Kiwi

From Boonah 3 Drifters, 1 Sanannah, 1 Bush Caddie, 1 JabTaildrager & 1 CT that's just the ones that i know about. kiwi

I just copied this from John McKeown blog site www.ragandtubeaviator.blogspot.com/ kiwi. Hi all, A couple of points have come up from the February Board Meeting that need Vigilance by our members. ADSB - This is back on the agenda. The upper air program has been implemented with an operational date of 2013. There is extremely strong pressure from the airlines to the authorities to implement ADSB now into the lower airspace. This will affect ALL of us. We must be very vigilant. Airport Trigger Points. - Also from the airlines and CASA as a "safety issue". There are moves to have trigger points related to RPT movements into small airports. What this means is that when a certain airport has an RPT movement or volume ratio that reaches the "Trigger" point, that airport and the airspace around it, will be declared Class D airspace. This trigger point is rumored to be very low. This will exclude all our members who do not have a PPL license from the airport and the airspace around it. Once again we need vigilance from the membership. ELT'S - There has been some concern about the mandatory requirement to carry 406 ELT'S from this March. I questioned Jim Coyne from CASA about this and his reply was that the CAO (Civil Aviation Order) mandating this requirement still has not been issued, and that after it is issued the standard twelve months grace period for compliance will apply. So in simple terms there is no mandatory requirement to carry 406 ELT's this year. Note. Be aware that it is now illegal to activate the old 121.5 MHz units. Rego. Stickers. - There is also some confusion about this requirement. Last year the board agreed to the requirement to have registration stickers. The reason for this is it had been found that there were many reported cases of unregistered aircraft flying. In most cases these were unintentional, but placed the owner at great risk not only from the regulator, but also from ligation should there be an accident or incident. In fact in recent years there were cases of aircraft judged to win prizes at Natfly, that were later disqualified because they were found to be unintentionally unregistered. It is hoped that the sticker will be a reminder to those, who for one reason or other, have forgotten to re-register their aircraft, and to provide a peer pressure means to encourage those who want to "free load" on our association to re-register. There was no intention to have an AN, and this will be removed. The requirement is to have a sticker that is visible from outside the aircraft only. You can put the sticker wherever you choose, but it would be preferable to be on the left hand side of the aircraft. This is intended to be in its flying condition, so if an aircraft has covers at night that is OK. John McK

Its ok skyspud, everybody knows that Drifter pilots only think at 50 knots. Kiwi

Welcome EddieO, By the look of your flag you will need a lot of fuel onboard if you ever plan to visit in a Drifter!

I shout “clear prop maybe" (recoil starter on a inverted 582)

Glad you signed in, we need more “real” pilots on this site !

I converted my 503 drifter to a 582 in June this year there are a lot of little things that you need to change to make it work. If you are SE Queensland based it will be easer for me to show you what I have done than for me type the process out on a computer. Or just phone me on 0438250404 (after hours on week days please) Kiwi

John has two blog sites, one is for Serious posts and information for all R A Aus members, this site is Rag and Tube Aviator John’s other blog site The Flying Tigers Recreational Aviation Club ( in his own words) “ is a lighthearted Blog Site for members of the Flying Tigers Ultralight Club.” Kiwi

For the full report, read John’s blog site. Rag and Tube Aviator

I take it that you use to fly out of Hoxton Park. I used to fly with McIntyre aviation in the late 90's, they were trying to close it down back then.

If you want my opinion or even if you don’t, I’m against mandatory radios. However, if you fly at a busy airfield, it is good airmanship to have and use a radio, (I have 2 in my Drifter) but they should never be relied on. On a side note, at my airfield you can have 4 to 5 gliders as well as 4 to 5 powered aircraft in the circuit at one time. If every pilot calls Taxing, Lining up, Crosswind, Downwind, Base, Final and Clear of Runway, They become as good as useless. So how about using some commonsense, If you are near to or from a active airfield it is Good Airmanship to have and to use a radio. But please don’t hog the airways as there are only 4 calls that must be made. * When the aircraft enters the "vicinity of an aerodrome" * Immediately before joining the circuit pattern or, in the case of a straight-in approach, at least 5 NM from the threshold of the runway * Immediately before, or during, taxiing * Immediately before entering a runway. <www.casa.gov.au/scripts/nc.dll?WCMS:STANDARD::pc=PC_90471> Kiwi.

If you want my opinion or even if you don’t, I’m against mandatory radios. However, if you fly at a busy airfield, it is good airmanship to have and use a radio, (I have 2 in my Drifter) but they should never be relied on. On a side note, at my airfield you can have 4 to 5 gliders as well as 4 to 5 powered aircraft in the circuit at one time. If every pilot calls Taxing, Lining up, Crosswind, Downwind, Base, Final and Clear of Runway, They become as good as useless. So how about using some commonsense, If you are near to, or from a active airfield it is Good Airmanship to have and to use a radio. But please don’t hog the airways as there are only 4 calls that must be made. * When the aircraft enters the "vicinity of an aerodrome" * Immediately before joining the circuit pattern or, in the case of a straight-in approach, at least 5 NM from the threshold of the runway * Immediately before, or during, taxiing * Immediately before entering a runway. Civil Aviation Safety Authority - New rules for pilots Kiwi.

Great, climbs at 1000fpm burns 12lph cruses at 50kts. 2 out of 3 aint bad.

hay bro you need to change your to "driftersuck" or maybe "kiwi's who fly drifter's suck" just kidding. Are you going to Boonah this weekend.

Hello, I thought I had better introduce myself. I started flying in GA 1995 and after 120 hours I converted to the AUF, now with over 950 hours I almost have the hang of it (I might get right in the next 1500 hours) My purpose in life is to annoy “Cloudsuck” as I fly a Drifter