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THE MAGAZINE OF THE SPORT AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA
DECEMBER 2013
in this issue:
AUSFLY 2013
SAFETY REPORT
SAAA NATIONAL AWARDS
ENGINE MANAGEMENT 101
BUILDERS’ LOG
CHAPTER CHATTER
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SAAA national councillors
The Sport Aircraft Association
of Australia is a group of
aviation enthusiasts assisting
each other to build, maintain
and operate sport aircraft.
We educate members to
continuously improve
safety outcomes.”
Martin Ongley
Hon National President
Colebee NSW
Mob 0438 014 877
martin.ongley@saaa.com
Geoff Shrimski
contents
Hon National Vice President | Technical Team
Frenchs Forest NSW
Tel 02 9452 2428 Mob 0417 555 328
geoff.shrimski@saaa.com
President’s Report
From the Editor
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Calendar of Events
New Members
Letters to the Editor
Safety Report
Engine Management 101
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AUSFLY - report and photos
SAAA National Awards
Chapter Chatter
Builder’s Log
Overseeing Safety - CASA report
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Jarrod Clowes
Classifieds
Chapter Contacts
SAAA Contacts
SAAA Membership Information
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Mike Horneman
Phil Hale
Hon National Secretary | IT
Toronto NSW
Mob 0407 494 930
phil.hale@saaa.com
Hon National Treasurer | IT | Business
Deniliquin NSW
Mob 0428 811 884
jarrod.clowes@saaa.com
Technical Team | Safety Manager
Boondall Qld
Mob 0417 931 872
mike.horneman@saaa.com
Shirley Harding
cover: F1 Rocket of Rowan Willson
photographed by Martin Ongley at AUSFLY
September 2013.
Communication Coordinator
Mundijong WA
Mob 0459 555 025
shirley.harding@saaa.com
David Brown
Ausfly and Fuel Member Benefit Scheme Coordinator
Brisbane Qld
Mob 0416 223 194
david.brown@saaa.com
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PO Box 99 Narromine NSW 2821
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Editor Ryan Keen
Art Director John Keen
email airsport@saaa.com
Graeme Humphreys
TC Coordinator | AP Coordinator
Beerwah Qld
Tel 07 5494 9582 Mob 0439 400 884
graeme.humphreys@saaa.com
Paul Holaj
Chapter Coordinator
Nairne SA
Mob 0408 008 379
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president’s report
W
elcome to the last edition of
Airsport for 2013 – it seems
like just yesterday I was writing the President’s report
for the first edition of 2013.
Where has that year gone?
National Council
Martin Ongley
“
Farewell
and thank
you to Brian
Hunter and
Anthony
Baldry
September saw us hold our annual AGM
at Narromine, with a few gentlemen retiring
from National Council and a new face joining the team. I would like to thank Anthony
Baldry for his service to NC and the association, having served as our treasurer for the past
few years; he has done a great job. Also stepping down from NC is past National President
Brian Hunter. He has served for so long on NC
that it seems like he has always been there. In
that time he has held every position available
on NC at some time or another – that’s quite
an achievement and one that is not likely to
be repeated – on behalf of the association,
thanks Brian for all that you have done for
us. I shall miss both Anthony and Brian at NC
meetings, but wish them well as they put the
extra time they now have available into more
pleasurable recreational pursuits.
Our newest recruit to NC is Phil Hale, who
brings to us a lot of fresh ideas and specialist IT skills which are being put to good use.
Welcome to the team Phil – I hope you enjoy
your time on the National Council; we look
forward to working with you.
The changing of a few faces at NC & the
ever-changing personal work-life/family needs
vs SAAA work balance has resulted in a few
changes to portfolios – see page 3 for the new
portfolio roles that your NC members are
responsible for.
of praise for your event – with some being as
bold as to say that this is fast becoming the
best GA alternative event to Avalon. If that is
true, then it is only because of the generosity
of a few believers that have made it all possible. Thanks to the people and the sponsors
that worked so hard and provided so much to
help us with our dream of building Ausfly into
a great event to share our brand of aviation
with each other, our aviation colleagues and
the general public. It would be remiss of me to
not thank David Brown, Jon Wachman, Paul
Bennet, Rod Irvin, Mike Horneman & Mark
Rowe – all of them gave up many evenings
and spent long hours planning, preparing
submissions for display permits and arranging 1001 different things so that the event ran
very smoothly – thanks guys.
The air-displays on both days were excellent & we received complimentary remarks
from the CASA people attending (and there
were lots of them) that the event was run so
well. The people of Narromine & the surrounding towns were very supportive of the event
and were extremely pleased that you brought
yourselves out to the Western Plains of NSW to
enjoy some country hospitality. The event was
so popular with the public on the Saturday
that the Mayor was forced to park way up the
street and walk to the airport.
Thank you all for your feedback to our
survey questionnaire (both positive & negative), we will work at fixing the bad things
and expand on the good things for next time.
Planning is already underway for Ausfly
2014 and we look forward to working with
the exhibitors, air-display crews & forum/
workshop presenters, to provide you with a
fabulous event.
New CASRs
AUSFLY 2013
Judging by the responses we received
to our survey and feedback provided to us,
Ausfly was considered to be a success. Some
of you were prevented from attending due to
poor weather; I thank you for making sound
pilot-in-command decisions to remain on the
ground rather than risk pushing through bad
conditions. That way you live to fly another
day and we can look forward to sharing your
company at Ausfly 2014, or at some other
fly-in event before then.
I would like to thank each and every volunteer that helped to make the weekend so
much fun for the aviation enthusiasts that
attended the fly-in. Without all of your help,
none of it would have been possible, so thank
you all very much indeed. The reports that I
have read in various media have been full
December 4 should have seen some new
CASRs come in to force. Part 141 and Part 61
flight crew training and licencing rule changes
were due to take effect on that date. However
this has now been pushed back by CASA to
September 2014 to give industry more time to
prepare for the changes. These changes will
be progressively introduced over the next few
years, so that we have a chance to get used
to the new terminology and rule changes. To
find out more, I attended a CASA information
evening recently and was assured by the CASA
presenter that there will be minimal impact on
most pilots and that the new rules are aimed
at aligning Australian standards with the rest
of the world. The best advice I can give you is
to go to the CASA website www.casa.gov.au
(find the quick-link buttons on the right-hand
side of the home page) and to spend some time
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>> president’s report
trawling through the information on the
site. You can download lots of information
there including application forms. There
are even YouTube videos to help you with
your understanding of a multitude of subjects that could affect your safety when
you go flying. CASA has even got a Twitter
account now for you to follow, if you are
so inclined.
Safety
As I write this column, it has been a
shocking month for aviation in Australia.
There have been fatal accidents involving
not only our members in amateur-built
aircraft, but also those of the aviation
community providing water-bombing
support during the recent bush-fires in
NSW. Our thoughts are with the family and friends of all of those that have
passed away in these tragic accidents and
those that have lost everything they own
in the bushfires – we know that you all
face a long dark road ahead and there
will be many unanswered questions as
you come to terms with your loss.
We understand that to go flying we
have to take risks, but we must do everything we can to reduce all of those risks to
an acceptable level. Even then, things can
and do go wrong – sometimes with tragic
results. We will never entirely eliminate
risk from aviation, but by being aware of
what could go wrong and by educating
ourselves, training with competent people, practicing in our aircraft until we
can fly proficiently and professionally,
whilst retaining sufficient safety margins
in reserve whenever we fly; we will make
aviation safer for us, our fellow aviators
and for our passengers.
Before you take your next flight, I
would like you to sit in your aircraft, drag
out the pilot operating handbook and
turn to the emergency checklist pages.
Run through those procedures on the
ground and touch each control as you
work through the checklist, calling each
action point out loud as you play out the
emergency in your mind. Repeat each
one a few times to re-learn what action
you will take when you find yourself in
that situation. Put your POH back in it’s
storage space and put a reminder in your
phone to revisit that section of the POH in
a few months time (or more often if you
are getting a bit forgetful). This is needed
to retain the immediate action item lists
freshly embedded in your memory, as
you won’t have time to reach for the POH
when an emergency situation jumps out
at you on your next flight. When we fly
the same plane all the time, it is easy to
become complacent; thinking that we
know everything about the plane as we
will have memorised all of the routine
checklists, know all of the operating &
limiting speeds and weight & balance limits. If this describes your attitude towards
preparing for your next flight, then please
take the time to drag out those checklists
and go over them again before you commit to leaving the ground. I have flown
with many people over the years and even
the most professional ones, who know the
plane intimately, have always referred
back to their checklists after they have
completed their vital checks to ensure that
they haven’t missed something. Once they
are satisfied that they have everything
right, they then self-brief for an engine
failure after take-off before checking the
runway and approaches are clear, make
their departure call then line up & open
the throttle to begin the take-off roll. If
it’s good enough for them when they fly
even a simple aircraft, as opposed to the
commercial airliner they normally fly,
then it’s good enough for me. How many
times have you taken off or landed only to
realise you have left something out during
your routine checks? We are all human
– and humans make mistakes; don’t let
your next mistake compromise the safety
of your flight.
CSC Network
The Chapter Safety Coordinator (CSC)
network is slowly expanding as more
Chapters become aware of the benefits
of having someone they can turn to for
advice on safety matters or assistance
reporting a matter to SAAA HQ. The new
reporting system SERA (which stands for
Safety Event Reporting & Analysis) has
been provided for us to use by our partners
in safety – Aviation Safety Management.
I’m embarrassed to say that our previous
reporting system was not widely used,
however SERA already has more reports
lodged in the system in a few months than
we managed over several years with the
other system. That is very pleasing for me
as it means that you are able to access the
system and are taking the time to provide information to us that you believe
is of benefit to share with others. Initial
checking of the reports is carried out by
ensure
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SAAA – THE HOME OF AUSTRALIAN EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT
from the editor
Your plane - ON THE COVER
Y
es, I’m talking to you. Would you like
to see your plane on the front cover?
(Why wouldn’t you eh?) Send me your
photographs for 2014 editions of Airsport.
Now’s your chance folks. Email me at
airsport@saaa.com today.
Ryan Keen
Expert builders
Peter Carr has written in asking experienced builders to share their expertise (Letters,
p9) - there are many experienced builders out
there, help us share your expertise with those
new to building. Perhaps your Chapter has
been having interesting debates? What favourite techniques have you got that people might
not find trawling the internet?
CofAs
you to send in your photographs and tales of
joy so we can do justice to your achievements.
Be the change
Seems my comments last issue struck a
chord with a few folk - I encourage all members who have dropped back their participation
over the past few years to pick up the phone
and call your local chapter and get involved
in 2014. It just may be there is more going on
out there than you are aware of.
And so that’s it for 2013. Thank you for
sharing the Airsport journey with us this year,
and an especial thank you to all the contributors - you make the magazine what it is.
Wishing you all a safe and happy new year,
see you all in 2014!
Celebrate your years of hard work with a
short story/report for Airsport. Head Office lets
us know when you get your CofA but we need
Ryan Keen Editor, Airsport
the safety team, who then allocate the
reports to other subject matter specialists
to analyse and report back with recommendations or advice for the report initiator.
We have already had some safety critical
items reported to us that we will be sharing
via Airsport, our website forums at www.
saaa.com and for some items via direct
e-mail. Thank you all for your support –
we hope to be able to build a database of
useful information that we will be able to
use into the future. If your Chapter doesn’t
yet have a CSC & you would like to know
more, please contact our National Safety
Manager Mike Horneman at safety@saaa.
com or call on 0417 931872.
In closing for the year, I would like to
wish each and every one of you a very
happy new year – may 2014 be a very
good year for you and your families.
Watch out for the summer storms
and be careful out there.
