peterg

I am certainly not ashamed of myself. Your "know it all attitude" is annoying, would not be tolerated in any professional environment and would be considered dangerous in an aviation environment. I You could be confident I would say it to your face but certainly would not go out of my to seek you out - you are the epitome of boring company. I am not surprised you identified with my unusual "item". You can further confident that I am not alone with my thoughts On the contrary, it is the like of you with 35.1K comments that has caused the rot and caused people to leave YOU have made many people a victim you SOF - you take every opportunity to take a shot a Brendan - YOUR latest victim - I hope like the use of capitals - it is a bizarre, overused style of yours I'm possibly one of those - further, I have a few other skill sets founded on academic qualifications from tier 1 institutions I'm likely saying what a heap of others are thinking and others thought and then left the forum ENJOY

There used to be a term in gliding used a lot in the '70's & 80's - SOFITTH - Silly Old F--- in a Terry Towelling Hat What is see a bit of in this forum is another unusual "item" - a SOFWDF (pronounced SOF WOODIF) - Silly Old F--- Who Doesn't Fly They can certainly be annoying

Apparently not - "Aircraft: non pilot"

Hello Baz I've been flying quite a while - learnt on Chipmunks while I was at school - done quite a bit over the years in Australia & overseas - all private flying - quite a bit of IFR - some long flights hopping across a few countries. Also done quite a bit of sailing, again Australia and overseas - a few long ocean races etc. Enough of the background - my advice is try gliding first - I've done quite a bit and started not long after I finished PPL - again Australia and overseas. Even been gliding out of Lake George back in the early '70's with ANU Gliding Club when the lake was dry - ridge soaring ie under the controlled airspace . A fair bit of water buggers that venue now. The thing with gliding is you generally need to put aside the day and in the early stages it's only short flights. The advantages to you are in my opinion huge - you will learn stick & rudder skills, you will learn that those pedals are not footrests, you will learn what a balanced turn is, you what a stable approach is, you will learn speed control, you will learn stalls and spins - properly etc etc Further, you can start now - for the sort of flying you need initially, winter gliding is great - contact these guys https://canberragliding.org - There are other clubs too.

Ararat is one

blue and white one from Yarram?

So, what is it?

Not just complacency but the "I am right" attitude - getting rid of that attitude was a big driver behind the introduction of CRM and REPCON. Less of a problem now but a significant one in airlines post WW2

Maybe doing a simulated RNAV approach (none published) under the hood with the instructor as safety pilot and the observer keeping lookout - not much cumulo granitas over the water so reasonably safe - overcooked the final approach turn and ... - who knows Or maybe UA recovery under the hood (head between the knees looking for the dropped pen was a fav during my training and renewals) and couldn't recover - unlikely as a spiral the likely result and the wings seemed to be there on impact and the Dunlops were down - approach problem and too low to recover seems likely - all speculation A 210 is not usually a basic trainer but a reasonably good stable IFR platform for SE IFR training so unlikely a basic training day - maybe a commercial training nav or fir - flight plan will show that

Not uncommon in IFR training - helps the learning process Also occurs in sim training - ask your airline mates

They need to - extra weight of the freezer suit, cossack hat, thermal undies, fur boots, skiing gloves etc

can't log on if you are not a member

I think you should leave the legal issues alone and stick to what you know - whatever that might be (it's a mystery to me)

Unlikely - the TV news report & other video would have caught the attention of many

To avoid a shambles & possible disaster, to fly in pilots must be (from memory): Familiar/current with operations in controlled airspace or attend a briefing, Aware of the likely holding points eg Barwon Prison (aerial holding only) Be able to fly a track (not joking) Be able to fly to an allocated time slot for arrival Be able to land such that a nominated runway turnoff point can be achieved - backtracking and lengthy slow taxiing on the runway is not appreciated - the runway is looong etc etc You are mixing with other a lot of slow and very fast traffic and air displays are in progress (working to a time slot) Lethbridge is a bit of a trek but they have shuttle buses, a bar, facilities (sort of)