This organisation has got itself completely out of control . We have a situation developing at my home airport which has to be experienced to be believed. One of our members recently built a Sonex jet . It can do 250 kts and makes a noise which is guaranteed to get you attention. The aircraft is sensitive in pitch and being a turbine is subject to the usual lag. As part of the testing he did some missed approaches over the runway to determine the correct power settings for the approach. Unfortunately it appears one of our fellow aviators I’m sad to say took umbrage and reported him to CASA with an allegation that he “flew along the runway at 20 feet blowing smoke. “ There was initially a friendly phone call from a CASA investigator which was followed up by the most belligerent ,draconian and digusting letter which alleged inter alia low flying , flying without a valid CofA (completely false) and failure to enter defects on the Maintenance Release (also false)Two years prison and a $5000 fine were also mentioned.
With this type of behaviour from CASA is it any wonder we are where we are?