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Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
6th Feb 2024, 23:15
Replies: 59
Views: 6,156
Posted By Possum1

"The new scheme allows many private and...

"The new scheme allows many private and recreational pilots to self-assess and self-declare without the need to see a doctor. We believe our Class 5 medical self-declaration scheme sets a new...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
5th Feb 2024, 21:54
Replies: 59
Views: 6,156
Posted By Possum1

UK CAA Pilot Medical Declaration.

UK CAA Pilot Medical Declaration.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
5th Feb 2024, 21:30
Replies: 59
Views: 6,156
Posted By Possum1

"The fact that Australia is the first...

"The fact that Australia is the first jurisdiction where pilots will not have to see a doctor or medical practitioner made it difficult to find comparative data on the likelihood of impairment or a...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
21st Jan 2024, 22:34
Replies: 12
Views: 1,985
Posted By Possum1

CASA's "medical assessment" of a pilot consists...

CASA's "medical assessment" of a pilot consists of hitting Dr Google with searches of the particular pilot's medical condition and quoting statistics from surveys and medical abstracts from around...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
20th Jan 2024, 00:41
Replies: 12
Views: 1,985
Posted By Possum1

CASA still proposes to discriminate against the...

CASA still proposes to discriminate against the pilots who have had a medical certificate cancelled by making them ineligible to apply for a Class 5 Medical, even though, were they to apply for the...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
28th Oct 2023, 00:36
Replies: 6
Views: 1,224
Posted By Possum1

CASA's proposal is that "Pilots are not eligible...

CASA's proposal is that "Pilots are not eligible for a Class 5 ... if they have previously had a Class 1, 2, or 3 aviation medical certificate refused or cancelled." This is in direct defiance of the...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
27th Oct 2023, 05:36
Replies: 6
Views: 1,224
Posted By Possum1

Consultation open: Class 5 medical self-declaration

Email to complete Class 5 medical self-declaration survey arrived today 27 October, 2023 from CASA. There are three documents to provide a background for what the survey is about totalling 179 pages!...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
29th Jul 2023, 04:59
Replies: 188
Views: 70,588
Posted By Possum1

No-one has mentioned why the Pawnee pilot has...

No-one has mentioned why the Pawnee pilot has landed long. He should have had his wheels on the ground by the intersection even if he was using 24 with its threshold only 350 m distant but for:
(a)...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
11th Sep 2022, 05:20
Replies: 22
Views: 4,032
Posted By Possum1

True Sunfish. The word unconditional did sabotage...

True Sunfish. The word unconditional did sabotage the original intent of the basic medical certificate.

Also both the Class 2 and the Basic Class 2 were 'sledgehammers to crack a walnut" in that...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
11th Sep 2022, 02:57
Replies: 22
Views: 4,032
Posted By Possum1

Two of the doctors on the Part 67 Technical...

Two of the doctors on the Part 67 Technical Working Group...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
11th Sep 2022, 02:45
Replies: 17
Views: 2,678
Posted By Possum1

Two of the doctors on the Part 67 Technical...

Two of the doctors on the Part 67 Technical Working Group...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
10th Sep 2022, 04:31
Replies: 17
Views: 2,678
Posted By Possum1

I presume it is under "National Operations and...

I presume it is under "National Operations and Standards (reports to CEO) – Chris Monahan – Executive Manager" and sub heading "Flight Standards – Roger Crosthwaite" but nowhere is Aviation Medicine...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
9th Sep 2022, 23:18
Replies: 17
Views: 2,678
Posted By Possum1

Still, I think pilots should be ringing AvMed(but...

Still, I think pilots should be ringing AvMed(but not repeatedly) making genuine enquiries about the coming implementation of the self-declared pilot medical certificate and force CASA into a...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
8th Sep 2022, 10:27
Replies: 22
Views: 4,032
Posted By Possum1

Sure, but there are no contact details. You...

Sure, but there are no contact details.

You would think that 10 months after CASA's announcement that there would be at least a draft of the new medical standards published. Instead, nothing since...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
8th Sep 2022, 05:29
Replies: 22
Views: 4,032
Posted By Possum1

Rang AvMed today. The lady at the other end had...

Rang AvMed today. The lady at the other end had never heard of the proposed Class 4 or Class 5 medicals, self-declared medical certificates and had never heard of the Technical Working Group or Part...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
3rd Aug 2022, 00:25
Replies: 22
Views: 4,032
Posted By Possum1

Category 5 Medical still alive and kicking?

The Category 5 self declared medical might still be alive and kicking although CASA is taking its own sweet time over it - see the August CASA Briefing...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
2nd Mar 2022, 03:53
Replies: 2
Views: 1,601
Posted By Possum1

Why not mark the parallel taxiway(or part of it)...

Why not mark the parallel taxiway(or part of it) as a temporary runway? Some aerodromes would consider a 10 metre wide sealed centre strip a luxury.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
30th Nov 2021, 16:57
Replies: 22
Views: 4,032
Posted By Possum1

Yes - I missed that thread. At least the editor...

Yes - I missed that thread. At least the editor of the CASA Briefing thought it was important enough to lead with that story.

