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An air show day keeps the doctor away 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Flight hours: 0Study Hours: 1I received an email reminder from my SAAA group that there are a number of air shows and events just around the corner. One of them happened to be the Defence Force Air Show at the RAAF base in Richmond, approximately a 40 minute drive for me with the new motorway and with the traffic attending the show, I estimated another 10 to 15 minutes or so.The air show happened to also be the 85th anniversary of the Royal Australia Air Force (RAAF).Plans were made to attend on the Saturday, but due to possibly lame weather, I opted for the Sunday instead. A mate of mine, Bill, ended up joining me at the last minute as we made our way to Richmond. The police were quite helpful in directing traffic to the air show through small detours, which made me feel good about my decision to drive instead of catching a train.I would have preferred to fly myself, as Richmond is only a 10 minute hop from most GA airfields in the Sydney basin, however the base was closed to civilian Read more:keeps
Sightseeing Sydney by air 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Flying hours: 3Study hours: 5I think I might keep a tally on the hours I have flown in my plane along with an estimate of my book or study time dedicated to aviation since the previous blog entry.By book/study time, I am referring to the reading of knowledge material about flying. I believe it's important for pilots to continually be learning. As a matter of fact, after passing your PPL (Private Certificate), a lot of checkride examiners tell you that it's a license to learn.My current reading material is Bob Tait's Instrument Rating Study Guide. I think I will do my IREX exam for fun (the Australia Instrument Rating exam).I have been fortunate enough to travel to many countries for work and have had the pleasure of seeing a wide variety of locations. Sydney
would have to be one of the better looking cities and I'm not just saying that because I live here and happen to be an Australian. Sydney by air is amazing and seeing as I have never taken photos during my flying adventures in Read more:Sightseeing
Night VFR Circuits 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Flight Hours: 3.5Study Hours: 0Note: This event occurred around mid-OctoberNow that I have access to an aircraft, it will be much cheaper for me to chaseendorsements and ratings. A school rental + instructor runs upwards of $250 AUD with taxes applied. By using my aircraft, an instructor only costs between $60 and $85.I did find a neat trick with flying training in Australia though. Sign a form stating that you will pursue your commercial rating (CPL) and you can fly GST tax exempt. This takes 10% of the price away, which at least provides an extra incentive.A night rating (NVFR) is the first new rating that I will complete. The rating provides me with greater options if the weather is going to pose a problem during daylight or if I am needing to leave earlier or later than planned. Before I get a chance to use it for weather related issues, I will probably be instrument rated, but none the less, I could let my IFR recency slide, but still have Night
VFR options and the ability to fly Read more:Circuits
There's work to be had in Canberra 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Flight hours: 2.5Study Hours: 2The role of my I.T. job is mostly internally focused. I'm part of a team that keeps the business running, ranging from infrastructure to servers to workstations, you name it. One of the projects I've been running happened to involve our Canberra
office.Canberra, Australia's capital and winner of a number of awards for city planning/design, is approximately a three hour drive away from Sydney. The six hour return trip generally involves having a long work day or spending the night at a posh hotel.Seeing as I can fly myself there in around an hour, I decided that instead of staying the night, I would fly down, blitz through the work and return home before days end. Two colleagues, Doug and Evelyn, asked if they could also come along as they had business reasons to be on-site. Yeah right!.. Just kidding.The weather forecast seemed good for the day we planned to go, so we made arrangements to meet at the aerodrome at around fifteen minutes before our 6 AM
Sunday fun 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Flight hours: 2.5Study hours: 0Aviation Reading: Flight of PassageI have never taken my parents out for a flight, period. Now that I have my own aircraft, that was bound to change soon enough and it just happened to be a Sunday
scenic flight.On the Friday, it didn't look like the flight would occur at all this weekend. A low pressure system had quickly come through the Sydney basin, bringing with it a SIGMET for significant turbulence below 10000ft and wind from the south at 28 knots gusting to 38 knots.A few years ago, the three GA airfields in the Sydney area, Bankstown, Camden and Hoxton Park, were sold by our government to a private business holding. Three companies were made for the ownership, BAL (Bankstown Airport Limited, CAL (Camden) and HPAL (Hoxton Park).This business has great plans for the airfields, most notably, raising the rates by up to 200% within two years (far above the rates that market appraisal deems appropriate), closing down the north to south facing runway at
