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  1. 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.
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    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.
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    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. 🤷‍♂️
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    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.
  5. Love to fly
    Painted Hills, also Kings Canyon & Gosses Bluff.
  6. Love to fly
    I got some great shots. Will post them later.
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  8. Love to fly
    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.
  9. Love to fly
    At Birdsville now. But we’ve been to Coober Pedy, Cadney Homestead, Curtin Dprings, Ayers Rock and Alice Springs since we left William Creek.
  10. Love to fly
    Nope. You're confusing Basic Class 5 and Class 5
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    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.
  12. Love to fly
    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 🤷
  13. Love to fly
    Nope. No formation on a Class 5 medical.
  14. Love to fly
    Many electric pipistrels already legally flying in Australia 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♀️
  15. Love to fly
    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
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    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.
  17. Love to fly
    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.
  18. Love to fly
    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.
  19. Love to fly
    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?
  20. Love to fly
    Sure. Agree 💯 re referral doesn't mean it will go further. Just responded to your comment re inquiries vs Court. Thought, maybe wrongly, tad pedantic.
  21. Love to fly
    Hmm. Hearings, not inquiries maybe. And held at the Coroner’s Court of Victoria https://www.coronerscourt.vic.gov.au/
  22. Love to fly
    Sheesh don't spoil a budding conspiracy with the truth 🤔😅
  23. Love to fly
    Coroner holds a Pilot License. I know nothing about the the experts. But many airline pilots start out as GA and RAAus instructor. One of our hangar neighbours owns and regularly flies a Jabiru along with his other aircraft. His day job is as an airline pilot. He is nowhere near retirement. Its a fairly common scenario.
  24. Love to fly
    Yes. And yes. But others at Mt Beauty say there was a patch of blue. He did not have the training to correctly assess the weather and clearly thought he could climb out. He flew for 40 minutes before crashing. And smsd his fiance shortly before crashing without indicating concern or distress. You don't know what you don't know. And once again I say, he didn't take off expecting to crash. Adequate training may have helped him make a better decision on the day. And unfortunately we will never know whether training as per RAAUS's own framework would have made that difference.
  25. Love to fly
    Of course he has some responsibility. But methinks RAAUS bears the brunt of it.. Lying to the Coroner, withholding information doesn't help their cause.
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