Flying Hours A total of 29.6
revenue hrs were flown in October, with nil cross hire.
Fly Rate & Fuel Surcharge
Cost of
AvGas at AF for November has come back by a whopping 10.63 cents per litre,
bringing our fuel surcharge down to $15.92 + GST per hour for all
November flying.
Maintenance –WPQ 19th
October acft flown to the paint shop at Caboolture and was there for 5 days -
this to paint the doubling plate positioned in front of the new windscreen,
paint black the part of the windscreen where it is glued to the bow, paint the
new R.H. upper main gear moulding, clean
up the corrosion showing around some of the stainless steel screws on the
wingtips, and paint the nose spat. 26th
October in for 50 hrly service. 8th
November another complaint about the trim setting for take-off, and a check
against WPZ showed a very big difference. Engineers
on examination reported that the gears under the trim wheel had somehow slipped
and required repositioning, and it will be back in service 10th November, and
hopefully this doesn't recur. The existing trim position placard has been torn,
only the rear half is there but the 'TO' (take-off)
is still visible and this is actually the centre of the green.
A new placard has been ordered and should be in the acft in about 1 week.
Maintenance
- WPZ No
reported maintenance events in the period.
The autopilot control unit is the 'shop' unit from Acft Radio, and at
this stage will remain in the acft. The
engine is now 'on condition' having completed the 2,000 hrs TBO.
The engineers can sign the acft off for a up to further 500 hrs before
engine overhaul must be done, but this is dependent on oil useage and cylinder compressions
remaining in the normal range. We
have in the past extended engine hours by up to 300 hours before overhaul.
Aircraft Away Overnight If you are away with either acft overnight, then take the wheel chocks, pitot cover and canopy cover with you and use them when parking the acft in the open. The canopy cover is the best possible protection against water getting in and saturating the carpets, and also protection against sun and U/V for the windscreen and the instruments.
Maintenance
Releases
If you are the first pilot of the day, then it is a legal requirement
that the maintenance release is checked and endorsed (signed) by the pilot in
command.
Unfortunately,this is not occurring all the time, and this
leaves both the pilot and the operator (BFG) in a precarious situation should
our maintenance release be inspected.
Remember,
you may be ramp checked by CASA any time at any airport in Australia.
If you are the first pilot of the day, then please ensure that when you endorse the maintenance release after your pre-flight inspection that you also add up the airswitch time from the previous day and record the Total Time In Service. It will only take a few seconds, and it is a legal requirement in CAR 43B that the aircraft’s Total Time-In-Service on each day be recorded.
This
CAR finishes with the sentence: “An offence against Subregulation (1) is an
offence of strict liability.”
Finally
, you will see that the Maintenance Release has columns for oil added and
hours remaining to the next 100 hourly service. These must also be filled in.
Payment of Invoices
For payment direct to our account -
BFG’s
Westpac Bank Account
BSB
034-033
Acc
No. 196084
Mail
Finance
Director
Brisbane Flying Group Pty Ltd
332
Orange Grove Rd
SALISBURY
Qld 4107
Finance
Director ::::::::::
Ian Gillespie Phone : 32 555 747
Email : i.gillespie@bigpond.com
Note: If you have a query about your account then Email Ian .( Due to work commitments it is difficult to contact Ian by phone.)
Annual
General Meeting
The
AGM will be held at 7.30 pm on Thursday 10th December, 2009, at the QAC
clubroom at Archerfield. Spouses
and partners are welcome to attend also, and there will be the usual supper on
completion of the meeting.
Secretary
Director :::::::
Harvey Turner Phone/AnsMach/Fax : 3353 1515 E-mail : brisflying@hotmail.com
