Love to fly

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

Interestingly, there was a similar incident last Friday. Aircraft waited for services before landing. No foam laid though. One runway was already closed for maintenance, and airport closed for about 40 minutes while they waited for fire brigade. ATC were great, monitoring as to how long oeople could hold before diverting to other airports. Plane landed uneventfully.

Hiw long after the plane crashed was the wreck spotted? When I'm flying VFR I rarely lodge a SAR, I do lodge a flight night with friends but the timelines usually allow a little extra time. And a flight plan on its own doesn't alert anyone if you don't get there.

Not about more governance Perhaps if RAAUS can be shown to have demonstrated good governance ie. following their own standards & procedures then there will be no issues. And given current RAAUS registered aircraft can be relatively fast and sophisticated and are a long way from the AUF beginnings its hard to find relevance.

Maybe for some. Some questions it may raise for others will RAAUS continue to exist as it does now? Will an audit raise other governance issues? Should it continue or come back under the casa banner?