Shiny Headset 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Flight hours: 1.2 (Simulator)Study hours: 0Aviation Reading: Killing Zone: How and why pilots die"Imagine a headset so comfortable you may forget you're even wearing it! You'll think it was designed for you personally. Made from new, handcrafted materials that refuse to sacrifice lightweight comfort [and provide] long term durability….Now imagine it's yours - the new X-11 ENC from David Clark."I actually don't have my own headset. Let's rephrase that. I have a headset, but I do not "own" it. Michael (the work colleague I flew with on the previous weekend), was a student pilot well before I was. He was in limbo with flying training when I decided to get my license, so we established a temporary trade of his David Clark H10-13.4 headset for an AGV motorcycle helmet of mine. I would commence my flight training using his headset and Michael can race his Subaru WRX with my helmet.That trade continued to be in place for over 6 years as Michael never picked up flying training again. No Read more:Shiny
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Syndicate: 2010 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Flight hours: 0Study hours: 0Aviation Reading: Flight of PassageWhen I joined the syndicate, one of the owners was introducing me to the way things operated. I queried him on how bookings are made, which I discovered was via email to all owners and first-in, first-served.Seeing as I try to make everything I do in my role within I.T. as automated or simple as possible, I immediately asked if they had considered using a website that could be the recording point of bookings. He said they may consider it and he would put it to the other owners.I saw that as the green light to fully code the site using PHP and mySQL.It provides us with:Booking ManagementMaintenance TrackingReports Pilot Hours Hours per month Trending the 100 hourly inspectionPhoto GalleryMedical and Rating tracker (for currency and renewals)Contact information of the ownersNewslettersShare-a-ride postingWeather briefingsSubmission of flight plans for our more common flights I host the site myself (WAMP) and purchased a doma Read more:Syndicate
Night VFR Nav 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Flight Hours: 3.3Study Hours: 1Note: This event occurred around mid-OctoberI was given the following route to plan for my first night VFR nav:YSBK - PAA - YPEC - YCNK (Circuits) - MQD - CAA - HBB - YSBKSimple enough, track the lane of entry, follow the coast north until Aeropelican, swing inbound to Cessnock for some circuits. After the circuits, track to a VOR followed by an NDB and practising intercepts at both navaids, then finish off with a direct track to Sydney for some orbits around the city before tracking home.The first few circuits at Cessnock where okay but could be much better. I'm generally hard on myself with flying skills so that I keep at it them until I am comfortable and proficient. Because of this, I ended up wanting to keep doing circuits which saw me complete around 10 touch and goes before continuing the navigation.With less light available, the landing perspective takes some time getting used to, however after a few circuits, things looked and felt much better. Read more:Night
Aerobatics 101 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Flight hours: 0.9Study hours: 0Aviation Reading: Killing Zone: How and why pilots dieNote: This event occurred around late-SeptemberAfter having a chance to contact people after being away for some time, I rang Greg from the SAAA Chapter 11 to say hello and catch up. Greg was the previous chapter president who happens to have his ear to the ground in many things aviation related.During my phone call, Greg asked if I would be interested in flying in an Extra 300L with Richard Wiltshire as there was an available spot. Richard is the current Australian Aerobatic Champion and State Unlimited Aerobatic Champion.On hearing this, I immediately accepted and looked forward to the weekend. After a briefing, I jumped into the aircraft and we were soon in a zoom climb for take off (I don't have my tailwheel endorsement as yet). Richard handed the controls over to me and I was immediately surprised that the aircraft was so nimble.The aircraft danced around the sky for a few minutes whilst my hand
A seedy joy flight 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Flight hours: 0.6Study hours: 0Aviation Reading: Killing Zone: How and why pilots dieAs you can see, the flight was of short duration. Matty had planned to go flying with me on the Friday after his dentist appointment, however due to low cloud, we decided to make it the Saturday for a better viewing experience.The departure was set for around 12pm via SMS, the only issue was that Matty, who is usually quite prompt on replying to messages, was not to be heard from. I decided to try calling a few times, but was not successful. At around about 1pm, I was planning to head out for a flight of my own, perhaps to fly up north to meet an instructor whom I have been thinking I want to use to complete my aerobatics training. These thoughts were interrupted with Matty calling to say that he just woke up and he would be over in an hour.One hour and forty five minutes later, Matty arrived safely. The reason for the sleep-in was that the night before saw him polish off a keg of beer. Good work. At t
Hey honey, we bought an airplane 1970-01-01 00:59:59 That's nice dear.As I mentioned, the syndicate found me. They currently have seven members and I was to replace the last remaining original member who had purchased a Jabiru in recent times.The plane is a Cessna 172M, always hangared and is in great condition. Along with the usual items found in general aviation aircraft, this one has: Aux TanksTwo NavCom'sTwo ADF'sTwo GPS'sOne of the GPS' is TSO'd (GNC 300XL), which means it is certified for IFR. The other GPS is a old portable Garmin GPS 95 which has been attached to the instrument panel. I also have my Garmin GPSMap 296. I bought it not long after Garmin released the GPSMap 496, seeing as the price for the 296 came down considerably being twice superceded and all. The GPSMap 296 greatly enhances awareness during VFR flight and it certainly helps reduce the cockpit workload especially when you are skirting near airspace boundaries. A bonus is that my flight planning software can communicate with the GPS to upload my flight pl Read more:honey
