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If you look on the goggle maps and the ad listing, it looks as though the property shares the runway with the neighbour. Considering that, I'd offer 5 $mil 🤣

If you're happy to land at Lilydale, I'll come pick you up and lend you a car for the weekend. PM if interested.

I hear Redbull are looking for pilots....🤣

Tyabb could be another option ,it's only 1km to the station, but not sure about regular Public transport there. Leaving a car somewhere is going to be the quickest option though as getting from the airfield to a metro train station is going to add a fair bit of time.

Another Nose wheel wt reference point Evektor Sportstar Plus - 70kg on the nose wheel. 321Kg BEW

Took the new SE2 to Temora for the weekend. Had plenty of battery for the trip up and back Below is the track log from FlightAware for the trip home.

I can see RAAus putting pressure on CASA to hold of the self declared medicals for RPLs. Or lobbying for the removal of CTA access for self declared medicals. When RPLs get self declared medicals, it will seriously disadvantage RAAus. RPL will give you 1500kg MTOW, 2 POB and CTA access, all on a self declared medical. RPC will give you 760kg MTOW, 2 POB and no CTA access on a self declared medical. What's the use RAAus then?

So we send our good wine to the UK and Fosters to the US. That tells you what we think of Americans 🤣

I'm not sure they're concerned with selling more - they can't keep up with demand for kits as it is.

You won't need it, global warming will make winter coats obsolete🤣

Aus post are terrible; Example 1: I ordered a wetsuit and sailing gloves for my wife. the Gloves came from a shop in Elizabeth St, Melbourne - 3 weeks, the Wetsuit from an online shop in the UK, 4 days. Example 2: We installed some equipment in the Aus Post Sunshine Distribution centre a few years back. When we went out to measure up, I noticed 2 packages sitting in the catch nets under the overhead conveyors, the catch nets are about 3m above the ground. 5 weeks later when we went to install the equipment, the packages were still there.

Refund received today 🙂

I recently ordered and paid for 3 items from an Australian owend online aviation shop. The following day I received an email saying they could no longer source 2 of the items and the third item had increased in price and I would have to pay more than the advertised and invoiced price. They also offered a full refund, which I accepted and provided payment details. 7 weeks later and several emails later, I haven't received my refund and they no longer answer my emails or return my phone calls. I won't name the shop just yet, as I'm still trying to work it out with them. I paid by EFT as I've dealt with them before and thought they were trustworthy, should have paid by credit card in hindsight. It's the first time I've been dudded by an online shop. Buyer beware.

RF, when you get around to getting the ally plate cut, water jet cutting gives a much better finish in that thickness.

The RV kits aren't cheap, but you get what you pay for. I know someone who is building a RV14A and the kit is incredible - am I tempted, yes, because the kit just makes it look easy. The cost blow out is up to the builder, my friend is wanting a full IFR panel, he's looking at putting in $100K of avionics 😲😵💸

From this article, it's not a 4 seater RV15 AOPA First Look

It'll have a stall speed sub 40kts, cruise at 140knts and a payload of 200kg with full fuel and 2 POB It'll be a modern C180 Skywagon that you can build at home. What's not to like?

The question is, why did the Capt put in only the minimum amount - by putting in minimum fuel he gets on the ground on time. Being cynical, with all the flack the Q have had on delays and late flights, not a bad strategy and actually saves the company money.

At the current price, the engine, prop and avionics would make it a good donor for someone building a RV.

Interestingly, Tyabb have just banned Helos from hover taxiing to the Avgas bowser.

DA - Density Altitude POH - Pilot Operators Handbook IMO - In my opinion POV - point of view

.......and people looked at me as if I was stupid when I tied my plane down at a Tyabb event - there was a Chapper parked 30m away that I could see was going to be doing engine runs. By the time I got back, the chopper was gone and the Sportstar was still there, where I had tied it down.

This is a perplexing one as we all think how did this guy with 1000's of hours in top level fighters, (in an environment that drills procedures into you on the basis of if you don't follow orders/procedures, someone dies) miss so much in his preflight. It is also totally out of character by all reports. There are numerous sources that said his preflights were typically 1hr - as you would expect of someone who has had safety procedure drilled into their brain. Also numerous reports that he chastised people for doing intersection takeoffs and was never seen doing one himself - why leave all that runway behind you? Yet, he missed actually phisically moving the ailerons and elevator on his walk around, missed removing the gust lock, and missed controls free and correct. He was dead 42 minutes after his wife left the hangar and he hadn't started preflighting then. He then did an intersection takeoff! Something had him hurrying! What, we'll never know. Get theritis? I'm sure we've all missed something on a checklist, I know I have, but not so many all at once, and all related to the controls. And IBob is right, we can't let our checklists become routines that just prolong the time before we get airborne. They are there for a reason - to keep us alive.

30deg C...... just a cool summer day down here 🤣 But, 300m is short.....

Agree with Nev, you don't have to reinvent the wheel. Pic is the front view of a Sportstar with the 912ULS. Top openings - air cooling for the cylinders middle - radiator lower - oil cooler. None are that large and we've never had cooling issues.