that is also the Cirrus distributor. All Cirrus come with BRS. One thing I noticed with this is that all the CIrrus pilots would talk about things that happened in their aircraft (as pilots tend to do). And every time an issue occured in the aircraft (ie. fan stopped) their first reaction is to pull the chute. I actually don't think a BRS is necessary at all (maybe if you lose a wing ) and can create complacency in pilots. Could be wrong of course.

Whilst that's all true Bill, wouldn't it be more advantageous for us to have a quick and easy reference to the CASA regs that we are required to abide by? ... Meanwhile I will pull out my copy of the handbook and have a read through at what I think is missing: however see my post on the Aviators Model Code of Conduct. There has to be a way to implement something like that in the handbook...

Pics?

Hi All, I was tossing up whether this should be its own thread or part of the existing incidents threads but opted for its own. Mostly because it is something that I don't want missed and am hoping that RAAus pays attention. I have just written an article on my blog (shameless plus: http://www.runway12.net/node/27) regarding an Aviator's Model Code of Conduct where you will see my thoughts in more detail and in the coming days I will be looking at specific parts of the code and analysing them and how they relate to recent incidents etc. Basically a not for profit association in the US (secureAV) has developed a number code of conducts targeted to various parts of the pilot fraternity (LSA, Student, GA etc). These are not law however are kind of best practices for the various types. If you read them you will find that they are a culmination, and more, of everything that has been discussed here on these forums regarding various incidents. There can be no argument that these are an absolutely valuable resource that needs to be looked at from an RAAus front. What I would like to see: I would like to see RAAus identify the resource, ammend it to fit our regulations (actually wouldn't require much work) and publish it on the website or in sports pilot. The original AMCC has given authorisation for exactly this to occur and indeed is the reason for these to be created in the first place. So please have a read http://www.secureav.com/codes-of-conduct.html and tell me what you think. My biggest concern with asking RAAus to look at this is that it would be 2 years (at least) before anything were done about it. Discuss... Cheers, Shags

AHHH. Haven't read it yet (didn't get time over the weekend). Now i am going to have to.

Hey it looks really interesting. I need to read up on it more though (I think I my do an RC airplane with this config and see how it goes). Should probably leave the schwastika off yours though ;)

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I think I have to now. The old do a qride and get an opens is now gone. What's LAMS?

Doing my Qride next weekend. Want to find an old 250 that I can ride around Melbourne on...

Really sad. Too many fatalities in the last couple of weeks. Please everyone stay safe over easter, that goes for both in the air and on the roads.

That's a shame. I called yesterday to find out my arn and update my email address and details from about 10 years ago. She emailed current details through to me and I updated by return email. All finalised in 5 mins. Couldn't be happier.

Check out Aviation Geeks podcast, I think two or three weeks ago. They had a guy on from http://otherpeoplesairplanes.com/. He was discussing exactly this thing. Can't use a gopro for over the nose due to the prop distortion. Have a listen to the podcast ior check out his blog for sem setup ideas. Sounds like he is happy to respond to emails about the setup also.