Aviation Forum / Country Specific / Australian Group / July 2005

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Three photos good quality sent by a mate apparently on net somewhere but

Saturday, 30 July 2005
BLACK HAWK HELICOPTERS TO BE BASED IN SYDNEY
One of the Australian Army's Black Hawk helicopter squadrons will
relocate to Holsworthy Barracks near Sydney from the end of next year to

I went to see Flight of the Phoenix yesterday and found it a seriously
good watch. Having both seen the original production and having had some
close-up and personal experience of the C119 in my sadly distant youth I
wasn't going to miss this remake. I'm not going to rehash the ...

I thought I would start a new thread so I could top post.
Got on the phone and called Shell and the aip say avgas SG is 0.71 why does
CASA via ERSA state 0.72
The guy I spoke to from shell said he had never seen the SG of AVGAS as 0.72

A mate & I were discussing this  aspect  here in part is what he is
passing on to his younger drivers (heavies)
Hope this generates thought & discussion Cheers P
 WHAT IS YOUR IMMEDIATE RESPONSE AND ACTIONS WHEN YOU FIND OUT THAT THE

From the Australian Jul 12 2005 - re Mt Hotham crash
"...a much larger Dash 8 aircraft, diverted to Albury" - due to severe icing
conditions
The PA31 crew "decided to risk a landing later that afternoon in failing

Maybe a little of topic, but does anyone know the exact time Aussie time
that the space shuttle is due for launch ?
And also do CNN ect show live coverage ??

hi!.. im RYan... and since this was a group regarding aviation!... i
believe this link can be a useful one!!...
http://www.tpub.com/aviation1.htm
they provide infos there, of course, regarding aviation and also

(As witness my address, I live in the UK these days.) Driving the
Cheltenham-Oxford A40, I pass by Brize Norton, which quite often
provides airborne distractions. The other week it was a Globemaster
flying at low speed, and executing what was to my inexpert eye a

I'm reading conflicting reports on the specific gravity of Avgas in
Australia. It seems as though its either 0.71 or 0.72.
Does anyone know which CASA recognises, in particular reference to CPL
exams?

Guys,
I have Q? re RED arc range indicated on the Tacho.
I took a PA28-180 for short flight recently, once airborn I took a closer
look at the tacho and noticed it had a the usual GREEN arc upto 2150 rpm

Got an interesting e-mail with some pics of the A380 landing gear and wheel
scrub during a tight turn... Apparently the main gear are not steerable
(major oversight on something so big) - quite amazing pics too... If anyone
is interested in seeing them firstly has anyone seen ...

Jetstar Asia and Valuair merge after all
After recently calling off merger plans, Singapore-based Jetstar Asia
and Valuair reportedly merged yesterday.
It is the first consolidation among a number of Asian low cost airlines

Dick(head) Smith departed Shute Harbour (MBZ) for Hamilton broadcasting to
everyone that he was "Departing Hervy Bay..."  What a w.nker.

Wonder if someone can answer this for me:
I'm planning a VFR flight from Bankstown to Merimbula at around 8,500 ft.
The flight will be during the week. Trying to go as direct as possible, I'll
be going through R420B and D around Nowra. In fact I'm almost flying over