winsor68

I heard the name Hedge Row (I think) used to name your airstrip today at Palmyra Ian? Is that accurate?

This site and the Ra-aus site need to be kept independent in my opinion...

I have heard that the Ops Manual is being re-written... What is with the Ops manual saying one thing and the Ops Manager saying another?

What rules are we flying by if the Ops Manual is out of date?

Perhaps the rot goes deeper?

That is the first thing a new member notices about Ra-Aus... the website I have been seeing for more years that I can remember has not changed at all. What the hell are they doing with their time? I would have thought that having a good up to date website that is easy for visitors,new members and old to browse is sort of a no brainer for a competent management to implement??? It just stinks of stagnation... ironically when we are told the organization has grown enormously...

Something just ain't right??????

Ok... I am very new to Ra-Aus but do have to say that based upon my personal experience so far... not impressed. I won't go in to reasons but there it is.

Is it a sign of problems when an entity starts receiving requests from its members about what they are paying for only to be told "if you want it come and get it"???

I hope I can come to have a more favourable opinion of Ra-Aus in my second year of membership.

Hi Ross.I had to get the Savannah thing happening as Julie froze her butt off on the way to Monto, It was cold enough on the ground, but up at 5000 feet in the back seat of a drifter in the middle of winter BRRRRRRR!!!!!! Hence the Savannah. A flight in Reg's Maroon one(Queensland colours) with cabin heat did the trick. You can imagine the main subject of conversation on the 3 and 1/2 days it took us to get back home. CABIN HEAT!!!! perhaps weve gone soft or lived in NQ for to long. May have to move further north soon!

"If you want a financial statement, you can ask for one. (Though I am not sure how responsive the Secretary is to that)"

You can ask all you want... they don't answer (or do they just answer those who are in the "club"?)... They won't even shake your hand!!!

Hi Ian and welcome... Are you at Bloomsbury airstrip? You will have to drop into Palmyra when the school is running.

What about if the aeroplane is a $10 000-$20 000 cheapie... Much like buying a motorcycle really.

I guess we could try E-mailing them Eugene, Mick or any of the others... Probably a waste of time because in my experience they don't even aren't even up to replying.

Not happy... I would like to know what happens to the more than $1.5 million dollars we give them every year.

Has anyone asked the board? If its in the regs...

Is there a board member or Ra-Aus employee present who could comment?

Isn't the Whitsunday Airpark (Wave) a drive to your home utilizing the Taxiways sort of set-up? I guess these are private airfields?

Mmmm....if you have to borrow you can't afford it ?................don't know about that, it's ok to think that way until the absolute one-time only deal of the century comes along, and you just have to have it ! I would agree that it's best not to borrow, as I had managed to do for 20 years or so. However I am dealing with a finance company now, don't like it at all, but I did get the aeroplane. If I knuckle down and pay the damn thing off in the next 12 months it will be mine !! And I didn't have to morgage against the house...............................maj...

There is nothing wrong with being a TSA... Could be worse... Rumour has it there are some bag monkeys about!!!

Welcome to the forums... and if the timeline allows... please do drop into the chat room.

I have always found this interesting because the training sylabus puts a lot of emphasis on stalls in a climbing turn or stalls with a wing drop. The place where most come unstuck is a stall in a descending (gliding) turn but it is not a requirement for a licence. Sort of a 'we know it happens but don't go there' approach.

When the aircraft is pulling G's (usually associated with speed) the weight theoretically increases... and thus the stall speed.

Scary really... I guess by the time you feel the G's increase the aircraft is stalled... The Red Bull air race was good for seeing this in effect.

Maj,

Ray Waters... now there is a name I haven't heard for a few years. How is Ray doing? I heard he was working for a mob in Airlie...

There are anti-virus apps. I have one installed... don't know how well they work?

I am an optimist Christian. I think it is a great plan... Can't wait!

Charters Towers is a lovely spot and would be great for a fly in too.... maybe 2012?

what about an experienced Structures guy with experience on Boeing wide and narrow bodies, airbus narrows, Boeing F18/F15, BAE Hawk 127, S70B2 Seahawks, westland Seakings, and Squirrel rotary wings, 16 yrs total, 7 in advanced composites...:big_grin:, oh, and a Psychologist

Beavers?

Bikes and flying... the age old common thread. Welcome.

And the Turbine in his chopper...

Larry is a bit of a Youtube legend I think...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLAQk0oVQkg

From hornetguru's Youtube channel posted by Winsor 68

Section 1.03 Statement of Duties and Responsibilities- Assistant Operations Manager

http://www.auf.asn.au/opsmanual/1-03.pdf

Do you have any Beaver experience Motz? lol