Martin
Martin Ongley
Hon National President
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calendar of events
2014
BIGGUS on AUSFLY
Jan 10 >
Evans Head
NSW
YEVD
Mar 01-03 >
Denmark
WA
YDEK
Mar 09 >
Tyabb
Vic
YEVD
April 09 >
Tooraddin, Vic
YTDN
July 05 >
Caloundra
Qld
YCDR
Great Eastern Fly-In
See the newly restored Bellman Hangar and Aviation
Museum. Flying, fun, aircraft, air displays, joy flights, markets
and more. Welcome to all types of aircraft. 0427 825 202
G
’day Ryan! Well – Ausfly was a
HOOT! LOTS of actual flying happening – WOW!!! Background aviation
banter going over the P.A. system all the
time – Vendors & displays, seminars, an
interesting and delightful guest speaker at
the Saturday night dinner, Gary (Weeksy’s)
WEAPON of a plane (the Grand Champion
Lancair IV he & The BOSS built) and GREAT
camaraderie happening everywhere!
Our young member Ryan Campbell was
a FABULOUS guest speaker! Bright eyed and
bushy tailed – fresh back from his WORLD
RECORD flight around the planet!! ONYA
SPORT!
Ryan was a bloody great speaker –
great anecdotal stories – with just the right
amount of relevant humour to make his talk
a real enjoyment to listen to. He surely has
a great career in front of him.
I truly hope that Ryan can slap a few
younger people in the face (provided their
iPads & iPhones aren’t in the way) and
make them see that “HEY – there IS a real
world out there!”
We need more people like Ryan in our
ranks – and more young people joining up
if we are to endure. So if you have a plane
– take a young person up for a fly with you
one day – and drum up some new YOUNG
members for the SAAA!
Guys n Gals, Ausfly is OUR National
Convention… PLEASE help to keep it going/
improving - by attending, and to get as
many new people actively involved in the
SAAA as you can – THAT is YOUR mission
The SAAA WA 2014 Regional Fly-in
2014 is Albany Chapter 13’s turn to host the WA
Regional Fly-in. A great weekend is in store at one
of Australia’s most beautiful fly-in locations. See
the full page advertisement in this issue for details.
http://bit.ly/16rZukw s Call 08 9848 1139.
The 2014 Tyabb Air Show
A Salute to Veterans Pageant tracing the progress in flying
machines from the early First World War models through to
the modern era.
www.tyabbairshow.com s Call 0412 073 208
Australian Light Aircraft Championships
Competition Flying, Formation, Aerobatics, Spot Landing,
Forced Landing and Streamer Cutting. Call 02 6253 9724
Open Cockpit Weekend
The Queensland Air Museum will have a range of its
collection of historic aircraft opened up. There will be
special displays of cars, motorbikes and many other
organisations. A large range of food and drink will be
available. www.qam.com.au/ s Call 07 5492 5930
For a comprehensive list of coming events visit www.aeroclub.com.au/events/
welcome to our new members
A warm
welcome to our
following new
members >
New South Wales
01 Warren Dunn St Ives
02 Todd Wainwright Emu Plains
02 Peter Calley Burradoo
04 Robert Moore Bulli
07 Peter Ford Port Macquarie
07 Peter Farley Vaucluse
19 Ross Sharpe The Hill
19 Gordon Hayes Ballina
38 Lionel Simpson Dubbo
38 John Nicoll Bathurst
Des Howson Burradoo
Queensland
15 John Williams Beechmont
15 Adrian Bucknell Mitchell
15 Scott Tomlinson Capalaba
15 Bob Lenahan Brisbane
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Gary Pohlner Burleigh Heads
Ian Maxwell Southport
Christopher Babao Boondall
George Crooks Eagleby
Jonathan Collins Malanda
Ian Reilly Redlynch
Basil Soper Rockhampton
Douglas Bauer Yengarie
John D’Arcy Paradise Point
South Australia
39 Robert Oakley Happy Valley
Tasmania
Neil Mickleborough Sandy Bay
Victoria
03 Gavin Baker Connewarre
18 Bryan Mcgrath Point Cook
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Peter Mathew Doreen
Daniel Pearson Bacchus Marsh
Rodney Ashdowne Briar Hill
Brett Anderson Gisborne
Alan Jackson Croydon
Ray Jenkins Croydon
Jason Gorman Catani
Michael Jones Echuca
Western Australia
16 Pawel Gazinski Bedfordale
16 Gary Depiazza Greenmount
24 Peter Edmunds Carine
24 Geoff Barratt Carine
24 Grantley Smith Dianella
24 Michael Karsten Willetton
Jean-Jacques Bely Roleystone
letters to the editor
folks… HELP the organisation that helps
YOU and ME to partake in our passion
of aviation!
(And – if you’re on the East Coast of
Oz – going past Old Bar (Mid-North NSW
Coast line) – DROP in to Farcombe Hall
Airstrip for a coffee & say G’day!)
Blue Skies and Tailwinds people
Rick “Biggus” Harper
With Appreciation
am both surprised and honoured
that my peers would offer me
such recognition with the presentation of an award “For His Services to
Members and His Inspiration to Others
2013”. I am sure there were many more
deserving members.
I
Some decades ago as a young man
with a young family I purchased a heavy
truck and set out to make my fortune
hauling freight all over Australia, leaving my wife to largely fend for herself and
our two small children whilst I was away
on interstate trips. Although I was meeting
my financial goals it was quickly ruining
our marriage which was compounded
when I wrecked the truck and me late one
afternoon some 2500 miles from home. A
lengthy hospital visit, a total change in
lifestyle and an extended effort to restore
and rebuild the marriage followed. My
wife Caroline went back to work so that
we did not starve whilst I took an unpaid
job as an apprentice building designer. It
took so long to recover both emotionally
and financially that Caroline continued to
work for most of our lives, save for maternity leave for two more children.
After a serious accident involving permanent disability life’s outlook can be
pretty bleak, unless you meet someone
who shows you inspiration. I was fortunate enough to meet such a person and
set forth to restore my life and that of my
family by setting goals and aspirations
that would see us enjoy life to the fullest.
Although the early days were really
tough I was successful in business as was
Caroline in her nursing career which
allowed me to buy my first aeroplane, a
Piper Warrior fitted with hand controls, at
age 45. Although the Warrior was a working aeroplane, so that I could afford, with
the RAAF Williamtown Flying Club I had
a lot of fun flying it in a military environment and all over Eastern Australia.
As is the case with most aviation, there is
always a bigger and better aeroplane that
you would like to fly and my father had
such an aircraft, a Beech Bonanza 33. I
had hand controls designed and built for
it and eventually learned how to land it
in a cross wind, a task that proved to be
very challenging. Later, having a taste
for even bigger and better aircraft a good
mate and I purchased a Lance 2 Turbo
added the aftermarket add-ons but also
designed and installed a door in the side
and a hand control for the rudders and
brakes which is yet untested.
This project led to my involvement with
SAAA and we have had many Chapter 5
workshop/socials at my home and later
at the hangar I share with Bob Redman,
who regularly casts his expert eye over
me and tries to keep me safe when heading off in the Bonanza which I purchased
from Dad’s estate. The RV build is now
nearing completion with the entire airframe painted, the controls installed, the
engine having been hung and removed
and the hydraulics and electrics now well
advanced with a total build time for me
and my mates of 3400 hours to date.
Hopefully we will get into the air next
year.
Over the years I have tried to not let
my disability define me and I hope
that I have inspired other disabled
persons to look beyond their disability as that chance was given to me
at a time of deep depression when
still recovering from the accident
whilst in hospital. I have had a fortunate life with a good family and
friends and marvel at that good fortune when in the hangar for a day
with Bob working on our respective
Cliff Princehorn and his RV-8
RVs or flying the Bonanza.
and that was a whole new learning curve
Thanks to the SAAA for the presentaagain. With each new aircraft I needed to
tion of this award.
come to terms with a new hand control
and different handing characteristics, parCheers, Cliff Princehorn
ticularly cross wind landings. Eventually
we sold the turbo and my friend was killed
Congratulations Cliff! Ed.
shortly thereafter leaving me with little
choice as to what to fly as the Warrior was
away working and Dad was often away
Technical Tips
in the Bonanza. In short, there was nothing aviation to have fun in.
Peter Carr has been a contributor to Airsport
on several occasions and has sent this in
During this dark period another friend
asking you, the members to send in your
suggested that we build an RV so with litbuilding tips. Thank you Peter! Ed.
tle research I ordered an RV-8A Quickbuild
(is there any such thing?) and I have now
ver the last year or so you have
been building that for nearly 9 years. Not
published interesting workshop
one for having an aircraft the same as
tips occasionally.
everyone else’s we undertook a few modi[These are] invaluable help to buildfications to the Vans kit including a Show
Planes Fast Back and Cowl. I still had to
ers and are what every builder knows
resolve how to get into the aircraft over
after he or she has built. But these are
the high side and also how to use the rudnot obvious to beginners. More experiders. I designed a Spitfire type door in the
enced builders should help the beginners
port side for which John Stewart Jones, a
by taking time to write up useful tips
CAR 35 engineer, did the necessary engigiving techniques or tools to help beginneering. As John would say, “we’ll just
ners now. This means you, not the
add a little bit more tin here and there”.
other bloke!
It is true to say that my Vans VH-XCP is
truly experimental for not only have we
Peter Carr SAAA Member 00002
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safety report
Recent Accidents
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Mike Horneman
“
SERA is a
key tool in
the efficient
delivery of
our Safety
Management
System
adly since the last report sport aviation has experienced 3 separate
amateur built aircraft accidents;
our condolences go out to the families and friends of these pilots.
As always we try and learn from these
unfortunate accidents. Each accident is being
investigated by the ATSB and without preempting the outcomes of the investigations,
some details have emerged and are worth
sharing:
1. Lancair Legacy accident in Geraldton WA:
During the take-off roll, about halfway
along the runway smoke from the main
wheels indicated that the brakes were
applied momentarily, and at about the
same time the forward-hinged canopy
opened about 15 to 30 cm. No change to
engine power was evident and the take-off
roll continued.
During the left hand turn the canopy
opened further so that it was at an
estimated angle of 30°. The open canopy
was having an adverse effect on the
controllability of the aircraft. The pilot
appeared to be manoeuvring for a landing
on runway 08 but the aircraft landed short
with the wheels hitting a road kerb short
of the airport perimeter. The aircraft then
collided with the perimeter fence and
became entangled as it overturned. Shortly
after, an intense fire engulfed the aircraft.
In the interim, the Australian Transport
Safety Bureau (ATSB) advises owners,
operators and pilots of aircraft with
canopies to review the adequacy of their
existing measures that are intended to
ensure canopies are securely latched
before flight (such as pre-take-off checks
and warning systems), and the actions in
case of inadvertent canopy opening during
take-off.
“
2. The second Lancair accident in Shepparton:
eyewitness reports claim that the aircraft
took off normally. At about 100’ the aircraft
pitched up, dropped a wing, veered off to
the right and impacted the ground adjacent
to the main road. There was a large fire,
both occupants were fatally injured. No
further information available.
3. The third was a KR2. The pilot had planned on
flying to a fly-in for the weekend, departing
a private strip at Adelong NSW (approx.
1000’ AMSL) mid-morning Saturday for
Holbrook - a distance of 48 NM (89 km).
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He was not reported missing until his
wife reported him overdue at 9pm on the
Sunday (a few hours after last light). The
wreckage was not far from the strip when
it was eventually discovered by police by
locating the pilot’s mobile phone.
ATSB preliminary report indicates the
engine was not rotating at the time of the
accident and the upper spark plug on the
rear right cylinder was separated from the
cylinder head but still connected to the
plug head and cylinder head temperature
thermocouple lead.
More detail is available at
http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/
investigation_reports/2013/aair/ao-2013174.aspx
The take home message from this last accident is, raise a flight watch. A very sad
outcome. We will have to wait for the final
ATSB report and then the Coroner’s report
to find out if the pilot survived the accident
only to perish later. We can’t help wondering
if a flight note or a flight plan would have at
least started a search earlier when he failed
to arrive at Holbrook. Even a phone call to a
mate might have helped.
Other Safety News
AUSFLY was a very safe and enjoyable
event. The event was very well planned and
executed; our compliments to Jon Wachman,
the pilots and controllers. During the air display I carried out a review of Emergency
Response capacity at the field just to gauge
our preparedness in the event of an accident. While the basic elements one would
expect were in place, several opportunities
for improvement were identified and will be
addressed in the preparation for next year.
A report has been drafted for the AUSFLY
review meeting.