Adventures of an Aussie Pilot 1970-01-01 00:59:59 That title may be a little misleading... I do have my pilots license, but it's only my private certificate, so I don't fly for a living. I'm an Aussie
, currently living in Sydney and working for a US multi-national company.I'm the kind of person that flutters between hobbies. Unfortunately, the ones I like usually cost quite a bit of money or require a rather large commitment to get anything out of it. Fortunately, I have a career that provides me enough time and money to do them...Same examples include:Kung Fu (Black Sash)Racing Motorcycles (one season)Snowboarding (Revolves around three countries)Firearms (I own handguns)and of course the reason this blog exists... My pilots license!I started flying (fixed wing) around 2000. It took me just over a year to get my private license and then for some unknown reason (perhaps I had too many hobbies?) the following years regrettably saw me not use any of those skills as often as I liked... think 5 hours per year flying excluding my BFR' Read more:Adventures
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Avalon Airshow Planning 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Flight hours: 1.2Study hours: 0Aviation Reading: Killing Zone: How and why pilots dieA friend of mine, Pauly along with myself and possibly a few others are planning to go to Avalon
airshow in March 2007.Paul is an air traffic controller here in Sydney and he at one time rated as a multi-engine command instrument instructor. The ATC work suits him much better and I would have to say that I enjoy the fact that he is a controller as I can catch wind of new procedures, learn how it all operates within Australia and also get to know the people who can give me better clearances for scenic flights etc. Excellent!Seeing as I don't take many photos of things, I also invited Trieu to Avalon. We will most likely go on a trade day as there is less crowd and the airshow is usually condensed, so you don't have to hang around to see the entire show.A fellow podcaster, Steven Pam from http://www.houndtv.com fame, contacted me through my podcast a while back and we may use Avalon as a meeting ground
Night VFR Instruments 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Flight Hours: 2.9Study Hours: 1Aviation Reading: Killing Zone: How and why pilots dieNote: This event occurred around early-NovemberA few days ago, I was booked in to complete a component of the Night
VFR rating, which is instrument flight, instrument failures and unusual attitudes with recovery based on instruments only of which some may be failed (by covering the instruments up) at certain times.One of the other members of the syndicate is an instructor at a Bankstown based aviation college, so I decided to transfer my integrated CPL training over to that school. I arrived earlier than required as the session would start after closure of the fuel trucks and I also wanted to inspect the aircraft before last light to make things easier.I taxied the aircraft across the airport to the college and met up with the instructor. After a quick chat and seeing as last light would be over 35 minutes away, I decided to bang out some crosswind circuits. Doing circuits as the sun is setting is inte Read more:Instruments
Simulator Training 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Flight Hours: 1.2 (Simulator
)Study Hours: 0Note: This event occurred around mid-OctoberAs part of the NVFR training requirements, it is better to learn on the ground with an approved synthetic trainer where it is cheaper and you can pause the session to go over items.My simulator training involved general instrument flight, tracking navaids and practicing intercepts. For fun we even covered some instrument approaches along with random and frequent equipment failures.Tracking (not homing) to navaids I find easy. The only issue for me was that I would take around 6-10 seconds to create a mental picture in relation to my position from reading the directional gyro and VOR in order to execute random intercepts. I will want to get this down to a second or two at most, although a greater understanding of where I am on a chart would help reduce my mental lag.I found the simulator work fairly simple, probably due to the frequency of my childhood flight sim usage along with my Xbox/Xbox 360 l33t Read more:Training
South Korea 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Flight hours: 1.2Study hours: 0Aviation Reading: Killing Zone: How and why pilots dieMy company just hired a new IT Manager for SouthKorea
, Joung-Ho, who we brought over to Australia so that he can meet the team and learn the intricacies of the company.On the second day of his orientation and training, the weather was quite good, so after my training time with Joung-Ho, I asked if he would like to fly around Sydney in a small aircraft. At first he didn't understand even though his English is great, then I said "I am a pilot and would you like to fly around Sydney?"He explained that in South Korea
, there is no General Aviation at all, so he didn't grasp what I was saying straight away. I also grabbed Michael and the three of us headed out for a Sydney and Victor one jaunt.
