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stick a barrel/ milk crate under the tailwheel to keep the tail in the position it would be in as you touch down/take off (wheeler style) and sit in the aircraft to get used to the attitude. cheap and free practice.

Guess where! to where?

shouldnt be too hard.

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relocating the aircraft for the day.

Sharp Airlines have a similar cadetship, and i have not heard a bad word about them yet.

setting 7700 on the Transponder is quite important, as mentioned before, it highlights you to ATC, and if your high enough, and get the signal out early, ATC might be able to get help on the way before you even land.

I mangled a few the other day in my attempts to avoid saying "Wunway wun eight" (I think my FI was wondering what the h*ll was wrong with me! I was too to be honest...)

now try saying that one fast!

"jabiru 9999, ready runway one one right for circuits"

The offending aircraft wasn't from bankstown was it merv?

pictures of clouds from low angles and above can be very deceiving, and some are making comments on cloud cover based on the deceptive images.

have a look at this image,

Look only at the cloud layer? what does it look like? 5/8ths? 7/8ths?

Now look at the clouds shadows on the ground, and you will see that the cover is scattered, 2/8ths at most.

Most IFR flight tend to follow set routes between airports and navaids. So keep away from ndb and vor or gnav approach areas, ndb or vor stations or routes marked in the Erc/low/high charts and you minimise the risk of an aircraft descending out of cloud on top of you.

Trim the aircraft for slight descent or straight and level and slightly reduce power to induce a slow descent, let the aircraft descend into the cloud and Dont touch anything!!! Hands off the stick, Let the aircraft fly itself through the cloud. If trimmed right and it's stable, then the aircraft won't get itself into the deadly spiral dive

a few weeks ago, my GoPro HD camera arrived, and im impressed. i have only managed 1 inflight video so far, and it wasnt a success, no, the camera stayed firmly attached, just for some reason the waterproof housing keeps fogging up on the inside! stills are great, but here is the first test video that worked.

i found out to early in the piece that Cheap Ebay SD cards, cause more hassles then they are worth. causing the camera to freeze and require battery removal to fix. so the first few flight didnt work. only this one, but with a foggy housing. next time ill try the Not waterproof non airtight housing!

anyway, the vid

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guess where!

all comments on my technique will attract a good laugh! oh, and yes, it was hot, bumpy and windy! 10 kts crosswind as well.

. What is the shortest narrowest strip any of you would consider taking a J160 into at MAUW.??

When approaching a inbount point above or below 1500, all I do is say " bankstown tower, tecnam 9999 at 2RN 2500 descending to 1500 inbound received delta" I have never had a problem with that before.

I recently heard a RAA registration flying at 9500ft for no lawful reason

climbing up through holes is risky, for the reason you mentioned, the hole might close up! so best stay below it, though if there is scattered cumulous, and you can see plenty of sunlight on the ground with scattered shadows, then going for a cloud dance is not out of the question, but be aware of traffic, and if in doubt, make a radio call.

cloud dancing is a good way to master the steeper turns!

i dont thing it will be First Light till last light, ASA will have to provide controllers for these new Class D towers, and ASA, are Very short of controllers, and during summer months, there can be 15 or more hours of daylight, and 8 or less in winter, that means a lot of overtime cheques from ASA during summer. so im pretty sure it will be as it is now, 9 to 5. no need to pay shift penalties or overtime for those pesky expensive controllers on the radio.

D areas are Danger areas, and you can fly through them, just keep a keen eye out, places like training areas are Danger areas, patches of tiger country, etc,

R is Restricted areas, usually Military of govt, or around sensitive areas, some are permanent, such as those over army bases, ammo dumps, military airspace etc, these can be active or deactivated at certain times, eg, Nowra Millitary is only active Monday to Friday. and occasionally at short notice on weekends, by Notam or radio announcement. a good example is Richmond in the sydney basin, its deactivated usually on weekends, but if there is a military flight inbound, then there will be a radio transmission on their frequency, as well as from Sydney radar, Something along the lines of " all stations Sydney, Richmond Restricted area R456 will be active from 1200Z to 1300Z due to arriving traffic" or something similar.

P is Prohibited. No entry at all.

