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AirNav VFR 2007-07-01 18:00:00 Flight hours: 0Aviation Reading: Aviation MagazinesOver the last few months I have had a few emails from readers asking about the web-based application I designed to help with tracking the aircraft hours and maintenance as well as whether I use flight planning software. This post will be about the flight planning software I use.This article was written sometime ago, however I never got around to taking screenshots of the software. Seeing as George, a work colleague from Western Australia and fellow pilot, will be in Sydney for a work junket in the next few months, I decided to quickly whip up a flight plan for a possible trip we will take and present some screenshots on the process as well as telling you why I choose this piece of flight planning software (for Australia).The software I use is AirNav VFR from Sentient Software.The reason I chose this software is primarily for its point-and-click interface on official Airservices Australia maps. I can essentially plan flights on suitable
Maintenance & APEC 2007-09-10 21:10:00 Flight hours: 3I haven't posted over the last few months so have quite a bit to cover.The windshield was replaced and is fantastic. Photos turn out so much better and now I will have no problem with glare when landing into the sun.The hail damage post I made some months back, well it has been decided to take the money from the insurance company offered and increase the premiums a little to bring the insured value of the aircraft back into acceptable figures. What this means is that instead of total replacement of the hail damaged skins, I will have the control surface skins replaced and use the remainder of the money to buy the new engine (the engine is 25% over TBO, but running really well). This will see an upgrade to 180HP. Recently I have also taken a few more managers from the US and India for flights around the Sydney basin area. Flying however was put on hold for some period of time due to APEC being in the city. A 45nm radius around Sydney was evoked and if you flew without pr Read more:Maintenance
Escape to Cowra 2007-10-21 04:00:00 Flight hours: 5.2I have actually been flying quite a bit, but have had nothing of interest to report until now. The SAAA held their national convention at the Cowra airfield, where some of the best in home built aircraft was to be be found along with workshops on home building and some flying displays thrown in for good measure. I didn't stay for the full event (Friday to Sunday), instead I took my father out for the Saturday which materialised from a rather quick and random comment I made to him just two days prior "I might go flying out bush on the weekend, want to come?" He didn't know until the Saturday where exactly we were going.On the morning of the flight, the forecast showed FEW and SCT clouds at various levels and from Bankstown, it looked like the layer of clouds extended to the Blue Mountains. Once airborne I could see this wasn't the entire case, so I decided to punch some holes in the sky and get above the clouds before heading further west over the mountains. I do rea Read more:Escape
He can fly for another two years! 2007-11-25 01:00:00 Flight hours: 2.6There haven't been many updates over the last 5 weeks due to my travel through Europe. I also am travelling to the U.S to spend Christmas and New Years with my girlfriend in a few weeks time.... So, that leads us to my Biannual Flight Review (BFR). It is due in December and I really don't like the idea of letting my license lapse, so I tentatively booked my flight review to occur sometime over the next week.I figured I would do the planning early in the week and watch the weather to see when it would improve, then book the BFR. Obviously, this wasn’t going to happen. The instructor I had chosen, called me in the late afternoon on Saturday and said "I have a cancellation for flying tomorrow due to weather, how about we do your BFR instead, what time would you like to start? I think 10am will be fine".The only issue, the weather was quite lame. "The weather isn't the greatest"."I think you should do your BFR, it would be good to practice in and exercise your decisio
Relocating to good ol' USA 2008-01-14 17:00:00 Flight hours: 0Over the last few months, I've been having discussions with the V.P and the Director of Global Infrastructure (my boss), on my decision to continue my career from within the U.S, being based in Philadelphia.I've made the choice and will be leaving Australia on ANZAC day, the 25th April. The role will be the same and I will still manage my team of infrastructure architects who are placed around the globe.What does this mean for my flying? Plans have been made so that over the next few years during which I will return to Oz for periods of time, I will do the planned flights into the middle of the country and various other areas.It also means that I can blog the adventure of getting my endorsements to fly within the U.S, with the plan to find a syndicate and buy a share of an a
Superhawking 2007-12-07 23:00:00 Flight hours: 4.4You may recall that the engine was well over TBO and although performing strongly, it was time to use the insurance money to buy a new engine. The decision was made to move to a Penn Yan beast, which also requires a new prop... Who cares? 180 HP, ability to carry full fuel and 4 adults in a 172... Sold.The engine will take a few weeks to arrive by sea freight and another two weeks for installation. The outcome should show a 125 kt cruise (130+ kt fast cruise) at around 40 litres per hour fuel burn.
Goodbye Sydney and Hello again 2008-04-11 23:00:00 Flight hours: 2I have been in full swing and quite busy with the packing and related tasks for my USA relocation. Part of the preparation included mandatory festivities in catching up with friends over the last few weeks and of course getting in some last minute flying.This particular jaunt was to be my "GoodbyeSydney
" flight, a simple excursion with Wade and Andrew. As you may know, Wade has fou Read more:Hello
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