The DJ's mums B'day 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Flight hours: 1.0Study hours: 0Aviation Reading: Aiming HighI've been fortunate enough recently to be regularly judging or being a VIP of the local Inside Sport model search events. These events allow me to have unfettered access to the models and because I have been taking Trieu, my friendly Asian photographer, he has been snapping up literally hundreds of excellent semi-naked photos at each event both backstage and on. But that isn't the point of this "aviation" blog. What point am I trying to make? Oh that's right. The main host on some of the nights was none other than MJ, a Saturday night DJ from Nova 969 (radio station). It was his birthday the night we met and I was soon invited to the crazy party that was to ensue on the following Saturday.During the party I met MJ's parents and soon after, MJ asked if I would be able to take his Gold Coast living parents out for a flight around Sydney for his mothers 50th birthday. No sweat.A few days later, the trip was arranged and it wa
Byron Bay and BrisVegas 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Flight hours: 3.0Study hours: 0Aviation Reading: Aiming HighA good friend of mine lives in Brisbane whilst another is taking a short holiday on the eastern most point of Australia, Byron
Bay. What a perfect excuse to take a short break and fly myself up the coast to visit them and score some free accommodation.The Sydney area had quite a lot of low cloud hanging about, however it was forecast as fine and sunny alone the coast up to Brisbane. The clouds wouldn't present a problem as they were high enough for me to fly the Sydney lane of entry and soon after, I would be descending to 500ft to pass the Williamtown military area, which would then open up into better weather.My trip today would take me to Tyagarah, a grass landing strip right on the water near Byron Bay. I planned to fly coastal most of the way, with only a detour around a restricted area used as airforce firing grounds.During the flight, I recorded the radio conversations as an opportunity to present my podcast listeners
Brisbane Scenic and the flight home 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Flight hours: 5.2Study hours: 0Aviation Reading: NoneWade and I decided to take a leisurely scenic flight around Brisbane
and the islands before I had to finalise my preparation to depart for Sydney.There is a published VFR track that takes you south of the city, over to Stradbroke island, tracking north to Moreton island before crossing water to the west for Bribie island and finally now being north of the city, returning to Archerfield.There were some interesting colours to be seen, the coast and islands looked great from the air. Pity about the low cloud which reduced picture clarity.During some of the island hopping, I decided to provide Wade with a taste of what a zero G environment feels like. Seeing as I still had the sound recorder hooked up, I decided to record the experience. You can listen to it here (Warning: Contains Explicit Language).On the return trip to Sydney, I decided to re-record most of the radio conversations again for my Student Pilot Training podcast listeners. Read more:Scenic
Going to 'The Dish' (Parkes) 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Flight hours: 3.3Study hours: 0Note: This event occurred during OctoberPreface: The plan was to fly out to Parkes and go visit the dish. The only preparation outside of flight planning was to ensure that the radio telescope was open for tours. Hilarity ensues.Guest writer: Wade Beattie AKA TurtleIt was an ordinary day, besides waking up late next to a few empty bottles of Bacardi Rum. Today we were going to fly out to the dish, the same radio telescope that was used in the movie 'The Dish'.Getting out to the airport, it was the first time I had seen a light aircraft up close. I was surprised at how cramped you could get inside a small plane when you pack a couple of motorised scooters. Also the fact that weight and balance can be an issue and that the windows opened... Cool.Geoff's preparation of the navigation logs, fuel, charts and instruments seemed complex, but he assures me that anyone can learn. Before pulling the aircraft out of the hangar, I was shown how to perform the firs Read more:Going
India 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Flight hours: 22 (via Human Mailing Tubes)Study hours: 2Aviation Reading: Killer CaldwellI haven't done any GA flying in the last few weeks as you can see. I have been thinking about it though and occasionally looking skyward.The reason for this short hiatus is that I was over in Western Australia (thanks to Virgin Blue), for the Christmas break. I stayed on a homestead near the edge of Perth civilisation and dreamed about the possibilities of having a property with my own landing strip. One day.We left Perth in the afternoon on NYE and landed at 10:10pm in Sydney. Just enough time to get home, change clothes, grab booze and fireworks and head out to Matty's house party. We arrived at 11:30pm. Yay!The first week of 2007, I'm finalising my plans for the 5.5 weeks of work in India
