May 2006
Well when it has anything to do with flying it will influence what will happen on the day. Most of the recently organised event have been badly effected by the weather and it is disappointing to see events cancelled . But that 's the way it is and we have to be prepared.
It has been some time since my last newsletter and much has happened and is now in the past but I will mention some of the events in case you forgot they were going to happen .
The RAANZ annual flyin was to be held on 4th and 5th of March but was rained out on the Saturday. The weather turned out much better on Sunday and some local flying took place mostly by the Trikes who went for a good flight over to Lyttleton and the harbour.
The RAANZ flyin was postponed until the 1st of April when the weather was better but not good enough to attract many from the other Island. Those that did come down experienced some mechanical trouble with their front wheel and were unable to get involved In some events. A full program was followed for the weekend and some good fun flying saw flour bombs dropped and plans landing on the spot. It was inspiring to see eight to ten planes in the circuit at one time and made lining up for a bomb drop very interesting when others were on approach. The highlight of the flying was the navigation exercise . Mike Small and Paul Woodley set a course around North Canterbury and set a few trick questions to be answered when you returned. The competitors had to sort out their course from GPS co-ordinates and calculate the time taken to complete the course. All fliers finished the course but all had differing answers to the questions . I flew with Ross in the 300 and it was great. (I want one) It was just like flying a computer simulator.
The event had a few sponsors and I would like to thank the following people;
Steve Noad from Aircraft Logistics who supplied the flight kit bags and a trophy
Craig Thomas who supplied a TIG welder and a trophy
Ivan Campbell who supplied a first aid kit
Brent Thompson who supplied a trophy
Flight Line who supplied a flight computer
Mike Jones who supplied a trophy
Colin Marshall who supplied wine for prizes
Wayne Woodward who supplied a cleaning kit
Tony Hansen who supplied 2 boxes of lovely apples
Thanks to all of you as without your generous help the event would not have been as successful as it was.
The TIG welder from Taurus Machinery was won by Paul Woodley for his great work in welding the steel fuselages of the Karatoo aircraft. Paul has generously donated this to the club for all members to use. He is happy to show anyone how to use it .
On Saturday 25th February a flyin was held at Graham Fletchers farm in Culverden.
The weather for this day was perfect and 14 aircraft arrive to a lovely lunch put on by Grahams' wife. It was great to hear all the radio chat on the way up . It was lucky we decided to use a 'chat' frequency!
It was a great day and the flying was very good . For some it was a new experience flying over high ground and trying to find an unfamiliar field. It will probably be the last time we flyin there as Graeme is in the process of selling and moving to Picton. While we were there we had chance to see the plane Graeme is building ,sorry Graeme I can't remember the name of it ,but it is similar to the Alpi. It has retracts and will be a pretty slick plane when finished. If anyone wants a good Challenger call Graeme and do a deal.
So,What has been Happening out there?
Top of the list is the first flight of the first NZ Titan Mustang built at Loburn Abbey.
The silver and blue livery looked great as it flew past at low altitude during our RAANZ flyin in April. Both of Ivan's new toy's were present and looked a picture parked next to each other.
Ivan Campbell's new Aircraft at Rangiora April 2006
The club held 2 training sessions recently. The March session was an FRTO up date and was well attended by those who wanted a refresher and those who were about to sit the exam.
In February we had a map reading seminar and this was also well attended . Brent and Roger explained the details of map reading and some trial course plotting was tried.
Camp Quality- AIRFEST -METHVEN 2006 was scheduled for the 29th of April.
This was to be a fund raising event for children with cancer. Every year Camp Quality take the children to camp at Living Springs. This event was designed to raise funds for this . Unfortunately being an aviation related event it was subject to good weather. Good weather was something we didn't get and the event was not a success. A lot of money and time was spent to organise the event only to be dashed by the weather. The organisers are very keen to have it next year and have set a date of the 21st &22nd of April 2007. We will be keen to help out again next year.
Colin Marshal fulfilled his ambition of owning his own plane and hangar having recently taken delivery of his new Texan and moved into his new hangar.
