Thruster88

.RAA have medical exemptions for good reasons, low weight, slow stall speed and 1 pax

No discussion I think of no medical for pilots of higher weight IF RAA ever get there

I should have read Appendix B before posting.

All this fighting has been caused by Raa's we must grow mantra from the two M's. RAA aircraft numbers have been stagnant for the last six months at about 3350, the only source of growth is further mining of the VH fleet. I fly a thruster, beech23 recreationaly with the required class 2 medical, we should all be treated equally, self certification for all rec.

The collar can not move the leadscrew, it's impossible.

One of the rudder trim cables was broken in the crash so lots of force, probably enough to move the jack screw all the way. The report fails to mention this possibility.

The car parking and traffic control should have been covered in the first meeting with council, smells like b.s..

$19000 in 2014. A used Thruster single is 5k ?, I don't think the demand for simple and cheap is there anymore.

Does anybody have a vacuum gauge among their engine instruments? They don't seem to be in use much, and I wonder why not.A change in vacuum readings, especially a sudden drop, could be the first indication of something wrong, such as an inlet manifold leak.

The gauge would be easy to install if the tapping-point was just downstream of the carby. So there must be another reason why they are not widely used.

Unfortunately it's the locals that suffer from the council's adoption of some consultants grand plan.

Command-Aire 5C3. I enjoyed the film 1934 how to fly

Great vid, shows how the Thruster got it's undeserved reputation. I am taking mine to Aus fly 2018 hope I don't ground loop it !

I am not good on spelling or religion.

#1180 Cristavia MK4

Breezer aircraft B600

The pilot as he taxied up to his hangar would have seen that he had no visitors and that the spectators were all clear.

Pretty good memory FT - of the 15,529 on the register today, 7,569 (48.7%) were manufactured in 1980 or earlier.

Someone who can build an aircraft like that, and with the flying experience he has can probably park it that way safely. To be fair it was done more slowly than the vid shows and it has a reversing camera. Reversing out of a driveway is probably more dangerous/heartbraking should we ban that?

Cessna 400 ?

Mmm not sure what to say to this

A handheld with headset adapter would be the lightest and cheapest. I have an icom a15 VHF as backup works well with the adapter i just use the ptt on the unit. A high power handheld in an aircraft will transmit over 100km

The statement from RA-Aus said nothing about why this had to be done. As ideas go it would rate about the same as cementing rabbit holes in my opinion.

Welcome luffy, the 172 is a great machine.

Sounds like AOPA is having it's slogan "freedom to fly" stolen by Raa

Yep, the ATSB report to me is a lot of words without really saying much

ATSB AO-2017-081