Internal Audits
The Ausfly Emergency Response capacity audit is just one of several internal audits
being conducted during the year as part of the
SMS Assurance (QA) function. Earlier this year
an audit of one of the SAAA’s APs completing
a CofA was carried out with good results in
terms of maintaining a proactive approach to
ensuring the end product is first class.
SMS implementation
SERA Utilisation
The SMS workshop at Ausfly for the
Chapter Safety Coordinators (CSC) and
Chapter Presidents was well received; the
main item of business was the selection of
a suitable title for the CSCs.
That question settled, a presentation
on the SMS management and reporting software tool “SERA” was delivered
by Andrew and Amanda Macqueen. My
thanks to all who attended and contributed to the workshop.
Since AUSFLY, there has been steady
progress in terms of drafting a SMS Manual
that accommodates the SAAA as a whole
but importantly the Chapters as complementary integrated parts. My thanks to
John Cleary and the various ‘Sydney basin’
Chapters in drafting a Chapter Governance
document that will be reflected in the SMS
Manual and includes things like the CSC
Roles and Responsibilities. Interestingly this
has a flow on effect with a review of the
Chapter Handbook required in light of the
SMS Manual roll-out. Chapter 26 is drafting a generic Chapter Emergency Response
Plan which will be part of the overall SMS.
The final draft SMS Manual should
be available before Christmas. Part of a
healthy SMS is the short and long term
goals and objectives that the SMS sets itself,
the manual will provide for this. I would
invite all members to consider some goals
and objectives both nationally and at the
Chapter level that we could set for 2014.
Email me at safety@saaa.com with your
thoughts.
A CSC safety forum has been established
on the SAAA Web and as items are posted,
email advice will be sent to the CSC.
SERA is a key tool in the efficient delivery of our SMS. We are encouraged by the
membership uptake in registering and
reporting hazards/incidents or as SERA
likes to call them ‘Occurrences’. Presently
we have 32 members registered, over a
dozen reports with reports raised for a
near miss, a fire while refuelling, smoking
during refuelling operation and an interesting report re the elevator spar cracking
on an RV-7 adjacent to the elevator mount
rod ends.
Most reports are being investigated,
some will be logged awaiting ATSB findings, and others that affect members are
being processed through SERA.
The old IRIS reporting access on the
SAAA web home page has been replaced
with a SERA ‘Start button’. You are invited
to register.
Interim Report
Elevator spar cracking on an RV-7 adjacent to the elevator mount rod ends.
The jam nuts that stabilise the rod end
relative to the spar were found to be loose
in both low (60 hours) and higher time
(300 hours) aircraft.
This report is timely and shows diligent
research on behalf of the reporter as the
occurrence was reported via an RV web
chat site and recorded some years ago.
The investigation shows it is relevant today: several local RVs (different
models) were inspected and each had
at least one loose jam nut.
Action items out of this report are:
1. Jam nuts on all RV series aircraft
rudder and elevator should be inspected and checked for the correct
torque before next flight. Due to
the location of the jam nuts it is
very difficult to achieve this with
an open ended 9/16’ spanner. It is
recommended to modify an offset
9/16 ring spanner as shown by
removing about 1/3 of the front of
the spanner with a grinder.
2. Recommend the adjacent spar
area be inspected for cracks during
periodic inspections. See photo for
detail.
3. These and indeed other areas are
included in the aircraft’s pre final
inspection and TC and APs should
be alert to the problem.
4. A formal report be published on the
SAAA web and circulated to the CSC
via the CSC forum.
Safe flying and remember
“Safety is a journey, not a destination”.
P 61 (0)7 3216 2276
M 61 (0) 417 931 872
Skype RV6MJH
Below left: RV-7 Elevator spar showing cracking around the lower rivet due to loose jam nut
Modified 9/16 spanner
Adjusting the jam nuts.
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engine management 101
Detonation and
Pre-ignition:
Understanding the difference,
and their significance.
WALTER ATKINSON and DAVID BROWN
Advanced Pilot Seminars
T
here is a lot of confusion
over these two phenomena, not only among the
pilot population but among
many LAMEs as well. It’s
easy to understand the confusion since detonation and pre-ignition
are frequently mentioned as twins. They
are not the same and do not always go
together. So much for the twins theory where they are mentioned as if they
were one word – detonationpreignition.
While it’s true that one can destroy an
engine in seconds, many are surprised to
find out that the other is not nearly as
harmful as often assumed.
Before any discussion of abnormal
combustion events is attempted, an
understanding of the normal combustion event will be helpful. In normal
combustion, the forward boundary of
the reacting zone initiated by the spark
plug firing event is called the flame front.
The flame front moves across the cylinder
through a series of chain reactions. The
rate of progress of the normal flame front
chain reactions is limited by the remaining, cooler, unburned charge. It is not an
explosion, but a very rapid, orderly burning of the fuel:air charge—normally from
two different ignition sources. See figure 1
for a comparison of a smooth, controlled
normal combustion pressure trace and a
pressure trace where heavy detonation is
experienced.
Detonation
Detonation is the explosive auto-ignition of the end gasses after the planned
spark ignition event. A small, localized
pocket of the fuel:air charge, frequently
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very close to the cylinder wall, auto ignites
ahead of the flame front and creates a
shock wave in the combustion chamber.
This shock wave travels at the speed of
sound in that medium. The shock wave
bounces back and forth at the specific
frequency that matches that speed. This
is the “ping” that is heard in an auto
engine that is detonating. Normally, it is
not heard in an aircraft engine, though
a few test pilots have reported hearing it.
A combustion cycle, which is destined
to detonate, begins with a rapidly rising
internal cylinder pressure shortly after
the spark event. As the pressure rises rapidly a selected, small pocket of the fuel:air
charge ahead of the flame front explodes
rather than burning smoothly. When the
detonation is recorded as spikes of pressure in the 875 psi range they represent
light detonation. An engine may operate
in light detonation for extended periods if
the detonation does not progress further.
In medium detonation the pressure
spikes may rise into the 1000 psi range.
Unless CHTs and pressures rise significantly, even medium detonation is
unlikely to cause immediate, catastrophic
damage. Over time, rod, bearing, ring,
valve and spark plug damage becomes
a factor. The immediate concern is not
allowing this process to escalate into
heavy detonation and continuing the
stress placed on spark plug ceramics.
During heavy detonation, CHTs may
rise at more than 1˚F per second! If this
activity lasts more than a few seconds it
may damage spark plugs, which may lead
to pre-ignition.
The cause of detonation is the combination of induction air temperature,
CHT, and pressure within the combustion
Figure 1. A normal combustion cycle begins with
a smoothly rising internal cylinder pressure as
the piston moves upward. At the spark event, the
pressure begins to rise more rapidly. As the flame
front burns smoothly, the pressure is recorded as
a smooth “bell curve” which rises and then falls,
with a peak pressure of approximately 800 psi. The
dark line above represents a normal combustion
pressure trace. The light line represents an example
of heavy detonation as defined by the FAA.
chamber. When those factors combine to
initiate combustion beyond the retarding
effects of the latency period of the fuel, detonation is the result. (The latency period
is how long it takes for a flame front to
become organized after the initiating
factor.) Controlling CHTs and internal
cylinder pressure are the big factors in
naturally aspirated engines. Controlling
the induction air temperature in a turbocharged engine through the use of an
intercooler (aftercooler) is a major factor in widening the detonation margin.
Based on extensive detonation research,
intercoolers offer so much detonation protection that they should be considered a
high priority when designing a turbocharged installation.
The presence of lead in the fuel (or
higher octane ratings) extends the latency
period and increases the detonation margin. Exactly how the lead affects the
combustion event is poorly understood,
but it acts to slow the initiation of combustion. This delay in the ability of the fuel
to ignite quickly delays the auto-ignition
of the gasses ahead of the flame front and
widens the detonation margin. Finding a
lead substitute that is not more toxic than
lead has remained elusive but a fuel under
development, G100UL, has a detonation
margin imperceptibly different from the
current 100LL.
Surprisingly, and contrary to the conventional wisdom, light or medium
detonation, in and of itself, is not terribly
destructive. Researchers at the Carl Goulet
Memorial Engine Test Facility <http:www.
engineteststand.com>, arguably the most
advanced computerized engine test facility in the world, have run an engine for
30 hours of light detonation, 3 to 4 hours
of medium detonation and 30 minutes
of heavy detonation with no observed ill
effects to the cylinder or engine. These tests
were not allowed to escalate into pre-ignition. After these detonation tests, the engine
was inspected by an independent third
party and the response was, “Why did you
want a tear-down inspection, this looks like
a normal, healthy engine.” See Figure 2.
The research at the engine test facility
has led to an understanding that seems
a lot like heresy among the mechanic
population—a little, occasional light
detonation can actually be good for an
engine as it tends to clean out the debris
and carbon build up. (That ought to stir
up some debate at the local hangar!) The
secret is not allowing the detonation to
escalate. The most dangerous issue is the
effect that detonation has on spark plug
ceramic integrity. The high and repetitive
shock of the detonation event can crack
the insulating ceramic of the spark plug.
This results in the spark plug running hotter than the design range and beginning
to act as a glow plug. That leads to a discussion of pre-ignition.
Figure 2. This is a TBO run cylinder which
had subsequently undergone 30 hours of
light detonation, 3 to 4 hours of medium
detonation and 30 minutes of heavy
detonation. It appears remarkably unharmed.
Pre-ignition
Pre-ignition is the initiation of the
flame front before the planned spark
ignition event. It is a normal flame front,
just started too soon. As opposed to detonation where EGT is little changed while
CHT rises, pre-ignition results in rapidly
falling EGTs and rapidly rising CHTs. The
peak internal cylinder pressures can get
very high, very quickly and can destroy
an engine in seconds. Pre-ignition events
can result in peak internal cylinder pressures measured in the thousands of psi.
Fortunately, TCM and Lycoming engineers
designed very robust engines–but they’re
not that tough. The EGT falls for the same
reason it does when the ignition timing
is advanced by the LAME. A rapidly falling EGT followed by a rapidly rising CHT
is diagnostic for pre-ignition.
The most common causes of preignition are a failed spark plug ceramic,
which overheats and acts as a glow plug;
a helicoil tang sticking into the combustion chamber; and on very rare occasions,
a particle of glowing carbon deposit. The
latter is exceedingly rare, but is the source
most often cited for pre-ignition.
A very common progression is for a
detonation event to progress to the point
where a spark plug ceramic is damaged
resulting in pre-ignition that destroys the
engine. This could be initiated from an
inadequate octane fuel, or high CHT, or
high induction air temperature, or a rich
of peak mixture that is not rich enough,
or an inappropriately advanced timing.
Detonation is frequently misidentified as
the cause of the destruction. The destruction is so complete that a reasonable
estimate of the causal factors is often
impossible. It is only with the advent of
modern engine monitors that have data
download capability that we are beginning to appreciate the realities of the chain
of events through analyzing the data.
Conclusion
Detonation is all but impossible in
a naturally aspirated engine built to
conform with the engineering design
parameters (especially ignition timing)
as long as it is operated on the proper
octane fuel and the CHTs are controlled.
Basically, forget about detonation as long
as the timing is set right and you’re using
the correct fuel. (Stick a little Jet A into the
tank or advance your timing even a little
and all bets are off.) Detonation is even
rare in conforming turbocharged engines
unless there is mixture mismanagement
by the pilot or the max takeoff fuel flow is
set too low. Not being rich enough when
rich of peak during high power operation,
or lean enough when lean of peak can
erode the detonation margin. This is why
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engine management 101
earlier. By being proactive they saved their
engines by identifying the problem within
seconds and stopping the event by either
going full rich or by leaning further when
LOP or by reducing power. Which is the
appropriate action depends on the flight
regime and scenario.
Any advancing of the timing from the
manufacturer’s recommendations or altering the compression ratio should include
detonation testing at high power settings
or you are in uncharted territory.
Figure 3. This chart shows the significant effect that CHT has on the detonation
event. Keeping CHTs under control is very helpful in avoiding detonation.
the OEMs recommend not leaning above
75% power. They want you to stay rich
enough when rich of peak to maintain the
detonation margin. It’s good advice if you
operate the mixture rich of peak EGT. The
most detonation-prone mixture is approximately 40˚F rich of peak EGT. Stay away
from there when at high power settings.
