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4 minutes ago, Carbon Canary said:

can anyone suggest which brands to stay away from

As much as I trade with Bunnings, I also accept that stuff at Bunnings is often not up to long life.  The reviews of one that they sell all say the same thing - Don't buy it. Better to go to specialist 4WD retailers. Same price, better quality.

The Oaks is a private airport.

I had to post this here and not in the usual place because it is important;

OFFICIAL:

I have had it confirmed that a financial member of Recreational Aviation Australia, holding a current pilot's certificate issued by RAA, flying an aircraft registered with RAA 

DEFINITELY MEETS THE EVENT CONDITION THAT ARTHUR BUTLER AVIATION MUSEUM INCORPORATED REQUIRES ENTRANTS TO BE INSURED TO COVER ALL RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH PARTICIPATION IN THE EVENT.

Signed:

Mark Adams

Display Organizer

Arthur Butler Aviation Museum Inc.

1 May 2023

I believe that there is a lot of chatter about this matter on various FaceBook pages. I would ask those of you who access those pages to publish this information.

I did speak to a bloke who said he was the "developer", not the owner. Maybe. Perhaps.  A possibility.

I hate  websites that try to promote a development like this and use images of places elsewhere

3 hours ago, turboplanner said:

Here's the CASA Site DAME list database s

Thanks. I did find one in Dubbo.

17 minutes ago, turboplanner said:

On April 7 I posted the CASA details:

There is no argument that what you have quoted are the criteria and your own comments are valid. My source of annoyance is that CASA is ignoring this"

12 hours ago, KRviator said:

the qualifications contained within the AustRoads standards, for Sleep Apnoea "if the person has an established sleep apnoea syndrome (sleep apnoea on a diagnostic sleep study and moderate to severe excessive daytime sleepiness".

I have never, even before the diagnosis, suffered from moderate to severe excessive daytime sleepiness. The reason I was sent to a specialist was simply because of my BMI being above the level set in the AusRoad criteria. According to this calculator

https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/tools/body-mass-index-calculator-for-adult , for my height - 178 cm - I should weigh 75 kg. I'd have to drink muddy water to cast a shadow. However, since 2017 when I started to need a specialist's report to pass my AusRoad medical, I have never been failed. Further, I have to pass a higher standard to hold a public passenger vehicle driver's authority, which I do. This is all on the basis of the specialist's report.

Regarding the value of BMI as a diagnostic tool, The BMI was introduced in the early 19th century by a Belgian named Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet. He was a mathematician, not a physician. He produced the formula to give a quick and easy way to measure the degree of obesity of the general population to assist the government in allocating resources. In other words, it is a 200-year-old hack. He said said explicitly that it could not and should not be used to indicate the level of fatness in an individual. There is no physiological reason to square a person's height (Quetelet had to square the height to get a formula that matched the overall data. If you can't fix the data, rig the formula!). Moreover, it ignores waist size, which is a clear indicator of obesity level.

This article gives reasons to debunk BMI as a diagnostic tool. https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106268439#:~:text=The BMI was introduced in,the government in allocating resources.

Here's an irony. This year, as I have said, my GP completed both my AusRoad medical report and Basic Class 2 report at the same time. In fact, since the Basic Class 2 report is more detailed, he completed that form and simply copied results onto the AusRoad report. Then I stuffed it up with the driver's licence mob and they said that I had not used the correct form. We agreed that I would send the Basic Class 2 report to them as it was not convenient for me to go to Sydney just to get the correct form completed. They quite happily have accepted that report and renewed my licence and authority. 

Now that I've got all wound up, I might take advantage of what KRviator has quoted and fire it back at CASA with a 'Pauline".

In the end, if I have to pay a DAME for a review of my Basic Class 2 status, I might as well fork out the $250 and join RAA, although at the moment I have access to a VH- aircraft at a reasonable hourly rate.

3 hours ago, turboplanner said:

The reason you can’t get a Basic Class 2 is the Doctor is not authorised to manage ANY Conditions.

Most GPs don't "manage" chronic conditions themselves. They send you to a specialist. If you think about it, that is a sensible way to do things. Your LAME, L2 doesn't do the calibration certification for your altimeter. It's sent to an instrument maker who is a specialist. Same for your avionics. 