Colin and Norma Marshall's new Texan
outside their new hangar at Rangiora
Brent Thompson has move his business and accommodation premises from the Kiwi Karatoo factory to the new factory beside Doug Anderson's hangar. Brent is equipped to build propellers ,paint and carry out other general avaition reapairs. Give him a call to help with your next job.
Paul Woodley has created a new company that operates out of the Kiwi Karatoo factory. As you know Paul wish a very accomplished aviation serviceman and can handle your welding ,covering , repair and build from scratch projects. Paul is happy to help with any project so give him a call and get the best of service and quality.
Mike Fleming has built a great new hangar complete with control tower.
The Waimak District Council is now accepting applications to build new hangars at the airfield . If you are interested in building or purchasing a new hangar please contact Craig Sargison at the Council and he will give you all the information.
Stuart Buffton has completed his new Zenair 701
Nigel Ackroyd and Terry Salmon have passed the exam and now progress to the next stage of their flyin Microlights . Congratulation guys.
Duncan Fraser has bought a Ragwing Vagabond and is keeping it at his strip in the Hurunui.
Clubhouse Security
A continuing problem at the clubhouse is that of people leaving the clubhouse and hangar doors open. On many occasions the doors have been found wide open in the middle of the night. Please make sure YOU close the doors when you leave.
If you fly JOL or any other planes in No1 Hangar close the door when you have put the plane away even if others are around. If you plan to fly more than just circuits close the doors also.
When you leave the clubhouse and you are the last to be there( within reason) close the doors and set the alarm especially if you leave in the afternoon. Just because it may be early and there are still some people around you cannot guarantee they will lock up.
So take personal responsibility to make sure that all door s are closed. If others are still around when you leave tell them the clubhouse is still open ,if they are not going to using it then you close it. Please everyone take responsibility we can afford to be complacent . We have been lucky so far and have not lost very much but one day-----!!
Third Aircraft for Club
Yes we are already thinking of a new plane after we get JOL jnr in the air. We are asking for members to let us know what we should be getting next. Do we get a 1st generation plane like a Mirage? Or do we go all out and get and Alpi or Texan? Let us know what you think.
Not So Good news -With the price of fuel rocketing we have decided to increase JOL rate to $85/hr .
From the Ops Officer -
Well, JOL is back in service after her third engine change. This was carried out by Paul in February and to date has done about 20hrs. Actually, this engine is the same one that JOL used for her first 300hrs of service. It was overhauled and found to be in perfect condition, with only the mandatory items requiring changing, these being - the piston pins, rings and oil seals. This speaks well for the oil we use in her - Castrol Super Marine Two Stroke oil - at a ratio of 50 to 1. Comments from people who have flown the 'new' engine suggest that it is a little smoother than the previous one. I have noticed a difference in fuel consumption between them, the previous engine using about 1lt an hour more in 'cruise' giving 17lt/hr. Oil - When I went to collect a fresh 20lt container for JOL, I was informed that Castrol have discontinued supplying it that way and now only supply it in 1 and 4lt containers. The 4lts come in a box of 3. I think it will make for easier handling of the oil, it's just that we will have a lot more containers to 'get rid of'! Anyone want empty containers! A new hose has been fitted to JOL's refuelling rig. We are finding that we get about 9 months out of a hose before the petrol causes it to become unacceptably stiff and difficult to use. There was a suggestion of replacing it with a petrol resistant rubber hose, but the advantage of having a clear plastic one , and thus being able TO SEE THE COLOUR what is being pumped in far outweighs the problem. You all of course remember the difference in colour of petrol with oil mixed - and that without don't you!
