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went last year, great weekend! be back again hopefully

Considering all these posts ended in 2009, and the airport still exists as it was now in 2011, im pretty sure not much will happen

She probably doesnt have to meet CASA's qualifications in English, as she is employed by a singaporean company called Jetstar on a Singaporean contract paid in Singapore $$. welcome to Qantasia, the Spirit of Malaysia, we only call Australia home for marketing purposes.

it happens every day, in every workplace, in every pub, at every party, anywhere there will be guys discussing woman.... difference is, we all dont have a microphone stuck to our heads while we are talking about this stuff...

prop blades will almost always fold backwards when it comes to a strike, as the aircraft is usally moving forward at the time.

i can attest, the standard tyres are a nightmare to fit!

How much were the tyres? ill be needing some in a few more hrs!

thanks for reminding me Motz, its a 150 hr course, the old route is basically just training to CPL standard, doing exams, passing obviously, but Raaus hours count, not sure exactly how many though. but they dont towards the dedicated 150hr CPL course.

Sadly RAAus hours wont count towards the 200 hr CPL course, but if you go for CPL via the old route, and not the special 200 hr course, then they do. well, thats what casa told me on the pone when i asked

the one and only flying magazine i will actually spend money on is....... Kitplanes...

found a story behind it on shortfield website, in short he was 3 up, full fuel, and a hot 38deg day at an altitude of 2800 AMSL.

from that documentary, the issues seams to only effect crashworthynes of the airframe, as none has had a catastrophic failure in flight. as for the scarebus/boeing rivalry, ill still take the 737 any day. at least none of them have been bought down by computer and data errors.

very lucky boy indeed!

in short, every Vh rego hour is equal to RAAus hrs, so with the hours you already have, your not far off a RAAus certificate.

just for the record, its not my aircraft, nor was i flying.

Done Motz, have you guys been playing with jet powered single seat helicopters again?

have to agree, a transponder for safety, up there with an epirb, sure, its helps TCAS equipped aircraft see you, but it also lets radar see you, and they can help if you get into trouble and just inform IFR aircraft that your in the area.

Awesome app, puts the like of garmin to shame, but a few questions, i have been told it wont run on a NON 3G ipad? i dont have an ipad yet, but iphone 4, and its works very well on the phone, if the NON 3G ipads dont have a GPS receiver, could a small app be written that would allow the ipad/Ozrunways app to take its GPS position from a tethered Iphone?

also, if this app can be integrated with NAIPS to retrieve NOTAMs on the fly for your nearest airports, and relevant airspace, this truly would be the future of navigation! next step. augmented reality...... a heads up display, running this app, with all airspace boundaries in full view exactly where they are when you look out of the windscreen! imagine the possibilities when looking through your windscreen and just following a line in the sky, even in IMC conditions.... opps getting ahead of myself there..... if this does eventually happen, i want a cut ok...

yes, do NOT use stripper on fibreglass, the chemicals in the stripper can attack the resin structure and turn it to soup. MEK (which is very toxic, but powerful solvent) makes a good paint stripper but requires some elbow grease with scotchbright pads. or as they do in most if not all millitaty and commercial aircraft, just scuff the paint on fibreglass parts and respray the final new colour.

will the GPS and moving map technology go over to the approach plates? so you can plot your track on the approach plate itself?

sadly QF are advertising for cabin crew in LA at the moment, the same time they open expression of interest for redundancy to all cabin crew based in Oz. another little tidbit of info now that the minimum wage has now risen $19 a week, the Award wage for a single engine pilot is now BELOW the minimum wage... very sad state of affairs in oz. the only way to get terms and conditions lower is to outsource to contract labour overseas....

just one observation, how do you maintain control in the event of an engine failure? apart from that, looks awesome!

t was FMI. i flew that wen it was operated by Illawarra air in Bankstown many moons ago.. good to see some accurate reporting for once though!

Subject: Origin of the word Aviator

(Aviators come from a secret society formed around a thousand years ago. They are warriors, and below is the proof.)

A little known fact is the origin of the word "aviator". In the immortal words of Johnny Carson: "I did not know that." Phu Khen (pronounced Foo Ken ), 1169-??? is considered by some to be the most under-recognized military officer in history. Many have never heard of his contributions to modern military warfare. The mission of this secret society is to bring honor to the name of Phu Khen.

A Khen was a subordinate to a Khan in the military structure of the Mongol hordes. Khan is Turkish for leader. Most know of the great Genghis Khan, but little has been written of his chain of command.

Khen is also of Turkish origin, although there is not a word in English that adequately conveys the meaning. Roughly translated, it means " One who will do the impossible while appearing unprepared and complaining constantly." Phu Khen was one of ten Khens that headed the divisions, or groups of hordes as they were known, of the Mongal Army serving under Genghis Khan. His abilities came to light during the Mongols' raids on the Turkistan city of Bohicaroo . Bohicans were fierce warriors and the city was well fortified. The entire city was protected by huge walls and the hordes were at a standoff with the Bohicans. Bohicaroo was well stocked and it would have been difficult to wait them out. Genghis Khan assembled his Khens and ordered each of them to develop a plan for penetrating the defenses of Bohicaroo.

Operation Achieve Victory, "AV", was born. All 10 divisions of Khens submitted their plan. After reviewing AV plans 1 through 7 and finding them unworkable or ridiculous, Genghis Khan was understandably upset.

It was with much perspiration that Phu Khen submitted his idea, which came to be known as AV 8. Upon seeing AV 8, Genghis was convinced this was the perfect plan and gave immediate approval. The plan was beautifully simple. Phu Khen would arm his hordes to the teeth, load them into catapults and hurl them over the wall. The losses were expected to be high, but hey, hordes were cheap. Those that survived the flight would engage the enemy in combat. Those that did not? Well, surely their flailing bodies would cause some damage. The plan worked and the Bohicans were defeated. From that day on, whenever the Mongol Army encountered an insurmountable enemy, Genghis Khan would give the order "Send some of the Phu Khen AV 8ers."

This is believed, though not by anyone outside our secret society, to be the true origin of the word Aviator.

Phu Khen's AV8ers were understandably an unruly mob, not likely to be sociably acceptable. Many were heavy drinkers and insomniacs. However, when nothing else would do, you could always count on an AV8er. A Phu Khen Aviator. Denied, perhaps rightfully so, his place in history, Phu Khen has been, nonetheless, immortalized in prose.

You hear mystical references, often hushed whispers, of "those Phu Khen Aviators." Do not let these things bother you. As with any secret society, we go largely misunderstood, prohibited by our apathy from explaining ourselves.

You are expected to always live down to the reputation of the Phu Khen Aviator, a reputation cultivated for centuries, undaunted by scorn or ridicule, unhindered by progress. So drink up, be crude, sleep late, urinate in public and get the job done.

When others are offended, you can revel in the knowledge that YOU are a PHU KHEN AVIATOR.