There should be! First aircraft I bought was a half share in a ‘76 C210 back in 1994 when the ink on my CPL was barely dry. Flew that thing from Adelaide to Darwin and back twice. Birdsville races several times. We used to load it up so much it was ridiculous. The rule was you keep putting stuff in it until the tail hits the ground and the nose is in the air. Then you take the last thing you put in out, and off you go. 160kt / 16 GPH all day every day, and beautiful handling.
Yeah agreed. Until yesterday, the last 182 I flew was the RG as well. I've tried to find it, but it's disappeared. Sig www.pless.com.au/mechanics.htm
I'm flying a 172 with the G1000 next week. Reading up on it a lot too. Sig www.pless.com.au/mechanics.htm
OLIO Many years ago and right after I had gotten my private ticket, I decided it would be “fun” to pick up one of my customers at Midway Airport. Of course I had been to towered fields before but not with heavy commercial traffic where the dreaded “Keep your speed up you’re being followed by a Southwest 737” was heard. I was flying a T210 Centurion and cleared the fence way, way too fast. I bounced like a pogo stick on the runway. When tower handed me off to ground he said, “Call Ground 121.65 and be prepared to copy a phone number to call the tower. I cleared you to land once not seven times.” I changed over to ground with fear and trepidation of facing my first violation and was met with, “No number to call. He’s just yanking your chain. That was one hell of a bounce however.” Sig www.pless.com.au/mechanics.htm
RFDS...we love ya! https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-05-24/royal-flying-doctors-outback-pilot-shortage/101085724
You're not exaggerating are you?? They look so lovely and modern, but TBH I'm just not a big fan of low wings with the flying I want to do.
Of course not! I expect they’re fine, but I’m a bit of a traditionalist. I’m still not convinced by Cirrus either. Perhaps if I flew one I’d change my mind. Stick with a 182. Get hold of one post about 2005 with the G1000 and GFC700 autopilot and you’re on a winner.
Finding one is the hard part. I just can't work out how to find them. I remember private owners advertised their aircraft for hire in the age.... Ahhh, the good old days. Flyhire is very limited. Sig www.pless.com.au/mechanics.htm
Yes it’s nothing like it used to be. Back in the 90s/00s you could hire pretty much anything from a 152 up to a Chieftain and beyond. Now there’s bugger all. Try Aviation Trader, if no good just call a few Aeroclubs and see what they suggest. A mate hires a nice G1000 C182 from Parafield regularly. Not much good to you, but they are out there!
Cool day planned tomorrow. Fly to Hobart, pick up a patient, drop them off in Brisbane, then home to Adelaide. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Yeah pretty much using it all the time now. It’s still lacking one or two features I’d like to see but overall it’s pretty good.
Who pays the cost of such a long flight, the patient or the taxpayer? I can't imagine that RFDS do it for free. If someone is seriously ill in Hobart, surely Melbourne is the nearest high quality care location?
I don’t know the details of this particular case, but it sometimes happens that someone has been in an accident or unwell away from home and they have spent time in a local hospital receiving treatment. When they have recovered to the point where they can travel to their home city’s hospital for further treatment, we take them “home”. In those cases either the patient’s insurance company pays, or (more likely) one of State health departments will pay.
So are these sort of ‘transport’ jobs money earners for RFDS to offset the emergency flights? No criticism if that IS the case, just wondering.