This episode we’re joined by Bas Scheffers, a Recreational Aviation Australia pilot (our version of the US Sport Pilot rules) who flies out of Parafield airport (YPPF) in Adelaide, South Australia. We have a great chat about flying RA-Aus aircraft, GAAP issues, the benefits of learning to fly under RA-Aus instead of the usual GA, the information available from the recreational flying community and even discuss the new AAAF Forum (Forum for free speech on industry: AAAF – Steve Creedy @ The Australian).

After our great chat with Bas, we move on to our usual opinionated regional news review which includes the following items:

• David Vanderhoof provides a “This week in Australian aviation history” segment for us
• In Dust we Trust
• Flight delays remain as dust settles in Sydney (ABC News)
• Sydney flights get back to normal after dust storm (ABC News)
• Flight chaos as dust storm hits Sydney, Brisbane (Kate Schneider @ news.com.au)
• Havoc for airlines, passengers (Steve Creedy @ The Australian)
• Tiger Airlines strands people at Mackay:
• Cancelled flight strands hundreds (Fallon Hudson @ The Daily Mercury)
• Tiger Airways causes chaos at Mackay (e-Travel Blackboard)
• Geoff Dixon’s golden parachute from QANTAS
• Dixon’s $11m parachute from Qantas nosedive (Michael Janda @ ABC News)
• Former Qantas CEO Geoff Dixon paid $11m in last year (Steve Creedy @ The Australian)
• Qantas high-flyers must come down to earth: payouts (Stuart Wilson @ The Australian)
• High-speed thrills as Thunderbirds roll in: USAF (Mike Glynn @ The Australian)
• Boeing To Test Military Airplane Over Hood Canal (Q13 Fox News)
• Final boarding call: empty bladders only (Mark Willacy @ ABC News)

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