However, since 2017, when Transport for NSW began asking for reports on my sleep apnoea, the same Respiratory Specialist has been "managing" my condition. That management consists of an annual download of the data from my CPAP machine and a quick look at it. Last time I got chipped for not using the machine every night, but since I wasn't driving buses, I was let off. So what makes CASA think that a DAME, who doesn't know me, nor has never been involved in my diagnosis nor reviews is "managing" my condition?

They did say to go to a DAME and get passed by that doctor. Then they provided a link so I could find a DAME locally. It was really good. I got a response of 404.

I did finally get onto a list of DAMEs. Typical of the assistant CASA gives, the list is alphabetical by surname, with no ability to search by location. So one wastes more time scrolling through the names of doctors from Longford in Middlesex to deepest, darkest Africa. to find one within reasonable proximity.

I bet when I make the appointment and hand over the Basic Class 2 medical and the Respiratory Specialist's report, I'll be out of the DAME's office before the door I came in by has had a chance to close. At least the GP who did the original examination combined it with my driver's medical and only charged me for one examination.

If it stops, the hydrogen in the fuel tank will keep you up.

1 hour ago, turboplanner said:

Earlier this month

Yes. I recall the discussion. But how does CASA justify denying a medical clearance that they claim is based on a medical standard that allows me to drive a fully loaded B-Double down Parramatta Road in peak hour, yet I am not allowed to fly a 1200 kg four-seater aeroplane (basic C-172) in Day VMC? Did I mention that the same NHVR medical report allows me to retain my Public Passenger Vehicle Driver Authority? Which means that I can drive a bendy bus full of primary school-aged children all over Sydney, and even from Sydney to Canberra so that they can visit the Seat of Government.

I haven't looked at the way to appeal, but since the name of the highly qualified medico who knocked me back is Obaid Soomro, I don't think an appeal would have a snowflake's hope in Hell of succeeding. To quote from the email: you have a disqualifying condition prescribed in subregulation 67.263(2) of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 (CASR). Or in other words:

What a crock!

CASA makes a big thing of making the medical standard for recreational pilots equal to those for drivers of heavy vehicles. 

Last month I had my medical for my vehicle driver's licence, and at the same time, examining the same decrepit body, the doctor completed the CASA medical report. For several years I have been using a CPAP machine for sleep apnoea. Each year I am assessed by a sleep disorder specialist as part of the driver's medical. Therefore the Transport mob is happy to allow me to drive a juggernaut through Sydney during peak hour. They will also let me drive a bus, fully loaded with school children all over Australia.

But CASA won't let me fly a light aircraft over the Outback. Here's what they said:

Specifically, you:  

·         do not meet the RAMPC criteria due to sleep apnoea.

The following outlines the reason why this condition/history is considered to have an impact on a pilot’s ability to fly safely and therefore precludes the issue of a RAMPC:

·         Respiratory physician has found you as meeting conditional licence for AMS commercial standards. Although the applicable standard for RAMPC is AMS private standards; for sleep apnoea the criteria to hold an unconditional private licence is the same as that of unconditional commercial medical standard.

The condition on my driver's licence is that I have to control my sleep apnoea through the use of a CPAP machine. 

For your information, my Respiratory Physician told me that if you are over about 50 years of age, and snore, have a high BMI, you have sleep apnoea. It's just a natural aging of the throat muscles.

12 minutes ago, Old Koreelah said:

I won’t be able to go.

I think that you have a duty to your family that is more important than any thing else.

Where have you been for the past six months?

Read this:

An airspeed indicator is not an accurate instrument in the way that an altimeter is.  It is tested for accuracy at an air pressure of 1013 hPa and an air temperature of 15C  Those conditions are virtually never met in practice. 

True airspeed is used for navigational and aircraft performance purposes. Just think of the factors that you must consider when converting from IAS to TAS. True airspeed or TAS  is defined as “the airspeed of an aircraft relative to undisturbed air.  True airspeed is a calculated airspeed which has been adjusted for both altitude and non-standard air. True Air Speed (TAS) is calculated from Indicated Air Speed (IAS), your Altitude, local QNH and OAT.

