Innholdsfortegnelse for March-April 2019 i Australian Flying

1 Dassault Aviation buys ExecuJet 2 Airservices proposes Class E Trial at Ayers Rock 3 Cirrus launches Second Generation Vision Jet 4 EASA certifies the Tecnam P2012 5 AMROBA urges US Rules for Part 135 Maintenance 6 Qantaslink comes to Bendigo 7 Pilatus hands over First RFDS PC-24 8 Archerfield set for $17.5 million in Upgrades 9 CASA issues Warning over Shared AOCs 10 Piaggio Aerospace declares Insolvency SIGN UP TO KEEP UP! The Australian Flying website is updated daily with the latest GA news stories. Visit us online now at www.australianflying.com.au to also check out our free classifieds section, photo and video galleries, blogs, flying tips articles and comprehensive Warbird coverage. And be sure to register for our FREE weekly electronic newsletter, which delivers the latest news FREE to…

Australia’s aviation showcase rolls back into Avalon next month as the Australian International Airshow returns for the 14th time. The 2019 version displays all the hallmarks of being as alluring an exciting as some of the best shows staged in the last 27 years. From the biggest and loudest of the RAAF and the US Air Force to the humblest recreational two-seaters, Avalon now embraces the whole aviation industry from Airbus to Zenith. But every individual person has their own reasons for making the biennial pilgrimage to Avalon. For some it’s a chance to wallow in the roar of turbofans from the closest distance they’re ever likely to be allow to; for others it’s the thrill of high-energy manoeuvres from jet fighters ripping the sky in front of them. It…

According to a Nielsen poll in 2017, the average mobile phone user spends around four hours a day on their phone. And, interestingly, the least common activity users participate in is talking. We’ve come a long way since the launch of the first Apple Smartphone in 2007. Not surprisingly, mobile app usage has grown every year since, with desktop browsing reducing with the introduction of tablets, smartphones and smart watches. Facebook is 15 years old this year; LinkedIn is 16 and Twitter is hitting puberty at 13. While it’s acknowledged that the iPad, and tablets in general, revolutionised flight planning for aviators, it’s also fair to say that the rise in social media apps and platforms has significantly broadened the way pilots digest their information and entertainment. In an attempt…

All fields of human endeavour have their own languages and conventions. Quilters use words such as “basting” and “applique” and “bearding”. Bird watchers talk about “cripplers” and “LBJ” and “hammer”. Sometimes the language is non-verbal. Hand signals are common in many sports, including baseball and scuba diving. Hand gestures are regularly seen on freeways as drivers indicate their feelings about other drivers. These communication systems are a type of code. In aviation, we are accustomed to our terminology, and our own radio communication language, but there’s another more subtle non-verbal physical coded communication technique that we use without noticing it: airfield markings. In Basic Aeronautical Knowledge studies we learn the basics of this particular code, and we generally remember the most common markings and eventually “read” them without thinking, such…

Comms with Flair Aircraft home-builders now have a new comms option with the release in January 2019 of the Garmin GTR 200B. The 200B is a comm radio and Bluetooth-enabled intercom designed specifically for experimental and amateur-built aircraft. In addition to advanced auto-squelch, stereo intercom, alert inputs, standby frequency monitoring and more, Bluetooth enables pilots to connect to smartphone or tablet to the comm radio. Pilots can easily make phone calls and listen to audio entertainment, or call Flight Service to obtain a take-off clearance at an uncontrolled airport … all through the radio. The GTR 200B also incorporates 3D audio to provide all-around sound in flight. With stereo headsets, incoming audio is spatially separated to reflect how people process sound and conversation by differentiating audio sources and their unique…

And just like that, it’s 2019. Where did 2018 go? Take yourself back to 1970 or 1980, where did they go? Does time seem to go faster. It does for me. Even researchers have explored this phenomenon; see for instance: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-does-time-seem-to-speed-up-with-age/ As our lives ebb and flow down the river of life, the river seems to flow a little faster, the stops a little shorter and the distant memories a little sweeter. In 1980 I remember lying in the pool at our home in Rockdale, NSW. Mum, rest her soul, and Dad purchased a stone cottage in the 1970s and turned it into the family home for my three brothers and me. Two years of landscaping, two more of internal renovations, the installation of a cricket pitch, football field and…