Common causes of pre-ignition are a
cracked spark plug ceramic (very common), a helicoil tang sticking into the
combustion chamber (not too common),
or a glowing carbon deposit (very rare).
Doing in-flight mag checks routinely
to find weak plugs before they fail (I do
in-flight mag checks on every flight right
before the let-down), and checking the cylinders for helicoil tang over extensions at
the time of installation are good ways to
protect against pre-ignition events. We at
Advanced Pilot Seminars have a growing
file of engine monitor downloads of pilots
who have been able to identify the preignition event on their engine as explained
Figure 4. These are the common findings
from a pre-ignition event, which are often
misidentified as detonation related.
Note: Always consider any limitations
placed on your engine by the
manufacturer. Please consider
taking further education if you are
unsure of anything written above.
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Thank you to our
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Best Technical Innovation Spitfire replica VH-KPW Patrick English
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National Awards
Thank you to everyone who entered their aircraft to be judged this year and to our judging team. Congratulations
to the winners, and to those individuals who received special recognition for their contribution and efforts.
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chapter chatter
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Mid-North Coast
Camden Haven Airfield
Chapter 7 can report that the Camden Haven Airfield
YCMH originally constructed by Dick Smith and his family has been purchased by a group of Mid North Coast pilots
from the late Bob Furness and Nelly Furness. Bob Furness died
not so long ago. Bob was a LAME who built a Jodel D150 registered VH-BNF, he also mentored me through the construction
of my own Jodel D150 registered VH-BNL. The new owners are
keen to have pilots fly-in and stay.
Camden Haven Airfield (www.camdenhavenairfield.com.
au) is well known to many SAAA members offering a quiet
place to land and stay a night or two. Situated on the Camden
Haven River in the lea of North Brother Mountain about 15
nautical miles South of Port Macquarie it has a 1000 metre
long grass runway and two self-contained cabins for hire.
Interestingly there are three Experimental amphibians hangared at YCMH - my COOT A, a New Zealand built Adventurer
and a Colyaer LSA along with three RVs (4, 6 & a 10). See
photo of RV-6 VH-OMC passing overhead. Also image of the
jetty on the Camden Haven River, my COOT A on the runway and an overhead view showing the airfield, the river and
a Hatz biplane.
Breaking News is that my COOT has been airborne at Taree
Airport where I am conducting early flight testing.
Bill Coote
Hatz above Camden Haven Airfield, Pacific Highway at left.
Bill Coote’s COOT A is in the flight testing phase.
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RV-6 VH-OMC overhead Camden Haven airfield
Jetty on the Camden Haven River
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Western Plains
A successful year
Chapter 38 has had a successful year with various hangar visits and a look at composites at Narromine.
Our most recent activity has included participating at AUSFLY
as Judges and having our AGM and BBQ. The Judging was a new
experience for all involved and as such a challenge. Fortunately
the three of us had a great time going over the aircraft and discussing the differences. Every homebuilt is a huge achievement
for the owner and having to choose between them was not taken
lightly. At the end of the day we have to congratulate everyone
who participates and supports the experimental movement.
Chapter 38’s AGM was held at my place following the usual
catching up and checking out the toys in the hangar. The cowls
were off the RV-8 and Peter Huish (RV-9 builder) was all over
the engine looking for answers. Doug Milton hovered around
the L-4 Cub dreaming of getting his Cub variant flying and Neil
Unger headed straight for the Gee Bee pedal plane and wished
he was smaller. The AGM itself was the most productive (longest) meeting we’ve had. It resulted in us recruiting a Chapter
Safety Coordinator, Brad Naylor and discussing our ideas for an
Aussie version of the ‘Young Eagles’. We decided on the ‘Wedgies’.
Other business revolved around thoughts on communication
to build our chapter activity and include everyone, and also a
start to plans to enter the Red Bull Flugtag. Deb Gambetta (SAAA’s
Finance lady) was nominated as the pilot as she is a midget and
our original pilot, Keith Engelsman, was too tall and can’t swim.
In the near future we hope to see some great new aircraft flying into the chapter including: Peter Huish’s RV-9, Doug Milton’s
‘Milton Cub’ and ‘Milton Maule’ and Neil Unger’s Glastar to
name a few. Merry Christmas all. Cheers, Dan Compton
chapter chatter
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
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Albany
Spring activity
Here in Albany, it’s been a wet and windy Spring – which
has limited our flying activities. Both flying schools have been
frustrated by the difficult weather for student flying too – but the
old timers tell us this is what it used to be like. Given that the
annual average rainfall has decreased by 160mm over 40 years
– we wonder how the original flying group managed with their
fabric Piper Colt.
WA State Fly-in, 1-3 March,2014
It’s our turn again after hosting the event in 2011. A working
committee is already formed up and we’ve discussed the event
with both Albany and Denmark Councils. There is no avgas in
Denmark – only Albany. It is AirBP and swipe card. The City of
Albany has agreed to waive landing fees for all aircraft arriving
for fuelling over that weekend. We’ll advise attendees of any
requirements beforehand.
We are planning to showcase all aircraft which have been
constructed during the period Feb 2011 and Feb 2014, and we
hope to present some flying events such as formation and other
handling displays. The hangar barbie will now be on Saturday
night, and the dinner at the Denmark Surf Club on Sunday night.
Chapter 13 currently boasts 16 RVs of various models based at
both airports. A further 3 RVs belonging to Chapter 13 members
reside in Jandakot. There is another RV-6 under construction in
Albany. Unfortunately, 3 of our longer standing members have
been obliged to cease flying in the last year, so we have also lost
2 RVs and a Thorpe T18 to the march of time.
We have 10 members who hold formation endorsements, with
another in training. We managed to put up a formation of 10 for
Anzac Day 2013. Even the RAAF Parade Commandant mentioned
it was a creditable show. Our group has also done flypasts over
major cruise ships and some events on the City outskirts. We’ve
enjoyed a close relationship with the local RSL, and it was via this
that Lotteries West agreed to provide us with some funding to assist
with fuel for training. This has been really good support and much
appreciated. Ralph Burnett
West Cape Howe, the most southerly point in WA,
almost midway between Albany and Denmark. Well
worth a flypast as it’s spectacular coastline.
This pic of an echelon right was at the 2011 Denmark Fly-in.
L to R: Andy George (Kalgoorlie), Greg MaFarlane (Albany), &
Miles Morecombe (Chorkerup). It was featured on the cover
of Airsport later in 2011. Photo by Chris Stevenson.
DOHA, QATAR
Desert developments
> Dave Limmer
November has the SAAA Desert Group preparing for Christmas
activities, mainly with individuals heading back to Oz to visit
friends and relatives, and in some cases, to continue construction on their aircraft.
National Councilor Shirley Harding has been busy commuting to Oz to attend Narromine and to work on her RV-12 project.
Dave Limmer spent a few weeks in Adelaide during October and
got some work done on his Komet jet project. He was proud to
show off its new nose to fellow Desert Group members on his
return to the desert.
The Komet’s new nose
John Sinclair has been progressing with his RV-7 tailplane in
Qatar and will be ordering the remainder of his aircraft soon.
Unfortunately, James Faulkner is returning to Oz from Qatar so
it is with disappointment that we bid farewell to James and his
RV-8 project.
However, we get to extend a warm welcome to a new member of our Group, Steve Jenkins. Steve owns a DH94 Moth Minor
back in Oz and has previously built a 101.28 Dragonfly homebuilt. He is also an ex-RAAF test pilot and his experience and
enthusiasm will be welcome.
During October, the Group attended the inaugural Red Bull
Flugtag in Qatar. Seeing the quality of the entrants, we have
decided to prepare an SAAA entry for next year’s event. The creative juices of the Group are flowing and some interesting ideas
have already been suggested.
If there are any SAAA members in the Middle East who read
this and want to join our social group, please contact our National
Councilor Shirley Harding via the email listed in this magazine.
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VH-PHR
BUILDER:
PETER HARKNESS
LOCATED: MOUNT GAMBIER, SA
A/C TYPE: VAN’S RV-7A
This is my RV-7A. It has taken 8 ½ years, approximate
time for slow build has been 2,200 hours.
It has a IO-360 Lycoming with constant speed Hartzell
propeller. Panel has a Dynon Skyview 10”, Avmap IV Pro
GPS coupled to a Trio Propilot
autopilot, Garmin SL40 radio,
Garmin GTX328 Transponder, LED
lit Aveo panel switches, interior
is leather Classic Aero seating.
It has been weighed and is
now just awaiting a CofA.
Regards, Peter
VH-NYS
BUILDER:
NAEL SAMAWI #6657
LOCATED: BACCHUS MARSH, VIC
A/C TYPE: QUESTAIR VENTURE
CofA Issued on 14/10/2013
by Darren Barnfield
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TONY MANNING #7241
LOCATED: BEAUMARIS, VIC
CofA Issued on 24/08/2013
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LOCATED: KURUNJANG, VIC
LOCATED: BENALLA, VIC
A/C TYPE: VAN’S/COBDEN RV-7
A/C TYPE: BUSHBY MUSTANG II
CofA Issued on 25/08/2013 by Darren Barnfield
CofA Issued on 27/08/2013 by Darren Barnfield
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BUILDER:
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LOCATED: CITY BEACH, WA
LOCATED: MALENY & BUNYA, QLD
A/C TYPE: LANCAIR LEGACY 2000
A/C TYPE: KESTREL CM2
CofA issued on 06/09/2013 by Martin Ongley
CofA was issued on 28/08/2013 by Bill Keehner
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Many of those with existing income or life insurance
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WA Regional Fly-In 2014
1-3 March 2014 at Beautiful Denmark WA
2014 is Albany Chapter 13’s turn to host the WA Regional Fly-In. A
great weekend is in store at one of Australia’s most beautiful fly-in
locations. Expect good food, wineries, tours, great accommodation and some aviation fun. Explore the spectacular coastline and
mountain ranges from the air or the ground, and catch up with your
aviator friends from other Chapters.
Saturday March 1st
Monday March 3rd
Arrivals, registration, check out the
Free morning to explore Denmark before
you depart for home. Tea and coffee
available at the airport.
Denmark markets and do some sightseeing.
Join us for dinner Saturday evening
Sunday March 2nd
Flying events, winery tour, casual
BBQ dinner at the airport in the
evening.
Many styles of accommodation are available
in Denmark. Book well in advance as this is a
long weekend in WA and accommodation is
tight. A bus will make circuits to town. Taxi
and car hire are also available.
For accommodation and information on the local area including attractions and
recommended sightseeing refer to the Denmark Visitor Centre: www.denmark.com.au
or phone 08 98482055. See also www.denmarkwa.asn.au
Avgas available at the BP swipe card bowser at Albany airport, 20nm to the east.
The Denmark Markets, held four times each year, are a busy and popular
attraction with many stalls, food and entertainment.
Register your interest and/or make your dinner reservations by email to Jim King
j.murrayking@gmail.com or phone 08 9848 1139. It will be a busy weekend in Denmark,
plan ahead particularly with regard to accommodation
Check the WWW site for latest details - http://bit.ly/16rZukw
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Overseeing safety – Sport aviation year in review
www.casa.gov.au
S
port aviation, a term
which encompasses a variety of light aviation from
fixed wing to flex wing to
gyros, gliders to ballooning,
hang gliding, parachuting,
warbirds and models, represents almost
half of all aviation activity in Australia.
An Australian Transport Safety Bureau
(ATSB) study (AR-2013-067) released
in late October 2013, states that in the
years 2003–2012, reporting of safety incidents in this sector grew tenfold, largely
reflecting significant change in Australian
recreational aviation. ‘More pilots, are
taking up the opportunities offered by
recreational aviation as opposed to using
VH-registered aircraft’, the reports says,
based on factors such as ‘aircraft purchase and operating cost, maintenance,
access to training, and licensing requirements’. Sadly, this growth is reflected in
a corresponding increase in sport aviation accidents and incidents, including
21 fatalities in 2013 (as at October 2013).
The greatest number of incidents
involving recreational aviation in reports
to the ATSB involved airspace incursions
in controlled airspace, generally reported
by air traffic control; with the remaining
incidents involving restricted airspace
in Western Australia; Edinburgh, South
Australia; and Amberley, Queensland.
