Re the issue of mandatory flashing or rotating lights, we have previously
been advised that all a Council has to do is complete a standard letter to
CASA and an exemption will be made automatically. CASA are aware that these
lights can interfere with radio frequencies and will provide an
It would be a good move to be able to just use car hazard lights on
airfields where gliders operate.
We are stuck with it until that happens, and I prefer to do what the glider
operators ask - one less whinge to have with their councils.
However, Toowoomba City AD is an RPT Certified AD (even
About how the Shuttle used to land except the vehicle is a lot smaller.
I think wings are the most useless things on spaceships though. Just
land it vertically on rocket thrust as SpaceX is now doing routinely.
Mike
At 09:54 AM 5/12/2017, you wrote:
Dear Pam
I would not fuss too much at this point. The matter of yellow/orange
rotating beacon being required on CASA registered aerodromes by some of
CASA's Aerodrome Inspectors, and poorly informed Council's insisting on
such, is likely to go away. CASA are about (at long last - issue in
Our new car isn’t steel and we can’t stick a rotating beacon on it.
Does anyone know of a supplier of beacons with a suction cup – preferably a
smaller size beacon?
This is a trend for newer cars, so others may have encountered the problem
already…
Pam