Number 1, Check Notams, and make sure their current,

also, a list of all restricted/danger areas and prohibited areas and their most common or permanent times are listed in the back of the ERSA.

an secondly, if in the air, and Unsure, dont be afraid to call up Melbourne or Brisbane centre and ask.

eg, "brisbane Centre, Tecnam 9999,

"brisbane centre, Tecnam 9999 go ahead"

"tecnam 999 requesting status of restricted area Romeo 456"

"tecnam 9999, Romeo 456 is Deactivated/Activated etc."

as far as im concerned, a Radio should be Mandatory! simply for safety reasons alone, imagine having engine difficulties, or becoming lost, and NOT having a radio? and i dont believe that for 1 second, increased radio use will result in less eyes out the window, for me, its usually more, i hear traffic calling inbound, the first thing i do is try to sight it! even in a CTA environment.

if an aircraft is inbound without a radio, then i have NO idea where he is, if he is even there, so where and when do you start looking? other than only in front of you?

eg, if i call downwind, i will only be looking ahead of me for immediate traffic, and the runways, as for scanning, in reality, it will be a quick glance, as you dont expect to see anything, so even you do see something, it might not even register. Just ask someone who has almost hit a motorcyclist! "oh, i didnt see you!" even in plain view. its simply because the car driver wasnt looking for a motorcycle. same applies in the air, if you hear Nothing, then looking for another aircraft from an unusual angle will not demand much, if any attention, especially if you have PAX. yet if you KNOW and hear another aircraft is nearby, or approaching, then looking for it becomes part of your immediate attention and you actively look for that aircraft.

if i call downwind, and another calls inbound 5 miles west, and another on a straight in approach, i know immediatly, where to Look, what to look for! (cessna, piper, trike, twin) How many aircraft are in the immediate airspace, and their intentions, and hence, will attract a lot more attention from me.

far better for SA IMO.

great shots there! nice to catch up again, if it only was for a few mins!

sadly the video i took didnt work! the camera froze up, found out it was a dodgy SD card! Not happy. though some of the still worked ok.

the Cheetah looks awesome as always! would have turned a few heads on the ground down the V1.

I think you are spending too much time and effort being concerned with flare heights and heights above the strip.

As you approach flare height, there Is only 1 critical factor to a good landing---- correct airspeed! As you begin the flare, move your eyes to the far horizon or feature at the end of the strip, AND KEEP IT THERE! If you keep stuffing the landing, in being too hight, it's almost always because you looked in front of you and not at the horizon. Even if it's just a microsecond glance, subconsciously, it's still enough to stuff it. If you hit pretty hard aka- carrier landing, it's because you flared too late. If your speed is spot on, these are the only 2 big factors in landing. Don't concern yourself with all the other crap. Once you mastered landing in good conditions, then your mind is more free to concentrate on other factors like crosswinds.

i live right on the water, 20 ft from it. and recently i read that the Oceans, due to climate change have already risen 20Cm! really? have you noticed? hmmmm

sad thing is, the ETS scheme, will do NOTHING to reduce emissions, as said before, it will alter lifestyles (something not many are happy about), and hypothetically creates a 50% reduction in electricity usage. well, great news, the power station has reduced emissions by 50% WHOOHOO...... well, guess what, that now means the power station can now sell that 50% reduction as carbon credits to say, a steel mill, who now, can INCREASE their carbon output by the same amount the power station reduced it. they bought the credits, so they can!

net carbon reduction...... Zip. cost to Us, the consumer, well, that will be $$$ thousands! and just where did our money go?? electricity company makes a fortune increasing the cost of electricity to us., and they also made $$ on selling the carbon credits for the electricity we didnt use! (not to mention the ruddsy credit compo payout using taxpayer $$) sure, the steel mill, bought the carbon credits, well, whos products will be price adjusted to factor in the cost of the carbon credit. the steel mill wont pay it, the consumer will.

its nothing but a Massive TAX, to do nothing but build another industry that will benefit only more multinational companies, and the Govt.

keep telling yourself your saving the planet if it makes you feel good about this ripoff.

back on topic, what does this have to do with CASA? their full of Hot air?

Sa

it might be a bit difficult getting aircraft parking at Albartross, i inquired about keeping my Vampire there, i was told its strictly VH rego Only. if its VH, then contact the Aero club, the Aero club informed me to keep an aircraft with them, it must be online for them to use and hire.

though, if you have contacts, its possible, i have plenty of contacts at Williamtown, but sadly not many here yet. also here pussers hate Raafies. though there is a RV6 in the new 723 Sqn hangars. apparently its owned by the base commander.

sold? did you buy it? if i saw it earlier, i would have!

oh i wish..... and before the ETS gets up! my electricity bill has already double this yr!

back to good old fashioned wood fired heating again this coming winter!

i was just about to mention that, 99% of the problems we have in our fleet is the squelch settings on the intercom.

I also have a set of Lightspeed Zulus, never had a problem with them, but for some reason, in the Jabiru, and the student or someone else uses older DC's, then i will have issues, and cannot hear them over the constant buzzing. when they unplug their headset, all is well.

its something we have never been able to sort out.