In 2013, CASA’s sport aviation
office, SASAO (or more accurately,
the Self-Administering Sport Aviation
Organisations’ section), doubled its
efforts to improve sport aviation’s safety
performance.
The sport aviation team is now a
regular sight at the many recreational aviation fly-ins around the country, such as
the annual Easter NatFly; the September
2013 AusFly at Narromine; as well as the
many smaller gatherings of sport aviation enthusiasts held regularly. At these
events, the sport aviation team works with
the various sport organisations to raise
awareness of safety issues such as aircraft
airworthiness, being appropriately qualified and certified, and well prepared for
a flight by checking weather and notams
(notices to airmen).
Kevin Scrimshaw, CASA safety assurance officer in the sport aviation office,
says ‘when we first started doing ramp
checks at these events, we were treated
with scepticism, but now we have a lot
of support. It’s turning people’s thinking around, and they see ramp checks
for what they are: a way of educating
pilots, of giving us assurance that you’re
meeting safety requirements. If you deliberately break the rules, we’ll enforce them.
If pilots are doing the right thing, then it
won’t be an issue.
Ramp checks are an important element
of every aviation regulator’s surveillance
functions, and the multi-disciplinary sport
aviation team also takes the opportunity
of these gatherings to give presentations,
and have talked to pilot groups on topics
such as ‘Demystifying ramp checks’ and
the range of safety resources CASA produces for pilots and engineers, such as
Out-n-Back, OnTrack and the flight planning kit, and to talk one-on-one with sport
aviation participants.
Where pilots who have been ramp
checked are members of one of the
sport aviation organisations such
as Recreational Aviation Australia
(RA-Aus); the Australian Sports Rotorcraft
Association (ASRA), or the Hang Gliding
Federation of Australia (HGFA), CASA
provides a synopsis to the respective
organisation, in the interests of highlighting such issues and communicating
them to their members. ‘While, for example, Scrimshaw explains, ‘the majority of
pilots who have been ramp checked have
been carrying electronic flight bags (EFBs)
and also carrying charts as a redundancy
if their EFB fails, some pilots are still not
adequately prepared, either carrying no
charts, or ones that are out of date.’
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FOR SALE
WA
etc....plus additional removable fuel
tank. Finished in white with trim. Aircraft cruising nicely at 130 Kts at 21
L/H. Contact Joe on 0438 013 860 or
email j.digiorgio@iinet.net.au
AUSTER J1B/L TTAF 3580 Engine: Ly-
coming O-320 1380 SMOH Vintage
taildragger always hangared – we
need the space for other projects. For
further details contact Rob on (08)
9367 1364 or 0413 217 206
GLASAIR SH2R VH-MMI Unique air-
craft. Built for performance. TT 30hrs.
Superior IO-360. Hartzell blended
blades. Dynon flight deck. Gamin avionics. Trutrak flight system. Cruising better than 210 kts. TAS at 65%.
Endurance 10 hrs. Full leather interior. Near Glasair III speed with 4 cylinder economy. No expense or attention
to detail spared on this aircraft. Built by
LAME. IFR upgrade possible. MUST
GO - offers invited! Ph: Bryan Davies
0412 933 854
PIEL EMERAUDE CP301 Total Time
155hrs. These aircraft have been
called the “working lads Spitfire” due to
their semi-eliptical wing plan form.
Much more docile and nowhere near as
fast. Delight to fly. $39,000 ONO Contact Rob on 0413 217 206 or (08)
9367 1364. Email robertmilton@optusnet.com.au
EUROPA XS monowheel built from kit
No 422 - First flight June 2005. Based
at Jandakot and has always been hangared. 3300 Jabiru engine (6 cylinders) with just over 200 hours. Airmaster three blade electric Variable Pitch
propeller fully adjustable from cockpit,
fully feathering. Has the basic 6 pack
instruments plus CHT, oil pressure, oil
temp, EGT, Volt/Amp metre, Navaids
wing leveller/auto pilot on one axis, Fuel
flow, Hobbs meter, rev. counter, Fuel
gauges, Microair Radio and Transponder, Vacuum pump and Vacuum gauge,
34 s AIRSPORT
VAN’S RV-3 TT 430 hrs. O-320-E3D
160HP 58 SMOH. Marge Warnke ‘the
air claw’ prop.Basic VFR panel. Maint
by lame. Van’s original & best: lands on
a dime, climbs like a home-sick angel.
$45,000 or offer. Ph 0400992664.
2007 GLASAIR SPORTSMAN 2+2
185 hrs TT. Lycoming IO 360. C.S.
Hartzel. Dynon D100. VM 1000. Icom
IC-A 210 com. GTX 327 Txpdr. Tru
Track A/pilot with Alt hold. Leather interior. Folding wings. Winner Avalon
2009-Champion Concours D’Elegance
& Best Overall Sport Aircraft. $175,000
no GST. Dropped price by 30k, your
gain my loss! Text/Call Peter Nelson
0418949943 or email
peternelson666@gmail.com
total time of 268 hours on it when removed. Mattituck supplies its engines
with this adapter containing a “block
off plate”and return oil line to enable
its engines to be used for fixed pitch
props and by simply removing the block
off plate it can be used for CS conversion. As the Prop drive adapter was not
driving a CS governor it is in “as new”
condition with no end or bearing play. I
am asking $270 firm for both items buyer to pay shipping. Pics and further
info available by email jetodart@iinet.
net.au or calling me (Pete Poland) on
0407 943 685
RV-4 PROJECT Zero hour XP IO360 180HP fitted with Dual E Mags,
Zero hour Catto 3 bladed prop designed for aircraft and engine. Airframe to just beyond quick build. All
new Sigmatek vac instruments and
pump. Microair Radio and Transponder with encoding altimeter.
HID landing and taxi lights and Whelen nav and strobes. Electric flaps.
Everything is new with virtually everything to complete apart from seat covering, paint and your time.
Should still meet the 51% rule.
Loss of building space and commitments prevent completion. First to
see will buy. It’s a bargain, buy the
bits and get a free airframe. No expense was spared. $55K Buyer to collect. Contact Bob on 0407 199 006
Email: bob_travis@icloud.com
Hrs (injected engine for inverted flight)
Selectable Dual oil coolers for warm
climate use. Cabin heat to both seats
Christen Inverted Oil system and
“Smokin’ Airplanes” Smoke System
Propellor – McCauley, Fixed Pitch TTIS
400 hrs (TBO – 2000 Hrs) Cruise at
100 knots Fuel Capacity Useable – 162
litres in 2 tanks. R.O.C – Better than
1000’/min at MTOW Cylinder Leak
Down Test, better than 77/80 all cylinders Fully restored in 1994 and always
hangared Last Annual - August 2012
Full History, Log Books etc, and full
build/restoration records / receipts.
Leather Upholstery SCoA for Day VFR,
but fitted with Garmin GPS 296 with Air
Gizmo mount / VHF Radio / EEIS Empty
Weight (including oil and unusable fuel)
– 506 Kg MTOW – 900 Kg (304Kg
useable) Utility Aerobatic - +6g/-6g (at
773 Kg) G meter fitted Leather flying
helmets and David Clark PNR headsets
included. (2) Spare tyres – 2 x main 1 x
tailwheel Parts fully supported through
Aircraft Spruce & Specialty. VH-CUX
provides the pilot with the thrill of open
cockpit flying, in a biplane that looks
“old school” but in a modern chrome
moly airframe (stitts covered) with low
hours. I also have a technical support
contact in the USA who was the workshop production manager for Stolp aircraft. Asking for offers over $66,000
(no GST) and can arrange or assist
with delivery for costs anywhere in
Australia. The aircraft is currently hangared near Perth, WA. Contact Jack
Donsen- 0400 241 442 or email
jack@topfun.net.au
ZODIAC 601XL-B with Jabiru 3300 en-
gine 120HP near new only 165 hrs. airframe and engine. Beautiful built aircraft with superb looks and handling
flies like a dream no expense spared.
Full glass cockpit Dynon D100 & Dynon
D120 and Avmap4 Micro air radio and
transponder, new leather seats etc.
etc. nil accidents full building logs always kept in enclosed hanger and
LAME maintained fresh 100hrs done.
Arguably the best available suit new
buyer offered $1000’s under cost.
Have my eye on a RV and will look at
trade on RV-4, 6 or 7. Priced to sell
$75,000 ONO. Please call or sms me
email address for more info and pics.
0428 923 250
PROP DRIVE ADAPTER and RETURN OIL LINE I have a Prop Drive
adapter for sale, this unit came off a
near new Mattituck 0-360-A1A with a
DUAL PLASMA II PLUS Ignition Sys-
VAN’S RV-6 TT Time 400 hrs. 0-320
160 HP, VGC, $75,000 Located at
Bunbury WA 08 9795 8354
tem Brand new (only unpacked for add
photo) Plasma II Plus Ignition System.
Will suit 4 cyl aero engine. Save $900
on new system. Plus P&P. Contact Bob
on 0407 199 006 Email: bob_travis@
icloud.com
VARIEZY Built 2012, 0200 100HP,
Prince Prop, VH Reg, Run in Hrs only.
$60,000 Ono. Hangared in Bunbury
WA 08 9795 8354
STARDUSTER TOO VH-CUX TTIS ap-
prox. 400 Hrs (1600 HTR) Engine – Lycoming IO -360 (200HP) – TTIS –400
classifieds
Build logs, photographic history, books,
clecos, rivets, large number of additional parts beyond standard kit. Many
tools included others + instruments
available for right offer. All offers
considered.
Contact: Scott on 0449113897
RUTAN LONG-EZ O235. 190TT .
$50K.
Always hangared. Ph
0893819507. Joy to Fly. Richard@
arctangent.com.au
NSW/ACT
LYCOMING 0-320 E2A CSU Currently
in situ Victa 150. 150 HTR Make offer.
Ph Col: 0429 328 598
FLYING RV-7 Completed quickbuild
Wings removed in storage. I0-360
Constant speed prop. Leather interior, steam gauges, garmin GPS reasonable offers considered call for photos
02 6783 2201
and avionics check completed Sept
2012 – all ADs up to date. LAME built
and maintained. Condition: Exterior
8/10, Interior 9/10. Bruce’s Custom
Cover. Spares, including 2 props. Always hangared – located Maitland,
NSW. Excellent touring aircraft. Only
selling to make way for new aircraft under construction. $75,000. Ph Mike
for more details, photos, inspection on
0428 687733 or email
mikepapa@bigpond.com
SL30 Nav/Com, pitot heat etc. New
battery, spare alt & starter. Always
hangared & LAME maintained.
$80,000 Ph 0405 354 452 or 02
6833 0673
HANGAR SPACE AVAILABLE in pri-
HANGAR SPACE I have just finished
building a new 14m by 12m Hangar at
Maitland and have space for one aircraft available. I would prefer a high
wing come join me as my aircraft is a
low wing however I am sure we would
make it work either way. Call Steve on
0402054272 or email sjohns09@bigpond.com
vately owned hangar at Royal Newcastle Aero Club, Maitland. Please contact
Phil on 0407 494930 or email phil@
manna.net.au for details.
GLASTAR PROJECT (in US) - The fu-
selage, wings, control surfaces, gear,
and plumbing is about as complete as it
can be without an engine and instruments. Previously being set up as taildragger, so tail reinforcement is complete and the tailspring is installed.
Presently on tricycle gear but a quickchange setup between either option
easy possible. Folding wings Excellent
workmanship. US $28,000 o.n.o. For
further details including owner contact
visit www.glastar.us
ADC REMOTE SPIN ON FILTER KIT.
Suitable most Lycomings. $300 ono.
Ph Lloyd: 02 4773 8382
UNUSED PARTS 1 X AV-534 Com-
ms antenna 118-136 MHz. Wt. 3-1/2
oz $45 1 X CI-105 DME/Transponder
antenna 960 to 1220 MHz $120 2 X
Fuel level gauges only (no senders) ISSPRO R869 $35 ea. All gauges are
light adaptable. All parts are unused
and surplus to needs All P/N’s quoted are from Aircraft Spruce and ISSPRO. Contact Graham on johnston_
graham@bigpond.com
MCCAULEY 3 BLADE CONSTANT
SPEED PROPELLER. Suit Lycoming
180 - 200 HP. Nil hrs. SOH. $6800
ono. Ph: 0407 457 000 LN SYS 6
LIGHTING SYSTEM, suit RV-9, $650.
