johnm

no avatar because its not a perfect world jm

I got the old weight and balance letter - RAA wanted the manufacturers calculation I scanned that, also the C of A for good measure - emailed to RAA ...................... waited < than a day - cleared to fly - good efficient service. Better your licensor saying something than ....................... nothing No worries - its a mistake on some ones part - no big deal - I want that paperwork in order ....................... if say I had to validate a claim

Nevertheless its still good we can talk about this incident - the subject IS sensitive ........................... judging by all the posts and views on the subject. Talking and reading about such things must be helpful ......... and be a learning process in itself Any thing relevant we say will no doubt be in the ATSB report - otherwise the report may / could be deficient (and no doubt ............................. all that will be discussed again in this forum .................... with the final report) I'd like to ask - 'judging by the photo of the ferris wheel I'd give it the ferris wheel a 10000 radius and say a 20000 diameter - that equates to about say a Maximum 60 - 70 feet. In relation to the the strip - was the ferris wheel on high or low ground ?' Have not heard this fact discussed JM

put a couple of extra on or take some merlons off - if it helps :)

Yep Guernsey - I can see what you are incinerating there That word castigating came from fresh air ! JM

a roughy attached a good thick hunk of hollow round steel the engineering shop I used is gone out of business - recommend you take a photo and dimnsion that ? jm tecnam castigated.pdf tecnam castigated.pdf tecnam castigated.pdf

great photo's - particularly the human fly on the low flying DC8 fueslage (never seen that) that low flying is a no no ................................. but there certainly is a fasination about it ! JM

good summary and interesting view point facthunter your reference 'to the bottle' .................... its probably hard to generalise, but - is 'the bottle' because of the danger (stress) or because of the day to day chore (repetition)? do you think might not be an answerable question I think I can see a bit of of that lifestyle in ag pilots (the danger or chore and 'the bottle'........................ I've never actually thought about)

Interesting idea to index aircraft types and their peculiarities The human peculiarities of the pilots prbably can have a lot to do with it - how do we incorporate that it the index system ! On that subject - when you read the accident reports in the magazine its good to see pilot hours and weather conditions - I'd also like to see AGE (male or female does n't matter) - not that age has a direct bearing on an accidient ........................ but it does complete a picture JM

Good one flyfulcan - very unique Great to hear about engine and aircatft sats when you get some ............................... time ? The design looks like it's going to 'whistle !' when on the ove in the air JM

ROTAX engines and fuel pumps - series and parallel – it has been discussed before but I don’t see my answer On a ’24’ registered aircraft you have to keep things the way the factory does it – no modification I know different makes of ultralights that have an electric pump plus the mechanical pump (engine driven) that are all plumbed in series. The aircraft I am familiar with then has excess fuel returning to the fuel tank If the electric pump failed it will fail in the open position (no written guarantee can be found for this statement). If the mechanical pump fails - I am told that fuel will still be delivered through an internal by-pass Also, I am told that if plumbed in parallel the fuel is unregulated and could cause over pressuring and possible flooding. Also, in series during high demand situations with the electric boost pump on – the required head of pressure is maintained thus preventing cavitation and possible vapour locks Question is – do fuel pumps plumbed in series – an electric boost pump then the mechanical pump offer redundancy – if either pump fails – will the other pump do the job. I’d like to be assured that plumbed in series is the correct way Thanks JM

I agree ...................... philosophical facthunter Money courses thru us all .............. even the fee man, license man, levy man, tax man and the GST man attaches to us - for the journey

get 'em ................................. Storchy

photos attached ......................... I think JM

[ATTACH]15102[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]15102[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]15103[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]15104[/ATTACH] Looks like the good weather is shifting south In Queensland theres a fair bit (a lot) of smoke haze and foggy low stuff .......... out west .................... went Gympie to Rolleston (divert) then Emerald Gympie ................... thursday and friday. Quiet low crap and poor viz in smoke haze - friday it was a better ceiling and viz started improving past Moura on way home A drop of rain might wash the skies JM

Morning all They say that if you loose your car licence - DUI - ................................... then you use boat license (if you have one) and vicki versa (guess thats true ??) If you lose your car license ................................. because of excessive alcohol (not planning to) - i.e; DUI - do you loose your RAA pilots licence ? Would you loose your GA pilots license ? JM

yes - thats the summary ............................................................... lifes a sexually transmitted terminal disease, and if you have death insurance ............................. you ? will get the payout - that is after the insurer checks the fine print JM

Redair I think the spanish inquisition used the rule that an early declaration of inocence meant that the person was surley guilty Are you sure you are not ......................................................................... Dr Avius ? JM

Your co pilot seem't twitchy - increased workload ? - saw the first landing - be firm and show who's the boss How much $ did that cost plus time - and where - Kyle Thanks JM

Just been thru replacing all hoses on a Tecnam Bravo - with a L2 - L2 the brains - me the monkey Obvious question ???????? ............... where the 2 tank lines meet at a 'T' the fuel line then forward is a larger internal and external diameter - same for you Tdave ?

2. Thou shalt not linger on active runways lest thou become like unto ground beef. I like that one - me dad was a topdressing pilot and I can always remember my mum saying she was out for tea and biscuits - another women spoke to her and said 'what a dangerous job that aerail topdressing is ................ and all those pilots spread over the countryside like raspberry jam !' ........................................................... polite girls chatter

Congratulations to the new board members - there has to be something speacial in a person to take such a position The people that want to vote give a true indication of the vote - no need having people that don't want to .............. voting for no good reason. Also probably; the people that don't vote, trust & rely on the people in this thread that understand the complexities of the politics. The people that don't vote probably are not even interrested in any issues involved ................................ power to the people I don't reckon there is anything wrong in that viewpoint - that you don't have to partake in the 'vote'. I agree with the comments that there should be some sort of separation between the licensor / regulator and this web-site ? - otherwise how can we take a swing at them ? .............................. although we need to keep giving Ian - the site administrator - more work ! JM

I knew Ian ....................... we both worked at Emerald Council back say 7 years ago ..................... we would often try & solve the troubles of the world - but, to no avail - we prbably caused more .............. than we solved. I have not seen Ian since then - I did not know his family We would talk all things flying and and to me he was a thoughtful and careful peron .................. RIP Ian My condolences to both families, friends, associates, rescue, council and airport staff, etc JM

Taking nothing away from this unique plane - In NZ there was a recorded accident where a loaded Airtruck commenced take off - while moving slow .................... the nose wheel then broke away ............... the plane rolled over its nose .................... esentially the plane was upside down ............ the pilot survived this stage of the accident ........... but, the pilot's head (and I recall helmet) was pinned between the load and forward dash / windscreen ....................... and unfortunately despite efforts of rescuers ............. the pilot died All planes bite - this scenario woul be hard to predict ? JM

We originally got ANZ finance for an aeroplane - business loan secured against the house - they were very helpful Having said that - 5 years ago - financial times were good and the place was booming .................. finance was easy to find ........................ compared to now, I'm sure As an aside - I'm sure its an old saying ? - can't remember if it was a financier or insurer - they said "if it floats, farts or flys - we don't want anything to do with it" .................... !!! JM