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[BrendAn]

13 minutes ago, FlyingVizsla said:

 

 

Have a friend who just loves bringing these old planes back to life.  He is starting on an X-Air which needs "everything" redone.  He's doing a Zenith, Thruster, a couple of unique designs - only one of each in Australia.  They all have files in the archives.

There are plenty of people flying and restoring old rag and tube aircraft. It's a good hobby 

Edited Monday at 11:03 PM by BrendAn

[skippydiesel]

37 minutes ago, BurnieM said:

Makes sense to me and not new.

 

A lot of the ‘new requirements’ posted on here seem to be based on a little bit of fact and a lot of misunderstanding. Can people PLEASE verify the facts before posting and not post ‘I heard a rumour does anybody know what’s going on…’

 

Burnie me mate,

 

I hope I would never post/repeat something I know little about, that I had heard from another, as fact ie I will always use words like speculation/rumour/caution to worn the reader that its something I wont standby/defend.- ie not know to be fact.

 

I thought that this little bit of information, that I had not previously heard of,  may be of interest to pilots who are RAA endorsed on diffrent types of aircraft (not I). It is for them to follow up/check to see if right/wrong.😈

 

Edited Monday at 11:06 PM by skippydiesel

[BrendAn]

Ok. I just got off the phone to raaus.

That's how easy it is to get the facts.

What I thought was wrong. All endorsements on your certificate  remain valid with a single bfr.

2 axis and 3 axis alternate as stated by blue.

[FlyBoy1960]

49 minutes ago, FlyingVizsla said:

Not lost - they're in the archives.  Waste of money digitising files for planes that are no longer registered and haven't been heard of for 10 years.  In our case, staff got the file out for us, scanned the pages and we'll apply to have it returned to the register under its old number.  Just finishing a few things and waiting for the ACR.

 

Have a friend who just loves bringing these old planes back to life.  He is starting on an X-Air which needs "everything" redone.  He's doing a Zenith, Thruster, a couple of unique designs - only one of each in Australia.  They all have files in the archives.

Nope..  A lot of the filing cabinets went to the tip in error when they moved between offices.

[jackc]

1 hour ago, FlyingVizsla said:

Not lost - they're in the archives.  Waste of money digitising files for planes that are no longer registered and haven't been heard of for 10 years.  In our case, staff got the file out for us, scanned the pages and we'll apply to have it returned to the register under its old number.  Just finishing a few things and waiting for the ACR.

 

Have a friend who just loves bringing these old planes back to life.  He is starting on an X-Air which needs "everything" redone.  He's doing a Zenith, Thruster, a couple of unique designs - only one of each in Australia.  They all have files in the archives.

They were short of X-Air files last week, that they had lost,  having previously been provided. 

[Barrynel]

1 hour ago, BrendAn said:

Ok. I just got off the phone to raaus.

That's how easy it is to get the facts.

What I thought was wrong. All endorsements on your certificate  remain valid with a single bfr.

2 axis and 3 axis alternate as stated by blue.

Yes that is correct ,under the current Ops Manual where one BFR covers multiple groups, but under the new version 8 unfortunately it is changing where each category that you hold will need a separate BFR completed this is currently getting reviewed by CASA

[Barrynel]

15 hours ago, BrendAn said:

I think it will be true because raa are under pressure from casa to lift their game after all the drama a while back. 

It actually makes some sense.

If you have taildragger endorsement but buy a nose wheel and do all your flying in that then how can raa be sure that you can handle a taildragger if you haven't been flying one for the last 2 years .

You will have to decide what endorsement you want to keep it do the bfr for both .

 

I you look at RAAP 1 it talks about type training which is not technically a BFR, it is training you might need if you go from a thruster to say for instance to a bristell or high-performance aircraft

[skippydiesel]

Ha Ha! We now have one saying my "fagend of a conversation" is UNTRUE, the other saying TRUE  and BOTH sighting RAA - Please don't come to blows🤣

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[Barrynel]

52 minutes ago, skippydiesel said:

Ha Ha! We now have one saying my "fagend of a conversation" is UNTRUE, the other saying TRUE  and BOTH sighting RAA - Please don't come to blows🤣

😈

The previous comment is correct that currently one BFR covers multiple groups, but also that the OPS manual is being revieved and sitting with CASA currently,   and that one of the changes involve doing a BFR for each category you hold, this was confirmed by the head of flight operations a few weeks back with a meeting I had with him

[facthunter]

Usually doing a high one like CME/IFR covers all things below.. This "Slow and Draggy" thing is over emphasised. IMHO. Once you understand the Issues an demonstrate competence you are unlikely to forget or ignore them.. Plenty of Instructors would fly 5 different planes in a day.

 At the Other end of scale,  Complex Heavies, Multiple Endorsements are Not allowed for fear OF CONFUSION. You will be Licenced to fly ONE  RPT type on which you are current.  Flying Light aircraft excluded as Long as Flight  time limitations aren't exceeded.  Jumping into things like A Pitts are even encouraged by some Progressive Airlines. Nev

[BrendAn]

3 hours ago, skippydiesel said:

Ha Ha! We now have one saying my "fagend of a conversation" is UNTRUE, the other saying TRUE  and BOTH sighting RAA - Please don't come to blows🤣

😈

What the hell are you saying.

What's a fagend, a cigarette butt

[FlyingVizsla]

5 hours ago, FlyBoy1960 said:

Nope..  A lot of the filing cabinets went to the tip in error when they moved between offices.

Was this back when AUF moved from Victoria to ACT?

[facthunter]

"sighting" Raa Means CITING. It's in code. Nev

[facthunter]

  Maybe a fagend is a Legend deteriorated by memory loss and who now Knows fa.  Nev

[onetrack]

Brendan, Skippy is showing his age. "Fagend of a conversation" means the end of a conversation, mainly when the conversation is running out of topic, and has become unimportant.

 

It probably came from the time when people had a discussion over a work break smoke session, and the conversation ended when the cigarette was finished, and everyone had to go back to work. Nothing to to do with the other "fags" (homos).

[BrendAn]

29 minutes ago, onetrack said:

Brendan, Skippy is showing his age. "Fagend of a conversation" means the end of a conversation, mainly when the conversation is running out of topic, and has become unimportant.

 

It probably came from the time when people had a discussion over a work break smoke session, and the conversation ended when the cigarette was finished, and everyone had to go back to work. Nothing to to do with the other "fags" (homos).

So I wasn't far off with cigarette butt. 😁

[FlyBoy1960]

3 hours ago, FlyingVizsla said:

Was this back when AUF moved from Victoria to ACT?

No from the old office to the new office

[skippydiesel]

5 hours ago, BrendAn said:

What the hell are you saying.

What's a fagend, a cigarette butt

"Fagend" - Yep the end of a cigarette, picked up by a down & out person for a quick puff.

Term used to describe overhearing a bit of conversation or using just a bit of a longer conversation - probably English in origin. 😈

[skippydiesel]

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[Arron25]

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