Ph: Paul 02 6231 0975
STORM 400/CENTURY PROJECT
Metal 2+2 seat. 70% complete. High
quality of work. Almost ready to close.
Most kit to finish, no engine or prop.
KIS TR1 VH-AIG Experimental ComDRAGONFLY Mk2 minus engine for
sale in Orange, NSW. Fuselage, wings
and instruments all in good condition
and last flew in January 2012. I will accept any reasonable offer if it can be
put to use as part of a new project.
Build history is available for all components. SMS David on 0427 317 109.
PELICAN PROJECT – Model PL. All
ALCLAD 2024 Sheet and Extrusion.
4’ x 8’ .032 $90 ea. Four available. 4’
x 8’ .025 $80 ea. Seven available. 4’ x
8’ x .040 $100. Various small sheets of
LN SYS 6 Lighting System $650.00,
2024 .063, .090, .125, .50, .75 available. 2024 Extrusion 1” x 1” x .125 x 5’
$40 ea. Six available, 3/4”x 3/4” x 5ft
extrusion $30 each. Six available. Aircraft piano hinge 1ft, 2ft, 3ft lengths
$10 per ft. Also fuel caps and tank fittings, stainless steel battery box, Material purchased for a project but now
surplus to needs. All in as new condition. No release notes available. Contact Mike on mobile 0408 164 946 or
Kermik@ozemail.com.au
KIS TR1 VH-AIG Experimental Composite – 2 seat side by side – gull wing
doors. Lycoming 0235 – 118HP –
1200HTR. Electric variable pitch carbon fibre propeller. Electric aileron
trim. Cruise 135kts at 25l/hr. Fuel capacity 125L. Professional upholstery.
Apollo 55 GPS, Icom VHF, Sigtronics
intercom, Terra transponder. 100hrly
parts & components included except
engine & instruments. Horizontal &
vertical tail feathers finished, tricycle
or tailwheel options. Heavy duty windshield and prop included. Kit valued at
$60+k, will accept $30,000. For serious enquiries contact 0403586085
Suit RV-9 – Ph Paul 02 6231 0975.
WITTMAN TAILWIND PARTS Bishton
64 x 62 prop and 4 inch extension with
bolts suit Cont 0-200 $600.All items
never used. Ph. 0429 172 740.
posite – 2 seat side by side – gull wing
doors. Lycoming 0235 – 118HP –
1200HTR. Electric variable pitch carbon fibre propeller. Electric aileron
trim. Cruise 135kts at 25l/hr. Fuel capacity 125L. Professional upholstery. Apollo 55 GPS, Icom VHF, Sigtronics intercom, Terra transponder.
100hrly and avionics check completed
Sept 2012 – all ADs up to date. LAME
built and maintained. Condition: Exterior 8/10, Interior 9/10. Bruce’s Custom Cover. Spares, including 2 props.
Always hangared – located Maitland,
NSW. Excellent touring aircraft. Only selling to make way for new aircraft
under construction. Ph Mike for more
details, photos, inspection on 0428
687733 or email mikepapa@bigpond.
com . $62,500
PLANE TOOLS (Isham’s) RV Build-
QUIKIE Q200 140 hrs TT. Eng O200
with 9.1 high comp pistons, 100hrsTT,
Prince Prop, dual lightspeed ign, dual
batt, LW starter and ALT. ++++ many
extras. Fast affordable flying 150kt
cruise. Contact Mark 0429 615 898
ers Tool kit. Including DRDT-2 dimpler, pneumatic squeezer, unopened
and used clecos, 6 & 12 inch drill bits.
Kit has little use. Can ship Australia
wide at your expense. Will sell individual components or entire kit. Open to offers. Ph. 0407 518 140
NT
2X RV-4 AIRCRAFT One is nearing
GLASAIR 2SH FT 1100 TT, 150 kts
cruise, O-320 E2D 150 HP, Hendrickson cruise prop & new spare metal
Sensenich prop. Full TSO’d IFR panel
incls Garmin 300xl GPS/Com. and
completion, wings, tail, fuse done, engine (new Lyc O-320) mounted with
new baffles, canopy fitted (working on
latch), not painted, up to instruments/
avionics, which I have not ordered yet.
2pack primed throughout. The other one has 1300 hours, recently flying very well, but I have taken it off line
to do an annual + repaint control surfaces, replace tyres, harness, hoses,
AIRSPORT s 35
classifieds
baffles, whatever else I find. I can not
afford 2 aeroplanes, so one has to go
to fund the other one, or both to start
again. If interested, call to discuss options ( old plane with new motor, New
with old, wood or metal prop) $110,000
for the whole lot or call for part of. Contact Bill on 0400 782 313 or bdtsmarkey@bordernet.com.au
QLD
LANCAIR SUPER ES The ES has 35%
more wing area and tailplane area than
a Lancair 4. As such it has very pleasant and docile handling characteristics,
allowing slow, short field landings. The
fixed undercarriage enhances its performance for the shorter grass and dirt
strips. However, the 310HP, IO 550N
Continental, swinging a 3 bladed Hartzell constant speed alloy propeller,
still allows a 180kt cruise and 1100
nm range with 4 people and sensible
baggage. Nothing has been spared in
building this aircraft. It is built as perfect as it looks. It is ready to be signed
out for IFR with Garmin 530 GPS, 420
GNC, GMA 340 intercom, and GTX
327 transponder. The GPS’s are coupled together and with a Stormscope
WX-500 and TruTrack DFC 200 ATI
autopilot. Engine monitoring and performance is with a JPI EDM 900, the
co-pilot flies a Dynon D10. A large baggage area, superb leather interior and
Bose headsets are amongst the other finishes. Only 237 hrs TT and being
forced to sell at much less than component costs at $330,000 GST if applicable as owner has moved on to helicopters. Contact John Buchanan 0419
643 711 or jbukes@gmail.com
structures. Just completed an RV-7 and
looking for a new project. Everything
done in-house including, Engines, Avionics, Wiring and Paint. References
available, ph Terry 07 4168 9896 or
0408 698 235
HELICOPTER KIT SET Revolution
Mini 500 complete brand new. Never assembled, $25,000. Also rotax engine and other upgrade parts
available. P.O.A. Experienced advice given, just phone Lawrie:
07 5429 8148
ELECTRIC CONSTANT SPEED PROPELLER. MTV7-C183/51 3 Blade 72
inch prop diameter 83 HRS T.T It is
an electonic hub, constant speed includes electronic constant speed controller, brush block, bulkheads, Kevlar spinner. Suit all auto engines and
continental 0-200 will thro in a subaru H6 engine and mount for RV-7! New
11,000 USD will sell for $5000 AUD
plus freight phone Nigel on 0419 989
288 for more details
NEW TITAN P51 MUSTANG in kit form,
all accessories - seat upgrade - long
fuel tank etc, heavy undercarriage, avionics, glass cockpits or steam instruments, building jigs. Please contact
Shane for more details 0418 459 060
or email blackiemustang@bigpond.
com $75,000
obatic 2 seat side by side aircraft with
100 kt cruise. Well built from plans, excellent condition, total time 800 hrs.
King VHF & Transponder. Was fitted
with Lycoming 0-235 and Henry (69” x
52”) prop. The aircraft has nil accident
history and is hangared at Hervey Bay
QLD. Great opportunity potentially saving years of construction time.
Call Terry for details: 0488 141415 or
terry.grace@bigpond.com
BUILDER ASSISTANCE available now
for RV or any Sport Aircraft. 20 yrs
experience with Sheet Metal, Tube
and Fabric, Wood and Composite
36 s AIRSPORT
SA102.5 CAVALIER PROJECT for
sale with two lycoming 0-290 engines. Comes with sitka spruce wing
spar timber, precut wing ribs, tailplane
and elevator. Includes fiberglass nose
cone and cowling wingtip tanks, instruments, cleaveland brakes, hardware kit and most parts to fit out fuselage, Also large work table to go with
project. Located in Brisbane $15,000
ONO for more details contact Adam on
0406 656 448 or email charring1@
bigpond.com
well as a fuselage rotisserie. Located
Longreach QLD $1500 LAME built Set
of Uma Instrument lighting new Part no
3 of 2-30-G (3-1/8 UMA light green W/
Cutout) 2 of 2-31-G (3-1/8 UMA light
green W/Cutout) 1G02 Connector Kit
W/12” leads 1G2 inverter $120 the lot
4 Engine mounts LORD J-7518-2 $75
each Volts amp gauge RC ALLEN 122004-1 $75 0427 682 211
Gen3 GMC 330hp, Programmable EFI,
Analogue 6 pac panel, Digital EMS, inflight adjustable 4 blade carbon prop,
NW Aero belt reduction, 175 hrs, VGC,
$130,000, Email 58armada@gmail.
com, Mob. 0419647635
ical mount) engine. Rebuilt and setup for long term storage and has
been stored since. In Lycoming engine
box. Previous and current logbooks.
$13,500 ono. Ph Nick: 0488 247 178
PARTS AND TOOLS: Rivet kit with
bucking bars airgun and rivet hammers
$500 Rivet Squeezers with all size rivet dies $150 VAN’S stall kit new for
wing installation $50 VAN’S glove
compartment kit $25 5Hp Techumse
tow motor for 4 place aircraft $1,000
New fuel gauges and senders Port and
Starboard $140 Red adj. mixture control cable $45 Black adjustable throttle
cable $45 Carb heat cable. Fuel panel
mount primer $85 Light speed ignition
system used but tested $350 Contact
Robert: 0428-376661
ropa37@optusnet.com.au
VAN’S RV-9A with Jabiru 8 cylinder
ICOM IC-A200 RADIO. This unit is
hardly used but I removed it for an
upgrade. Looks and works like brand
new. Comes complete with new cradle and all original hardware. Photos
available. $750 Contact Peter 0428
714456 or email peter.mckenzie@
skyhi.com.au
engine, Sensenich prop. Approx 40
hours total time, Dynon D10A EFIS, Microair radio and transponder. Always
hangared. Located at Caboolture. This
aircraft is offered for sale on behalf of
MT15B PROPELLER Hydraulic CSU,
210 cm, max power 300hp, max RPM
2700. New price delivered from US approx. $13,000 (inc GST. This prop fully
overhauled by ACS Propeller in Archerfield is at 0 hours for $7,100 inc GST
ONO in Brisbane. A beautiful lightweight prop great for aerobatics but not
quite stone chip proof enough for my
remote dirt strip work. Was used on a
vans RV-7A. Phone Peter on
0418451288
SPITFIRE 70% scale, All Alloy, LS1
RV-8 JIGS FOR SALE. All included as
LYCOMING O-320 A3A 150HP (conPAZMANY PL1 VH-TEZ All metal aer-
Chris Hamilton. Contact David Brown:
david.brown@saaa.com Ph: 0416
223 194
PROTECH PT2 PROSTAR – partially
built kit aircraft. 2 seater side by side,
Volkswagen engine and instruments
fitted, Chrome molly fuselage, Aluminium folding wings – one wing partially
built. Includes all materials to complete
the build except fabric for covering fuselage. For sale as a package for
$10,000 as owner is moving overseas.
Aircraft is located at Kentville,
Queensland. Contact Ashley 0428 170
732 ashleymartin70@live.com.au
VANS RV-9A 2012, 90 TT, XP-IO-320
& Sensenich FP prop, 1 P-Mag ignition,
Dynon D-180, Garmin SL-40, GTX327, PM1000II, Trio Ez-Pilot, Aera 500
GPS w/ panel mount. Built from standard kit, high quality structural work.
Cruises at 160kt @ 28-29lph.
$100,000 neg. Conor 0439 518 777
ronoc74@yahoo.com
VAN’S RV-6 Long range special VH-
OOK Pride and joy has been sitting for too long and is priced for a
new home that will appreciate, I am
a long way from a new medical and
this aircraft was built to fly.
