Thruster88

I would fly to tas in the Thruster before some other RAA types (engine reliability) . Mattress in the wings good wet suit, a safe ditching and exit would doable.

If you care to explain it turbo I may look like a complete fool but I can live with that

ATSB reports show only two engine failures in the Cirrus fleet in Australia, one due maintenance error and one self inflicted.

Cirrus with known icing would be an excellent choice if renting for the bass strait mission

turbo I don't understand the bool lagoon comment

Atsb serch for bass strait shows low risk if you pilot correctly

Safety investigations & reports

Hi Jethro

If you go to the ATSB excellent web site and type bankstown into the quick search you will get about 150 results covering about 30 years in a high traffic area. Mechanical engine failure on these mostly continental and lycoming powered aircraft is almost nil. Most failures were fuel related, lack of, selection, contamination.

If you were planning a trip to a strip that may be difficult, say like Mittagong the atsb is a good resource, just type mittagong into the quick find

It's a shame the ATSB don't do numbered aircraft.

Difficult strip, crowd, good learning experience

There were no pre-existing faults in the NT 210 according to the preliminary report AO-2017-102

I could be wrong but I don't think there are any ATSB investigations in the last ten years that showed corrosion or metal fatigue caused the accident.

Cirrus is one aircraft that can guarantee a safe water landing if the wind is not to strong

No mention of STC in the wingbug for certified section of the website

I wouldn't think of starting under a Cessna 182 with suitable nav, radio, and I wouldn't go for "old" unless the aircraft is maintained to current condition.I'm not sure what a new Cessna RG182 costs, but the 172 is around $350,000, and that's about the same as it always was in terms of average weekly wages. I'd be looking at hire rates on new units at the destinations.

GA are maintained by independent lame to current regs

Last new C182 RG was built in 1984

Fat tire cowboys, Tucker Gott, are good also

The minister is probably just trying to be seen to be proactive ahead of the AOPA summit this week.

Welcome Ross, what is the cost of parking at Canberra?

CallAir A3 ?

1998 Blue Yonder Merlin GT

Piper L21b super cub

Since when did an RAA aircraft require a maintenance release?

A fairey Gannett and four sea venoms (vampire) ? Must have been a while back

Arrow sport f, not to hard to find with that flathead

Welcome Nighthawk, I also had my first flight in a 172 about 1977, pilot was Chris Conroy. Enjoy

Bucker BU 181 bestmann

Corvus Corone MK1

Thruster, are you referring to the NTSB/Johnson Creek report or the ATSB/Latrobe Valley one?Anyway, there is that suggestion in the Australian one.

If you read the accident report a third party radio call is a major factor, you can see the tripacer start to climb just before impact

Are there any problems with controlling with the red knob, ie mixture? What happens if you are seriously undershooting. Full throttle, control rpm with mixture?