As you JOL fliers 'cruise' around her doing a careful pre-flight prior to taking her on a sortie, you see nuts and bolts - lots of them! Have you ever paused to consider this essential item for flight? Did you know that a bolt fitted with a nylock nut must have at least 1 thread exposed beyond the end of the nut to be in 'safety'? And some more interesting facts. One would think that a bolt fitted in a shear application (eg JOL's
strut attachment bolts) would be stronger than a similar bolt in tension. Wrong! A bolt in shear has about 60% of the strength of a bolt in tension. How tight should a nut and bolt in tension be? They should be tightened beyond their normal working load. Manufacturers supply torque values for bolts in critical places to ensure that this is achieved. Otherwise AC43 has a table of standard torque values (see Paul) for non critical areas. In a test done by Lockheed, a bolt was tightened to 1420 pound tension and stressed cyclically to 9215 pounds, to have it fail at 5960 cycles. An identical bolt was then tightened to to 8420 pounds and cycled to the same 9125 pounds and went to 4.65 million cycles before failure! Had the bolt be tightened beyond 9125 pounds, it would have been impractical to try to cycle it to failure, So remember, Keep Dem Bolts Tight, and good flying!
Ops Officer
The Boys on Tour
One day in somebody's kitchen it was suggested that we do a mission to Narromine in Aussie to the RAAus flyin. Good idea, 2007 sounds good. Why not 2006? That doesn't give us long to plan or save for it. That's why you have credit cards. OK then lets do it. So a trip was planned.
The day of our departure came and the six of our group were excitedly going through the passport control. “Do you realise that you don't have a valid passport” the control officer said. The colour drained from the face of the person who shall be nameless, (but is the latest member of our club to be made a life member). “That can't be right, it is a brand new passport”. “Well if you just sign it for me sir, we will let you through”. The only thing that the member concerned was worried about was that he had just paid $25 departure tax and he might lose it. Well we got to Sydney with no further incident, apart from the fact that some members thought they should be sitting by the window seat, you know the one I mean. The one where you can see out the front on the left hand side. There was already someone sitting there, and he had 4 stripes on his shoulder.
We got to Sydney and the next mission was to get our rental car. Then we had to load the car. That was ok until we came to put Brents prop in the car, which from now on will be known as the BBP ( Brents Bloody Prop). It was just as well Tania met us at the airport and we put one of our passengers and gear in her car.
Now to find the accommodation. Have you ever driven in Sydney, not knowing where you are going and trying to follow a physcotic local to your digs?!!! It is not an experience I would recommend. We had broken about 20 traffic rules in the first 2 kilometres!!! And it wasn't even 9.00am yet. We got settled into the motel, had a quick cuppa and decided we had better check this berg out. Tania showed us where the train station was gave us a map and we were on our own. Wow!!!
Well you just have to check out the harbour, the opera house, Sydney Harbour Bridge etc. The boys were on tour. We also got the ferry to Manly. We were walking up the main street in Manly towards the sea, when all of a sudden the beach came into view and there before us was golden sand with people in all states of undress. “HOLY CRAP” said the man that owned the BBP. “I have died and gone to heaven”. It was time to sit down, have a drink, attend to the gravel rash on the boy's tongues and get the heart rate down to a more even pace. So a pleasant day was had by all.
On the day we travelled to Narromine, fortunately we had Adrian joining us. He is an ex pat Kiwi, living in Canberra who was joining us for the trip. He was bringing his Ute so we were able to put BBP in the back and we could all travel comfortably. We headed to Narromine, but on the way we had to pass through Bathurst. Well you could not do that with out visiting the Mt Panorama track. We turned up there and the track was closed for a race meeting they were having over Easter. We thought that we would not be able to drive around the track, but our Aussie Kiwi managed to put over such a good story about the kiwi boys on tour that they almost begged us to go through. So we can say we have driven the Bathurst track and we will be eagerly awaiting the race in November, when it is shown on TV. We can say we have been there.!!!
Then on to Narromine. We arrived there in the afternoon, checked the place out, and then headed to our arranged accommodation 25 minutes away in Trangie. Well, what a welcome they gave us. They had it all sorted, even down to a bus to take us to the RSL for a meal. It was fantastic. There we caught up with 4 other members of our club including the “mad scientist, and Mr and Mrs “Haveachat” (formally known as “waffle”). The RSL put on a fantastic meal and then the boys,(the single boys) started making their acquaintance with the local talent. Needless to say, the word soon spread, the kiwi boys were in town.
