ave8rr

aaahh the nasty taildragger ,,,nothing compares to the buggers,,,I truly am hooked on em. I have been keeping an ear to the ground for a stacked Tecnam to do a conversion to, the Highlander looks great , had a look at one a Avalon and they are pretty neat bit of kit, like a big skyfox with all the shitty bits fixed. I don't know why savanah or zenith don't offer a TW version ,it would put them on my to do list but as is it's a bit "eh big deal". I reckon at the moment the savage cub is pretty cool, yet to fly one but hoping to soon.Another plane I've been daydreaming about is a kitfox with a ***** radial, bush wheels ,,,,,like a baby beaver!!!!!

Out of interest did anyone go to the auction out west of brisbane on friday, there was a beat up lightwing going up for sale, be keen to know what it went for.

 

Mat

Hows VIC treating you?

Cheers

Hi Bob, good to see another RV9A flying.

We own RV9A VH-LAT based at Bundaberg. Unlike yours it is fitted with the latest Dynon 10" Skyview and Trutrack autopilot (see avitar) and is powered by the Lycoming 0320 160HP with sensinich two blade metal prop.

A further weight increase to 700-750kgs would see all RV6/9 aircraft able to be registered with RAAUS and operate to the design MTOW. We have no intention of putting LAT on the RAAUS register as long as I hold a class 1/2 medical.

Cheers

I've been banging this drum for years & have even supplied RAAus representitives with copies of the British Microlight Aircraft Association's accident reports which are exactly what Ozzie describes - a regular insert in the magazine which goes to members only.Its certainly true that RAAus as a non-statutory body has no legal powers to investigate accidents (unlike ATSB) & can only do so at the invitation of the local police. I'm not a legal professional but I can appreciate why it might be necessary to prevent material getting into the public domain which could prejudice a jury in a trial. I'm less sure about how an RAAus report of the facts on an aircraft accident could be assumed to influence a coroner. What is the "due process" for an non-fatal accident - just when the police 9or whoever) decide that there is no criminal offence involved ? Could the report not be published then ?

 

Even after the coroner has made his report its not easy to obtain copies - not all seem to be online (that I can find anyway) and they are only referenced by the deceased names. And RAAus is seemingly still resistant to publishing. They are some accident reports on the website (see http://www.raa.asn.au/accidentreports/index.html) but the most recent one is over 6 years old. The webpage also includes the startling comment "RA-Aus believes it inappropriate to publish all investigation reports in full because they are just a repetition of the same old pilot errors"

 

In both the UK and NZ, recreational aircraft are on the national register and accidents are (or at least may be) investigated by the countries equivalent of the ATSB. The reports are subsequently published see http://www.caa.govt.nz/safety_info/fatal_accident_reports.htm and http://www.aaib.gov.uk/publications/bulletins.cfm

 

IMO if pilot are still making the same mistakes we clearly aren't doing enough to prevent them.

 

Cheers

 

John

Cheers

Many thanks for posting the minutes Ian.

I would also like to see RA AUS aircraft accident summaries published in a simillar way to the ATSB reports. It was mentioned some years back that RA AUS would publish accident reports in issues of the Monthly magazine. I think from memory that only two or three were ever published.

Cheers

Thanks to you ALL for your help in this one. That photo appeared in a write up by the Brooke brothers from Brissy who submitted a story about their CH701's to Zenair some years back. http://www.zenithair.com/stolch701/7-photo-brooks.html

Mike

Any ideas as to where this airstrip is on the North Qld coast?

Hi All

I have been on this site for sometime now and each time I log onto the site, a message states that I have never Posted in "Just Landed" so here goes.

I learnt to fly in NZ way back in 1973 gaining a PPL(A) followed by a CPL(A) in 1980. Spent 12 years in the RNZAF as an Air Electronics Officer on Orions followed by 17 years as a Flight Planning / Despatch Officer with AirNZ. Have flown aircraft types from DC3 down to single seat ultralights. Shifted to Hervey Bay in 2005 then up to Bundaberg in 2007. Have been living (camped) in Kununurra since early 2008 and working as the Aerodrome Manager for the Argyle Diamond Mine. Since living in Qld, we have owned J160, J200 and currently own a Vans RV9A. We also have a Rans S6ES kit in our hangar at Bundy to assemble. We have recently purchased 32 acres just out of Bundy and hope to put in a short 400 metre strip for our own and visitors use when we eventually return to Bundaberg to live. Cheers Mike

Sounds Great Ian. Glad you are covering Android as well and just not Iphone. Cheers