Australian LightWing University Work Experience Form

(2011)

Please complete the following & please mail it to :

Hughes Engineering,

PO Box 89,

Ballina NSW

Australia, 2478

Or preferably e-mail back to info@lightwing.com.au

University:……………………

Country:……………….

Period of stay.....................arrive.......... depart.............

Your name................

Address .....................

E-mail..................

Phone..............

Mobile...................

Age..................

Sex....................

Anything else we should know about you i.e. health problems, disabilities etc.....................

Have you ever made a legal claim against an employer, if so please describe.

(If you don't know the answers, just write "don't know".)

One:

Can you tell me a little about your experience in aircraft design, have you designed any aircraft or had any hands on experience with aircraft building or model building ?........

What gets you really excited in the world of aviation ?...........

Two:

Have you ever visited with someone that is building an aircraft at home i.e. a home builder if so who and where ?

Three:

Can you fly an aircraft or have you spent any time learning to fly ? Do you intend learning ?

Four:

Can you tell me ( a guess is ok....(a) the cost per kilogram (retail) ,(b) yeild strength and (c) specific density of the following:

1. 6161T6 alloy,

2. mild steel,

3. 4130 steel

4. lexan

did you know these figures or did you look them up ?

Five:

Have you ever joined or subscribed to any of the following organizations or purchased their literature // magazines ? (please mark yes / no):

AOPA

SAAA

AUF

Six:

Have you ever purchased an Australian aviation magazine ? if so which one ?

please estimate the empty weight and cost of the following aircraft measured in dollars per kilogram (empty wt):

1. a jumbo jet

2. a Lear jet

3. A new Cessan 4 seat aircraft

4. a Lightwing GR-912-S new.

5. a high performance un-powered glider (new)

Seven:

Do you have any experience in the following skills:

Steel welding ? (have you ever repaired a welded item)

Fiberglass ? (have you ever repaired a surfboard ?)

electrical (have you ever fixed an electrical problem in (a car)

Eight:

What CAD programs are you familiar with ? can you e-mail me a drawing of an aircraft you have completed recently ?

Nine:

Briefly describe the roll you would expect a CNC turret punch to play in the manufacture of a light aircraft ?

Where and on what materials would you use a water cutting machine in aircraft manufacture and why ?

Ten:

Have you ever logged on to the CASA web site ? if so what for and how often ?

Eleven:

Can you tell me a little about CAO 101.55 ?

Twelve:

On completion of your degree, where do you plan to work ?

In Australia................

Somwhere else ?..... where............

In government ?

In private industry ?

In the military ?

In the light aircraft industry ?

Thirteen:

On what date (year month) did the Chinese government open the Chinese sky to Private pilots ?

What would you estimate to be the annual demand for light 2 and 4 seat aircraft priced at about $75,000 US in China in the year

2003, ? ............

2010 ? .................and

2020. ?........

Fourteen:

What 4 main materials are used in the construction of the LightWing airframe ?

How long would you estimate it would take in man hours to build a LightWing aircraft ?

How often have you visited www.lightwing.com.au ?

Never, ?

once or twice, ?

once a month ?

What is the range, cruise speed and stall speed of a LightWing GR-912-S

Fifteen:

What other aviation web sites have you visited ? please list...................

Sixteen:

Have you ever been to an airshow ? if so please list:

Seventeen:

List 2 manufacturers of 4 cyl ultralight aircraft engines and guess their cost (retail)

Eighteen:

What do you see as the light aircraft fuel of the future and why:

Hydrogen ?

Petrol ?

Avgas ?

Diesel ?

Kerosene ?

Nineteen:

Name a diesel aircraft engine manufacturer ?

Twenty:

Flying solo round the world non-stop in a light aircraft would be a great achievement, how do you think this might be accomplished and in what sort of aircraft ?

Twenty one:

How long did you take to complete this,..... did you find it challenging ?....... is it relevant to your course ?........

Thankyou