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University Work Experience |
High Schools with
Flying programs! For students fifteen years old and above there is
an oppourtunity to get involved with flying Light Ultralights. Ballina High School
owns their own LightWing and recently decided to try expanding themselves
and their aircraft by starting an aero club with neighbouring schools. |
University,
Tafe and High School Students are
welcome to apply to us to complete your work experience with us.
Please fill in the form found at the bottom of this page and
send it to our company.
-however keep in mind that
we have 3 weeks off over the Christmas break.
Accommodation may be available with one of our business partners or you
can arrange your own accom. off site.
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Your time with us is subject to the following (and
other) conditions:
1.Your university covers you for insurance equivalent to the Workers
compensation system, please provide evidence of this. Please advise
if this covers you for flying in light and / or ultralight aircraft.
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| 2. We reserve the right to terminate your work experience
after 1 week (you can still get fired) at our discretion and without
reason and at any other time after this we will provide you with
a written explanation. |
| 3. Dress is neat and for normal office duties and
also light industrial activities |
| 4. We don't
like visible body art or body
piercing. (we may put up with it but we dont like it,) if you
have a ring through your nose for example, forget coming here
!....Ear rings are ok for girls !! |
| 5. Work is unpaid. |
| 6. Hours are 7.30 to 4 mon - thrs 7.30 to 2. 00 friday. |
| 7. We reserve the right to refuse your application
without reason. |
| 8. While with us.. please
arrange your own method of sending and receiving Email, we do not
permit the use of our
office Emai by Students under any circumstances at all. |
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The first meeting was held at Ballina
High School on Thursday the 19th of February 2004, the object of the
excersice is to teach kids to fly. Howard Hughes made a presentation
and also offered a Junior Flying Scholarship for ten hours of flying
to be decided at the next meeting will be links to the aviation webpage. |
Ballina High School
Built their LightWing GR-912 in 1994. |
Joshua Ferry
- Commercial Flying School
Peter McCoy - RAAF
Barry Skennar - RAAF
Andrew Colledge - RAAF
Charles Jones - RAAF
Paul Dicker - RAAF
Mathew Lewis - RAAF
David Beard - Virgin Airlines |
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| University Work Experience Students |
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In 2007 we had four
work experience students from Sydney and Adelaide University's working
on our Australian LightWing aircraft design, manufacture and construction.
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Here we see Clare (University of NSW
- Aerospace Engineering), shaping the concept design model for the
6 seat twin engine.
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Pictured above is Alex (University
of NSW -Aerospace Engineering) manufacturing a test bed to structurally
test composite sections for the 2, 4 and 6 seater Australian LightWing.
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Pictured Right we see Howard with
Grace (University of Adelaide - Aerospace Engineering) and Sonia (University
of NSW - Aerospace Engineering) explaining how to design and flap and
aileron actuator push rods and control surface actuators.
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Brief
History of Ballina High Aviation School
Aviation Studies
and Aeronautics Technology 2004
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Ballina High's Webpage:
http://www.ballina-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/
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1989
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Approval
was gained through the Department of Eduaction and Training for students
to learn to fly in school hours. Inaugural teachers were Mr Brian Cartwright
and Mr Ian Byrne.
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Cost
to learn to fly was $48.00 per head. Year 9 & 10 Aviation
Studies course approved by NSW Board of Studies. Industry links established
with Australian LightWing and the Flying Academy.
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Ballina
High School Aviation featured on the Chris Conway Leisure World TV
Show and on the ASC Landline program.
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Peter Cross,
former Ballina High student, Air Vice Marshall of the R.A.A.F
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1991
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Department
of Education & Training approved that Flight Training component
of the program. Thirty-six students flew the plane and did over 300
hours in the LightWing Flying Academy plane. Three students
gained their licence and went on to get cross country endorsement.
One of these Students enrolled at the Royal Queensland Aero Club
as a commercial student. |
1992
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Mr Ian
Byrne, teacher and writer of the initial cousre, commenced building
the wing components of the school plane with the Year 9 and 10 students. STAGE
1
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The Students
did work experience with Howard Hughes Engineering at Australian LightWing,
using factory stamps and press equipment.
Howard Hughes
donated the aircraft quality sheet aluminium. he Plane was an Australian
LightWing GR 912 kit.
