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  1. Love to fly
    But MPC Course is a once off. And you don't need to be an SAAA member to build & fly an experimental aircraft. Although we found membership invaluable during the build, test flying phases.
  2. Love to fly
    You can do this in GA also. Many out there.
  3. Love to fly
    Plenty of GA students learning in VH registered slings, fox bats and similar.
  4. Love to fly
    I'm no expert but think Agile are underwriters, 🤔. Their website seems to indicate this. "Based out of Sydney and Melbourne, the Aviation underwriting team has over 100 years of insurance experience in Aviation and Aerospace, insuring risks varying from foot-launched gliders to interplanetary spacecraft." https://www.agileunderwriting.com/aviation/
  5. Love to fly
    No RAAus experience, but we havw found Agile excellent.
  6. Love to fly
    The Garmin transponder (ADSB IN/OUT) is cnnected to the Garmin 650 and Garmin G3X. So audio and display alerts are independent of any portable devices, phones, tablets etc. I could use Bluetooth to also show them on the ipad but there is no need.
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  8. Love to fly
    Nope. Not this time. DJPacro responded to my query above.
  9. Love to fly
    Didn't think you were referring to me 🤔😂 And hadn't heard it before. Thanks for the explanation kind sir.
  10. Love to fly
    WAG?
  11. Love to fly
    It's awful. But please be careful saying they were flying below legal minimums. FR24 isn't adjusted for QNH and that could easily make the difference. Family & friends could easily be impacted by statements like this.
  12. Love to fly
    Below minimum legal height? 100ft too low? Are you using altitude from FR24, adjusted for QNH? Had they been flying along too low? Or descended due to an onboard issue? I've no idea. Just bloody sad at the loss of 3 lives. Can't even imagine what the families and friends are going through. Hope they are well supported.
  13. Love to fly
    Yep. We've been a few times. But always had to send in form prior, and check on the day as per their website. If there's a way to do it enroute, ir even on the day I can see us going there more often.
  14. Love to fly
    Have you managed to get permission for Milawa while on the way there? As well as the required update on the strip? Genuinely interested.
  15. Love to fly
    I'm surprised at this. I've never flown one but, there are 2 at the RAAus school here on the Murray. Several friends have done their ab initio training in them and I don't know anyone who has had any problems. We're at the airport and they seem to be flying a lot.
  16. Love to fly
    Actually I think training in interpreting weather forecasts across different areas is really important for cross country flying. And without it it could be very difficult to make informed devisions as to whether a flight is safe to make.
  17. Love to fly
    Great to know. I was there a month ago, and informed by one of the instructors at Adelaide BiPlanes that their weather station wasn't publicly accessible. Silly me didn't go and check for myself.
  18. Love to fly
    Apparently them may have to 'restart' the inquest due to significant information being made available by RAAUS on Friday, the last day of the inquest. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-04/mathew-farrell-fiancee-system-failed-inquest-plane-crash/103414984
  19. Love to fly
    Like what? Bass Strait has different challenges. Being comfortable with one, doesn't necessarily reflect on the other. No sarcasm or other was intended.
  20. Love to fly
    No hills on Bass Strait though 🤔
  21. Love to fly
    I have flown Tocumwal/ Bairnsdale and reverse on several occasions, so similar track to what you are asking about. TAS at 140 knots in the RV. The lowest safe for the area is high, over 7,000'. Not sure how long it would take you to get there or what performance you would have. For me its about 70 minutes flight time each way, and not all of that is over the high country.. One recent trip I had over 58 knots headwinds for about 15 minutes. Was fine at 9,000' (IFR). I wouldn't have been comfortable down lower or in a lower performance aircraft. If the weather is even slightly forecast as dodgy I choose a lower route. You may be going over a Designated Remote Area so would need to check the rules for that and make sure you comply re reporting and equipment. Not onerous but important. You may also need clearance through East Sale Airspace depending on where you're starting/finishing your trip. And asking for advice is always a good thing to do.
  22. Love to fly
    Hangar plot in Flight Place could also be hanger house methinks. Thete us another block almost opposite also with a signboard up. And SportAviation with associated house, hangars and caravan park has just come on the market. The one in Wirraway was sold the day it hit the market, and is the one I referred to as recently sold in my first comment.
  23. Love to fly
    No, different one in Wirraway Ct.
  24. Love to fly
    Do you know if the canopy smashed when flipping, or had he managed to break it from the inside?
  25. Love to fly
    Really glad pilot and pax are okay. Very experienced & competent pilot so I'm guessing there were other factors. RV's are built to be either tailwheel or nosewheel, with the decision being made pre/during the build. A few have been converted afterwards. Landing profile in an A isn't dissimilar to that of a tailwheel and the nose wheel is definitely not designed to be landed on. But then no nosewheel is. For a while, during a particular period in time, nosewheel collapses at Moorabbin were almost common. None of these were in RV's.
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