Friday dawned clear and calm. It was off to Narromine to check out aeroplanes. First things first though, where does a man get a feed first thing in the morning? We found a little shop in Narromine that did bacon, eggs, tomato and toast. Just what we needed. This was to be our regular stop for the next three days. The breakfast was a big enough feed to keep us going until our nighttime meal, with only the odd hot dog snack in between.
One of the problems we had was what do we do with BBP. We decided to leave Brent with the problem and go and look at aeroplanes. We were all going our separate ways so decided we should meet at the white Jabiru. That was a good idea except for the fact that about every second plane was a white Jabiru. There were lots of aeroplanes to look at and stalls to visit. All sorts of interesting things to drool over.
We were wandering along and stopped at a tent that was selling spinners. There in amongst the spinners was BBP. We made a comment to the guy selling the spinners that he had a beautiful prop there. He started telling us all about this young guy from New Zealand who made these wooden props. He was just starting out and had a machine that automatically cut them out and he finished them up. He could design a prop for any homebuilt aircraft. We were so impressed!!! We said we would love to meet this guy. “No problems, he is around the show here somewhere.” We were so impressed. This guy never mentioned his spinners once but gave us the full rundown on Brent's props and Brent wasn't even there. Most impressive.!!!!
There were lots of aeroplanes there for us to look at. One of the highlights for members of the KKK (Kiwi Karatoo Klub) was the arrival of Ray Bains Karatoo from Queensland. While we were drooling over that along came Martin Hone, from Victoria, who helped the KKK, while the Karatoo's were being constructed, with a video of his Karatoo and with some useful advice. It was good to meet him in person. Incidentally Ray's Karatoo got the prize for best-presented aircraft at Narromine. It was absolutely beautiful and a credit to Ray.
There were allsorts of aircraft ranging from powered parachutes to trikes to rag and tube to plastic fantastics. One of the disappointments for some members was the lack of the more traditional microlight, such as thrusters, drifters, xairs and the like. There were plenty of Jabirus!!! A comment was that people tended to fly to the event and that was it, they spent the rest of the time sitting around talking. There was not much flying at the event but there were some seminars that were worth going to. The “mad scientist” likened the flyin to being at a brothel but not allowed to touch the merchandise.
On the Sunday, nine members of CRAC and one Aussie flew down to Temora, in a Beech 18, to a flying display of the Temora Aviation Museum. This was a real highlight. We got to fly over Aussie low and slow and got to do it in a vintage aircraft. Mrs Haveachat flew right-hand seat and there were plenty of GPS units available to help the pilot out. Apparently it is 168.2 nautical miles south of Narromine. It was so good to fly in a commercial aircraft that everyone had a window seat and the windows were a decent size to look out of. It got me to thinking. Why don't we ship our aircraft to Australia and fly around the country and have a decent look. A club trip for the future!!?
The flying display was held in beautiful weather and was really good. We had an added bonus with the “mad scientist” giving us a botany lesson, showing us how tumbleweed sheds its seeds. We were all fascinated, well, some of us were. You have to humour him, he gets a bit excitable. You should have heard him talking about the insect orgy he discovered on someone's aircraft wing, but that's another story
We saw the only Hudson that is flying in the world. We also saw a Ryan, Tiger Moth, Wirraway, Harvard, Spitfire, Vampire, a Meteor a Cessna 0-2, Dragonfly and the Trojan put on a flying display. One of the interesting things with this air show was that the commentator's spoke with the pilots after their display and before the next display. It was interesting but took a long time to get through the show. We are really spoilt in NZ with the action and the quality of our airshows.
The good thing after the display was when everyone was dealing with traffic jams etc. We were able to get in the Beech 18 and fly home. How cool is that? It is cool.!!!!