For sale RV-6 Hartzel 2 blade CSU
(200hrs), IO-320-160hp (320hrs),
1xMag 1xLightspeed, 320lts in the
wings (9hrs range at 32lts per hr)
150knt cruse=1350knt endurance,
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S-Tec 50 AP with Alt hold coupled to
Apollo 360 panel mount GPS, Rocky
mountains engine Panel monitor, Bendix King Encoder. Lost Medical. Only
$55.000.00 for a fast sale and to get
her back where she should be, in the
air. Not very good with IT and I have
no photos, if anyone has picture of VHOOK please forward to SAAA office
for upload. Contact Geoffrey by email:
gwjh12@outlook.com
TAS
RV-6A Kit 90% complete, with all
parts to complete included.
New 0-320 D1A Lycoming certified engine 160HP fitting completed.
New sensenich metal prop, Aluminum
spinner supplied and fitted. Engine
cowl fitted and complete. Tilt up Canopy completed. Instrument panel completed and includes Icom A200,
YLTV. $75,000 (no gst) Phone Roger
0438 519 922
COMPLETE SET OF AVERY TOOLS for
rv build, Numerous RV parts including
Main wheel and nose wheel fairings
and hardware, fibreglass spinner and
backing plates, Filtered air box , scat
tube , vans fuel gauges, Westech carby
temp monitor and probe, nose gear
fairing , mixture control , inner tubes
for main gear and nosewheel , Electronic Industries EGT,CHT, OAT model
EAC 1 with associated switch and
probes to monitor 4 cylinder engine (
current model see vans website ) plus
other hardware rivets, bolts etc all
parts are new not been used, Call Mick
on 0400183711 for more details, looking for reasonable offers.
VIC
AIRFIELD PROPERTY - 49% share
for sale in small private airfield south
of Ballarat. Lots of room to negotiate. 650m grass runway and allocated
hangar. Ph: 03 5346 1493 / 0418 394
844 / andy347@skymesh.com.au
1 NEW SENSENICH PROP
70CM6S9-0-80 complete with 2 1/4”
spacer plus spinner and backplates.
$2,800 no gst - Located Melbourne.
PH Brian 0408 322 358
Transponder KT 76A TSO , Garmin
GPS 155XL TSO, Digitrack Autopilot ,
Fuel Scan 450 computer, RC allen T&B
indicator electric, vertical card compass.
Flaps completed & fitted, Ailerons
completed, vertical and horizontal stabilizer complete, rudder and elevators
complete.
Main gear fairings completed.
Interior of cabin painted . Brakes and
rudder pedals fitted.
Foam cutouts for seats as supplied by
Van’s and leather hide to cover seats.
Wings 95% complete all skins fitted,
landing light fitted. Nose wheel mod
completed to Van’s specs. All hardware, nuts, bolts, rivets required to
complete the aircraft are supplied. All
work has been inspected and complete
with log book. Aircraft is located at
West Hobart, Tasmania. Regretful Sale
due to changing circumstances. Looking for reasonable offers. Phone Mick
on 0400 183 711.
SONEX. TTIS 85 hours. 80HP Aerovee
engine. Taildragger. Aerobatic. Dual
controls. Tinted canopy. Microair Radio. Grand Rapids EIS. Garmin 196
GPS. 60 litres fuel capacity. 18 litres /
hour. Cruise 100kts, Polished metal
finish. $50,000 Contact Shane
Fewings. Phone 0412 537 730 Email
sonex386@gmail.com
4 BLADE MT PROP Brand new, still in
box. Suitable for large engine such as
Lancair IV. For sale at $12,000 (normally $15,000 ). Contact Sam on 0417
293 833
0320 BC 160Hp Experimental Conical
Mount overhauled and tested at Ruby’s $20,000 please email
simon.bromiley@bigpond.com
Ph 0418 546 397
DR107 ONE FUSELAGE welded by Brian Turner. Excellent experimental project. Covered, wheels, brakes, controls
etc. $15,000 you can take it away.
0418 546 397
simon.bromiley@bigpond.com
MIDGET MUSTANG - Engine 0-290
130hp, zero timed 150 hours ago,
therefore 1850+ htr. Instruments ASI, VSI, compass, fuel flow, tacho,
t&b, CHT, EGT, volts, oilpress, oil temp,
Garmin 296. Fuel avgas - standard
tank 59l plus aux tank 24l,fitted. Plus
wing tanks not fitted. Performance cruise 140 kts at 22l per hour., Aerobatic. Stalls 60 kts @ 1/2 flaps. Range
500 nm. Phone Roger on 0438 51 99
22 or email rogerbarlee@vic.australis.
com.au Has current 100 hourly.
$29,000
RV-10 FULLY IFR Currently under construction in Western Suburbs of Melbourne. Looking for 2 partners to buy
into a three way partnership.Construction details on www.ozrv10.com Completed empennage, Wings, tail feathers, into cabin construction. All parts
already purchased apart from Firewall forward kit, fitout and Instrumentation. (Engine already purchased: Lycoming Thunderbolt).Get in on the
ground floor of a well-constructed RV10 and put some flavor into it before
it is complete. Contact Andrew Long
for details on 0481 366 728, or via
email, details on the web site.
along@aanet.com.au
CORBY STARLET Most timber & plywood required for construction. Timber is perfectus ( the Best) & ply wood
is aircraft grade finnish birch to GL1
spec. Also metal fittings, tank,NZ fiberglass tips & spats, plan set, newsletter & more. For details email Colin on
juliecolingamble@bigpond.com
ROMSEY HANGAR SPACE available for SAAA members. New Steel
45’x45’x18’ with concrete floors inside
and out. Would prefer low wing similar to an RV with rate starting at $75
PW. romseyhangar4rent@gmail.com
0409 757 767
LYCOMING O-320-D2A 160HP Full
overhauled Engine without Carb- Mags
– Starter – suit CSU – DYNAFOCAL
MT – Certified by South West Aviation. $32,000 ONO – ph Col 0429
328 598
4 X LYCOMING OVERHAULED 150 HP
CROME CYLINDERS W/Piston / Rings
/ Valves $2200 ONO ph Col 0429 328
598
BRAND NEW BISHTON WOODEN
PROP. Never used. Suit Lyc 0-360. D
1.75; P 1.72 . Serial no 86003. Not
needed; cost $350 Ph. 0417 335 799
Email: jkrowlnds@gmail.com
SAFARI HELICOPTER 38 hrs 2001
Cert 032b2c bulk strip 840 hrs. As is
where is. $65,000 .ph 0418149032
AEROPOWER 1835CC VW Crank-
shaft, prop hub, conrods, 92mm piston
and barrels all done only 60 hrs since
new. $500 Brian 0429 172 740
WANTED
RV-4 ROD GEAR main undercarriage legs. New or used. Contact
James 0428 826 290 or overlandhomes@dodo.com
SA
VAN’S RV-6A TTIS 1030 hours. Factory new Lycoming 0-320 160 hp.
Metal FP prop, full range instruments,
Garmin 296 gps, Icom A210 radio,
transponder, sliding canopy, always
hangared, current 100 hourly. Based
SPACE WALKER WANTED plans and
Parts Contact David email dhardie@
pacific.net.au Ph 0417 669 658
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runs one of the most successful aircraft maintenance businesses in Queensland and is well
known for his business acumen and involvement
within the aircraft industry. In his “spare time” he also built himself one of his
prize possessions, a VAN’S RV-8.
One of his frustrations in building his plane and
servicing his clients was the excessive freight
costs of importing parts from USA. Often he
could source MUCH cheaper parts from USA,
not only for his RV-8, but also for use in the maintenance of many of his clients’ aircraft. However
the exorbitant freight costs from these suppliers
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him. He found that small operators are paying
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negotiated a huge discount on freight on behalf
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As Ben said, “Now I just source for the cheapest
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chapter contacts
New South Wales
Chapter 1
Sydney North
President: Rob Lawrie
Mob 0419 489 200
chapter01@saaa.com.au
Meetings: Third Wednesday of
each month at 7:30pm - rotates
amongst members’ projects.
Chapter 2
Chapter 37
Chapter 27
Southern NSW
Tyabb Victoria
Port Lincoln SA
President: Jarrod Clowes
Mob 0428 811 884
President: Darren Barnfield
Tel 03 5979 1501
Mob 0408 351 309
Meetings: Third Sunday
each month
President: Michael Hart
Tel 08 8682 1977
Chapter 38
Western Plains
President: Daniel Compton
Tel 02 6884 8887
Mob 0409 944 619
Camden
President: Graham Johnston
Mob 0417 985 200
Meetings: Second Wednesday
of each month, rotates
Chapter 4
Queensland
Chapter 15
Queensland
Wagga & District
President: Paul Smith
Tel 0419 641 853
Meetings: 7:30pm at Royal
Queensland Aero Club, Hangar
1, Beattie Rd Archerfield first
Thursday of the month
South Coast
President: Peter Bowman
Tel 02 4229 5350
Secretary: Philip Ayrton
Meetings: Last Monday
night of each month
Chapter 5
Central Coast
President: Dean Nesbitt
Mob 0418 757 383
Chapter 6
Australian Capital Territory
Chapter 26
Monaro
President: John Morrissey
Mob 0419 260 740
Meetings: Third Sunday
afternoon each month, rotates
President: Dr Paul Foster
Tel 02 6569 9484 (ah)
Chapter 7
South West WA
President: Peter Bairstow
Mob 0419 048 832
Chapter 13
President: Ralph Burnett
Mob 0427 200 673
Secretary: Ian Coombe
Mob 0428 957 829
Chapter 16
Chapter 22
Serpentine
Sunshine Coast
President: Bo Hannington
Tel 08 9524 2000
Mob 0427 044 156
Mid-North Coast
President: Bill Coote
Tel 02 6559 9953
Meetings: First Friday of
each month, Hasting’s
District Flying Club
Chapter 10
Albany District
Chapter 34
Latrobe Valley
Western Australia
Gold Coast
Chapter 18
Chapter 14
Secretary: Patrick Pulis
Mob 0408 008 379
Meetings: Workshop visits
President: Robert Fraser
Mob 0429 200 098
Secretary: Stanley Lewis
Mob 0414 960 872
Meetings: Notified to
members via email
President: Terry Fisher
Mob 03 5127 5765
Coffs Harbour
Adelaide
Chapter 19
President: Jamie Lee
Mob 0401 770 230
Secretary:
Conor McCarthy
Mob 0439 518 777
Meetings: 3rd Sunday May,
Jul, Sept, Nov, Jan, Mar
Victoria
Chapter 39
President: Paul Holaj
Chapter 40
President: Malcolm Bennett
Tel 02 6922 4917
Mob 0423 101 855
Secretary: Tony Middleton
Tel 02 6922 4990
Chapter 25
Melbourne
Far North QLD
President: David Zemel
Mob 0412 778 120
President: John Martin
Mob 0419 536 668
Chapter 24
Jandakot
Secretary/Treasurer:
Peter Mulhern
Mob 0418 923 837
Northern Territory
Chapter 20
Chapter 36
Chapter 35
Chapter 11
Kyneton District
Central QLD
Northern Australia
North-West Sydney
President: Mark Davis
Secretary: Rodney Ashdowne
Mob 0438 399 163
President: Anthony Baldry
Mob 0427 267 237
President: Vern Taylor
Mob 0418 898 899
Secretary: Christopher McKay
Mob 0418 799 469
Meetings: Last Saturday of
the month, venues vary.
President: Ian Woodhead
Tel 02 9856 2703
M 0404 830 634
Meetings: Second Tuesday
of each month, rotates
amongst members.
Chapter 23
Frogs Hollow NSW
President: Drew Done
Tel 02 6495 9484
Chapter 21
South Australia
Moorabbin
President: Stuart Trist
Tel 03 5367 3548
Meetings: Fourth Wednesday
of the month at 7.30 pm, South
Oakleigh Club, 1 Victor Rd (Cnr
Clifton St) East Bentleigh.