When posed the question of what higher weights will mean for Jabiru, we had cause to look at the many changes in weight, fought for and achieved over the years by the Ultralight Federation and RAAus. In the early days of the Ultralight Federation, aircraft were limited to a maximum empty weight of 115 kg, one occupant and flight not above 300 ft, not over public roads and not within 5 km of an airport. Later, the House of Representatives Standing Committee On Transport – Sport Aviation Safety (HORSCOTT) report into fatalities resulted in the limits being raised to 400 kg, two seats and more height for aircraft meeting 95.25 (certified by CAR35 engineer appointed by CASA) airworthiness standard for training aircraft. In January 1988, CAO 101.55 came to be,…

The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) completed reforms on the six flight operations parts of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations in mid December last year. Known within CASA as the “six-pack”, the regulations cover most flight operations in powered aircraft, and are the rules that underpin most flying operations. The six regulations are: CASR 91 – General Operating and Flight Rules CASR 119 – Certification and Management of Air Operators’ Certificates CASR 121 – Air Transport Operations – Large Aircraft CASR 133 – Air Transport Operations – Rotorcraft CASR 135 – Air Transport Operations – Small Aircraft CASR 138 – Airwork Operations “These new rules have been developed in close consultation with our aviation industry, which is recognised as one of the safest in the world but we can always…

Upset Prevention and Recovery Training (UPRT) is not a medical term for how to prevent and train your stomach against upsets when questioned by your Chief Pilot, CFI, or when undergoing a CASA line check You won’t hear it from your DAME at your next annual medical review either! UPRT is the name given to describe the training that “should” be included with every pilot’s basic or advanced flying training for those that have been flying for some years. That is according to the International Civil Aviation Organisation. (ICAO). Increasingly around the world, one of the major causes of accidents and fatalities in aviation today is the loss of control of the aircraft or the inability of the pilot to recognise that they are approaching losing control or they have…

It was in the early part of 1964 that Zingi grabbed me by the collar and said “Come with me.” By this time I had learned not to ask questions. We jumped into Old Piet’s red 250 Comanche and thundered off across the Reef. No maps, no flight plan, and in a big hurry. We landed at Baragwanath and were ushered into a private office to be met by two brownish, thin-nosed gentlemen who wore hats and ties and a furtive air. After making sure the door and the window were securely closed, they asked Zingi whether we could supply them with a dozen Pawnees. They wanted the new, big, mean, 235-hp models – not the standard 150-hp ones. Now Zingi was sharp – he immediately smelt a rat. The…

Italo Balbo was passionate about aviation, in particular Italian aviation. Desperate to show off the capabilities of the aeroplanes and pilots of Italy, Mussolini’s Undersecretary for Aviation devised a scheme considered crazy to fly a mass of aeroplanes around the Mediterranean all at once. It was ambitious and many thought a plan to fail. Balbo thought otherwise, and in June 1928 he launched his air armada; 61 seaplanes in formation crossed the water from Italy to Sardinia and on to Spain. It was a spectacular success. Balbo filled the air with Italian aeroplanes and the world stopped to look up. He repeated the gambit several times, and his mass formation flights became so well known that they would forevermore bear his name: a balbo. Fast-forward 90 years. Thousands of balbos…

This summer saw Victoria’s night firebombing capability move to the next level as both of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) accredited rotary-wing night fire suppression operators–Ballarat-based Coulson Aviation and Mangalore-based Kestrel Aviation–consolidated experience gained from fighting last year’s Phase 1 “staged” fires. This year’s Phase 2 certification is a CASA requirement, with these accredited helicopters and crews attending fires deemed appropriate for continued testing. An important aspect of the night operations is familiarisation of the fire area by the night bombing crew during daylight hours to ensure a seamless continuity between daylight and night operations, and to determine the position of obstacles, and water supplies. “This milestone has been two years in the making,” Victorian Emergency Management Commissioner Andrew Crisp said. “We are proud to lead the trial on…

