Sport Pilot Magazines

[409tonner]

I have received 17 copies of the latest Sport Pilot Magazine 🤔 Christmas present from RAaus . I might give them to family for Christmas presents saved me a fortune 🤣

[skippydiesel]

Wow! A real windfall IF it wasn't such a rubbish product.😈

[onetrack]

I guess you realise that by now, there are another 16 very unhappy Sport Pilot members, who are going to have a devastating Christmas, without their copy of the mag?? 😄 

[sfGnome]

1 hour ago, skippydiesel said:

Wow! A real windfall IF it wasn't such a rubbish product.😈

Funny. I was thinking how much I’ve enjoyed this latest issue. Each to their own, I guess. 

[skippydiesel]

20 minutes ago, onetrack said:

I guess you realise that by now, there are another 16 very unhappy Sport Pilot members, who are going to have a devastating Christmas, without their copy of the mag?? 😄 

I would be happy if they reduced my membership fee and didnt deliver this crap product.

 

With the notable exception of the RAA staff advisory submissions,  for the most part the rest, writen by the editor, is a trash magazine😈

Edited Wednesday at 11:44 PM by skippydiesel

[skippydiesel]

Anyone checked out the "FLY'N FOR FUN 2026" page 80.

 

"Bring some polish and get to show off your wings with other aviators or curious victors...."

 

As some of you may recall I thinks Parkes is about the worst airport to host an RAA event. Nothing against Parkes itself, just that its a Security Controlled Airport  - ASIC required and definitely no "curious visitors" on the flight line.

 

RAA events of this nature should be;

• About educating (recruiting) the public -in part this is means access to the flight line -not possible at Parkes or similar Security Controlled Airports
• Showing off your aircraft (if you wish) - other than a passing pilot/ passenger - not going to happen.
• Open to all pilots, no ASIC required. Sure they had a sort of, semi functional,  estcourt service at the last event but the fact remains ASIC requirement likly to put some off.
• Controlled ie have a UNICOM. Last year saw aircraft in opposite circuits & landing direction - crazy!
• Ground stewards:  There were arriving aircraft parking attendants, on the day I was there but not in evidence, when departure time came around - chaos!

What was wrong with Narromine and Temora???? 😈

[BrendAn]

11 hours ago, skippydiesel said:

Wow! A real windfall IF it wasn't such a rubbish product.😈

not really a windfall once you read the first one😁  the other 16 would be pretty boring.

Edited 23 hours ago by BrendAn

[409tonner]

I decided yesterday to unpack and read my copy and discovered that they were addressed to members from local and near local area so my wife took them back to the post office so they can be delivered to their rightful owners.Mine just happened to be on the top of the bundle. I wonder how often this happens to other postal deliveries 🤔

[Blueadventures]

1 hour ago, 409tonner said:

I decided yesterday to unpack and read my copy and discovered that they were addressed to members from local and near local area so my wife took them back to the post office so they can be delivered to their rightful owners.Mine just happened to be on the top of the bundle. I wonder how often this happens to other postal deliveries 🤔

Send the image to RAAus and the editor for their information.  Cheers.

[onetrack]

The average Aust Post contractor generally throws the delivery over the fence, into something like the bird bath, then runs away - even though it's listed as having to be signed for, on delivery. 

[sfGnome]

28 minutes ago, onetrack said:

The average Aust Post contractor generally throws the delivery over the fence, into something like the bird bath, then runs away - even though it's listed as having to be signed for, on delivery. 

Geez, you must have a crook lot over in the west! Our previous Aus Post delivery bloke knew everyone and was really good. When he left (to go to a job more suited to his skills and education), he shared the job with his replacement for a couple of weeks and introduced him to everyone.

Now, if you want to talk about poor delivery service, talk Aramex (*%&#$%&!! 😠). 

[onetrack]

sfGnome, the AP contractors are hit-and-miss, some are good, some are useless. I reckon a lot of them can barely speak English, so they avoid face-to-face contact. The posties themselves are good, well-trained and efficient, but they can't handle the AP parcel volumes, so AP and Startrack are always hiring outside contractors with vans for final deliveries.