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  1. BurnieM
    If a small regional airport has; - no scheduled services - 200-ish landings a year - 1 medivac every 2 years - 100 landings/takeoffs for a bushfire emergency every 10 years Who should pay ? The medivac/bushfire response is a benefit to the community so say the council could pay 50% The biggest user is still private aviation. Could 15 plane owners contribute $75,000 per year for a basically maintained rural aerodrome ? This is a pretty typical example.
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    You need to replace the suction cup or mount. Phone/GPS mount suction cups will last much longer if you remove them from the windscreen/window when they are not being used and then reapply them next time you want to use them. You can get over 5 years out of them this way. The perspex/glass the suction cup is attached to is heat cycled daily and as well as eventually causing it to fall off also shortens the cups life.
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    Not quite right. Councils were given the airfields whether they wanted them or not. Most councils started from zero knowledge managing an airfield and many do not have much more now. Cheaply run airfields have maintenance costs starting from $150,000 per year and going up. Many (most?) councils view them as just another cost. Unless there is a pilot or aviation business owner on council many are allowed to run down. Stupidity happens ie Goulburn.
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    Where are you located in Brisbane ? I guess you are still working so you need something after work or weekends ?
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    Keep going. Aviation has a lot of skills that you need to know. Really you need to learn all of them in parallel. Only one problem, nobody learns this way. So you learn one task/skill and then you learn the next and so on. The other thing is what you take in for each skill depends on what you already know. Having to go over things several times is normal and you take in more info each time. It has always been like this even when you were 15 or 25. The thing is 15 year old us knew this and slogged through. Today you have finished your formal education and learnt a job or two and settled into a more comfortable life. Yes old bastard you is a little slower to absorb new information but it it has always been a process. You just have to start and keep going. The more you learn, the safer you are.
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    They would have a hard time establishing that is a reasonable charge in court and they probably know it. So refuse to pay and advise in writing the airport owner and Avdata. If there are legitimate charges on your Avdata bill make sure you pay them excluding the b/s charges.
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    To maintain any level of security as well as fences and ASICs you also need security patrols, say 3-4 utes driving around all operational areas during operating hours. I am yet to see this (minor) level of security at any regional airport. At Shell Harbour we see 1 ute driving around performing maintenance tasks. That is it. The level of security right now (with ASICs) is incredibility low. How about we stop this pointless political theatre ?
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    But we are discussing it because in almost all of the aerodromes we fly to it is ineffective and a significant cost to the individual for no benefit. If they government want it then they should pay. If the airlines want it then they should pay.
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    I have kneeboard but I only used it for the cross country training. I have a A5 notebook I use for writing things down which I put either on the seat or left side pocket. Do not now use papercharts just a EFB (electronic flight book) on an iPad mini. I have a RAM mount with suction cup (about $130) for the iPad. No rush to get an iPad or pick a EFB. Maybe ask around after you do your cross country (6 months plus).
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    But CASA do require you to have an ASIC before your RPL and PPL exams.
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    The only thing I can think of is he once failed a class 2 medical and now cannot get a class 5. RAAus does not care you once failed a CASA medical just that you can make a true declaration over not having a lessor number of illnesses/conditions. Having once failed a higher CASA medical making you ineligible for a class 5 may not be a problem for CASA license holders for much longer if one of the 2 year review recommendations is approved.
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    I was surprised CASA would not accept my ASIC as valid ID when I was creating my ARN. I think this says it all.
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    Auscheck is just checking what is in the Police databases. If something is there they ask about circumstances. There is no independent investigation. If you are a terrorist with no criminal record who is not part of any group then you are fine and will pass this check.
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    Not sure about the ULS probes but I believe the 912IS probes are $300 each.
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    https://www.australianflying.com.au/latest/casa-opens-new-consultation-on-the-oaks/camden-airspace-changes https://consultation.casa.gov.au/stakeholder-engagement-group/relocation-oaks-vap-2/consultation/intro/
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    I do not have a problem with the ASIC as long as the people who want it (the Federal Government) pay for it. Paying over $300 for zero benefit was ridiculous and over $500 now is a joke.
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    It is a learning process. You learn one thing at a time then move onto the next. Sometimes it feels like it is taking forever but eventually you get there. If you are not comfortable doing something in the plane then tell your instructor but give it a go anyway. In 6 months you will wonder what you were worried about.
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    If you are accessing a Security Controlled Airport (ie anything with scheduled services) then the answer is yes. If you are asking 'what will happen if I access a Security Controlled Airport without an ASIC' then it depends. In 2 years at a SCA just south of Sydney I was only asked for it once. This was before I had one. I was not asked for any other ID but was told to get one. I was not refused access or penalised at all. Sometimes you may be refused the gate code or told not to use the passenger terminal. I have never heard of anybody being fined but it is possible. If you want to convert your RPC to a RPL then you need a current ASIC for the application.
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    BuildFlyGo G3X to AXIS upgrade planning
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    It delivers a lot. And you can customise it to remove, highlight or re-position a lot of the fields. I understand that its value depends on what you are used to. Some have said they are slow to pull information from an EFIS and I understand if you have a few hours behind a 6 pack then this could be the case. I am the opposite; probably because 95% of my 110 hours is behind a Dynon EFIS. I find it very fast to pull information from and when I had to use the backup plane with a 6 pack I felt uncomfortable with the time I had to spend inside pulling information. Yes there is a fair bit of custom wiring in a Garmin setup but this is a one off. You cost it all out units and labour and you make the decision on the total price. The biggest positive is that an all Garmin panel integrates very well and is great to use. But all Garmin adds cost so you make your own decision.
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    Posers Anonymous ? "HI, I'm Burnie and I'm a poser"
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    Surely we are all dipping the tanks at the beginning of each day ?
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    BuildFlyGo overview video with costings US$ at Oshkosh
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    At Oshkosh; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUDarqP0YvU
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    Aviation 101 AXIS flight displays to Oshkosh
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