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My thoughts are with you & your family Ian, all the very best to you all.

Good fun Ian, I did the 60 minute 737-800 experience a couple of years ago & managed 3 circuits at Kai Tak & 3 at Princess Juliana. managed 4 landings & 2 arrivals:ecstatic:.

Try this for size, not sure of pricing Aeros - Trikes & Wings for trike. Believe the first one has arrived in Oz.

A real gentleman & fun to fly with. Condolences to Barb.

Will be sadly missed, condolences to Barb.

Hi Carlos & welcome. Any news on when you will go to air with the footage from your visit to Clint Dickenson's strip by lake Eppaloch?

BRS quote 260-290 ft agl but state that speed is also a major factor in a successful low altitude recovery

I think the main strip is bitumen now

Message received....will be in touch...Rgds Pete

Hi & Thanks Skeptic, that is very kind of you. I am planning to come with a mate who also has an Aeros & ideally we would like to be able to drop the wings & have them under cover overnight, but please pm me your number Pete

Privately owned I believe

Hi all, Thinking of taking the Aeros nanolite trike to Lakes Entrance to fly the 90 mile beach. Does anyone have any info on the strip at Kalimna, just West of L/E. I don't particularly want to use the other strip just North of the town as they want $60 landing fees for ultralights!! Also happy to use any decent paddock if anyone knows of a friendly farmer down that way. Thanks in advance...Pete

Pretty sure they were all PPL's

My instructor tried this in Melbourne many years ago. I remember seeing his first attempt, it was like dot matrix printing & was pretty impressive to watch. So fast compared with normal sky writing. The only reason it failed was because trying to organise 5 pilots to be at Moorabbin at the same time & date proved to be near impossible.

US$499 pre-order, or wait until it's available & pay US$999

Try Lethbridge Airpark both RAA & GA & 1 hour 15mins from CBD, less from western suburbs Rgds Pete

Copy of my email: As a recreational pilot I find your article ill informed, sensationalistic & offensive. I belong to a website that promotes & supports our freedom to fly. We are in general, a very responsible group of pilots numbering in excess of 7000 in Australia. We receive extensive training, including human factors, before we are granted the privilege of flight. I don't know about the rest of the pilots but I undergo a fairly rigorous annual check up with my GP who has known me for the past 30 years. We fly for pleasure, mainly well away from controlled airspace. If, as has been suggested, we should undergo psychological or psychiatric testing then this ruling should be applied to bus drivers, truck drivers, hell, just ordinary motorists as they have the same opportunity to injure & kill others as we do. As for Ron Bishop's claim that a third of us would probably lose our licences after these tests, give that the credence it deserves, exactly where did he pull that supposition from. I have copied & pasted a few of the responses from my fellow aviators on our website: Rather a stupid argument. The German Wings pilot who killed so many people would have to have gone through all the supposedly efficient at weeding out medical checks. He still committed murder suicide if the reports are to be believed. Maybe he did it because he knew he was going to fail his next medical. Sophie Henshaw doen't seem to be very bright, subscribing to the argument she uses. The comments reported by this Journalist obviously knows bugger all about aviation. It would have been better if the Journalist reported on some issue that they knew something about rather than going off half cocked. According to the Journalists knowledge of aviation ( which is bugger all) then the Journalist could even have suggested the all Pilots be grounded forthwith & of course this is neither logical or practical worldwide. Oh bugger! Thought I was going to be the first to bring this to everyone's attention. I have just spent the last couple of hours typing out a very angry rebuke to this garbage which also found its way into the Advertiser, (South Australia). Basically I had a bit of a hissy fit and suggested that the trash pedlar Matthew Benns should be forced to print an apology and correct the fictitious claims which he made. Perhaps everyone should send emails or letters to the editors of any publication that prints this crap. My C1 medical has had bugger all to do with psychometric testing... Hows also not doing psychometric testing of RA guys going to help? Idiots. I am sure there will be many more similar responses Peter

Done that

OMG how can they publish this crap & lay straight in bed at night. Herald Sun, today.

We have an X-Air standard for sale. Fun & very easy to fly.

Hi Jimmy, We have an X-air standard for sale in Vic. Give me a ring on 0402 599 306 if you want to discuss. Rgds Pete

Lethbridge, RAA & PPL. They also have a large & active club, Geelong Sports Aviators.

Thank goodness he escaped unharmed

Heard this report on 4pm radio news bulletin today. Have no further info. Has anyone heard anything?

Someone having fun along the beach at South Melbourne