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Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
11th Apr 2024, 04:58
Replies: 11
Views: 1,883
Posted By tail wheel

Dick is a great Australian carrying out...

Dick is a great Australian carrying out philanthropic acts mostly unknown to the public.

This is another great contribution by Dick, a great opportunity for smaller and remote airports and worthy...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
10th Apr 2024, 06:24
Replies: 11
Views: 1,883
Posted By Squawk7700

Dick Smith invests in more airport weather cameras in April 2024 !

14 months on from Dick Smith's welcome donation of $10,000 towards weather cameras in 2023, we are now partnering to do it all again this year with yet another donation!

Last year we got around 26...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
19th Feb 2024, 11:34
Replies: 51
Views: 9,009
Posted By Bosi72

What exactly is your struggle with Avplan, and...

What exactly is your struggle with Avplan, and what are the negativities you are referring to?

There are lots of videos on their YouTube channel,
https://youtu.be/J3vFw3_od60?si=y3sVLz8G6JdLzUd5...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
15th Feb 2024, 08:29
Replies: 51
Views: 9,009
Posted By Clinton McKenzie

I have SkyEcho and connect it to my EFB. ...

I have SkyEcho and connect it to my EFB.

You know what its biggest flaw is?

All the ‘nuisance’ traffic that’s displayed. That’s the traffic that’s in the flight levels. It’s...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
13th Feb 2024, 23:29
Replies: 51
Views: 9,009
Posted By PiperCameron

Yeah.. me. And having showed a few of the guys...

Yeah.. me. And having showed a few of the guys around here what Avplan can do that Ozrunways can't (eg. glide range ring, loads more traffic displayed) I'm sure I'm not the only one. :E

(Refer...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
10th Feb 2024, 04:29
Replies: 59
Views: 6,298
Posted By Clinton McKenzie

You'd have to ask CASA, but don't expect an...

You'd have to ask CASA, but don't expect an answer.

In the wake of the addition of the ethnicity question, I wrote to CASA and asked: The AvMed questionnaire is, after all, supposed to be about...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
6th Feb 2024, 07:22
Replies: 59
Views: 6,298
Posted By Clinton McKenzie

So are you saying that: (1) the truck driver...

So are you saying that:

(1) the truck driver was not the subject of any compulsory periodic medical examination requirements, and

(2) if the truck driver had been subject to compulsory periodic...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
31st Jan 2024, 07:47
Replies: 29
Views: 8,008
Posted By DeltaT

3 covid jabs, as well as flu jab every year could...

3 covid jabs, as well as flu jab every year could be a barrier to entry for new applicant pilots, as per Health Dept outdated contract, which still says covid is vaccine preventable. (We all know has...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
3rd Jan 2024, 11:02
Replies: 29
Views: 4,882
Posted By Bosi72

Efb's are not about the Navigation only. They...

Efb's are not about the Navigation only.
They are also about Weather, Briefs, Taf/Gaf, WnB, Fuel, Notams, Prd, Lsalt, Bod/Eod, Planning, Approach plates, etc...
Regardless, watch-map-ground and 1...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
1st Dec 2023, 06:50
Replies: 9
Views: 2,276
Posted By Global Aviator

GA8 back to Aus, how good!

Link to Australian Flying on the GA8.

Wonder if this means the turbine variant will be back on the table?

I remember going on a flight test on the original GA8!
...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
30th Nov 2023, 05:33
Replies: 409
Views: 113,039
Posted By itsnotthatbloodyhard

No, I’m not arguing there are no principles to be...

No, I’m not arguing there are no principles to be learned - don’t put words in my mouth. (In fact I believe that sound basic principles might sometimes be more useful than 16 pages of exhaustive...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
30th Nov 2023, 00:11
Replies: 409
Views: 113,039
Posted By megan

The big fellas drop stuff on the suburbs as well...

The big fellas drop stuff on the suburbs as well up to and including engine pods, most damaging was a 747 shedding two pods then the airframe crashing into a block of apartments resulting in a large...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
25th Nov 2023, 01:12
Replies: 409
Views: 113,039
Posted By Chronic Snoozer

Whilst pedants get busy debating the correctness...

Whilst pedants get busy debating the correctness of the distress call (only in Australia :ugh:), the incident pilots were busy collecting their thoughts having likely just witnessed their friends...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
24th Nov 2023, 11:31
Replies: 409
Views: 113,039
Posted By Rataxes

Did you not listen to the recording? His Mayday...

Did you not listen to the recording? His Mayday declaration is clear as a bell.


I doubt you'll find much support here for a pilot abdicating operational control of the aircraft to someone on the...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
21st Nov 2023, 08:41
Replies: 409
Views: 113,039
Posted By VH-MLE

"Just a rough measurement and comparison of my...

"Just a rough measurement and comparison of my levels of stupidity against others'."

I think we know that already! :)
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
29th Oct 2023, 02:00
Replies: 99
Views: 9,505
Posted By Clinton McKenzie

ASD-B IN – A different perspective on the recent hype

My attention was recently drawn to a rather curious post by the ATSB on LinkedIn, about the ASD-B rebate. The post says:The linked article includes these statements attributed to Angus Mitchell, the...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
27th Oct 2023, 08:29
Replies: 41
Views: 9,159
Posted By Dick Smith

Traffic. Yes I was chairman of CAA when mandatory...

