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Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
29th Apr 2024, 01:00
Replies: 116
Views: 51,776
Posted By runway16

C150 said it all. In Australia we were...

C150 said it all.

In Australia we were churning out more inexperienced CPLs than the market needs or can absorb. The same is happening in NZ. Their excess that cannot get a job at home then jump...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
3rd Apr 2024, 10:26
Replies: 116
Views: 51,776
Posted By runway16

Loan from the government! Wrong. It is the...

Loan from the government! Wrong. It is the government giving out a load using Taxpayer money. MY money!
Flight schools are money hungry and that spin about get a flying job straight after getting...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
5th Jan 2024, 04:01
Replies: 17
Views: 4,469
Posted By runway16

Passing of Geoff Goodall

Aviation historians and enthusiasts are dismayed to hear of the passing of noted historian and aviation enthusiast, Geoff Goodall.
Located in Melbourne, Australia, Geoff passed away on Friday...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
12th Nov 2023, 00:38
Replies: 60
Views: 21,691
Posted By runway16

The ditching of the Cessna brings out several...

The ditching of the Cessna brings out several things to remember/check for overwater flying.

If two or more persons then have a buddy line to connect the people together.
That the lifejackets...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
20th Oct 2023, 03:10
Replies: 68
Views: 15,128
Posted By runway16

20 SECONDS IN THE AIR Hmm! Does the...

20 SECONDS IN THE AIR

Hmm!

Does the pilot write up his logbook with .1 divided by 12? or just forget it?

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Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
18th Oct 2023, 21:26
Replies: 25
Views: 12,064
Posted By runway16

Yes, The Liberty accident. A mid air. And...

Yes, The Liberty accident. A mid air.

And also the Norseman that he bailed out of off Sydney harbour. There is a long story on that one.

R.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
17th Oct 2023, 21:11
Replies: 44
Views: 8,880
Posted By runway16

Clare, Hi, I could not agree with you more. ...

Clare, Hi,
I could not agree with you more.
That gets back to the level of training that that new CPL received. In my opinion many new CPLs are just not Job Ready and that is where the post CPL...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
17th Oct 2023, 11:00
Replies: 44
Views: 8,880
Posted By runway16

Global, The idea with any commercial operator...

Global,
The idea with any commercial operator is to make money. It is said that if a GA operator makes 4% on investment they are doing good.
In part that means that they want pilots who need...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
17th Oct 2023, 04:07
Replies: 56
Views: 8,339
Posted By runway16

Mirage A3-29. Gary Cooper the pilot. He saved the...

Mirage A3-29. Gary Cooper the pilot. He saved the tax payer a lot of $$'s.

May 1966.

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Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
13th Oct 2023, 21:43
Replies: 44
Views: 8,880
Posted By runway16

In the world of flying training the aim is to get...

In the world of flying training the aim is to get the student to be able to pass the licence test and then move on. It is unfortunate to record that often the candidate does not receive the knowledge...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
9th Sep 2023, 10:29
Replies: 26
Views: 3,678
Posted By runway16

Cedrik, I hear you loud and clear. I have to...

Cedrik,
I hear you loud and clear. I have to agree. CASA should feel proud that they have costed and regulated out of existence all those flying schools, charter businesses and maintenance business...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
24th Aug 2023, 01:03
Replies: 365
Views: 54,620
Posted By runway16

What CASA is saying is that regardless how much...

What CASA is saying is that regardless how much flight time Clarke has or how much instructional time he has give if he want to hold a CASA civilian instructors ticket then he would have to start at...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
20th Aug 2023, 14:17
Replies: 6
Views: 1,208
Posted By runway16

Airport names

All the more reason to use the full name of the airports that you land at as over the years some will be turned into real estate and disappear from the PCA chart. I learned that same lesson a long...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
9th May 2023, 03:31
Replies: 141
Views: 36,041
Posted By runway16

The issue that GL has commented on is now...

The issue that GL has commented on is now becoming known to a lot of flight students who took up the so called student loan. Please note it is not a Government loan but a loan of Tax payers monies. ...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
10th Oct 2022, 23:46
Replies: 24
Views: 3,542
Posted By runway16

Remember when ...

Remember when .......

The letter A was the start of of a location abbreviation instead of the now letter Y. eg ATOC became YTOC.?

When CASA offices were at major secondary airports. Easy to...
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