. I'm in contact with an aero club in Bangalore, so hopefully I can get some air sightseeing done. I will be podcasting in India, albeit on inferior equipment and hopefully will get to release two planned ep
Goa 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Flight hours: 1.1Study hours: 0Aviation Reading: Flight Safety Magazine (Australia)I have been in India for almost 3 weeks and it is very apparent I am lacking two favourite activities... Flying and not working.The flying component consists of two things:1) Actually taking an aircraft for a flight, I wasn't impressed by the aircraft available in India (no wonder many Indian's do their flight training in places like Australia) nor the hoops I would have to jump to be allowed to take a "semi-wrecked" aircraft for a flight. I did see some nice looking ones on the flight line, but was unable to locate the owners. 2) Finishing the recording of a podcast for my show. This has been a little harder as I almost totally lost my voice in the first 10 days. I managed to get a sore throat before leaving for India and it progressed into Laryngitis from all of the talking I have been doing at work. Hopefully after this weekend, I might be able to get one released. (Thanks for all the fan mail and n
Crazy Air Deccan 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Flight hours: 2.2Study hours: 0Aviation Reading: Plane and PilotI survived getting to Goa and returning to Bangalore, however feel the need to highlight the actual experience.Air Deccan
have certainly revolutionised the low cost carrier concept. It's really an unreliable airline as far as schedules and seating are concerned, but at least they did SMS me the fact that the plane had been delayed... twice. Booking the tickets were fairly simple besides the fact that they don't take foreign credit cards online. So I had forced my newly minted IT Manager of India to pay for all of the 3 tickets on his Indian credit card. I did pay him back!We were supposed to leave at 2:45pm, which was bumped on the same day to 3:30pm, no big deal, but on the way to the airport another SMS arrived saying 4:45pm. After check-in, Dmitriy and I waited quite awhile in a fairly dirty and old lounge area of Bangalore airport. There was a power point to charge our laptops and do some emailing and net surfing. Bo Read more:Crazy
India and Podcasting don't mix 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Flight hours: 12 (via Human Mailing Tubes)Study hours: 0Aviation Reading: FlyingI believe India
is jinxed for actually getting a podcast out. Working long hours, broken equipment and the Windows Vista audio drivers I'm using are not recording as well as they could. L.A.M.E Lame lame.Appreciate the man-handling of my bags and the outcome to the microphone I was going to use whilst travelling. Slightly functioning through only ear piece, damaged head band, inability to clip the earphones into the holder and a crackling mic when recording. Joy.I will endeavour to push out one of the planned episodes this week on my normal recording rig. Stay tuned! Read more:Podcasting
Hail!! 2007-03-25 03:00:00 Flight hours: 3 (via Human Mailing Tubes)Study hours: 0Aviation Reading: Aviation SafetySo much has happened over the last few weeks, this thing called life is getting in the way of my aviation adventures. At least I'm still having an adventurous life. If only I can put the two closure together. Hmm. Possible, but not for a while.I still haven't had the time to get a podcast episode out. This episode is actually an interview with an Airservices Australia Air Traffice Controller. We need to record a few sections again and after mixing, voila! A few weeks ago, my aircraft was parked at Bathurst when a storm came through and dumped large hail stones everywhere. The aircraft did take some damage, luckily all cosmetic, although it does reduce the value of the plane. It was decided through different discussions with insurance and my mechanic that when the engine gets replaced (The engine is reaching TBO), it would be a good oportunity to replace the main canopy (windsheild) along with repl
