Love to fly

We flew Bairnsdale to Tocumwal IFR yesterday. Went the long way as freezing levels were 5,000. Day before they were even lower. W could hear the rescuer aircraft. Horrible feeling, and still hoping for a good outcome.

Beautiful flight to Bairnsdale last week. Family stuff till today. Now patiently waiting for the weather to improve to fly home. Don’t think it will be for a couple of days though.

Not all pilots are blokey though 🙃 and many eons ago I used to be asked by blokey friends to get them pantyhose for long days riding endurance horses. Many jockeys/track riders used to wear them. Chafe protection not warmth being the main goal here. Pantyhose do come in all sizes. 🤷‍♂️

I hate flying in boots or heavy shoes. We do have a heater in our plane, rarely use it though. And flew the last one for many years before having a heater installed. For me pantyhose or merino thermals tucked in to heatwarmer brand socks works for me. It was -3 degrees at 9,000’ today flying over the ranges to Bairnsdale and my feet and legs were fine.

Painted Hills, also Kings Canyon & Gosses Bluff.

I got some great shots. Will post them later.

Lots of green. Still some standing water. Will post some pics in the next few days. Also Tekin from AridAir posted some advice re calls etc around Lake Eyre on Facebook. Worth looking at before you come.

At Birdsville now. But we’ve been to Coober Pedy, Cadney Homestead, Curtin Dprings, Ayers Rock and Alice Springs since we left William Creek.

Nope. You're confusing Basic Class 5 and Class 5

Personally it would work for me. But RAAUS one gives you formation. GA Class 5 doesn't. Why they are different I've no idea. And many raaus pilots regularly take part in formation flights. And many people that are eligible for an RAAUS medical are excluded from a Class 5. One example is if you have ever been rejected for a Class 2 you cannot get a Class 5.

Quite a few methinks. Comes up in many discussions. Me, I would love it if formation, IFR and aerobatics were okay with a Class 5 but 🤷

Nope. No formation on a Class 5 medical.

Many electric pipistrels already legally flying in Australia 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♀️

The Coroner's Findings are the only objective 'fact' I'm aware of, along perhaps with the email from Rod Birrell. The lack of transparency and communication from the RAAUS executive is concerning. Whether that breaches their constitution or not would be speculative on my part as I haven't read the constitution. But I doubt that would be the case. JackC appears to have information that others aren't privy too. The veracity of this information is unknown, at least by me. And the Coroner's Findings are worth reading carefully, if you haven't already. COR 2022 005430 Form 37-Finding into Death Following Inquest_Signed.pdf