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Oz Lander
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 Posted: Sun May 06, 2007 4:07 am Post subject: Airbourne again. |
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Had another flight today. Arrived 15 minutes early at the airfiled this
morning, as I was the first flight out, and the day was booked fairly
solid, so I wanted to get maximum air time.
Grabbed the keys, and opened the hangar, dragged out the Gazelle, and
did the pre-flight. She'd had her 100hourly this week, so I was
interested to see if I noticed anything different. Short answer to that
question was no.
The single screw that had been missing off the bottom of the cowling
had finally been replaced, and I was told that the left main tyre had a
puncture, which was now repaired. The only thing I noticed was that the
oil looked much cleaner. (Not that it looked all that dirty before.)
The sky was quite overcast, but the cloud was fairly high. There was
discussion about whether it would rain or not, (wooden prop issue
again!), and the decision was taken that it would be dry for long
enough. The forecast did not suggest rain, but the eyes suggested
different.
The wind was blowing from an unusual Westerly direction, putting it
more or less straight down runway 26. I'd not done any solo work from
26 to date, and it runs up-hill slightly, so I welcomed the
opportunity. Wind was about 8-10 knots. My instructor wanted to do 1
circuit with me to make sure the weather looked like behaving itself,
and to give me a running brief on the intricacies of landing on runway
26. (There is also a bit of a 'hill' in the middle of it!).
We did 1 circuit, and came in for a full stop. The air was quite
smooth, and I nailed the landing right where instructed, allowing for
the uphill aspect without trouble.
The instructor got out, and sent me on my way. Fuel was fairly low when
we first took off, with about 13 litres in each tank, so just over half
full. Enough for an hours flying, but not much more. She gave me the
option of doing a few circuits, or going out into the training area,
but as I'd not done any work on 26, I decided to do circuits.
As I taxiied back to 26, I realised I'd once again forgotten my
pre-landing checks, but as my instructor didn't pick me up on it
either, I didn't beat myself up over it. I did remember to do them on
every subsequent circuit, so I was happy.
I did make one other mistake today, and that was that for some supid
reason, I forgot completely about my base call, not realising until I
was about to turn onto finals. In my panic, I went to make a call
saying I was turning onto finals, but called base by mistake! Bit of a
brain fart there. Luckily, I was the only a/c in the circuit the whole
time.
2 mistakes is much better than last weeks effort, so I'm happy with how
I performed other than that.
I did a total of 7 solo circuits after dropping off the instructor, and
the wind seemed to increase with each one. The last 3 or 4 saw the
climb out get rather choppy from around 600ft to 1000ft, and the final
approach was also a bit hairy on the last 3 or so approaches, with
gusts trying to test my skills at keeping the wings level. There was
also a bit of downdraft as I came in over the (now dry) swamp area, but
my instructor had warned me about that.
I managed the wind and my landings well, in my opinion of course, and
landed where indicated to on each occaision, and again, as was
suggested, I managed to be back in the air again before reaching the
crossing runway, which has a bit of a rise to it, which can launch the
a/c somewhat if still in contact with the ground when taking off.
I mentioned the changing wind to the instructor when I got back, and
she checked the gauge. The winds had increased to about 15-20kts.
All in all, another good day. Only 1 runway I've never used now, so
looking forward to another unusual wind in the near future.
Total time now 15.9hrs (4.2 solo).
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Oz Lander.
I'm not always right,
But I'm never wrong. |
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d&tm
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| Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 12:38 am Post subject: Re: Airbourne again. |
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"Oz Lander" <here (AT) there (DOT) com.ca> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Had another flight today. Arrived 15 minutes early at the airfiled this
morning, as I was the first flight out, and the day was booked fairly
solid, so I wanted to get maximum air time.
Grabbed the keys, and opened the hangar, dragged out the Gazelle, and
did the pre-flight. She'd had her 100hourly this week, so I was
interested to see if I noticed anything different. Short answer to that
question was no.
The single screw that had been missing off the bottom of the cowling
had finally been replaced, and I was told that the left main tyre had a
puncture, which was now repaired. The only thing I noticed was that the
oil looked much cleaner. (Not that it looked all that dirty before.)
The sky was quite overcast, but the cloud was fairly high. There was
discussion about whether it would rain or not, (wooden prop issue
again!), and the decision was taken that it would be dry for long
enough. The forecast did not suggest rain, but the eyes suggested
different.
The wind was blowing from an unusual Westerly direction, putting it
more or less straight down runway 26. I'd not done any solo work from
26 to date, and it runs up-hill slightly, so I welcomed the
opportunity. Wind was about 8-10 knots. My instructor wanted to do 1
circuit with me to make sure the weather looked like behaving itself,
and to give me a running brief on the intricacies of landing on runway
26. (There is also a bit of a 'hill' in the middle of it!).