Next day it was time to head back to dear 'ol Sydneytown. That meant loading all our purchases and the BBP. Adrian offered to come as far as Bathurst and take the BBP. That was fine but then Brent had to nurse it on his lap the rest of the way. It was just as well the prop was not any longer. It just fitted between him and the windscreen. Every time the car accelerated the prop jammed Brent in the chest and every time the car stopped it jammed him in the chest. Couldn't win either way This prop had been made for JOL junior. It was lucky to make it back home safely.
So inevitably the time came for us to go our separate ways. Some headed for home, some stayed with family and friends and some stayed and terrorised the natives for a while longer.
It was an experience that I thoroughly enjoyed, not only for the aircraft we flew in or saw, but also for the fun and company I shared with members of our club. It was a trip I am so pleased I made and would do it again in a flash. Thank you to everyone, especially Adrian, who travelled up from Canberra to Sydney so he could take the BBP and travel with us to Narromine. It was a great club event.
Anybody keen to go to Sun'n'Fun?
Southern Trike Safari
Hugh McLachlanSometime around early 2006, Doug Anderson of the Canterbury Recreational Aircraft Club conceived the idea of a Trike fly in, to be based at Bob and Christine Oliver’s property, situated between Mandeville and Riversdale in Southland. He couldn’t have guessed how successful it was going to turn out at that stage.
After much planning and organising it all came together with people and machines arriving on Thursday 13th April, from as far away as Takaka and Karamea with most of the others coming from Rangiora.
The trikes were duly rigged and parked in a very sheltered location adjacent to Bob and Christine’s house. Three of the machines were able to be accommodated in Bob’s hangar.
Several of the pilots couldn’t resist the opportunity of a quick familiarisation flight around the area before dark on the first evening and after that it was into the planning for the first serious mission for the next day (Good Friday).
With the weather looking as though it was going to be a cracker, the plan was to head off over the Hokonui Hills to Riverton on the south coast just west of Invercargill.
Good Friday 14th April
The day started with a perfect morning and then got better. 10 trikes, accompanied by Jack de Reeper in his Bantam, all assembled at Alex Taylor’s strip situated about a mile from Bob and Christine’s. After scones, tea, coffee, and much discussion, at Alex’s home we got under way, heading for Riverton just after 1100 hours.
Our course took us straight over the Hokonui Hills in a south westerly direction for about 41 nm. We all arrived safely just after midday. After a brief orbit around Riverton, our leader (Doug) landed in a paddock adjacent to the beach (tide was in so no beach landings).
Conditions were about as good as you would find anywhere. No wind, warm and clear. Smooth flying all the way apart from the odd minor lump over the Hokonui’s.
We departed from Riverton at about 1300 after Invercargill ATC declined our request to fly past the south side of Bluff, due to incoming traffic. We then headed west around the coast then north past Tuatapere where we landed in a paddock to plan the next leg through to Centre Bush. Scenery and flying conditions were still about as good as they come.
After arriving at the Centre Bush airstrip we had to readjust passenger loading and some delicate fuel adjustments to ensure that all were going to make it over the Hokonui Hill’s with suitable safety margins.
After about 3.5 hours flying time from the start, we all arrived back at Bob and Christine’s.
The whole day was topped of with a magnificent meal prepared by Doug assisted by the ladies. Mushroom entrees, venison back steaks, steak, and vegetables followed with desert and appropriate lubrication of your choice.
A marvellous day was had by all and we were wondering if we would ever get another day as perfect as that one. (We didn’t know it at that stage but Southland must be the Great Day factory, for they just kept coming).
Saturday 15th April
The day dawned clear and still again and full of promise for another great days flying. Decisions were made and trikes prepared. Then it was off to Alex’s strip for the mandatory scones tea and coffee before departing for Porpoise Bay, which is situated at the south end of the Catlins coast, about 32 nm east of Bluff.
We were accompanied on this trip by Alex in his Kitfox and Jack once again in his Bantam. It was great to have the local knowledge of these two pilots with us. Alex with his greater speed was able to keep track of everyone while Jack took the role of pathfinder. The trip down to Porpoise Bay was uneventful until we arrived at the Bay. We all landed OK except for one trike which sustained minor damage after turning too soon at the end of the landing roll and touched a wing tip on the sand.
