flyerme

Just watched your video, brings back memories of flying over there. Last time I tried to use my camera the shutter locked closed, what kind /make are you using?

was filming but as ussual that battery went flat 2 mins before incident...bugger

thanks guys..

"and I new the smell! I could tell it was carbon monoxide from the exhaust ".?? Exhaust fumes but not CO2 - Odorless

Not a big deal but may help another?

I took a pilot friend for a nav yesturday out over the s.a coorong then between the murray river lakes followiing Lake alexandreina to Strathalbyn and then started heading back.We had been aloft for a little over 1 1/2 hours and had been a perfect flight,calm, warm,no wind,, a view no words can really describe when we noticed a strong burning smell?Then out of know where the cab filled with smoke? was making us dry reach,choke,eyes were burning and I new the smell! I could tell it was carbon monoxide from the exhaust .As we were only 1-2 nm out from S>A sky diving wellington , I made an emergency call and side sliped from 3500ft to the thresh hold, Note a radio reply from trike at strath to confirm my location and emergency (THANK YOU, MUCH APPRECIATED).Once on the ground we were greeted by 20+ sky divers and the local cessna pilots(and owner).they were very helpfull and to date hands down the most accomadating(2 HUGE THUMBS UP FOR S.A SKYDIVING WELLINGTON)Coffee tea,great clubroom etc...anyway back on track....lol I jumped out and looked at the exhaust to descover the muffler tail pipe(exhaust tip) had broken out of the muffler causing the exhaust fumes to enter the pilot door and vents. instead of being directed under the plane(rotax 582 blue top 460hrs)

As the light wing has removable doors we were able to continued home(smoke free)

Note to rotax 582 owners-make checking the exhaust tip part of the pre flight..and if possible have a bracket welded/fixed from muffler to tip for extra strength.

.She is all fixed and about to head up for some calm morning flying...Take care friends:wave:

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I was sent a copy. I will dig it out.

STILL AFTER "FLIGHT INTO HELL"

Does any one out there have copies of the abc movies-

1. flight into hell. the Hans Bertram storey

2.the riddle of the stinson(Jack Tompson). the Bernaed O;rilley storey

been searching for years...Even tried ABC but they couldn't help as it seems they never went to dvd..

if anyone has a video they could copy for my personal viewing would be very grateful.

his licence is NPPL... UK - national private pilot livence

Thanks HITC,, No not Jack,, but noting the recent interest I may have to post another chapter soon......

Hey guys, I have a friend from the UK who has a current uk ultralight licence and owns and flies both a thruster and an rR.V, he wants to take a holiday here in oz and wants to know if he can fly here with his uk licence? if not whats involved for him to do so? any help asap much appreciated thanks guys

THRUSTER? SHOULD BE ON THERE

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um dosn,t Ian have vision in only 1 eye?(admin)

Hi all, its been a year post accident and just want you all to know that I have been flying again. Was fine with the take off and flight, just the landing was a bit nerve wracking, but hey I did it! Dave still in love with his Zodiac, with a few fuel tank leak problems though. Had to have a new one made. Is planning on a fly today.

I have the LL endorse in helicopters, GA planes and RA planes and I can't possibly see why anyone would suggest you can't have it unless/until you have need of it, though I have heard nonsense like that from CAA/CASA and AUF some while ago. That's like saying you can't have an instrument or multi-engine rating until you plan to fly a twin in IFR. Who said you won't be granted it? As far as I'm concerned any precision training is good training and LL doesn't necessarily have anything to do with rural properties or primary production, however it can have a hell of a lot to do with surviving (or not) an inadvertent incursion into marginal conditions.On the subject of the OP - I really think this has blown out of all proportion when castigation of general low level hooning around the countryside has become intertwined with the discussion about a fly-by at a fly-in at an airstrip. Surely we all know that hooning is stupid and dangerous and some folks are always going to be dumb some of the time. But as for a fast fly-by at a fly-in, at an airstrip, what's the concensus? Should never be done? Should only be done as part of a programmed routine (making it a display rather than a fly-by)? Should only be done by people holding an LL endorse? Are fly-bys at landing speed OK without an LL endorse, just not fast fly-bys? What about cruise speed fly-bys on the dead side to waggle the wings in farewell after a fly-in? Too dangerous?

 

BTW - I guess some folks don't know why the showy folks like to do their fast fly-by contrary to the circuit direction? They're usually arranged that way at airshows too, and it's because it looks faster since it's downwind so the ground speed/speed past the spectator is considerably higher. AND - it's much safer, believe it or not, because you benefit from any effects of wind gradient rather than being disadvantaged by it. An engine failure is also less hazardous because at high speed you have plenty of envelope for a turn-back to land into wind - no, I'm not firing up the turn-back debate again because there's a big difference between a turn-back from EFATO and a turn-back from 150-200kts.

OK so I spent money on a endo I never revieved but the good thing was the lessons I learnt.. makes me a lil safer I believe... money well spent

Just curious ,How many peeps have trained for there Low-Level endo? Yes I have. did a 5hr coarse. Firstly you wont be granted the endo (even if paid and done the coarse)Unless you have an actual legit reason for it . ie= own large property or multiple properties and require the endo to check fence lines, water troughs,mustering etc... The first things drummed into my head was NEVER fly low unless it is truely necessary, never fly low over terrain you have not inspected from the ground first, and MOST IMPORTANTLY NEVER TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE HUGE PRIVILEGE and RESPOSIBILLITY you trained for.. Theres a great book called "Flight at lower levels" A must read for any pilots and makes wire spotting from a couple thousand feet a lot easier..... I can understand go arounds,missed touch and goes etc but taken from this thread seems a dangerous maneuver may have been had? Not to bright and definately says to me the pilot has NOT undergone the training which really opens your eyes to the very real dangers or this would not have happened...

Don't ruin it for the rest of it please..fly smart and fly safe

P.S NOT having a go at the actual pilot referred to in this thread as I was not there and don,t know the actual details.comments made in regaurd sto this thread and it posts.......

stay safe peeps ,see you up there (WAY UP THERE LOL)

WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!! What sort of a person would do that?????????? and why take the doors aswell? scum bags is an understatement I think. unbelievable ...

I feel very sorry for you... shamefull it is ,bloody shamefull.

Hope the lightwing is still going well, nice to hear from you......only just figured out how to get back on, and oooops have fixed the event date now.....

And what a beautiful place...Picked my lightwing up from Archerfalls and has to be the best setting Ive ever seen, The owner Ron is a great bloke and has some absolute beautiful aircraft.... I await the day my lighty flies back in....

still loven my lightwing Ron:oh yeah:

http://archerfalls.com.au/

yep im an EX freestyle moto-x rider

This one scared the bajeebers outa me....As my mate and CFI owner and operater of falcon hawk airfield/training facility lives in Boxwood victoria, and is the same age as the pilot killed,lives on same rd ect..ect.... I made the call and was told what happened. such a tradgedy shouldn,t happen and heres a warning to ALL pilots .stop flying low ,,and in the dark?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My ol mates, Jim n'Kay CFI',s next door nieghbour departed Moorabin and flew his Cessna to his private strip at boxwood VIC(Benalla).He was heard flying over at around 6:18pm

He proceeded his ussual rutine of over flyng his house to let his family know he was home, He did this twice coming down low(very low)

and buzzing his house, his wife and 4 children then came out to greet him on touch down however he then miss calculated his approach striking his trees resulting in the plane hitting the ground verticle killing him instantly, unfortunatly with his family witnessing the event.....RIP and massive condollences.

CASA were on the scene..... by the way He was (as in most cases) very exspierienced.