Parkway

From your description you are at boonah 22 and 04 talk to nigel arnot

Was just a hypothetical question :)

I experienced what Jaba-who is talking about not long ago when we flew a sportstar across from Moorabbin to Jandakot... called the number in ERSA to ask if av gas was available at an airfield we were considering as an alternate, girl on the phone was like "what on earth is av gas" haha here I was thinking I had called an airport but it was actually the council chambers.

 

 

The annual September fly-in at Serpentine had to be postponed at the last minute due to bad weather. It's been re-scheduled for Sunday 5 Nov. Hopefully the weather will co-operate this time. If you're around, drop in. It's a good day out.Cheers

rgmwa

Yeah me and a mate are planning to fly in, its on the calendar

 

 

Nice! You had a busy day. I did my first solo nav roughly along the same route not too many years ago. TNO, RWF, CAR and BFT are all aircraft that I flew during training. Well done! rgmwa

Yeah I was expecting it to be quiet at Murray Field considering it was right in the middle of the grand final... nope!!

 

 

My first solo Nav flight, Jandakot to Boddington, Collie, Bunbury, Murray Field then back to Jandakot. Not the best crosswind landings ever but I didn't break anything ;)

 

 

 

Since aircraft tend to be far noisier on climb out, I wouldn't worry about the noise factor on descent, especially if it could compromise safety.

Very good point

 

 

I guess what I'm asking is would you try to avoid flying over the town, or just join how you see fit for for the situation.

 

It kind of seems pointless to have noise abatement rules if everyone is still decending on the north side to join the circuit. I guess it's more for aircraft doing pattern work, to avoid repetitively overflying the town

 

 

Say a non towered field has a runway 04/22 with a noise abatement restriction for right circuits only on 04 and left circuits only on 22

 

ie all curcuits to the south of the field due to a town to the north.. Would you avoid descending on the dead side for a midfield crosswind join for the same reason? Because you would be flying pattern altitude over the town..

 

What's everyone's opinion? Join on the 45 or long downwind etc?

 

 

Its refreshing to read a true account of this process - it is often said around town that this process is quick and easy and that the standard of training is very similar and in only a few hours you'll have your RAA to PPL conversion complete, but for me it begs the question why did it take me slightly over 45 hours of training compared to the 20 odd in RAA license process - I often thought maybe I had been ripped off getting a PPL - maybe not!

20 hours is bare legal minimum, then with the cross country endorsement, which is another 10 hours (but probably will be more) you're still doing at absolute minimum 30 hours for an ra-Aus licence. With a lot less benefits compared to ppl. So don't feel too ripped off!

There is the benefit of most ra-Aus planes being considerably cheaper to hire!

 

 

This one?Light plane crash in Bunbury

 

Are you saying the owner walked away from the wreck, and abandoned it?

 

Doesn't the Bunbury council have littering laws?? Have you ever seen the fines for littering in W.A.??

Yep that's poor old 8397, the plane I did most of my training in :(

I think by dumped he means dropped... as in stalled.. haha I'd hate to see the fine for leaving a plane wreck in Bunbury, after seeing how much they charge just for parking lol

 

 

I'm wondering if this aircraft is to replace the one "dumped" at Bunbury earlier this year?

That was my initial thought too, but no. It was originally based at Jandakot and just needed to be ferried back

 

 

Nice video ParkwayThoroughly enjoyed it

Thanks mate, it was a quick edit haha. I thoroughly enjoyed the trip, great learning experience for a low hour pilot!

 

 

Love it - all 3 'tubes. What a trip. Well done - good footage too. Am still on low hours so plan - once xc and pax endorsements in the bag - to fly return Adelaide-Canberra. Videos like yours show how fascinating and doable it is.

Definitely wasn't a walk in the park (I'm a low hour pilot too, guy I flew with has a CPL) I learned a hell of a lot in those 3 days!

 

 

Did you enjoy the hospitality at Forrest? I remember sitting on the veranda into the night drinking red. We were charged for two glasses, but I lost count of the bottles after 4. Did almost the reverse trip earlier in the year in a Tecnam. Notham to Goulburn.

We were planning on staying at Forrest but unfortunately had to press on to Kalgoorlie that day to avoid getting stuck for 4 days (strong headwinds, no fuel stops and a slow plane... )

 

 

Finally had time to get day 3 done..

 

 

 

Here's day 2...

 

 

 

ParkwaySounds like it would have been an awesome trip

Thanks for sharing the video

 

Do you have day 2 and 3?

