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What are your plans for it now? Are gears available to recommission it?

If you are belching out 2mt flames a change of diet may be in order

Well spotted, will make servicing a lot more time consuming

Where are you located Dean?

Looks like your X-Air has some interesting hangar mates

I currently own a RAAus reg aircraft and a VH reg aircraft. I plan on doing the MPC as soon as it is available. Do you know when it will go live?

No need, I am sure the info RAAus supplied to me is correct. I misunderstood Brendan's comment, the Titan Tornado is not a group G aircraft, the requirement for a new CofA is only for Group G aircraft.

That's not what RAAus told me on Tuesday when I called to enquire about transferring a VH reg aircraft to Group G. They said a new CofA is required and needs to be issued by a CASA Airworthiness delegate

I wasn't too clear on that was I. To transfer a Group G aircraft from VH to RAAus would currently require a CofA from a CASA Airworthiness Delegate. RAAus are trying to come up with an alternative.

I recently enquired about Group G and was told they are currently working on the training required to add a group G RPC, so you will need a separate group G RPC if you want to fly Group G aircraft RAAus are also working on the CofA requirements to move a VH reg plane to RAAus reg. It's just a pity that only Part 66 licenced LAME's will be able to maintain Group G aircraft unless you are the builder

Looks like there is a towbar attached to the tailwheel

This sums it up, it's well defined internationally. Some people just can't accept that they are wrong and just want to argue for the sake of arguing. Skip, maybe you should take it up with CASA etc if you want them to change the term, I'm sure they will be happy to update their glossary once you show them your fecundity/fertility argument🙄🤣

I was agreeing with you Nev, it wasn't supposed to be out of context. A drone still needs to be flown, the controls need to be manipulated to make the aircraft fly, the person manipulating those controls is flying the aircraft, therefore they are a pilot. CASA, FAA, EASA, NZ CAA etc all recognise that the person who flies the drone is a drone pilot, and needs the appropriate qualifications and training to get their drone pilots licence. So given the vast majority of aviation regulators issue drone pilot licences it would appear that you are the one guilty of the misuse of language. I tried to use the Macquarie dictionary but it would appear you need to be a subscriber to get their definitions

So you are the pilot regardless of whether the controls are operated via a traditional controls with cables and pushrods, a joystick and fly by wire system, or a wireless connection between the pilot and the controls

CASA already define the difference between a drone operator and a drone pilot, but you would need to keep up with current aviation terminology to know this. If you would prefer to stick to plain English for those that can't keep up aviation acronyms, the Cambridge Dictionary defines a Pilot as a person who flies an aircraft. Using this logic any fly by wire aircraft would be flown by an operator, not a pilot, as they are unflyable with out their onboard technical systems