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    RAAus access to class C and D airspace.

    in Governing Bodies

    Posted

    On 04/05/2024 at 10:41 AM, BurnieM said:

    I would like to see 'management' get this in place no later than the end of 2024.

     

    While group G would have been a goer 2 years ago, with Basic 5 Med it is pretty much dead now.

    ie stop the group G work and put the effort into CTA endorsement doco.

     

    I can't see them getting it by the end of this year.

    CASA have to come up with the regs, and then RAA have to come up with a Syllabus - it's years away.

    I gave up waiting and got my RPL.

     

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    RAA's annual air show

    in AUS/NZ General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by RossK

    Having been there for the 3 days, I think you're a bit harsh Skip.

    For me, the Security controlled airport thing is a non issue, the event wasn't airside - we camped next to the plane, with toilets and showers on site, breakfast included all for $20 for 2 adults.

    It's 500m from the terminal to the event site, I was suprised they actually had a courtesy bus at all. 10mins must have been a leisurely stroll. The Courtesy bus also took you into Parkes for shopping, lunch, dinner etc.

    There was a truck watering the taxiway to the event site to keep dust down.

    Food vendors on site.

    Breakfast and Dinner provided by the local Rotary club

    Bar and evening Campfire

    Toilets and Showers

    Ground marshalling for those parking airside.

    So clearly some thought has gone into the event to make it easy for attendees.

     

    The pilot instructions issued were good enough.

    Flying in - we all new it was going to be busy, it's uncontrolled airsapce. I was 5nm out when there was 2 in the circuit, 2 more joining and an RPT on a 10nm final for a different runway. We all communicated and sorted ourselves out. 

     

    We had a lot of the general public come and talk to pilots in the camping area. Most loved the idea of flying somewhere and camping next to the plane, all good promo for RA.

    Yes there should have been more RA focus and less GA stuff. GAP having 3 Sling TSI's was a bit much. The variety of the european plastic fantastics was good to see, prices a bit eyewatering though. 

    Overall I thought the event was good and would go again.

    Narromine is in the past, time to move on.

    Was it bad? IMHO, No.

    Can they make the event better, most likely - they have improved on 2022 so indications are they will.

     

     

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    Lugging fuel to your deserted airfield……

    in AUS/NZ General Discussion

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    10 minutes ago, skippydiesel said:

     

    If you are looking for some way to transport fuel (ULP) to your aircraft, from a servo, while on an away trip, foldable "Jerrys" might be a more cost effective option.  This is what I use, as space in my aircraft is limited. To date I have never used them to carry fuel in the aircraft. They are available from reputable suppliers like Aircraft Spruce (AU)

     

    We have 2 of these and used them to top up at Parkes, but we had access to a car.

    I've used them several times, the longest walk we've done is 3km there and back, so 6km return.

    We also don't use them to carry fuel in the aircraft, we don't have the load capacity to carry our camping gear and extra fuel.

    So far, they've never leaked.

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    Tell us about your last flight

    in Trips/Events/Seats

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    We also did the Parkes Fly in. Good fun and met some great people.

    We didn't hang around for the Paul Bennet display as we didn't want to push our luck getting back to YLIL before sunset.

    Would have been nice if they could have done it earlier in the day.

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    RAA's annual air show

    in AUS/NZ General Discussion

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    49 minutes ago, Freizeitpilot said:

    I read somewhere that 200 aircraft have registered to attend …..and the weather looks perfect. I hope it’s a great meet for everyone attending ! (Sadly I’m not)

    Weather looks great, if we can get out of Melbourne 😤

    I predict we'll be sitting on the ground for a while, waiting for the narrow window to make our escape tomorrow morning.

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    RAA's annual air show

    in AUS/NZ General Discussion

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    To help reduce thread drift;

    No idea why it moved, but I've booked an underwing campsite 🎪

    I was also undewhelmed by the pilot brief, it refers to information on the website that is not there.

    I questioned RAAus on this and the response was;

    "The site map will go live on the website this week, so please do keep a lookout on our website"

    Shipping a kit by road in Australia

    in AUS/NZ General Discussion

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    We use Barnetts for odd size freight up the east Coast. 4-6m crates regularly. Their rates are significantly better than DHL, Toll or TNT.

    But they don't do direct, so whatever you're shipping, will be forked on an off at their depots.

    and they won't help load/unload it, so you either manhandle it on/off yourself, or forklift if you have one.

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    Vans Aircraft suffering cash flow difficulties

    in Aircraft General Discussion

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    55 minutes ago, skippydiesel said:

     Soooo highly sought after, they are on the brink of financial collapse. The future is economy & quiet performance .

     

    Victim of their own success story actually.

    Order book doubled and they accepted the orders at fixed prices, lead times blew out due to inability to meet demand, whilst costs rose over the last couple of years - they were eventually selling below cost.

    Final blow was outsourcing to meet demand and got burnt by a couple of suppliers.

    Not too disimilar to home builders here in Aus.

     

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    Tell us about your last flight

    in Trips/Events/Seats

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    9 minutes ago, RFguy said:

    fantastic. How do you find the Warrior /Archer difference ? Is the instructor heavy ?

    Intructor I did the training with and Tester are both 70kg ish.

     

    Whilst the Warriors are fine, the Archer is a much nicer aircraft, the extra HP is noticeable. If I was buying, I'd take an Archer everyday.

    Compared the the Sportstar, they both feel like dump trucks though with regards to handling.

    They glide better than I expected - the handling gives the impression that they should just fall with style, but they do better than that, and if you're not paying attention, it's easy to overshoot.

     

     

    Tell us about your last flight

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    6 minutes ago, RFguy said:

    Great to hear. Isn't that hard, is it.. Except the paperwork is pretty full on. 

    Yes, it's not hard really, the paperwork initially is a bit much, but you get there. The flying is a bit more procedural (radio and transponder management) and you need to be a bit more accurate with altitudes and track.

    I actually did the CTA/Nav stuff last week and on the way back stuffed up my PFL -  it's the first one I've stuffed up since getting my RPC.

    So had to go back this morning and show that I could do it, did 5 in the end, different scenarios.

    It's been a good experience, I've flown 3 different Warriors and 2 Archers in the last 3 months.

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    ASIC AGAIN!!!

    in AUS/NZ General Discussion

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    8 minutes ago, skippydiesel said:

    I lived for a time in N Ireland - the IRA had morters that they fired from outside the airport precinct - is this something that our valiant authorities are anticipating - if so they might need to rethink the whole ridiculous ASIC system, as it relates to most inland airports.

     

    They don't care what you do to the aircraft.

    They are more concerned about what you will do with the aircraft and to a lesser extent, it's passengers.

     

    Yes agree, it's good to see a small amount of common sense in the Act, but the 2 hours after departure is dumb.

    When you think that you can look up a schedule, plan to arrive two and a half hours after the RPT has left, and get on the ground to be pinged because the RPT was delayed 45 minutes and only left an hour and 45 minutes ago

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