PureCaboose

Interesting flight route, as oppposed to runinng the magenta line?

I see the need to learn the basics of non-electronic assisted navigation. As someone who learnt land navigation pre-GPS and did many multi-day treks I am glad I have that skill when I see how the general public struggles withouot their phone to just get around the city. Sure, it is easy to just google how you are going to get there. I use Google Maps when I drive but I have the main points on a piece of paper to remind me where I need to turn etc. I have had Android Auto just shut off multiple times when in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney and would have been hoplessly lost, as my kids have been.

Paper charts, pencil/pen and paper for log, and a wiz wheel not the calculator/electronic version. I do use a big number calculator for the math as I am hopeless with math these days, especially when calculating groudn speed.

I do the same thing around YMIG (Mittagong), where I fly up to YWBN (Wedderburn), out to the coast and down to YSHL (Shellharbour), skirt the restricted zone around YSNW (Nowra) and up over the escarpment and then follow the 23nm circle around to ther west, and comeback into YMIG to the south of the Camden training area. I do it clockwise, counter clockwise, count my time, count my fuel etc.

It's a self centering technique to keep aircraft aligned on the centreline. 😄

so the ATSB will investigate a student pilot crashing a plane on a go-around where the student walked away, but won't investigate any RAAUS accidents involving deaths?

Just to stir the pot a little, does this mean if you are on auto-pilot so cease being a pilot as you are no longer 'controlling the operations of the machine"?

That is a good point, read the POH. For my Jabiru slips with flaps are allowed. The emergency decent method is take off flaps and slip like a MOFO.

All the way to the flare, my instructure at my last BFR made me do a 1000ft side slip to flare and land with engine at idle....was a lot of fun.

Keep it a private ALA, you need permission to land on it (unless it is an emergency) like when you mates drive their cars on your property.

This is exactly why I am on homebased on a private field, and also working towards acquiring a suitable property to have a long, flat, well drained paddock to support our Fly and Stay accomodation hanger. Eventually, we will need to become a private network of ALA's instead of airfields so we can go cross country.

Tell you about my last flight? Sure Took my vehicle mechanic up for his first light plane flight on Friday morning, perfect morning for a first flight. 15knt's, gusting to 18knt's direct down the runway line at 240 degrees. Did the W&B the night before, added 10l of fuel in the morning to MTOW, pre-flight before guest arrives so all we need to do it taxi to the club house, brief and then head off. Flight was magic, just enough turbulance in the early morning air to ensure the 'small plane' feel of the flight (JAB 160), but not enough to make you grunt when it comes. No haze, a few little clouds to play slalom with, plenty of photo opportunities, flew over his house and his workshop. Arrival back at the runway was fun, the wind has picked up, 20knts, gusting to somewhere in the low 30's and a bit of a mashing machine on the strip with the windocks pointing in opposite directions to each other. Nice approach, single stage flaps in case of go around and near perfect landing. Mechanic had a great flight, wants to go again. Took plenty of pics, and even wanted pics of him in the plane on the ground etc. Good outcome all round I think. Wile we were putting the bird away the wind picked up, went a little crazy and we had the socks spining around on the pole. Perfect timing. Cheers.

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Yeah, I am in the same boat at the moment. I fly sub 2 kg units and always run an ADS-B tracker on the iPAD when flying, only doing VLOS but working on our BVLOS at the moment. I am curious as to when we will be requried to use an ADS-B transmitter on the airframe, I can see it coming, at least for BVLOS work.

I have an SE2, but am unsure it if will meet the ADS-B mandate as the SE2 is an EC device and not a true ADS-B device. I also wonder how I will go with my UAV's that do not currently have any ADS-B functionality. Interesting times coming up