We did 1 circuit, and came in for a full stop. The air was quite
smooth, and I nailed the landing right where instructed, allowing for
the uphill aspect without trouble.
The instructor got out, and sent me on my way. Fuel was fairly low when
we first took off, with about 13 litres in each tank, so just over half
full. Enough for an hours flying, but not much more. She gave me the
option of doing a few circuits, or going out into the training area,
but as I'd not done any work on 26, I decided to do circuits.
As I taxiied back to 26, I realised I'd once again forgotten my
pre-landing checks, but as my instructor didn't pick me up on it
either, I didn't beat myself up over it. I did remember to do them on
every subsequent circuit, so I was happy.
I did make one other mistake today, and that was that for some supid
reason, I forgot completely about my base call, not realising until I
was about to turn onto finals. In my panic, I went to make a call
saying I was turning onto finals, but called base by mistake! Bit of a
brain fart there. Luckily, I was the only a/c in the circuit the whole
time.
2 mistakes is much better than last weeks effort, so I'm happy with how
I performed other than that.
I did a total of 7 solo circuits after dropping off the instructor, and
the wind seemed to increase with each one. The last 3 or 4 saw the
climb out get rather choppy from around 600ft to 1000ft, and the final
approach was also a bit hairy on the last 3 or so approaches, with
gusts trying to test my skills at keeping the wings level. There was
also a bit of downdraft as I came in over the (now dry) swamp area, but
my instructor had warned me about that.
I managed the wind and my landings well, in my opinion of course, and
landed where indicated to on each occaision, and again, as was
suggested, I managed to be back in the air again before reaching the
crossing runway, which has a bit of a rise to it, which can launch the
a/c somewhat if still in contact with the ground when taking off.
I mentioned the changing wind to the instructor when I got back, and
she checked the gauge. The winds had increased to about 15-20kts.
All in all, another good day. Only 1 runway I've never used now, so
looking forward to another unusual wind in the near future.
Total time now 15.9hrs (4.2 solo).
Crash , I dont think 26 is a runway (426m) , my bloody driveway looks longer |
than that :<)
But if you can handle that with no probs you are well on your way.
By the way with the ultralight does a licenced ( or is it licensed) pilot
have to a daily sign off of the aircraft?
terry |
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Crash Lander
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| Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 3:52 am Post subject: Re: Airbourne again. |
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"d&tm" <tfmann (AT) iprimusREMOVEME (DOT) com.au> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Crash , I dont think 26 is a runway (426m) , my bloody driveway looks
longer
than that :<)
But if you can handle that with no probs you are well on your way.
By the way with the ultralight does a licenced ( or is it licensed) pilot
have to a daily sign off of the aircraft?
terry
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More like a high speed turn off you reakon? 
Not exactly sure what you're asking there Terry. If you mean does someone
else have to do a pre-flight after me, then no.
Crash Lander |
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RT
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| Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 6:10 am Post subject: Re: Airbourne again. |
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"d&tm" <tfmann (AT) iprimusREMOVEME (DOT) com.au> wrote in message
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| Quote: | By the way with the ultralight does a licenced ( or is it licensed) pilot
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"Licence" is the noun. lICEnce. ICE
"License" is the verb. lIcenSnce. IS
Hence the licensed pilot has a licence. |
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Oz Lander
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| Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 2:15 pm Post subject: Re: Airbourne again. |
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Ric wrote:
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"Oz Lander" <here (AT) there (DOT) com.ca> wrote in message
news:f1mveo$pia$1@news-01.bur.connect.com.au...
d&tm wrote:
"Crash Lander" <here (AT) there (DOT) com.za> wrote in message
news:a%s%h.34597$M.24246@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
"d&tm" <tfmann (AT) iprimusREMOVEME (DOT) com.au> wrote in message
news:463e2eef$1_1 (AT) news (DOT) iprimus.com.au...
Crash , I dont think 26 is a runway (426m) , my bloody driveway
looks longer
than that :<)
But if you can handle that with no probs you are well on your
way. >>> > By the way with the ultralight does a licenced ( or is it
licensed)
pilot
have to a daily sign off of the aircraft?
terry
More like a high speed turn off you reakon?
Not exactly sure what you're asking there Terry. If you mean does
someone else have to do a pre-flight after me, then no.
Crash Lander
What I mean is that with GA aircraft a licenced pilot ( ie PPL
minimum) has to do a daily inspection and sign off on the
maintenance release before it can be flown that day. The reason
I asked is I got the impression from your post that you could
have just taken the plane out of the hanger for the first flight
of the day done your own preflight and off you go, a student
cannot do this in a GA aircraft . Is there even the equivalent
of the maintenance release with the ultralight? terry
Nope. Not that I'm aware of.
Before we went for the first circit, which was dual, the instructor
did her own walk around, even though I'd already done the preflight.