I haven't edited the stuff from the other 2 days, I'll post here once they're done

 

 

We recently flew a Sportstar over to Jandakot from Moorabbin, we did it over 3 days... first day was YMMB YMIA YPAG. Here's a short video of day one...

 

 

 

Hi guys, currently doing the CASA class D airspace e-learning module (eLearning catalogue | Civil Aviation Safety Authority) and I'm a little confused :) Hoping some of you more enlighten folk can clarify some things as I work my way through this module.First up entry procedures.

 

"acknowledgement from ATC represents the authority for the aircraft to enter Class D Airspace following the stated track and level including descent to the runway threshold if a landing is intended. Unless altitude instructions are given, acknowledgement permits descent if a landing is intended.

 

Pilots must not deviate from the track, level and intentions stated during the establishment of 2-way communications or the instructions issued by ATC (if these instructions modify the stated track, level and intentions), unless authorised by ATC. This is important and must be strictly followed."

 

These two statements seem to contradict each other. So my questions is:

 

1) If the ATC just acknowledges my callsign after I give an inbound call (which I have heard them do at archerfield), can I descend or do I have to maintain altitude until advised? My basic understanding is that you cant descend for landing until "cleared visual approach"?

 

2) At Bankstown I heard on liveATC, after giving an inbound call, you can be told to "join final 11L". No 'cleared visual approach' given by ATC. In this case are you allowed to descend?

They're saying that if they just acknowledge you, you're pretty much cleared for the approach as expected/standard, but they generally give an instruction, like report at a certain point, or maintain an altitude, as far as I know. At Jandakot they will always reply "your call sign, maintain 1500" so then you are cleared into the airspace but must maintain 1500, until they give you joining instructions and say cleared visual approach. And you need to report at whichever visual reporting point is standard for that approach as shown on your charts. Then you can descend to pattern altitude and join as instructed. A few of the videos on my YouTube channel have a couple of different visual approaches at Jandakot if that helps

 

 

With the yoke of course! I usually brake with the left hand. But sometimes taxing I'll use the right hand to brake while using my arm to hold in aileron if required. It is a little awkward but you get use to it. Flying the Skyfox gaxelle a while ago was weird having to use toe brakes .... I guess it just what you are use too.

Yeah but he said to keep one hand on the throttle and one on the brake.. and one on the stick? You Jab Pilots sure need a lot of hands :p I'm guessing that's why the stick/yoke is shaped the way it is, so you can rest your arm in there and control the ailerons kinda while you are braking. It still seems a bit clunky to me! Is there a reason they don't have toe brakes?

 

 

Keep your hand on the throttle after landing and brake with the right hand. Bitumen is smooth but on a rough runway you might find the throttle creeps on and you quickly have 2000rpm plus while trying to stop on a short rough runway. As usual, an enjoyable and professionally produced video. Keep em coming.

How do you keep ailerons into the wind? This is why I find the concept of the jab a bit clunky. Not that I've ever flown one

 

 

Awesome mate, great feeling huh!!

 

 

Hi All,Just read this crash report (see attached) and as I was reading it I thought that this could quite easily be me, the small things that you are supposed to do before we fly? I am a low hours pilot myself and I have been guilty of missing items off my checklist like, being distracted by my passenger like being not quite on top of my game on a particular day, on the "small things"

I think there is a thread here about checklists and I think some posters said that they don't use one or we should just memorize them so that we don't need to use a an actual hard copy, well I don't subscribe to that, as a low hour pilot I don't think I could be comfortable just going off my memory, I am not 20 yrs old anymore, I think for each flight before you push in that throttle you should be clear in your mind and take those few seconds to assure yourself that you have done everything that you needed to do to ensure you and possibly your passenger will arrive back on the ground in the condition that they left it...

 

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I think the post you're referring to wasn't saying we shouldn't have hard copies of checklist, more that we should have flow checks (especially at critical stages of flight/emergencies) that are memorised, and then checklists are used to confirm. Rather than having your head down for a few minutes reading a checklist item by item and not keeping your eyes out and flying the plane. I don't think any sane person would say just memorise al checklists and don't bother carrying a paper copy.

 

 

There are numerous tutorials on YouTube for specific E6B tasks. I also found this quite handy: Mastering the Mechanical E6B in 20 Minutes

That's great, but I have a cr-2 :p

 

 

Yeah I used it, they have a free one month trial. It's pretty good but your phone or iPads gps isn't ideal and you will have erratic parts of your track every now and then, but even then still worth while and a valuable debrief tool. Ideally you would get an external gps like a bad elf and then it would be perfect. Give the free trial a go!