You quoted UK and US self-certification in the other thread. CASA...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
30th Nov 2021, 05:40
Replies: 22
Views: 4,032
Posted By Possum1

Work starts on new self-declared medical - The CASA Briefing

"Once the technical working group has completed its review CASA will put out a detailed proposal for broad consultation. This is likely to occur in the first part of 2022."

Should we be hopeful,...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
19th Sep 2021, 04:26
Replies: 92
Views: 36,215
Posted By Possum1

I agree with all previous about getting a second...

I agree with all previous about getting a second well-paid job or qualification. One that hasn't been mentioned is school teaching(I think). I presume you have some sort of Bachelor of Science degree...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
19th Sep 2021, 03:24
Replies: 88
Views: 28,763
Posted By Possum1

True, but here in sunny Queensland at the benign...

True, but here in sunny Queensland at the benign end of the southern weather systems and COVID restrictions, my wife and I flew a half hour flight this morning from Archerfield to The Kooralbyn...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
12th Oct 2020, 05:00
Replies: 8
Views: 2,417
Posted By Possum1

I fly to Stanthorpe quite regularly from...

I fly to Stanthorpe quite regularly from Archerfield and have landed there several times in the last six months. The threshold of Runway 26 is 300 metres from the QLD/NSW border which runs north to...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
1st Jun 2020, 23:16
Replies: 11
Views: 5,536
Posted By Possum1

My Mother's recollections - I was aged one(We...

My Mother's recollections - I was aged one(We lived at 115 Donaldson St, Mackay under the approach path for the runway at Mackay):

Her recollections whilst outside hosing her garden were of the...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
11th Apr 2020, 12:16
Replies: 24
Views: 10,105
Posted By Possum1

Take another adult and just sit in each aircraft....

Take another adult and just sit in each aircraft. My wife and I did. We sat in a C152. We both looked at each other(very closely) while struggling to get the door shut. The C152 was removed from our...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
27th Feb 2020, 09:27
Replies: 23
Views: 8,062
Posted By Possum1

Here is mattycoze's URL for his new weathercam...

Here is mattycoze's URL for his new weathercam 2-3 miles west of Hervey Bay Airport:...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
7th Sep 2019, 02:23
Replies: 293
Views: 93,914
Posted By Possum1

I'll try. You had forecast severe turbulence and...

I'll try. You had forecast severe turbulence and mountain waves this morning and I guarantee you would have found gusts a little higher than 7 knots in the rotors and lee mountain waves of Canungra...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
12th Jun 2019, 06:18
Replies: 59
Views: 29,815
Posted By Possum1

Possibility is especially likely seeing he was...

Possibility is especially likely seeing he was witnessed doing the same sort of thing(2 X barrel rolls) five weeks before the accident on take-off out of Dunwich with female(blonde, attractive) as...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
8th Jun 2019, 04:49
Replies: 23
Views: 8,062
Posted By Possum1

Hi Squawk, I have sent you a PM re contact...

Hi Squawk, I have sent you a PM re contact information for Stanthorpe webcam being hosted on Ozrunways and Avplan. He replied within a day to my last email.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
8th Jun 2019, 03:53
Replies: 23
Views: 8,062
Posted By Possum1

For those who may not be aware, Stanthorpe(YSPE)...

For those who may not be aware, Stanthorpe(YSPE) now has a reliable weather camera where previously, there was none. It is located on a farm 14 km North of the aerodrome and hosted by Granite Belt...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
28th Apr 2019, 07:58
Replies: 293
Views: 93,914
Posted By Possum1

I have sent two emails to Airservices Australia...

I have sent two emails to Airservices Australia so far about this in the last week and have received no response so far despite their claim that they respond in 48 hours. The Google Maps presentation...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
28th Apr 2019, 07:37
Replies: 17
Views: 3,903
Posted By Possum1

Thanks, Jonkster. In the short term, I certainly...

Thanks, Jonkster. In the short term, I certainly do intend to scan and print the maps.

Kaz3g, thanks. The ability to lock the screen had not occurred to me as I have never owned an Ipad. I have...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
26th Apr 2019, 15:09
Replies: 17
Views: 3,903
Posted By Possum1

My situation is an entry level GA aircraft, no...

My situation is an entry level GA aircraft, no autopilot and often rough air that makes it difficult to select a radio frequency or make a nav/com selection, This is not an environment for the...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
25th Apr 2019, 16:00
Replies: 17
Views: 3,903
Posted By Possum1

Still, my printed paper route maps have a 100%...

Still, my printed paper route maps have a 100% chance of working every time.

The first thing any purchaser of an Ipad does is buy a protective screen and case for it. Then they buy a suitable...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
25th Apr 2019, 02:57
Replies: 17
Views: 3,903
Posted By Possum1

Thanks but I can't see any evidence that they...

Thanks but I can't see any evidence that they provide digitised VTCs, VNCs, WACs or any Airservices Charts or an ability to print these with the fight track on them.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
25th Apr 2019, 01:12
Replies: 17
Views: 3,903
Posted By Possum1

AirNav VFR Flight Planner is Closing

I am advised by Sentient Software, the owners of AirNav VFR, that their flight planner is closing as of the Airservices May 2019 map update. This leaves us users still able to use this planner but...
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