Rightly so too, because flying dual, she is PIC, and therefore
ultimately responsible for the safety of the flight.
Last week, when I just flew 100% solo, I did the pre-flight myself.
The instructor was with me as I boarded and started, but I don't
recall her doing a pre-flight of her own. Someone else did pull it
out of the hangar while I waited for my instructor to land and come
and see me. Perhaps he did a pre-flight whilst I wasn't there.
Hmm, so is there some sort of paperwork that certifies that the
aircraft is serviceable ? For instance, you rock up to the hangar to
fly the aircraft and there is no one around, how do you determine if
the aircraft is serviceable or for that matter, if there is a defect
with it ?
To add to Terry's post, in GA we have a Maintenance Release which
must be checked prior to flight to make sure the A/C is within it's
annual and there is no maintenance due or outstanding and no defects
written up.
Ric
-- Oz Lander.
I'm not always right,
But I'm never wrong.
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The last person to fly it puts in the a/c log book whether it is
servicable or not. Perhaps there is more that goes on that I haven't
seen. I'm not sure. I'll ask on the weekend when I fly next.
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Oz Lander.
I'm not always right,
But I'm never wrong. |
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Ric
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| Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 4:54 pm Post subject: Re: Airbourne again. |
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"Oz Lander" <here (AT) there (DOT) com.ca> wrote in message
news:f1mveo$pia$1@news-01.bur.connect.com.au...
| Quote: | d&tm wrote:
"Crash Lander" <here (AT) there (DOT) com.za> wrote in message
news:a%s%h.34597$M.24246@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
"d&tm" <tfmann (AT) iprimusREMOVEME (DOT) com.au> wrote in message
news:463e2eef$1_1 (AT) news (DOT) iprimus.com.au...
Crash , I dont think 26 is a runway (426m) , my bloody driveway
looks longer
than that :<)
But if you can handle that with no probs you are well on your way.
By the way with the ultralight does a licenced ( or is it
licensed)
pilot
have to a daily sign off of the aircraft?
terry
More like a high speed turn off you reakon?
Not exactly sure what you're asking there Terry. If you mean does
someone else have to do a pre-flight after me, then no.
Crash Lander
What I mean is that with GA aircraft a licenced pilot ( ie PPL
minimum) has to do a daily inspection and sign off on the maintenance
release before it can be flown that day. The reason I asked is I
got the impression from your post that you could have just taken the
plane out of the hanger for the first flight of the day done your own
preflight and off you go, a student cannot do this in a GA aircraft .
Is there even the equivalent of the maintenance release with the
ultralight? terry
Nope. Not that I'm aware of.
Before we went for the first circit, which was dual, the instructor did
her own walk around, even though I'd already done the preflight.
Rightly so too, because flying dual, she is PIC, and therefore
ultimately responsible for the safety of the flight.
Last week, when I just flew 100% solo, I did the pre-flight myself. The
instructor was with me as I boarded and started, but I don't recall her
doing a pre-flight of her own. Someone else did pull it out of the
hangar while I waited for my instructor to land and come and see me.
Perhaps he did a pre-flight whilst I wasn't there.
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Hmm, so is there some sort of paperwork that certifies that the aircraft is
serviceable ? For instance, you rock up to the hangar to fly the aircraft
and there is no one around, how do you determine if the aircraft is
serviceable or for that matter, if there is a defect with it ?
To add to Terry's post, in GA we have a Maintenance Release which must be
checked prior to flight to make sure the A/C is within it's annual and there
is no maintenance due or outstanding and no defects written up.
Ric
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Oz Lander.
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But I'm never wrong. |
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Walter
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| Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 6:26 pm Post subject: Re: Airbourne again. |
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| Quote: | By the way with the ultralight does a licenced ( or is it licensed) pilot
"Licence" is the noun. lICEnce. ICE
"License" is the verb. lIcenSnce. IS
Hence the licensed pilot has a licence.
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Geez guys!! You've got me intregued! Don't bugger about, does an
ultralight have a Maintenanse releace equivalent or not?
Walt |
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Crash Lander
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| Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 6:10 am Post subject: Re: Airbourne again. |
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"Walter" <Walwallywal (AT) bigpond (DOT) com.au> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Geez guys!! You've got me intregued! Don't bugger about, does an
ultralight have a Maintenanse releace equivalent or not?
Walt
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Well, I forgot to ask about it until I was half way home, but I did have a
bit more of a flick through the a/c's log book. There is a lot more than
just flight times in there. There does appear to be records of maintenance,
and inspections that appear to be once a day.
If I think back, I've only been solo as first flight of the day, once, and
then someone else actually pulled it out of the hangar for me whilst I was
talking in the office. I think you guys are correct. There seems to be a
'pre-flight' inspection done every day before the a/c is allowed to be used
that day.
Crash Lander |
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