Marty_d Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 This is written like "what a bad boy", but I'm in awe of his navigation skills. https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-ideas/weird-and-wacky/pilot-on-test-flight-spells-out-im-bored-across-sa-in-letters-dozens-of-kilometres-long/news-story/56bde77163f0a2d735a77cbe18502264 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downunder Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 I'm guessing he's punched in a series of waypoints in a gps, but if done "freehand", I agree it's pretty awsome.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgwilson Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 Too accurate for freehand. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 I think it's photoshopped. You can't stop and start a radar paint like you can with smoke. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRviator Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 I think it's photoshopped. You can't stop and start a radar paint like you can with smoke. Nev Where's it been stopped? It was the ADS-B paint, to disable that, all you need to do is select Standby when you need to. One of the VAF guys makes a habit of it, hell even Boeing does it: Images from Wired.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Koreelah Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 I don't feels so bad about some minor mistakes I have made... https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-26/british-airways-plane-edinburgh-scotland-dusseldorf-germany/10938796 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 You'd think that the crew might have twigged to the error when the compass was reading something like 300 and Dusseldorf is roughly 050 from London. I hope his grandfather wasn't a Lancaster pilot. Bombing Edinburgh with an English plane could have really lead to Anglo-Scottish separation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
octave Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 You'd think that the crew might have twigged to the error when the compass was reading something like 300 and Dusseldorf is roughly 050 from London. I hope his grandfather wasn't a Lancaster pilot. Bombing Edinburgh with an English plane could have really lead to Anglo-Scottish separation. I read that it was not a case of flying in the wrong direction but rather believing that the destination was supposed to be Edinburgh. Still a bit concerning though. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-26/british-airways-plane-edinburgh-scotland-dusseldorf-germany/10938796 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 You've gotta follow your beliefs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derekliston Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 I read that it was not a case of flying in the wrong direction but rather believing that the destination was supposed to be Edinburgh. Still a bit concerning though. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-26/british-airways-plane-edinburgh-scotland-dusseldorf-germany/10938796 Don’t they have preflight briefing? Must admit I can’t understand that at all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 This flight error is unbelievable in this day and age of computerisation, 24/7/365 communication methods, and systems that have been in place for aeons, all designed to prevent aviation errors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downunder Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 This flight error is unbelievable in this day and age of computerisation, 24/7/365 communication methods, and systems that have been in place for aeons, all designed to prevent aviation errors. And so is the complete dissappearance of an airliner, but it still happened...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted March 26, 2019 Author Share Posted March 26, 2019 And so is the complete dissappearance of an airliner, but it still happened...... That took a lot of planning on the part of the driver. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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