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A great story for sure. From 2008.

Do ya think ATSB will ever release the iPhone on-board ferris wheel footage? It exists. I'm reliably informed it looked like:yikes:from both sides of the camera.

VH-DSJ SEARCH DOCS 1. Go to http://www.naa.gov.au/ 2. Click on search the collection 3. Click on Begin your search 4. Up comes RecordSearch 5. In the keywords box type VH-DSJ 6. Up comes this file 7. Click on the View digital copy icon. and http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/farmer-may-hold-ufo-clue-to-36year-valentich-plane-mystery/story-fni0fiyv-1227019116651?sv=2e9b76c295941682f7af13ba05100758

Congrats then Peter, all's well that ends. Sounded just SO suss, straight out of, well, something suss. Happy seller, happy buyer, off to the bar!

Don't tell us you're going to bend over, yet again, for Round 4 Peter! Who were you contacted by? Him? Himself? Again? This has scam written all over it.

Driving around Dubbo over the weekend, there were plenty of VACANCY signs out at motels, right over the whole weekend. No problem. Went by the Narromine showgrounds also later on Saturday - very busy down there.

Many many years ago (15?) I saw what was left of the "Kingfisher" in a hangar at Barwon heads VIC. The more Ron Fisher did to it, the less of it there was. He claimed it to be his own work, (but had previously advertised it for sale as the factory 2 seat prototype.) He had ex RAN test pilot Keith E test fly it once or twice, and I believe he found it somewhere between unpleasant and frightening. When I saw it, it was butchered beyond belief, the engine had all sorts of crappy cooling shrouds all over it, the tailbooms were being replaced with heavy 6x3 or 8x4 inch alum box sections, supposedly because the originals started flexing wildly in flight Ron was telling me, it had about a dozen or more 2lt milk bottles on the floor of the nose for flight ballast, it was in a real state. Ron's then mad-scientist plan was to make it into a push-pull twin, with two Jabiru 2200's, with the front engine being the extra required ballast. The more he modified it, the less of it there was. It was beyond saving by then by the look of it. Dunno what happened to it. The End.

Does this mean you'll be now known as Neville, Nev!

Sounds rather high. You can get a whole car here for near 3000. Try the car importers. A lot of them have a regular customs clearing agent all teed up.

ISPM15 is the timber treatment (fumigation) compliance used in USA. METH-O-GAS Methyl bromide 100% chemical, for wood destroying insects. 24 hrs fumigation. That's what my whole container got. Wood things, in wood boxes, with wood packing. Included a boxed used engine with no special attention, mentions or declarations required - it was on the manifest. AQIS officer took a peek, no problem. Box can also be fumigated here upon arrival. There or here, doesn't matter. Probably cheaper there. C&H Freight - 2 thumbs up from me. Christine is tops Scotty. What US state is this thing coming from?

Then I got to fly some cool things for mates....

Going back quite a few years..... bit of a beast at 19kg and 120 inch span.... but it flew like a pussycat.

Excellent ideas so far. Get them to keep eyes outside to the distance, so that what they see matches what they feel. Keep talking to them, about the scenery, what's going on, anything. Look at them, have them look at you. When they go quiet and won't respond is the time to RTB. They are just holding it together and don't have any capacity left to talk. Give them a sick bag beforehand, and tell them that they WILL NOT need it, but take it anyway, or place it within reach. Sometimes, they are afraid to ask until it's just too late.

CASA 102/15 Appeared on their website today 2 July, backdated to 29 June, for commencement on 1 July, exactly as I predicted.

Jabiru restrictions via CASA 292/14 expired at midnight 30th June 2015, and have not been renewed as of today 1 July 2015, despite CASA saying on their website that it will be, from 1 July 2015. For such a monumental "SAFETY CRITICAL" action to not be renewed in a timely fashion speaks volumes don't it? I gather not a single person on the planet has received a thorough explanation from CASA as to exactly what their concerns are, data, specifics etc? Nope! I'll bet that the restrictions are renewed soon, as they claim, and that by the time it hits print, it will have been backdated sufficiently to make flights legal today on 1 July 2015, retrospectively illegal. Gold CASA, gold.

Five minutes after NAIPS was born in the early 90's as I recall, this came out: Not Actually Intending To Provide Service.

