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    There was no wind at the time. None. There is what I think is a crude 450m airstrip and a hangar just off the freeway. Ah, guess where, Potts Rd. Bingo.
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    "Severe weather warning" my ass. I was flying just east of there (I could see Elphinstone!) at that exact time yesterday, in 9/8 blue sky and almost zero wind. Weather had absolutely nothing to do with it. Look at the photos, nuthin but clear blue sky. Never let the truth get in the way of a good story.
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    Had a flat tyre on landing in my Gunship Mk7 (tailwheel) on sealed runway years ago. Knew instantly it was a flat tyre - very obvious. Nothing much happened other than a bit of a left pull at the last bit of roll out. Brake did not really help and it was not violent at all. Aircraft was bloody hard to drag off the runway by myself with a flat tyre and we had to tow (drag it) about 600m back to hangar by car. I carry a spare tube and enough basic tools to get the wheel off and apart, and a small bike pump. Nothing to jack the plane up, no room for that, would just wing it somehow with some local help. Had a flat tailwheel tyre coming out of the 26 runup bay at Essendon years ago in a Citabria or sumthin. Very obvious again. Staggered it back to base, owner was in the back.
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    2011 era DUKE Engines 4 stroke axial engine dukeengines.com nothing on their website since 2013.
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    They are meant to stop you banging your head on hard car bits when it's up on the hoist. I used one at work after about the sixth towbar/spring shackle hit. The downside for that use is the front visor peak, it blocks your upward view and BANG! (and to that some say Ahhhh! That explains a lot.) I fly with a Gallet helmet in my plane, and when backseating in Harvard or L39 with a mate.
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    Does everyone, or even ANYONE, know how Class 5 even exists - given that it does not appear in the regulations and probably won't for another three years? CASA Exemption 01/24 Flight crew medical status (class 5 Medical Self-declaration) Exemption 2024. Does CASA medical TELL YOU about this when you get your Class 5? (No.) How are you supposed to know about and find it? I knew it would exist, and I knew how to find it. Joe/Josepine Average? - not a hope in hell. The exemption has the usual conditions you would normally see on your class 2 - requirements to wear glasses and have a spare pair within reach etc.
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    This photo shows the 2018 shitshow at FISK VFR approach when the airport finally went VMC after lunch on the Sunday before show opening. We drove in from Iowa via RIPON to FISK. Instead of X amount coming steadily over the span of the whole day, X amount plus yesterday's X amount came in after lunch when the airport opened to VFR. "One mile spacing, (they were calling for at that time) single file along the train tracks, no side by sides." Most aircraft were getting told to turn left and go back to the start. Many ignored the controller and kept on going. Nothing Fisk could do but focus on the next 30 aircraft. At times they were coming up 4 wide, many were way east of the tracks and turned hard left across the tracks and across the paths of 3 other aircraft. It was nuts. How there weren't multiple midairs I do not know. But, I loved our hour there watching, it was amazing. I'd love to do the Fisk arrival myself. At any one moment looking south we could quick count over 30 aircraft in sight, and it was endless. Going back to Fisk again this year.
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    Part 61: (243 pages of it) 61.007 This Part (part 61) applies to flight in a registered aircraft. 61.010 Definitions REGISTERED aircraft - is not defined. One could say that RAAus are indeed registered (with a sport aviation body) Civil Aviation Act defines Australian aircraft to be - "registered in Australia" (in other words, a registered aircraft!) Long gone are the days when this reg used to say "On the Australian Civil Aircraft Register" - which was then just VH. Early AUF register was not part of "the Aust civil aircraft register". One would presume it was changed to recognise aircraft registered to CASA approved sport aviation organisations as indeed "registered in Australia" - because they are. FLIGHT REVIEW means an assessment of competency 61.025 Definition of aeroplane for Part 61 - a 3 axis aeroplane - no mention of registration matters I think this one is the kicker: 61.400 (3) A flight review must be conducted in an aircraft that can be flown under the rating Your CASA licence is only good for VH (or maybe other ZK, N etc) registered aircraft. Can you fly an RAAus aircraft on your CASA licence? Nope.
