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Posted: **Thu Apr 16, 2009 8:43 am**

Gents

I know some of you guys fly at CAC / IAANZ (Poison, you do don't you?) and so I thought you might be able to help out with a little local knowledge!?! Who is the best person to speak to about doing an Intro to Aerobatics / an Aerobatics rating?

Cheers all

Posted: **Sun Apr 19, 2009 6:38 pm**

Just ask at the desk, you'll probably be directed to Richard Button who'll get you started.

Posted: **Mon Apr 20, 2009 8:56 am**

Or you could walk into your local circus

Posted: **Tue Apr 21, 2009 8:13 am**

Yak52aholic wrote:
QUOTE (Yak52aholic @ Apr 20 2009, 08:56 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Or you could walk into your local circus

A new career move. Great idea, thanks.

Posted: **Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:36 am**

It's aerobatics, not acrobatics, that's all

Posted: **Tue Apr 21, 2009 2:35 pm**

Yak52aholic wrote:
QUOTE (Yak52aholic @ Apr 21 2009, 11:36 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
It's aerobatics, not acrobatics, that's all

What on earth are you talking about......?

I spotted it afterwards but couldn't be a*s*d to change it!! But since you mentioned it....

Posted: **Tue Apr 21, 2009 4:41 pm**

Haha now my sentence makes no sense at all

And sorry I don't have a clue about aerobatic ratings...

Posted: **Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:19 pm**

Talk to Paul Algar (if he's still there) he'll sort you out.

Posted: **Fri Apr 24, 2009 1:03 am**

A185F ... is it really worth doing?

Kinda tossing up between that or spending more time just pottering round in a taildragger

TomH: Guess who I am?

Posted: **Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:02 am**

pois0n wrote:
QUOTE (pois0n @ Apr 24 2009, 01:03 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
A185F ... is it really worth doing?

The way I think about it is this...... When I learnt to dive I could have just done the basic course and pottered around the worlds oceans happy as can be like so many others (and there's nothing wrong with that). However, I wanted to reach a certain level of not just competence but one of having greater faith and confidence in myself, my training and what I had learnt. To this end the minimum qualification I wanted to attain was Rescue Diver i.e. undertaking a course that trained me to deal with diving (and other) emergencies and their management. This in turn gave me greater confidence in that no matter who I dived with I knew there was someone there trained in the techniques that could lead to a more positive outcome in an unwelcome situation.

I think of flying much the same in that you can learn the basics and be safe and happy. However, as well as being a great deal of fun to do, I look at an aero rating as being like the Rescue Divers course in that it arms you with a 'higher' level of skill......just in case!!!

Posted: **Fri Apr 24, 2009 11:29 am**

pois0n wrote:
QUOTE (pois0n @ Apr 24 2009, 01:03 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
A185F ... is it really worth doing?

Kinda tossing up between that or spending more time just pottering round in a taildragger

Sure why not.
Do Both

Posted: **Fri Apr 24, 2009 12:46 pm**

Most of the best aerobatic aircraft are taildraggers anyway.

Posted: **Fri Apr 24, 2009 5:55 pm**

FlyingKiwi wrote:
QUOTE (FlyingKiwi @ Apr 24 2009, 12:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Most of the best aerobatic aircraft are taildraggers anyway.

Haha true

The only taildragger I have access to at the moment is a cub though

Posted: **Sat Apr 25, 2009 12:52 pm**

I'm sure Yak52aholic will have something to say about my previous post, then again there is a tailwheel conversion mod for the Yak-52.

Posted: **Sat Apr 25, 2009 1:37 pm**

pois0n wrote:
QUOTE (pois0n @ Apr 24 2009, 01:03 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
TomH: Guess who I am?

I don't believe it. Nowhere is safe!

NZFF

Intro to Aerobatics / Aerobatics rating