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#4198

DarkSarcasm

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DarkCertified 1 Year, 9 Months ago
This afternoon I passed my flight test and became a certified RA-Aus pilot. Life dream of holding a pilot's licence achieved, still can't believe it

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methylnick

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Re:DarkCertified 1 Year, 9 Months ago
Congratulations Darky! I am still waiting for my GFPT! can't wait to take some friends up in the air!

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Steve A

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Re:DarkCertified 1 Year, 9 Months ago
Congratulations Darky! Well done! It's an unreal feeling when you first achieve that freedom and one that will stay with you for a loooong time. Enjoy every minute of it. Fly safe and treat it as a license to learn. Steve

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Re:DarkCertified 1 Year, 9 Months ago
Congratulations, are you moving onto your PPL in VH aircraft or still uncertain?

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Re:DarkCertified 1 Year, 9 Months ago
Thanks all, I still can't believe it mwinslade wrote: Congratulations, are you moving onto your PPL in VH aircraft or still uncertain? Yep, I'm moving onto PPL. I've got my first lesson in a Warrior on Sunday

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Nick.

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Re:DarkCertified 1 Year, 9 Months ago
Well done Darky, it has been great following your journey on here.

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flyingninja

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Re:DarkCertified 1 Year, 9 Months ago
Woohoo!!! Well done! Way cool.

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htran

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Re:DarkCertified 1 Year, 9 Months ago

Congratz and welcome to the club.

Besides bureaucracy and the current law, is there any particular technical reason why going from flying a VH aircraft to an ultralight like a Tecnam or Jabiru requires a an RA-Aus certificate?

Surely going from a C152 to a Jabiru can't be much different compared to say going from a Mooney into a C152.

Legal side aside, wouldn't it make more sense that going from a VH aircraft to an ultralight be like getting a type endorsement or an aircraft conversion?

Sure there are some differences between air law, but wouldn't it be sensible for PPL holders to sit an air law exam for ultralights, and just do conversion just like going from one type of aircraft to another, rather than having to get a completely new licence?

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DarkSarcasm

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Re:DarkCertified 1 Year, 9 Months ago

The RA-Aus certificate is because the aircraft are registered and operated under Recreational Aviation Australia.

Once you have a PPL it's only 5 or so hours on an appropriate aircraft to convert to the certificate.

htran wrote:

Surely going from a C152 to a Jabiru can't be much different compared to say going from a Mooney into a C152.

The main difference, I believe, is the inertia - or lack thereof. I've never flown a Mooney, but from googling them they look a bit like a Warrior. So pretty stable I'd assume.

The Jab is not. The Jab is light and finicky and bounces around like you wouldn't believe. I haven't flown a C152 but have flown a C172 and it was definitely a LOT more stable than the Jab, it just moseyed along where you wanted it it seemed.

I've heard lots of people say 'If you can fly a Jab, you can fly anything' - I guess shortly I'll be seeing if that's true.