After sorting out the above hiccup we departed from the beach in a northerly direction along the magnificent rugged Catlins Coast. This is an area which almost all of us will want to return to for a second look as the scenery is just superb. Bush, beaches, surf, rocks and great weather on the day.
Next stop, Balclutha for refuelling of aircraft and crews. Doug’s wife, Robyn, had kindly volunteered to drive from home base with a trailer loaded with spare fuel and food, which we all needed.
At some stage during this brief stop, someone came up with a good idea !!!. “Why don’t we put a V formation together when we leave Balclutha”?. It all went rather well while we were still on the ground, but after that things deteriorated quite rapidly, especially when we tried to turn the formation. Never mind, we learned heaps and now have a much greater respect for those who put together the really polished formation displays.
The next leg took us to Mandeville airfield where six trikes and the Bantam landed. We checked out the museum at the airfield and I can highly recommend it to any one who has an interest in aviation particularly the vintage aircraft which are being built and restored.
We decided to have another crack at the formation flying on leaving Mandeville for the short leg back to home base.
With 5 trikes nicely formed up in a V and Doug tucked into the back of the V (where he would get all the turbulence) we took off. This time things were looking good and no turns were attempted. With a few hours practise we could almost get it together.
We arrived home after about 3.8 hours of flying, tired and happy
Another splendid meal prepared on the BBQ, followed by buy a huge (toast marshmallows at 30 paces size) bonfire and fireworks display finished the day off. What a day!!!
Sunday 16th April
Sunrise was at 0722 therefore no excuses to be in bed after 0700. Someone who will remain nameless was overhead the house and accommodation just after 0700 making heaps of noise. This had the desired effect and people were soon up and moving.
No major missions today, just people doing their own things with local flying, sorting out minor problems with flying machines etc. Great weather again and a very relaxed day.
The evening was taken care of with a superb meal at The Moth Restaurant at Mandeville airfield.
Monday 17th April
Once again a perfect morning for flying. Decisions were made and the mission was to fly to TeAnau, Manapouri, have fun and return safely.
For this trip we only had 8 trikes due to one down after the Porpoise Bay incident and one engaged on training duties.
We headed off in a north westerly direction, passing just south of Lumsden and landing at Rob McBride’s airstrip on the eastern side of Mossburn.
After a brief stop and group photos we headed off for TeAnau with the intention of turning back if the light northerly wind was going to make things too lumpy.
At Rob McBride’s strip. L to R Keith Dekkers, Wynston Harris, John Osma, Noel Valance, Hugh McLachlan, Richard Mason, Doug Anderson, Robyn Anderson, Christine Oliver, Chris Davies & Rob McBride.
Just after take off one of the trikes developed motor problems and returned to Rob’s strip. The remaining 7 continued on. We only encountered turbulence for a brief period while passing over The Gorge about 11 nm NW of Mossburn. Those who went high missed most of it. I went a bit lower and came out a better pilot for the experience. After that it was all good going through to TeAnau where we were met with a light shower which quickly cleared soon after we landed at the TeAnau airfield. More refuelling of machines and crews then off on a circuit round the TeAnau village then south to Manapouri.
Magnificent views over the lakes and many photos taken. Touched down on the sealed strip at Manapouri then beat a hasty retreat in the face of an approaching shower..
The trip back to home base was very pleasant with about 10 knots of tail wind and at 4500 to 5000 feet hardly a bump in the sky.
Another very satisfying mission accomplished after about 3.9 hours flying.
Tuesday 18th April
Most of us were ready for a lazy day as we had almost over indulged in flying if that’s possible. Some were packing up, others just doing a bit of local flying and generally enjoying the local area.
Summary:
A highly successful fly in, magnificent scenery, great flying, superb hospitality. Thanks to our hosts Bob and Christine Oliver.
