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Great vid! I made it to :42 with the music on - kept expecting to see a clown on springs pop out!

Actually, I got fired from Target at age 16 for much the same behaviour!

Well Bigfella, with more Likes than Posts, i would say that for you it is more about Quality than Quantity!! Great stuff, congrats on the big milestone!!

adam

heartbreaking :(

Oh, and they have changed "six-wing" to "fixed wing" haha :)

well the tone of the reporting, if you read the whole story, is refreshing - they seem to be going out of their way to point out that the pilot was known to be competent and skilled, and not questioning the inherent safety of the activity (at least yet). Usually these things immediately dive into all sorts of inappropriate speculations and judgement. A few eyewitness statements to the effect of "engine sputtering".... all parts still firmly crossed for a good outcome.

oh wow.... here's hoping she just bumped her head and will be in one piece for them to rescue and bring home to her family.

Don't let it get to you Solomon - its the same reason why people in a prestigious uni might look down at TAFE, or really any situation going back to the beginning of civilisation where a practical alternative to traditional methods gains popularity. Maybe they perceive that there is some exclusivity they bought/earned their way into that others thru different means attained. Why would someone rather push their Ford than drive a Holden (or vice versa)?

To answer the original intent of your post, yes RAAus hours count towards GA. Is it likely that between a field of candidates that someone's RAAus hours are going to carry significant weight or push someone over the line? Probably not. But that is OK, I realistically don't think anyone would be going for a right-hand airliner seat in the hopes their RAAus time is going to put them on the short list. Its something you do for yourself to stay sharp, and in that light it should be a positive thing to note that you "keep your hand in" no matter what it takes - make sense? Or am I rambling? :-)

I hope they thought to leave their cell phones on, even if there is no signal. fingers crossed for a good outcome. Still odd there is nothing even on the local Caboolture news site.

Can't find any news anywhere, is there a link?

Great story as always Evan!

Yes I really like the new format! I like being able to look at an individual advert and its picture! Step in the right direction :)

man I wish i had taken up flying back in these days!

a bit of thread creep I know, but what would be involved with flying it over? I have read about people doing this, and granted it would take alot of stops and a bloody long time, but I am having trouble even visualising what path one might even take? Anyone ever looked into that?

why would they do it for free? just to build hours?

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and that doesn't say PPL + 200 hours of PPL aeronautical experience... just total aeronautical experience, which I presume could be made up from time racked up in RAA?

Jabiru's web designer must be the same one that does the RAA's site....LOL....

http://www.timecube.com/

Hi Andy,

thanks just saw that! :)

Hi all,

No way am I going to be able to get to the Member's meeting, however I don't want to go uncounted if I can help it. Is anyone volunteering to proxy, and if so can I add my name to your list?

Thanks a ton, PM me.

cheers

adam

haha that's true... going for the ppl anyway, but certainly won't wait for that to start on the trips! After all that's why i got into this for!

wish i had an idea before I left high school... of ANYTHING

now if only they could get their website sometime into this century that would be great!

yeah i'd rather just see a round blur than the card-shuffling effect the props get with these... makes it almost unwatchable sometimes, which is a shame. I understand why it does, just don't like it. But yes, they are beautifully clear, which is nice for post-flight analysis/training.

yup, my school does somewhat of a parallel track so that everything i do towards my RAAus certificate is according to the Day VFR PPL syllabus. When I get my RAAus ticket plus pax and navs, that is more or less equal to having passed your GFPT and navs, so you should then just be able to slide over and get more hours on PPL instead of RA type and other PPL syllabus stuff and take the PPL test and Bob's your uncle! i'm in Sydney though, so not sure how much that will help. I think RVAC coldstream does the same thing, give them a ring?