AUF granted group
membership
Ten students from
Year 10 flew 80 hours by June
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1993
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Stage 2 of
the Building project involved purchasing the rest of the wing kit,
and then continued on with a full set of wings for a GR LightWing.
The teacher and students assembled the main Spar and leading edge
in the wash out jigs at Howard hughes factory.
The project was done through work
experience with the help of Mal Born from Australian LightWing and also
in class time.
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1994
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Stage 3 of the building
project commenced. The fuselage was welded by Allen McKensie and was
sprayed by the teacher, Ian Byrne. The fuselage was moved to the school
where the assembly could be completed and covered with fabric, factory
expert, Karen Copeman, helped out. The plane was spray painted in the
factory and then brought back to the school. The principal, David Walshe
secured sponsorship with Ansett Australia and several local businesses.
The Fourth stage involved
purchasing the motor, instruments and electronics etc. There was a
Fly-A-Thon to raise funds. |
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Jesse Gleeson and Jeb Cordery wrote a software package
BAK (Basic Aeronautical Knowledge). It was a multimedia product on
CD using video, sound, graphics, visuals, 3D effects and music.
Barry Skenner assisted in constructing the wings and
went on to ADFA after the RSL and became one of the only 5 pilots
to fly the new fighter jets in 2002
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1996
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Cost to learn to fly $55.00 per head.
School Aircraft nears completion. Ballina High Insures aircraft.
Fund raising at Kingsford Smith Festival. The Plane was Officially
handed over to the School. Ansett Airline was a major sponsor. At
the time of the Hand over, the Plane was worth $60,000. Flight Simulation
Training became part of the course.
Student, Charles Jones, went on to join the R.A.A.F
for pilot training after the HSC.
Aviation Studies was an intergrated program of flight
training, factory work experience and aircraft construction. Flight simulation
training became a part of the course.
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1997
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Cost to learn to fly was $55.00 per head.
Aviation gained a Director General's Award for Outstanding
Achievement.
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1998
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Radio Controlled models were constructed as part of
class work. A Howard Hughes Flying Scholarship was offered. The School
applied for Commonwealth Grant for hangar/classroom. Lee Ungerman
and Howard Hughes were approved as Department Employees to teach
the students to fly.
A Howard Hughes Flying Scholarship was offered.
Mathew Lewis won the ADFA Educational Award - $1000 to
assist with his HSC Studies.
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1999
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This was the first year for the Year 11/12 Aeronautics
Content Endorsed course approved.
Ros Mayberry, VET Coordinator, pursued the introduction
of Aviation mechanics as a TAFE 2 unit Board Endorsed two year course,
NSW TAFE.
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2000
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Aviation Mechanics started at Ballina and Wollongbar
TAFE - the first outside Sydney Metropolitan area.
Paul Dicker joined the RAAF and attended the ADFA after
he graduated with his HSC.
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2001
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Former Aviation Student, Barry Skinner was Dux of ADFA.
Aeroplane on display at Primex and Education Week.
Former Student, Mathew Lewis was named the RAAF Trainee
of the Year.
Aircraft on display at Primex and Education Week
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2002
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Cost to fly $75.00 per head.
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2003
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17 students enrolled in Year 11/12 Aeronautics.
Michael Gray, Year 12, won the ADFA Educational Award.
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2004
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18 students enrolled in Year 11/12
Aeronautics. The Ballina High Flying School was Formed.
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2005!
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Happy New Year!
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University Work Experience Form
Please complete
the following.....
Please mail it to : Hughes Engineering, PO Box 89, Ballina 2478 or preferably e-mail back
to
al@spot.com.au, note there is no provision for automatically doing this
so cut and paste the completed document to your E-mail program
or whatever. If you don't know the answers, just write "don't
know". |
| University: |
| Country: |
| Period of stay.....................arrive.......... depart............. |
| Your name................ |
| Address ..................... |
| E-mail.................. |
| Phone.............. |
| Mobile................... |
| Age.................. |
| Sex.................... |
Anything else we should know about you ie. health problems, disabilities etc..................... |
| Have you ever made a legal claim against an employer, if so please describe. |
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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 ? |
Ninteen:
Name a diesel aircraft engine manufacturer ? |
Twenty:
Flying solo round the world non-stop in a light aircraft would be a great
achievment, how do you think this might be acomplished and in what sort
of aircraft ? |
Twenty one:
How long did yoiu take to complete this,..... did you find it challenging
?....... relevant to your course ?........ |
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Thankyou
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