46 minutes ago, rhtrudder said:

Okay, you’ve talked me out of it, thanks 

Wait on! How long are you intending to hold fuel in them? I can't see any problem with a quick trip from servo to plane.

1 hour ago, onetrack said:

it was officially no longer a public road

It was a joke, Joyce.

I hope that the RFDS registered the aircraft as a motor vehicle, and that the pilot held the appropriate class of licence and a public passenger vehicle driver's authority.

Ask a seaplane operator about putting a plane on the water.

Having just priced 20 litre plastic fuel cans at upwards from $25.00, go for it. Considering that ag chemicals are petrochemicals, I can't see a problem.  I would flush them with petrol just to make sure that any chemical residue was removed because you don't know how those chemicals would burn in a cylinder. Don't forget to paint the drums either yellow for diesel and red for Mogas/Avgas. And thoroughly dry the inside before putting in petrol. 

As with all storage of petrol, use it within 6 months, which is about the shelflife of fresh petrol. 

You're welcome to enter the Arthur Butler Trophy event on 20 May, or simply come across from Trundle. It's only 100 Nm.

The website depicts a variety of remotes including Hyundai.

Thanks for that. They might sell the remote key that suits my car.

3 hours ago, turboplanner said:

Most people don’t know what Compliance and Enforcement is so they look at it that way, but it’s a behavioural management tool much more effective than say Road management through the Courts. A good system makes a big difference to the statistics.

Quite true.

If we can take Traffic Law compliance as an example, enforcement has definitely lead to greater compliance. Take excessive speeding for example. I spent a few years doing traffic law enforcement on the Hume Highway around Goulburn. At the time the speed limit on the highway was 100 kph. I wouldn't stop anything under 125 kph because there were much bigger fish to catch. Speeds up to 180 kph were not too unusual. The other month I drove through my old hunting grounds where the speed limit now is 110 kph. During a drive of about three hours I did not see one instance of excessive speed, and it was a Saturday when people were going from Canberra to Sydney for the weekend. So, to me that indicates that enforcement over time - a generation - has lead to reasonable compliance on the highway.

During the same years back then, Blood Alcohol levels above 0.180 were not uncommon. In the last years of my service, levels hardly passed 0.125. Again a combination of enforcement and generational change over time. One could also throw in the wearing of seatbelts. Who, now, does not feel naked driving along a road without having their seatbelt set?

However, and this is a big "however", I know that nit-picking enforcement has an entirely negative effect. In situations where a non-compliance is either trivial, or easily remedied, seeking compliance more often than not achieves it.  The jack-booted, officious enforcer will never obtain compliance. Just look at the "flash for cash" speed cameras.  With target speed settings unrealistically low for the locality, and operating where there is little likelihood of a "speed-related" incident, compliance lasts only on the near approach to the speed camera. And it is considered courteous for a driver to bring the presence of one of these units to the attention of other drivers who are approaching it.

I have spoken to the company that issues the RAA Member's Policy. That policy will not be extended to indemnify Arthur Butler Aviation Museum Inc.

Entrants need to contact their hull insurer to obtain confirmation that ABAM is indemnified should a claim arise. If your aircraft is not insured, then your entry application will be denied.

You are very welcome to come to Tooraweenah to socialise and experience the local area, but be aware that you will carry the liability for any incident yourself. Since Tooraweenah is an uncontrolled aerodrome, in the interests of safe arrival, I have prepared suggested approach routes from the 10 Nm boundary.  The guide contains a lot of other useful information.

Pilot Guide to Tooraweenah.pdf

If you are an RAA member, why not ask them? 

I know that a lot of people don't have hull insurance, but do these people ever consider what would happen to a passenger? It's like Third Party insurance for your car. We all pay it and the majority never claim on it.

You've got to consider my position. If there is the misfortune of someone being injured during the event, or property damaged, then as the Display Organizer, I'm targeted.  Don't I have the right to ensure that my risks are covered? I have had to buy Public Liability insurance in case a member of the public trips over a twig on the fairground.