Chapter 17
Pallamana Murray Bridge
President: Don Fraser
Tel 08 8363 3920 (ah)
For any changes to Chapter
details, contacts or to notify
of errors, please email
enquiries@saaa.com
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SAAA contacts
General Manager
Mark Rowe
Narromine NSW 2821
Mob 0403 307 363
mark.rowe@saaa.com
24 William Keehner
Mt Pleasant WA
Tel 08 9364 7690
Technical Counsellors
New South Wales & ACT
National Technical Manager
Brian Hunter
Maudsland
Mob 0417 555 030
brian.hunter@saaa.com
MPC/Training Coordinators
NSW and SA
Ken Garland
nswstatecoordinator@saaa.com.au
Mob 0417 244 059
Victoria
Brian Ham
vicstatecoordinator@saaa.com.au
Mob 0417 464 866
Queensland
Peter Leonard
qldstatecoordinator@saaa.com.au
Mob 0417 758 272
Western Australia
Fred Moreno
wastatecoordinator@saaa.com.au
Mob 0488 336 905
CASA Authorised Persons
37 Jim Williams
Albury NSW (Albury area only)
Tel 02 6021 5818
11 Martin Ongley
Colebee NSW
Mob 0438 014 877
05 David Tennant
Wyongah NSW
Mob 0410 491 866
19 Peter Lewis
Elanora QLD
Mob 0439 714 617
skyworthy2@bigpond.com
19 Howard Mason
Elanora QLD
Tel 07 5534 8276
14 Brian Turner
Boolarra South VIC
Mob 0429 172 740
btvair@wideband.net.au
Darren Barnfield
Hastings VIC
Tel 03 5979 1501
13 Robert Hannington
Lower King WA
Tel 08 9844 7046
24 Colin Morrow
Como WA
Tel 08 9450 2130
colinmorrow@optusnet.com.au
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5 John Griffin
Bangor
Tel 02 9543 8404
Mob 0409 654 298
jreggriffin25@optusnet.com.au
1 Rick Harper
Bohnock
Mob 0416 041 007
rjwh@skymesh.com.au
Karl Ahamer
Bowral
Mob 0411 290 472
kahamer@bigpond.net.au
4 Chris Byrne
Bowral
Mob 0414 603 644
jack.byrne@bigpond.com
4 Ken Garland
Camden
Mob 0417 244 059
ken@garlandaerospace.com.au
5 Grant Piper
Coolah
Mob 0438 890 242
grant.piper@wideband.net.au
11 Martin Ongley
Colebee
Mob 0438 014 877
martin.ongley@saaa.com
38 Philip Goard
Cowra
Tel 02 6342 9300
Tel 02 6341 1635
info@brumbyaircraft.com.au
37 James Ball
Deniliquin
Tel 03 5812 0079
Mob 0428 743 450
jtball@iinet.net.au
4 Peter Bowman
Figtree
Mob 0429 130 340
pean.bow@bigpond.net.au
5 Robert Redman
Floraville
Mob 0418 570 768
rlredman@bigpond.com
1 Geoff Shrimski
Frenchs Forest
Mob 0414 400 304
scuba@bigpond.net.au
Andrew Sieczkowski
Grafton
Mob 0408 573 130
andyski@exemail.com.au
26 Lou Szabolics
Hawker
Mob 0411 850 383
szabolics@bigpond.com
Barrie Bishton
Kempsey
Mob 0439 864 023
26 Kim Jones
Monash
Tel 02 6291 9377
kim_jones@optusnet.com.au
7 William Coote
Laurieton
Tel 02 6559 9953
bill@becominghealthy.com.au
23 Drew Done
Merimbula
Mob 0409 833 646
dj.done@bigpond.net.au
38 Mark Rowe
Narromine
Mob 0403 307 363
mark.rowe@saaa.com
23 Rex Koerbin
Pambula
Tel 02 6495 1296
Mob 0408 138 409
rexavia@merimbulaaircraft.com
11 Ian Goldie
Port Macquarie
Tel 02 6582 4343
irgoldie@optusnet.com.au
40 Tony Middleton
Springvale Heights
Tel 02 6922 4990
a.middo@bigpond.net.au
38 Paul O’Connor
Temora
Mob 0427 090 087
vhpoc@hotmail.com
1 Keith Bridge
Terrey Hills
Mob 0417 290 814
Tel 02 9486 3034
kbaero@iinet.com.au
40 Malcolm Bennett
Wagga Wagga
Tel 02 6922 4917
Mob 0423 101 855
bennettbuilt@internode.on.net
40 Peter Middleton
Wagga Wagga
Tel 02 6922 4815
Mob 0407 016 429
p.middleton2@bigpond.com
p.middleton2@bigpond.com
Queensland
36 Daryl Grove
Aitkenvale
Tel 07 4775 1604
grovedj@bigpond.net.au
15 Mike Roselt
Applethorpe
Mob 0417 706 827
fay.roselt@bigpond.com
34 Laurie Wincen
Atherton
Mob 0408 725 050
lauremal@aanet.com.au
22 Graeme Humphreys
Beerwah
Tel 07 5494 9582
Mob 0439 400 884
graeme.humphreys@saaa.com
Robert Veale
Bokarina
Tel 07 5493 5221
raveale@optusnet.com.au
Craig Aitken
Boonah
Tel 07 5463 4037
mcaitken1@bigpond.com
Mike Horneman
Boondall
Tel 07 3216 2276
Mob 0417 931 872
Geoffrey Hook
Bundaberg (North)
Mob 0428 652 165
annieinport@hotmail.com
34 John Atkinson
Cairns
Mob 0427 534 806
long_lej@tpg.com.au
34 John Martin
Cairns
Mob 0419 536 668
j-martin@bigpond.net.au
Lance Sandford
Dundowran
Tel 07 4128 6015
Mob 0425 715 781
sandford@melbpc.org.au
34 Darren Jones
Edmonton
Mob 0432 575 824
cbar@aol.com.au
15 Paul Smith
Ferny Hills
Mob 0419 641 853
pk.smith@bigpond.net.au
21 Martin Hone
Gatton Airpark
Mob 0419 368 696
aerobiz1@gmail.com
Peter McDougall
Haliday Bay
Mob 0408 345 507
qiepl@bigpond.com
19 Brian Hunter
Maudsland
Mob 0416 069 151
brian.hunter@saaa.com
19 Gary Spicer
Hope Island
Mob 0402 822 907
dreamtime99@ngvemail.com
15 Terry Grace
Kenmore
Tel 07 3878 6447
Mob 0488 141 415
terry.grace@bigpond.com
SAAA contacts
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36 Benjamin Bowden
Longreach
Tel 07 4658 3193
Mob 0427 682 211
blbowden@tpgi.com.au
15 John Gross
Mt Cotton
Tel 07 3206 6151
johnandjude@bigpond.com
15 Peter Karanges
Sunnybank Hills
Mob 0407 453 933
designt@bigpond.net.au
34 Tony Ilyes
Tully Heads
Mob 0408 797 228
ilyesent@bigpond.com
South Australia
39 Walter Ogilvie
Kingston
Mob 0427 689 031
wogilvie@live.com.au
39 Paul Holaj
Nairne
Mob 0408 008 379
pn-holaj@bigpond.com
25 Mick Hart
Port Lincoln
Mob 0407 424 607
mcdkhart@gmail.com
39 Bruce Deslandes
Whyalla
Mob 0414 263 180
b.des@bigpond.com
Tasmania
Mick Cuppari
West Hobart
Mob 0400 183 711
cuppari@netspace.net.au
Victoria
Peter Schafer
Balwyn
Mob 0425 837 055
schaferpj@gmail.com
Brian Turner
Boolarra South
Mob 0429 172 740
btair@gmail.com
21 Bruce Towns
Braeside
Mob 0408 326 260
brucetowns@bigpond.com
21 Robert Taylor
Ferny Creek
Mob 0428 324 731
rwtaylor@bigpond.com
21 John Stephenson
Hampton East
Tel 03 9553 5075
JFS2@bigpond.com
20 Frank Deeth
Heathmont
Mob 0408 559 866
tr.9@westnet.com.au
Rod Shearer
Huntly
Tel 03 5448 8669
Mob 0419 717 212
rybuck@iinet.net.au
20 Norm Edmunds
Kyneton
Mob 0407 098 242
idgara.aviation@bigpond.com
20 Rodney Thynne
Melton
Mob 0402 277 607
rodneythynne@yahoo.com.au
20 Daniel O’Sullivan
Monegeetta
Mob 0417 409 996
bernice.dan@bigpond.com
21 Stuart Trist
Mordialloc
Mob 0410 561 371
stuart.trist@esa.edu.au
20 Len Dyson
Newport
Tel 03 9391 2193
p51mustang@
optushome.com.au
Peter Austin
Oak Park
Tel 03 9306 1090
21 Robert Barrow
Oakleigh South
Tel 03 9558 0598
bobbarrow@bigpond.com
20 Peter Pendergast
Ocean Grove
Mob 0418 129 222
ppen@live.com.au
21 Arthur Stubbs
Port Fairy
Mob 0419 357 648
vhxsi@aussiebb.com.au
21 Graeme Coates
Richmond
Mob 0417 108 427
coatbeam@melbpc.org.au
21 Brian Ham
Templestowe
Mob 0417 464 866
brian.ham@bigpond.com
Rob McAnally
Templestowe
Mob 0418 172 150
rsmcanallyrv6@gmail.com
Western Australia
13 Brian Holman
Albany
Mob 0429 844 419
bmholman@
australiaonline.net.au
16 Bo Hannington
Baldivis
Tel 08 9524 2000
Bo@elbo.com.au
Gordon Johanson
Baldivis
Mob 0419 043 161
gordon-jane@telstra.com
24 Peter Nelson
Baldivis
Mob 0418 949 943
peternelson666@gmail.com
24 Mike Fletcher
Bunbury
Mob 0408 090 438
mikefletcher@dodo.com.au
24 Colin Morrow
Como
Mob 0412 069 490
colinmorrow@optusnet.com.au
13 Fred Moreno
Denmark
Tel 08 9848 1431
frederickmoreno@bigpond.com
10 Terry Doe
Eaton
Mob 0437 256 229
terrdoe@gmail.com
24 Tony White
Guildford
Mob 0419 421 632
twhite@westnet.com.au
24 Andy George
Kalgoorlie
Mob 0418 920 404
andy.george@rapallo.com.au
24 Paul Blackney
Leeming
Mob 0417 091 763
pblackny@bigpond.com
24 William Keehner
Mount Pleasant
Mob 0417 972 090
wkeehner@bigpond.net.au
16 Shirley Harding
Mundijong
Mob 0459 555 025
13 Noel Stoney
Redmond
Mob 0447 453 242
nrstoney@bigpond.com
24 Peter Cash
Riverton
Mob 0447 560 928
bee@bee-engineering.com
24 Lindsay Danes
Success
Tel 08 9414 1122
lindsayd@primus.com.au
Northern Territory
35 Bill Markey
Acacia Hills
Mob 0400 782 313
bdtsmarkey@bordernet.com.au
35 Albert Poon
Casuarina
Mob 0417 562 069
albertpoon@y7mail.com
Qatar
Shirley Harding
Doha
Tel +974 660 99265
Flight Advisor & Test
Pilot Coordinator
Keith Engelsman
Grenfell NSW
Tel 02 6343 3292
Mob 0409 076 277
xtp@activ8.net.au
SAAA Pilot Advisors
Robert (Bob) Redman
Floraville NSW
Tel 02 4947 0768
Mob 0418 570 768
rlredman@bigpond.com
Andy Ski
(Andrew Sieczkowski)
Grafton Area NSW
Tel 02 6642 1104
Mob 0408 573 130
andyski@exemail.com.au
Gary Spicer
Hope Island QLD
Tel 07 5514 2196
Mob 0402 822 907
gary.spicer@saaa.com
Peter McDougall
(Helicopters)
Haliday Bay QLD
Mob 0408 345 507
qiepl@bigpond.com
Jon Johanson
Goolwa SA
Mob 0419 554 656
info@flymore.com.au
Aub Coote
Grovedale VIC
Tel 03 5241 1605
Ralph Burnett
Albany WA
Tel 08 9842 8963
Mob 0427 200 673
burnett@comsweat.net.au
Gordon Johanson
Baldivis WA
Mob 0419 043 161
gordon-jane@telstra.com
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