Although the use of radio is not mandated everywhere, the way CAAP 166-2 is worded, it is foolish not to have one - not from a "technical" air law perspective, but from a criminal law perspective should you be unfortunate to be involved in an accident where a death occurs.
Having the use of lookout described as being effectively useless and use of radio described as ideally being the primary means of separation is very worrying - in an accident where a death occurred, it would not take much for the whole blame to be laid on the aircraft with no radio. On 02/06/2010, at 16:34 , Texler, Michael wrote: > Thanks Wombat and others, > > All exciting stuff... > >> So it seems that Beverley - and many other aerodromes that are > "aircraft landing areas" will not be subject to the mandatory radio > provisions. > > Yep, I know that. Both Cunderdin (YCUN) and Beverley (YBEV) are > uncertified, so the radio provisions do not apply there. > >> that a radio-equipped aircraft ought to make at these uncertified > aerodromes, and all I said about situational awareness still applies. > > Couldn't agree more! > >> My suggestion for these is to at least approach your local RAPAC to > have the CTAF for them determined as 122.7 (or your choice of relevant > frequency) and then use that frequency. > > May lead to clutter of 122.7 though, unless glider pilots remember how > to use a radio properly! > >> Aerodrome listed as "Beverley (YBEE)" is NOT the WA gliding aerodrome > but a private one in South Australia, owned by a resources company based > in Adelaide. > > Yep, the Adelaide Uni Gliding club flew out of there (YBEE) on a flying > camp once back in the late 1980's (ask Redmond Quinn about that one). > The were flying GZM a Bergfalke that used to be owned by BSS at YBEV, > coincidence or spooky.... ;-) > >> YBEV, has no entry in ERSA and therefore falls under the Multicom > situation. YBEV is listed only in the location codes as an ALA, not as > an aerodrome entry. > > Yep, found easily in the latest ERSA. > >> by removing the exemption "in the vicinity of a non-controlled > aerodrome that is a certified, registered, military or designated > aerodrome" rather than only those served by an RPT service or being a > CTAF-R. > > Mark Newton's post raises an interesting point for the restrictions this > would place on non radio fitted gliders > >> Expect further minor amendments while the new system settles down. > > Yes, with interest! > > Fly safely, lookout, communicate and listen too... > > Michael > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