Act 20AB..... GRRRRRRRRRRRRR................... I was looking at it all yesterday, in depth, at the current thing....... I didn't see it. You know what, I think I was looking at underneath a Section 20A, which is a few items BELOW 20AA,AB,AC. What a crock. Silly me thought in the alphabetical world that first came A, then came AB and so on.... Section 20AB of the act IS still there folks. Happyflyer - good pick up dude! 20AB Flying aircraft without licence etc. (1) A person must not perform any duty that is essential to the operation of an Australian aircraft during flight time unless: (a) the person holds a civil aviation authorisation that is in force and authorises the person to perform that duty; or (b) the person is authorised by or under the regulations to perform that duty without the civil aviation authorisation concerned. civil aviation authorisation means an authorisation under this Act or the regulations to undertake a particular activity (whether the authorisation is called an AOC, permission, authority, licence, certificate, rating or endorsement or is known by some other name). From the three CAO's: Licence not required For section 20AB of the Act, a person is authorised to perform a duty essential to the operation of an aeroplane to which this Order applies without holding a flight crew licence if he or she complies with the conditions set out in subsections 5 and 6. So, it is saying that to fly, you need something, (licence or certificate) - you cannot fly on just fresh air: no licence or no certificate. If you do have a CASA licence, there's really no need to read any further to the other sections, they do not apply to you. That's what it says. "You can fly without a licence (from CASA), if you..........." You know how all this probably came about - back in the days of the formation of AUF, etc, the ones that wanted to fly light, inexpensive, home made or cheap kit aircraft, they had no licence, at all, nothing. So the CAO was written for them. If you don't have a licence, don't worry, here's what you need to do...... And it hasn't been updated much, if at all. Would I be legally comfortable flying a mates aircraft on only a PPL? Yes, I would, if he'd let me. Would I be covered by RA-Aus insurance? NO! Is that wise? NO! So you see, it's all not quite so black and white in the long run. This is an interesting discussion for sure.

CAO's 95.10. 95.32 and 95.55 all have a "Licence not required" clause in them, referring to Section 20AB of the act (the Civil Aviation Act). Guess what? There is no such thing as 20AB now, it's gone. It was about flying without a licence, in other words, on something else, a pilot certificate. My thought was, regarding the "flying without a licence" exemption, if you already had a CASA licence - you didn't need to use the CAO's exemption (fly on a pilot certificate). That's what it said (It still says it today - but is no longer valid by its own demise). You can't wave the 20AB card now, because it's gone. It was about permitting those without a CASA licence, a way to fly. So, now that there is no such thing as 20AB, the rest of the CAO's apply to everyone, and they clearly say that you must have a pilot certificate. CASA has quietly closed this loophole. Case closed.

95.10 has no stall limit Nev. Also allows for multi engine by not specifying single engine like the other CAO's do. Orig JPX engines were an aero engine. Composites International in Papakura New Zealand were attempting to make CriCri canopies in 2009 when I was there. They almost had it a goer, the sample was 90% good. Bugger of a thing to make.

CAAP 233-1(1) recommends A5 size device screen minimum, (or close to that it almost says) BUT..... CAAPs are not law, so they are really not worth the paper they are written on. And on the front page of each CAAPs says: "blah blah.........nor may the CAAP contain mandatory requirements not contained in legislation." So, general golden rule: If it aint in a regulation (or a CAO) it's probably B.S.

CASA's own literature for GA pilots is now stale - dated Dec 2013. There is no such thing as CAR 5.... now. http://www.casa.gov.au/scripts/nc.dll?WCMS:STANDARD::pc=PC_101862 and then, some of the things they claim are not actually required to be present or shown by the regs! No wonder people are scared of a check going bad. RA-Aus are the authorised administrator of their activities, so they, if anyone, are the ones who should be doing any checks at their fly-ins. Then, at the end of the day, they pop over to see the CASA rep, give them a report on how many ticks and crosses on the clipboard, and later, their plan to address any areas of concern found. Simple, no fuss, everyone wins, simple chain-of command : Member - RA-Aus - CASA. And the same chain going downwards.

If it is the standard garden variety aircraft fuel drain CAV-110, you can get new O-rings for them, but probably not easily in Australia......

And the best way to do as Yenn describes is to have a detailed construction log book, with lots of detail, hours worked, parts used, lots of photos, receipts, all that.

There's a good checklist in the back of AC 21.29. But of course, nothing in life is easy. For example - did you make the cowl? YES / NO. How about, NO, I didn't, but I did spend 37 hours making it fit properly, making and fitting the mounts, oil door, latches and camlocs, prep and painting.

AC21.4 : major portion: as related to an experimental certificate issued for the purpose of operating amateur-built aircraft, major portion means that when the aircraft is completed, the majority of the fabrication and assembly tasks have been performed by the amateur builder(s) who submit the application for certification. The major portion means more than 50% of the aircraft; See also CASR 21.191(g) (which relates to VH aircraft, not RA-Aus) but Major Portion ie 51% or more, = same same.