Looking back at last year, it is clear it there were many achievements and milestones for CASA and the aviation community. It was a year in which CASA made important improvements to aviation medicals, packages of new regulations were made, the transition to other new regulations was completed, difficult issues were addressed and satisfaction with CASA’s performance increased. Work was started on new regulations, including those for general aviation maintenance, and steps were taken to clear the way for new technology such as low cost automatic dependent surveillance broadcast equipment. Central to these achievements was new consultation processes and mechanisms that have more effectively ensured the views of the aviation community are heard and understood by CASA. The Aviation Safety Advisory Panel and its technical working groups have played an…

Australia’s growing helicopter industry exhibition, Rotortech, will relocate to Brisbane’s Royal International Convention Centre (RICC) from 2020. Traditionally held on the Sunshine Coast, the event has grown significantly since its inception in 2014, leading to the event organisers, Aviation Maritime Defence Security Foundation of Australia (AMDSFA), looking for a larger home. The 2018 event attracted 996 registered delegates and more than 80 exhibitors, with major international companies such as Airbus, Bell, Robinson and Sikorsy attending alongside operators such as Becker Helicopters, Heliflite, Precision Heliparts and Hawker Pacific. The event was so well supported and sponsored that the organisers took the step of making delegate registration free, and refunded money to delegates that had already paid. RICC is a part of the Brisbane Showgrounds, which AMDSFA believes will provide more exhibition…

My question was laced with naivety, and the snorting chuckle with which it was greeted was probably justified. It was 1985 and a very young me was stumbling into aviation via the left seat of a Cessna 150. Remembering the total sum of aviation experience I had then compared to 34 years down range, I can now forgive my 22-year-old self for asking: “Why don’t we build two-seat trainers in Australia?” The answer covered the power of the US industry, the lack of incentives in Australia, the cost of manufacturing anything over here compared to the rest of the world and a complete briefing on the sad and frustrating story of the Victa Airtourer. At the end of the discourse I was still not satisfied, and clung for many years…

Cessna Denali These days, the Cessna and Beech marques reside within Textron Aviation, which produces the world’s largest range of business and general aviation aircraft. There’s already a Cessna for just about every market segment, so, it was refreshing, exciting–and well, just plain interesting–to hear the company announce a completely new, single-engine turbo-prop, at EAA Airventure at Oshkosh in 2015. It was also a bit surprising, given that the highly successful Cessna 208 Caravan has been the single-prop weight-lifting champion for 36 years. However, the Caravan can’t do everything, and Textron Aviation clearly saw the growing sales of new generation turboprop singles, including the Pilatus PC-12 and speedy Daher TBM pressurised propjets, which like the Caravan, utilise Pratt & Whitney Canada’s PT-6A turbine engine. To go with its clean-sheet airframe…

In 1950 it was a magazine article about the Druine Turbulent, a French single-seat ultralight home-built with a converted Volkswagon car engine, that hooked Peter Hodgens into the world of building aeroplanes. The newly formed Ultralight Association of Australia (ULAA) was lobbying the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) to legalise home-building of private aeroplanes and Peter got approval to build the Druine Turbulent if he had the instructions translated into English. He built a double garage and carport, where with English translations scribbled in red, he began building. But these early experimental aircraft were never issued with a Certificate of Airworthiness. Donald Anderson, a WW2 transport pilot and then Director-General of Civil Aviation had faith, however, and appointed the Department’s chief engineer Harold Affleck to supervise. War-surplus plywood was sourced…

Aiming to make safer pilots of us, here veteran instructor Jim Davis looks at extracts from official CAA Accident Reports from his homeland of South Africa and analyses why things went wrong and how we may all avoid making similar mistakes. CAA ACCIDENT REPORT SUMMARY Date of Accident: 25 May 2006 Time of Accident: 1045Z Aircraft Registration: ZS - SWI Type of Aircraft: Piper PA-30 Pilot Licence: Commercial Licence Valid: No Age: 33 Total Flying Hours: 1327.5 Hours on Type: 2.4 Last point of Departure: Lanseria Aerodrome 20 nm SW of Pretoria Next point of Intended Landing: Lanseria Aerodrome Location of the Accident Site On private property in close proximity to Lanseria Aerodrome Meteorological Information: CAVOK Number of People on Board: 1+2 No. of People Injured: 2 No.…