Sydney Jaunt 2007-04-17 10:00:00 Flight hours: 6 (3 via Human Mailing Tubes)Study hours: 0Aviation Reading: NoneI finally managed to get some time in the air and not just my usual RPT flying, yes folks, I took my plane for a spin.It ended up being a very late afternoon flight and very pleasant. I let Ajanta control the aircraft at times and she did quite well... that is if your discount the screeching of excitement at various times.We flew over the harbour and Johnny Howard's Kirribilli residence a few times before heading back into an excellent sunset. I will post photos when AJ gets back from New Zealand.AJ decided to extend her trip downunder up to her maximum 3 month visa limit (she has been continually extending her trip since it originally was only going to be for 3 or so weeks) and now she has decided to move to Australia. Until that time, her visa tourist day count needs resetting, so she flew over to New Zealand for a couple of weeks so that when back in Oz, the count will be zeroed off again.The plane has a Read more:Sydney
Special VFR 2007-04-23 04:00:00 Flight hours: 0.3 (air switch time)Study hours: 0Aviation Reading: Killing Zone: How and why pilots dieThe weather forecast looked promising at the start of the weekend and Saturday was a great day to fly. As I was still a little tired from a previous big night out, I decided to postpone and go flying on the Sunday. The weather changed overnight and by morning, a broken to overcast cloud cover rested at around 3000 feet. The weather was calm with almost no wind. I decided to take the flight anyway, bringing someone along for the ride. The plan was to do a simple CBD orbit and the low altitude Victor 1 route under the clouds.Pre-flighting was a breeze and I pulled the plane out of the hangar, had a fuel truck fill her up and then started to taxi for the run-up bay. The ATIS reported visibility at greater than 8km below 3000 feet at that time.Soon after, we took off and straight into fairly crap visibility above 1000 feet. I would have estimated a distance of around 6 kilometres by this Read more:Special
The Stallion and the Hen 2007-05-26 21:00:00 Flight hours: 1.3Aviation Reading: Aviation MagazinesIt was just one of those nights. I went out on the town with a few friends and before I knew it, plans were in place for later that weekend to take a few chicks for a flight around Sydney.Backing up a little... My ANZAC flight went swimmingly and I will also be able to squeeze a few more flights in before the hundred hourly. Back to the story. A tourist (Roberta aka The Italian) and the local hosting the tourist (Liana aka Mother Hen) would be blessed with a magical flight before winter wonderland arrives.The weather was great and as I was preparing to get them into the aircraft, they both decided they need to go to the toilet (is that from excitement or fear?). Off I take them across the airfield and apron to the toilets (I don't happen to have any near my hangar).On approaching the city, I was told that due to navigational beacon testing, I would be unable to get over the city for at least thirty minutes. What a perfect opportunit
Maintenance hell is frozen… For now. 2007-06-12 17:00:00 Flight hours: 0Aviation Reading: Aviation MagazinesWell, what a pleasant surprise! The mechanic (actually a L.A.M.E (Licensed Aircraft Maintenance
Engineer)) cleared the plane for another hundred hours before engine overhaul! That extra hundred hourly on-condition sign-off allows me to take the engine up to 400 hours past TBO.The Lycoming O-320 in the plane was compression tested and oil consumption was in the middle of normal limits along with no metal being found in the oil filter. What does this mean? Financial raping of engine overhaul/replacement has been diverted for now. Hell is frozen and is thawing over the next hundred hours of flight. It also gives me a few months reprieve in departing with my cash.On other financial news, the windsheild will get replaced in the coming week or so.
How to win friends and influence people 2007-06-14 00:00:00 Flight hours: 1.1Aviation Reading: Aviation MagazinesOr should that title say, influence
managers?The company I work for has gone through a major shift in organisation models and business process. The outcome of this was to have the new leader, Terry, visit Australia to meet with the highly successful and skilled teams.Seeing as Terry's trip was to be a very small one due to other commitments, it was asked if I can take Terry and his wife Annette for a flight around Sydney.It was a crisp day, the weather was very calm with some inversion layers to be seen floating around. The best part of this kind of weather and the time of year is that I enjoy looking at the fog within the valleys on the northern rivers and seeing the mountain tops poking through. The downside is it can make for bad photos depending on the clouds above the aircraft and the lighting conditions.Terry has his Private Pilots license in the U.S, however he has not exercised those rights in over 7 years. I let Terry fly f Read more:people
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