Ballpoint 246niner

What an absolutely fantastic aviation weekend! IMHO the best venue in SE Qld and the best and hardest working team in Ron & Edith and ably supported group from Wings of Life and Griffith Uni and the huge number of volunteers. the evening auction and dinner was an absolute hit- Thank you to the RFDS and SES as well. The model guys rock too and the serenity of watching a sunset paraglider while sipping a cold one are unforgettable. Sharing the joy and skill of flight with the public and young aspiring aviators is the best thing in aviation. THANK YOU ARCHER FALLS.

Pretty sure I know them from Old station this year. Hope they recover OK. Big day today as I had to relay a MAYDAY today which was an EF as well that turned out OK. Hope you get it sorted Tony.

Ryan , I took Scott (above)in their on a navex and know the strip well, the rising terrain and density alt can be a little tricky on a hot day.No issues it's a council strip with a couple of great locals who operate there as well. park up the southern end if your are there for a while. It saved my butt the day the dragon went in in bad weather when we diverted. As everyone says do your prec search and no worries there if not a little rough at either end. Foxbat will be fine.

Haydn- pm me mate re your visit- lets GoFly!

Welcome James a pleasure to fly with you.. Stay safe

Great post Jetr- hope to see you there Sat

You have a very understanding mum !!

It seems hard to ignore how RA Aus appears now to be in a further developed stage of atrophy where good, experienced and capable senior managers are appointed and cannot function due to the operational and organisational environment that continues to exist. Not only does this stifle resolution in the areas that they were recruited to, but also repels further potential applicants, who ultimately would hold the key to effective development for the organisation. this "catch 22" places enormous load on those who continue to work operationally in all ares of RA Aus and I feel for all the " good" people who are working for us who must be buckling under the strain. Surely a situation that any business can't sustain.

A shame to have a " gathering of eagles" and have a turkey fly the coup- only takes a fly in and an ego unfortunately. Announcing you are about to be an idiot does not excuse anyone for being one unless specifically being an approved fly past by CASA and the organisers or a published and communicated " missed approach in the active or duty runway direction. Sounds like none of these were adhered to so well go with summary of incident No 1 I guess. Sorry Scott I couldn't make it due school commitments

A J230 and the 170, both ef's one at Vic pt and Doug's one at Parkinson's- I may stand corrected but belief they were both from YBAF where Pathfinder are based.

We may have to call them "paddockfinder" aviation - 2 in one month. Great job dougie- looked so cool the student may have as well thought it was just practice! Finally some good positive coverage by the media on channel 10 tonight Yes/ agree to all the above comments .

It does in my school, I can assure you. The average pre -solo student will do between 15-20 simulated failures at all heights to cct height and above. Another 10-15 as PFL's in the training area post solo as well. And if they don't recite a pre take -off safety brief once taught they are almost guaranteed one!

Would be happy to assist with a flight in our school Savannah S and can also run you through the appropriate LP characteristics as well. Will call tomorrow.

Absolutely Frank, this goes without saying, as is an ever vigilant visual scan and listening watch as you say....

All good Andy, a quick few emails and I now have a binary and HEX code for my Trig 21 Mode S xpdr today. My needs may be slightly different to most RA pilots as I tend to go into and through CTA with the priveldges afforded under my PPL. I held off buying a Mode C knowing the rollout of ADSB would trigger changes to a new Mode S environment eventually and we have had the previously posted time frame for a while now. Just another point, I am a firm believer that transmitting a 1200 code (Mode C) in G airspace is not a bad thing as it can help ATC within coverage separate and advise other aircraft under flight plan of your prescence and with the increasing number of TCAS and other smaller personal CAS systems now in many aircraft, it's one more layer of alerted separation available to us as common users of uncontrolled airspace.

Seems like a very logical way to meet compliance governance and provide a way forward from this mess. It will require a relaxation of the LSA requirement for manufacturers serial number batch grouping, but that should be easy via the new statement, glad to see CASA is looking for additive direction on this one.

My apologies Edith!! You know I meant you- working on the band at the moment!!

Everyone this is an awesome event and Ron,Doug and Judith are going to great lengths to make this bigger and better than ever. Go Fly will be there offering training support and information and introductory flights over the weekend ,the local community get really involved and the whole gambit of sport aviation gets a chance to present- don't miss it!!

Thanks for this Jake, I requested this via email about 10 days ago- no reply yet.. Andy- we have Trig 21's in both our Savannah and Sling

With the increasing availability of Mode S transponders, and the cost coming down we are starting to see this technology already replacing current Mode C transponders, even in RA. We have 2 aircraft fitted with Mode S devices and strongly believe in the benefits of high level ( squitter) SSR interrogation and future ADSB out capability for traffic separation. It is important to note though that Mode S requires the assignment by CASA of a unique 8 or 16 digit hexidecimal address code that identifies the unit making it compliant,and that while GA issued Cof A's will include this number,to allow programming by the instrument LAME; RA registration does not necessarily do the same. I have posed this question to both RA-Aus and CASA's registration division as to how they will streamline this process with RAD47 compliance with the increasing rollout of Mode S units in RA-Aus. Still awaiting a reply.

Thanks for this Camel, this is a far more detailed but similar explanation I outlined in my earlier post, I trust it demystifies the issue for refers of this forum and pilots and owners affected. More importantly I hope it highlights to importers and distributors their responsibility in a largely unregulated consumer market where the purchaser needs to very diligent in their purchase decisions

I just had a thought- could it be the people trying to manage asylum seekers also are interpreting VP props compliance in their spare time??

Love to help Tomo , we run full or part time courses as well. You'll never regret it! I love it! Truly the most satisfying thing I've ever worked in. Best wishes.