Traffic. Yes I was chairman of CAA when mandatory 30 minute full position reporting for VFR was removed

Saved the industry over a billion since then.

It will be interesting to see if a return...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
11th Oct 2023, 11:56
Replies: 259
Views: 81,271
Posted By lucille

Surely you have to marvel at the range of...

Surely you have to marvel at the range of expertise displayed here. ADS data analysis, Cirrus flight controls and stability, CAPs, icing, stall / spin behaviour and now, advanced cardiology. All...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
7th Oct 2023, 02:52
Replies: 259
Views: 81,271
Posted By ozbiggles

It is ironic that so many people here are saying...

It is ironic that so many people here are saying the media is full of speculation and inaccuracies….
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
2nd Sep 2023, 23:43
Replies: 69
Views: 13,364
Posted By Mr Mossberg

You get all you need to know from that email...

You get all you need to know from that email signature :rolleyes:
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
2nd Sep 2023, 23:42
Replies: 69
Views: 13,364
Posted By aroa

Seems like the cowardly bureaurats are taking us...

Seems like the cowardly bureaurats are taking us down the totalitarian path. He/him,she/her, it/er? The lot.
Forum: Rotorheads
28th Aug 2023, 19:11
Replies: 190
Views: 51,782
Posted By skadi

But you have to know that you are on fire. ...

But you have to know that you are on fire.

skadi
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
24th Aug 2023, 05:14
Replies: 365
Views: 54,628
Posted By deja vu

Well would you consider it arrogant of me if took...

Well would you consider it arrogant of me if took my 20,000hours of which 8000 IC hours are on the A330 and 5000 IC on the B737 to the RAAF and insisted they gave me the appropriate tickets and a...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
24th Aug 2023, 03:37
Replies: 365
Views: 54,628
Posted By deja vu

Some significant differences between civilian and...

Some significant differences between civilian and military instructing I would reckon.

A military trainer gets a student who has been through culling programme after culling programme to get to a...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
23rd Aug 2023, 09:56
Replies: 365
Views: 54,628
Posted By Ixixly

And why should being an Air Force Instructor...

And why should being an Air Force Instructor automatically entitle you to being able to exercise all the privileges a CASA Approved Grade 1 Instructor can? No one is saying that Adam Clarke isn't an...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
14th Aug 2023, 01:44
Replies: 229
Views: 75,581
Posted By Ascend Charlie

​​​​​​​OK, my decision is to not use Qantas.

​​​​​​​OK, my decision is to not use Qantas.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
10th Aug 2023, 21:43
Replies: 105
Views: 19,145
Posted By KRviator

I'd say the ongoing sim checks and...

I'd say the ongoing sim checks and standardisation. Try some of the truckie UHF banter on a sim check and see how well you do. If you wouldn't do it in the box, you won't do it on the line. Usually....
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
14th Jun 2023, 05:55
Replies: 25
Views: 3,731
Posted By Mach E Avelli

It would be interesting to know how the operator...

It would be interesting to know how the operator records time in service for maintenance, because that is one indication of aircraft running costs. If there is a disparity between what is logged for...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
11th Jun 2023, 03:31
Replies: 20
Views: 2,963
Posted By Mach E Avelli

That’s a bit harsh on Tesla. The poor things must...

That’s a bit harsh on Tesla. The poor things must try to counter their own driver ineptitude while simultaneously avoiding other idiot drivers, ie about half the adult population (or 75% in Western...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
18th May 2023, 05:37
Replies: 20
Views: 4,577
Posted By aroa

And if “councils” read about this they,ll get...

And if “councils” read about this they,ll get into the act as well. Some already have of course, Goulburn etc.
Bainfair and others just shows that careless and corrupt bureaucrats and...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
17th May 2023, 23:27
Replies: 20
Views: 4,577
Posted By tail wheel

Clinton McKenzie Airports - the gift that...

Clinton McKenzie

Airports - the gift that keeps on giving!

You oddly excluded the First Big Scam that lead to 21 airport leases - The Federal Airports Corporation, a devious and nefarious scam...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
16th May 2023, 08:16
Replies: 20
Views: 4,577
Posted By Clinton McKenzie

An Aviation Fairy Tale

Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, the citizens got together and paid for an airport to be built on land the citizens own as common wealth. Let’s call the airport ‘Bairnfair’.

Bairnfair...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
12th May 2023, 10:35
Replies: 117
Views: 37,658
Posted By Stuart Sutcliffe

Intentionally crashing an aircraft could have led...

Intentionally crashing an aircraft could have led to the death, or serious injury, of innocent bystanders. That he did it for Youtube "views" says a lot about rabid social media adherents like him -...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
9th May 2023, 08:30
Replies: 141
Views: 36,046
Posted By Clare Prop

Everyone is being robbed except the flying school...

Everyone is being robbed except the flying school owners. Us the taxpayers, the students that have been sold a non existant dream and chucked on the scrapheap with a huge debt before they have even...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
7th May 2023, 03:14
Replies: 39
Views: 4,940
Posted By MagnumPI

I'll preface this comment by saying I used to...

I'll preface this comment by saying I used to spend many hundreds of thousands of dollars a year with BP for Castrol lubricants. I'm fully aware, first-hand, of how inept BP can be - especially their...
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