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    My compass broke when hiking. The whole trip went south real quick.
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    Proof is out there. My neighbour this morning asked me "who's doing the sky donuts?"
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    Why are some "Federations"? I can find a definition that fits aviation groups.
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    I am a little more in the know with the amateur-built scene than most, and I hear nothing on the grapevine at all about Gen 4's. Nothing good. Nothing bad. NOTHING. I can only assume they are out there humming along quite happily. People only usually pipe up when something goes wrong, they don't go swinging from the trees with excitement when all is operating normally. LCH? I've never personally seen or know of a set installed on anything, and I've seen a lot of Jabiru engines and own a 2200 myself.
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    Where's Sully? (Going to see Sully's plane in July!)
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    The best thing about Geelong - great kickoff point to places that are actually interesting.
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    Avalon would let you park there, but getting from and to your plane -security and everything..... good luck. They do not/never did have avgas. Lethbridge is close for fuel. Rental cars - yes. https://avalonairport.com.au/technical-operational-facilities/ Barwon (avgas yes) Lethbridge (avgas yes) and Torq (avgas dunno) - rental cars: nowhere near them. Closest is Geelong. AVIS is 13km from Barwon H. Numerous private airfields all over the place down there, no avgas. Visiting peeps? Touring around by Road?
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    The BUN runway is 07, almost a direct crosswind all day 15-20 knots. The factory crosswind capability is quoted as 'remarkable'.
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    The RAAus aircraft condition report has several important things that I think PROTECT the L2: I just looked up the form on their website - I'm not an RAAus member. The Level 2 / 4 inspector (or LAME) does not assume responsibility for the airworthiness or otherwise of this aircraft. Airworthiness of the aircraft rests solely with the owner. It's not the L2's airplane - indeed they may have never seen it before, or will ever again. In the checklist there are PASS or FAIL columns. And then a sign-off: This certification does not infer that I consider the aircraft to be airworthy or otherwise. It is a condition report, not a "this aircraft is 100% airworthy and will remain so forever" report. Nor is it any sort of repairs required order. It's a report by an independent experienced person that RAAus has appointed, describing what they see. Once their inspection is complete - their job for this task is done. What happens after that - not their responsibility, it's still not their airplane! A wise buyer or seller will evaluate any fails noted and hopefully address them. It seems to me to be a good program to require this independent condition report at time of sale and it's a good way for RAAus to track over time, changes made to the aircraft.
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    yep. With a little luck, something really special might make it there - they plan to.
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    Since when does CASA promulgate airport closure information to industry. CASA don't care, nothing to do with them.
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    No, won't be contacting a company who 'might" have the contract. The council owns and operates the aerodrome - and there is nothing on their website about it closing soon. It's the council's job to put word out - if it's true. A local there tells me it is true.
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    It won't be notamed if it's not yet closed. I can't check today, Airservices has cut off my NAIPS access yet again for the fifth time in recent years. I am sick of having to get it reconnected time and time again.
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    $ found, yes. But why is there no info on when it is happening.
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    I'm reliably informed by a local that the airport is closing from 1 March 2024 for six months, for the runway upgrade. But there is NOTHING on the shire website about it. https://www.campaspe.vic.gov.au/Recreation-events/Visit-Campaspe/Echuca-aerodrome And there is nothing on the aero club website about it. https://www.echucaaeroclub.com/wentworth.html So is it true, and if so, where is the info? Has anyone bothered to tell Air Ambulance Victoria/RFDS? Or is this going to be a Meigs Field re-enactment?
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    GOT IT first thing this morning. Did the online yesterday, about an hour. Did the quiz last night, about 45 mins. Applied this morning and got it inside about 20 mins. The system actually works quite well.
  25. 440032
    STOP PRESS>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>"Airport operator cares about flight school viability" Fake news?
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