Ballpoint 246niner

I meant my mate here at Caboolture...

Got to ask FriarPUk - you must be related to my Puk(Graham) ??

I can see the 25 year RA reunion now, the Ferris wheel flopper, the fat cat and the financial fool, with the middle of the road manager serving the soft drinks, while the jaded majority have a bonfire burning the discarded invites... What a mess.

Yes sorry for that- my late night typo!!

Oh these guys knew alright, two of them apologised! This was RWY 30 at YCAB

I can recall at least 4 GA single or twin aircraft at our home airfield who have commenced contrary direction ccts on one of our runways in the last 6 mths, another half dozen that have done mid x- wind joins and cut off existing downwind traffic, this is not isolated to any particular grouping, but poor airmanship is alive and well at most airfields. All we can work on is that it's not us.

Also a bit of secondary rudder control can take the edge of things if she starts getting a bit wobbly in turbulence....

I had a 120 and did a few Temora 6 hour trips in her, I found mine pretty good, but all aircraft are different. I like the centre stick as it frees up the lap area to work in( sickos please disregard!!). Ultimately every one will find a system that works but as Tomo and other have said less is more. KISS, Big picture/ small picture. Cheers

A well trimmed plane can manage itself for a few seconds when notes are written

I have numerous students who also struggle with this in Nav training, so rest assure your not alone Maggy drop, firstly make sure any knee board you use is on your left leg so you can rotate it out of the way when not required, eg in cct. Secondly go with a smaller one and as DJP says learn to fold the maps down to usable sections, next make sure your board has a clip so you can remove the map and look at it in front of you when orientating your position, ( map to ground)- this ensures you keep your head out of the cockpit! Last but not least if any system gets in the way of operating the controls then find something else, safety is paramount.

Aviations Natural Law - All Instructors are heavy ( every time a student goes solo they all say how light the aircraft is...) - The shortest unit of time at an airfield is half a day. - Everything you are taught is right- you just don't realise it yet. - You'll never regret that extra 20 litres. and I bet we can add many more....

PERRRRFEECT!!!!

First time alone, but you're never alone now joining a relatively small percentage who have commanded an aircraft in this century of flight. Be rightly proud and never stop learning- congratulations!

Andy I can confirm that this is in fact the truth and the aircraft in question is a CTLS we cross hire from the owner for school work. It has been given an additional allowance for the BRS of 23.5 kg giving it a MTOW Of 473.5 kg. The empty weigh is over 350kg, so your point remains valid. I believe CASA and the distributors are working with Flight design to resolve this issue.

Awesome weekend and not as cold as previous. At Longreach at the moment, sat in the 747 business end this arvo and all the pics coming on Wednesday. Thanks Old Station.

Imagine if the wind got it and it went TITS up!

The needs a bra! Or many!!! I heard about this thing, it makes a Savannah look like Claudia SchifferWHAT were they thinking....

A Vought Corsair, a Cessna Caravan and a Super hotted up STOL cub or Maule - not much really, that would do.....

Anything in Jaffa orange looks good to me- nice one! Will get up close on Sat for a better look.

Just a bit of a "bucket list " thing I've wanted to knock off over the lasts few years, so a mate and I are taking a C172N up there after a great weekend expected at Old Station.... Nothing special except to me.

Ditto then on to Longreach!

Great food shots, next you'll be on my kitchen rules! hope it didn't unload in the turbulence..... LOL

Now this one is a tricky one but there is an answer.... Firstly still no turn below 500 AGL so no snoopy doll yet... waaaaittt. continue upwind leg to 500 but skew your heading slightly to right( for a std LH cct) so if you have to turn back due to an EF you are in a better position to go straight to base leg for a reciprocal landing without having to do a full 180 turn. Now of course you can't do this where CTA or parallell runways are in operation, but it's all about safety margins. BUT the rule remains in force- no turns below 500AGL, see posts above...

MM- changed your photo? what happened to the Eurofox?