pylon500
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Everything posted by pylon500
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There's merit in it, make the government look after our ability to fly simply and affordably. If they throw too much regulation at us, threaten them with ministers and the media. All the GA people pay once off payment licenses, don't have to belong to an organisation and have clear cut rules to follow. Do GA pilots need to submit a yearly flying report?
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3500 aircraft, 5 working days a week (261 days, no holidays), an average of 13 expired rego's per day, but maybe more than 2 days to do ONE rego? Things not looking good..........
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You should remember that when an L2 has to make an assessment on an older, or at least 'not perfect looking' plane, he is betting against his reputation and his worldly possessions that the aircraft can survive a ferry flight to a more in depth inspection. "She'll be right" inspections will eventually bite.
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Had a look at the RAAus site about 20 minutes ago (around 11:00pm est), and found this; My underline. (was going to use italics until I realised that quotes are already in italics!)
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Being a member of EAA, I regularly get news updates on what's happening in the US. I did not see a lot of mention of LSA problems over there before October 2011...... I think with the Yanks, it was a case of "That was spectacular, good thing we don't have that sort of problem over here,,,, or do we?"
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And that's only the recent list of 'upper echelon' movements. Some of the movements from the 'workface' level are worthy of note as well.....
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Can you find a link to the news item?
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That's an interesting date, if it ties in with an event in October 2011, then that is actually fairly quick action by CASA. I think maybe the magazine glossed it over for you....? I'm sure there's some clues here...
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I guess that should read, 'A pilot with too much money is soon flying a plane with a handle' !!
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Something about 'A pilot and too much money is soon flying more plane than he can handle?'
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Why does the thought "WE'RE SCREWED keep running through my mind? Aircraft tally; 1 x '24' (non LSA) aircraft still flying till April, 1 x '25' aircraft just expired (two weeks, no news), 1 x '25' aircraft under rebuild with lapsed rego (twelve months), but probably still wont be finished for another six months, 1 x '19' aircraft being re-engined so will need rego updated, 1 x imported '?' which may need some interesting paperwork (or become a lawn ornament!) and 1 x '28' restoration project that will be modified, hopefully before I die of old age. How many others out there are actually grounded/waiting for rego at the moment? More to the point, has ANYONE been re-registered in the last two weeks? I think the fuse may have been lit somewhere around October 20011.......... And the initials SB may have something to do with it?
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World Directory of leisure aviation 2012-2013
pylon500 replied to shu77's topic in AUS/NZ General Discussion
I think I found my first issue of this back around 1999, and after reading 'Kitplanes' and similar US magazines most of the time, this magazine showed a whole new list of aircraft NOT being sold from the US ! The 1999 issue, Covers a wide range of flying machines, not just Ultralights...
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What name have you given to your aircraft?
pylon500 replied to pudestcon's topic in AUS/NZ General Discussion
There was the gynaecologist that built a CH-200, and registered it VH-POX -
That tends to reflect my cynicism somewhat after reading a popular science fiction series.....
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New Engine Options for Jabiru –Rotax or Lycoming
pylon500 replied to Motif's topic in AUS/NZ General Discussion
Going from a 1600 Jab to (I guess) an 80hp rotax must have felt awesome!! What was the feeling when you went back to the 2200? -
What name have you given to your aircraft?
pylon500 replied to pudestcon's topic in AUS/NZ General Discussion
While I was still building my 503, 'Little Racer' seen as my avatar, I was planning on calling my prototype "SCREAMAPILLAR" Simpsons watchers will get the drift.
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Now, now, we don't do things like that.............
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So much for having things up and running again Tuesday week ago? Now I have an aircraft that's expired, and contacting the office today (Wednesday), I'm told it may go back on the backlog list after Friday? I say let LSA, older GA pilots and CASA's RPL all go off under CASA, and we restart the AUF for 95:10 and 95:25! Thrusters, Lightwings and Drifters were only built to basic standards, but they got a lot of us to where we are today with very little problems, and acceptable cost.
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Uhm?, the implication of my comment, is to say the above mentioned Brumby is the first production Ultralight, just not the first Ultralight overall, to be fitted with the -233.Sorry if I confused...
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Not usually, and sometimes they get some little 'wakeup' calls in flight, ie EFTO's, LOTS of stall training , and the odd comment on how well they are starting to park their car
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I often find I get a pretty good first assessment of a student by the way they park their car, the first time they arrive.....
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Actually, if you look closely, you will notice the Airbus is registered HB-JIY. That is a Swiss rego, not the New Zealand (ZK-) rego, which does not need to be displayed on aircraft staying in NZ. For more Ultralight registrable biplanes, have a look at this thread; <http://www.homebuiltairplanes.com/forums/aircraft-design-aerodynamics-new-technology/1913-best-ultralight-biplane.html>
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There is a connection here, that 233 now in the Jab, was used by the Goards to make up the mounts and cowls for the Brumby (so I'm told...) It's an impressive looking Jab, and gets along pretty well, unfortunately it still only handles like a Jab.
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Tailgating, or being sucked along by drag, is not going to be a very effective way of saving fuel. However, if you can reduce the amount of power used to generate the lift (which induces drag) by flying in a continual updraft created by an aircraft in front of you, then you can save some fuel. Like I said "Geese, Swans, Ducks etc have been doing it for centuries........" Arthur.
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Well actually the first 'Production' aircraft with an 0-233, there's been a 200 series Jab taildragger flying around up here for about 6 months. Arthur.