There are tentative plans to make this a biennial event
Roll on Easter 2008 for Southern Safari No 2.
Events
Fly to Ashburton Museum
May 20th or 21st depending on weather
We will leave Rangiora at around 10am , have a look around the museum and then have BBQ at Rangiora in the afternoon.
Working Bee at Rangiora
May 27th 10am
We are going to remove the clear plastic sheets from the roof of No2 hangar and install new long run roofing iron. This is to reduce the effects of UV on aircraft fabric. Bring along a hammer and make light work of it. We will also do some general cleaning and gardening around the clubhouse and BBQ area.
Site Vistit to our new club events field at WOODSIDE OXFORD.
May 28th 10am meet at clubhouse then drive to Oxford
Yes the club is looking at developing a new events field at Oxford for future flying events . The plan is to develop the site for future events such as the old Waitoi flyin and the RAANZ flyin. The site has much promise with good camping areas and a river and close proximity to Oxford motels for those who prefer the comforts of home.
June 24th
Mid Winter Dinner
Kaiapoi Working Mens Club River Restrauant
7.00pm
RAANZ Activity
As you know our club has two memebers on the RAANZ executive this year ,Mike Sheffield and Brent Thompson. As part of our involvement I intend to relay to you the major items we and the executive are working on .
New members should be aware that the RAANZ exam question pool is available for all to access on http://raanz.org.nz/cgi-bin/learning/deliver?sub=111.
Just visit the RAANZ website and go to 'exams'.
Here are a few sample to test yourself.
Questions from exams/11120111110103
A Microlight aircraft means a basic ________ performance aircraft, designed to carry not more than ________ persons, which meets ______ momentum parameters.
A - high / 1 / low
B - high / 4 / high
C - low / 2 / high
D - low / 2 / low
Questions from exams/11120111110111
A Microlight aircraft MUST have :
A - an aircraft registration
B - an accurate record of hours flown
C - a record of repairs and maintenance
D - all of the above
Questions from exams/11120111110123
A permit to fly inspection for a Microlight may be performed by ?
A - a RAANZ Instructor
B - a RAANZ Authorised Training Officer
C - An Microlight Inspection Authority holder or LAME
D - any of the above
Questions from exams/11120111110138
A Microlight requires a periodic condition inspection which is valid for
A - 6 months
B - 12 months
C - 18 months
D - an indefinite period
Questions from exams/11120111112025
What placards must a 2 place microlight display
A - Within sight of the pilot the maximum design or certified all up weight of the aircraft
B - With in sight of the pilot the minimum and maximum payload
C - Within sight of the Passenger a Warning stating that the aircraft does not require an airworthiness certificate
D - All of the above
Part 103.107
More next month
RAANZ executive are presently working on updating the Training Manual and to date have completed the Law section and Technical. Anton Lawerence is organising a series of Seminars for IA's in the near future and has compiled and excellent technical CD that is a must for all of us who maintain and build Microlight Aircraft. This will be available soon at a small cost .It contains 106MB of data and is very worthwhile .
RNNAZ is dealing with CAA over a possible requirement by CAA for microlights to have Personal Locator Beacons fitted. It seems that in some form or another that we may be required to carry some device at certain times. RAANZ has made a number of suggestion to CAA involving certain types of microlights and specified distance away from home airfields. It is early days yet and be assured that RAANZ is doing everything it can to keep it sensible and simple. What ever happens it will be around 3 years before any action will be in place.
Other areas that the Exec are working on is a new section to the training manual related to Human Factors and FRTO. Both of these are new topics taken up by RAANZ . Human Factors may end up being a new requirement for Advanced rating and the FRTO will be similar to the PPL exam but we will run it ,set the syllabus and the exam. The program is to have the technical paper ready by the end of July for the EXEC to ratify before it is sent to CAA for their approval. Once this is gained we can start offering the FRTO exam to our members.
You will notice the RAANZ web site has had a change of look . The new look is designed to make more use of each member being able to look at what is being worked on . Take time to browse the site you will find a multitude of information .