KRviator

There's Dashcam footage of it with the news claiming they hit wires - no way in hell did it hit powerlines causing the crash. Maybe before impact, yes, but not a causal factor. They were already in what looked like a power-off descent, they didn't hit powerlines and then crash.

Nothing is cheap to ship from the US these days. Last year, the OAT sensor shat itself in our weather station. Tried reseating it, no joy, it was dead dead. Tried to find it by part number, without success so had no choice but to order a new one from the weather station mob. $49AUD for the sensor. $72 for the shipping! That was the cheapest option. For a part about the size of your thumbnail that could fit in an envelope a dozen times over. Then last month, the pool temp sensor died - I knew it would eventually as the batteries are non-user-servicable, so went to order a new one of those from the same mob (we like our weather data...) Again, a $112AUD thermometer for our pool, $193 or $197 AUD for shipping. No other choice besides those two. Thieving bastards. Ended up getting it from Amazon - shipped from the same company mind you - with postage working out about a third of the cost.

The forum topic is still there, Instruments, Radios & Electronics - it may be how you or your browser first access the site. If you go to the home page, you'll get the most recent discussions, if you go to the /forums URL, you'll get the full list, with each topic's most recent post listed on the right of the screen.

Nope. Increasing oil temp = decreasing oil pressure. My Landcruiser does the same, indicates high until the oil temp gets to the normal range, then sits dead on the quarter mark on the gauge unless I give it a bootful. A wiring problem would likely manifest itself as either no oil pressure, or high pressure that doesn't change, depending on the sensor used. That being said, you don't say what it is after start nor what it drops down to, nor what pressure sender you have (though if it's been properly rebuilt I'd expect it to have the Jab-issued sender, but that's not a given)... The oil pressure limits are 32-51 PSI under normal operations, with as low as 12 PSI allowed at idle and 76 PSI after start with cold oil, so dropping from 70 PSI to 40 isn't cause for concern.

Wait till you want to fly into Townsville or the Gold Coast or Longreach or Mt Isa and have a gander at the "Conditions of Use" document they have... You must have hull insurance to the value of.....(drumroll, please.....)...$35,000,000 USD. That's right. Not just "third party", but $35M USD hull insurance. Anyone quoted that lately???

What I have found after ignoring every AvData invoice for the last 3 years - since they got my details wrong and refused to correct it, in turn, billing me for operations at a place I've never, been - is that they have no legal authority to raise a debt against you - they are simply the intermediaries between aviators and aerodrome owners. They say as such in their letter, "The airport owner may deny you use of their facilities or commence recovery action.." yadda yadda - but AvData themselves, appear to have no recourse if you simply use their invoices to line your kitty's litter tray. Indeed I've dealt with a Council (Gladstone) directly - who got my details from AvData, mind you - and when I explained why I refused to deal with AvData anymore, but would happily pay you if you send an invoice directly, so that's what they did. I paid it that afternoon and everyone was happy.

FuelWatch for WA... About the only time WA has beat the eastern states at anything - online display of servo prices has been a thing for yonks over there.

Well, you don't have to make a radio call in Class G.....

So they were referred to the DPP - did anything come of that? Anyone from RAAus HQ charged with perjury?

So a bit of a followup on this particular Aztec.... I did a lot of research into it, and was about to pull the pin last year though I was still waiting for some info from a 3rd party on it, but then I was offered a new job that I'd been on the wait-list for for 2 years, so decided not to at the time, and very shortly afterwards it ended up selling to a Bankstown-based group for $80K. Fast forward a year, I'm settled into my new job, and bored-ly browsing Facebook marketplace last night and what pops up? A 1975 Piper Aztec. For $190,000!! You read it right, the new owners have decided it's not for them and are trying to make a $110K profit in 12 months. Well, actually 8 months as it's been listed for 15 weeks. NFI why I hadn't seen it before now, but anyway, I sent a message to the owner... And, after discussing it with him asking "What have you done to justify the increase?" the answer is "Nothing" - BUT they have also been doing the annual inspection themselves, despite not being a LAME or qualified to do so per the CASR's as we discussed above. As I said to him, "I built my RV and even I can't sign off on the annual...." When he asked what price I thought I'd pay, I said "$85, or $100 if it has an annual from a LAME". $85 is the price I'd agreed to pending the info from the PO last year and I think it's fair given "what" it is. Being Experimental, it can't get put online, you can't do Angel Flights with it, AWK and Charter are out. So it has to be a private owner who needs a (big) twin. I wish them well in selling it, but $190K for an Aztec that you can't use for anything except PVT flights? There's far, far cheaper ways to commit aviation. Might as well be jousting sticks...

If you don't get any success here, I'd reach out to Andrew Smith, CFI at the Central Coast Aero Club - he's a top bloke and could probably put you in touch with one of the CCAC members who would be happy to do just that to save some coin.

At least you can't hang out the side of a 787. Though as a train driver, I will admit I have a somewhat sadistic chuckle each time I see a video of some fool hanging out the side of a train then suddenly disappearing from view after clobbered by a piece of lineside infrastructure.

Taxi checklist: Flaps: 5 selected, 5 indicated Autobrake: RTO Spoilers: Armed Controls full and free? "Uhhh........"

I use a pair of customized grips from Infinity Aerospace. They are highly customizable for your application in terms of pushbutton (NO/NC/Momentary) or lever-action and have left & right styles available. Well worth it if you want more than a couple of features on your stick. In my application, I have them assigned as follows: Trigger: PTT Pinkie: Engine Start (not connected on Coey's grip) Thumb pushbutton: AP Disconnect/CWS Inboard rocker: Flaps 'Coolie hat': Pitch & Roll trim Outboard rocker: Rudder trim (Not installed "yet") The switches usually ground a particular circuit, so if you gang the grounds together, then route them through another NO rocker switch on the panel labelled "Copilot Disc" you can disable all features from the Coey's grip if you don't trust them to not lower the flaps at cruise speed, or similar.

RAAus insurance coverage is for personal injury isn't it? Not hull damage?