Manwell

Pardon my ignorance, but what is an MPC course?

Very few, in all likelihood, Garfly, but ya gotta be optimistic... ?   Ladies too.

Accepted M61.  Develop that line of thought so we might learn something about how to fly we didn't already know.

Let's get back on topic gentlemen.  As amusing as reminiscing about our childhood experiences may be, they provide more heat than light on the subject.   How to Fly is the topic, which shouldn't be that difficult to explain, for experienced pilots at least. 

Yes, a machine gun, so you'd be based at Oakey I'd guess.   Do you know Mike Sutcliffe?

Yep.  I figured if they were going to call me Manwell, I owed it to them to play the part to the hilt.   What did you do to deserve M61A1 as a nickname?  ?

You fly like a bird, without reliance on instruments or windsocks because because we can sense, hear, observe. 

 

Congratulations Thruster, that's the best answer so far!  The only criticism I can think of is that we aren't birds and can never really fly like one, but that still shouldn't stop us from knowing how to fly like an Air-man.

Yes.  I was.   And I'm not from Spain.  I earned that nickname for making a dumb comment once.  I also look a bit like him.  

I work in setting up and/or managing PMOs (Project Management Office), ensure governance is applied to projects including development of frameworks and methodologies...or even just going back to Project/Program Management

 

What sort of projects are you experienced in Admin?  I guess it's not construction from the above.

Manwell,

 

you are up against it here. 

 

Your question is ridiculously vague  and you specifically removed any analysis of science and that invites sarcasm, humour or possibly an answer as if it were a cryptic crossword clue.  

 

If you expected a reasoned response your questions are going to need to take account of your audience. 

 

If you want something a little more thoughtful on learning to fly hers my view as a former instructor. 

 

You start to learn to fly when you suddenly realise   you’ve been doing your best to kill yourself and have only survived due to the instructor.

 

.....or you've only done your best to kill yourself because of your instructor's best efforts...

Kasper, I can see this is going to be more difficult than I'd hoped, but hey, who said it was going to be easy?  The intention is to stimulate thought, and the idea is for the level of thinking to rise eventually, much like the process of teaching someone to fly.  They begin with the mindset of an earth bound mortal, so it takes time to develop the attitude and will-power to transform into a Pilot in Command.   Is that a subtle clue?

Do something that makes lift exceed gravity......

 

Lift only exceeds gravity during a zoom climb, and not for long M61.  Good try though.     Have another try everyone, the only one who's even close is Thruster88.   No-one else is even trying.   

Knowing how to fly will save your life one day, so it's definitely worth knowing.  

What sort of projects do you manage Bruce?  

The problem with being a paid up member of anything to commit aviation is that they pretty soon forget who pays them, and why.

To kick off as quizmaster, I'm starting with something easy, or so it would seem...  

Without going into long explanations, aerodynamics, or anything fancy, post answers below in one sentence.  The shortest correct answer wins.

The more you know about flying, the harder it is to describe it simply, at least until you know everything.  Then it's easy.

Thanks for the warning Admin.  I'd lay odds he won't though...  

Multi-guess doesn't engage people much over the longer term, and it doesn't develop thinking toward a logical conclusion, so I'd prefer the discussion thread.

Good luck getting one in Melbourne Admin.  There's your biggest hurdle, unless you're a loony lefty of course, then you're a shoe-in.... ?

What line of work are you looking for?

Okay Admin.  Here's a starter for you.  How is an aircraft flown accurately?

The quizzed I had in mind wouldn't be straight single questions.  They would be structured to develop pilots minds so their thinking aligned with masters of the art.  I don't know whether this software would enable that.

Do I have to learn how to use this software?

Hey Admin, may I respectfully suggest to hold off on the purchase?    There's no need to spend your money just yet.   I thought you'd just want me to come up with some questions that would challenge pilots?

Hi Admin,

The Quiz Master role would be right up my alley.  Aviation knowledge is a long term passion of mine, so it would provide a great opportunity to stimulate some minds, and help make members better aviators.

I take it you're a bit of a handyman then Bruce.  That's a good thing.  At least handymen aren't academic specialists who know progressively more and more about less and less.   Which aircraft did you build or rebuild Bruce?

I’ve come to put a value on your posts Manwell.

 

Tactful reply turbo.   How about we introduce ourselves a bit to break the ice.  My names Peter, and I'm retired........?

You don't have to have a relationship with CASA to promote them.  Some voluntarily promote their PR because they don't know any better, but I was giving you the benefit of the doubt.  Are you paid to post here by someone else then?  Nearly 11,000 posts implies a lot of spare time to waste, or you're a professional.

 

For CAVU Mark:

 

We once had a Department of Civil Aviation which did everything from promoting aviation to providing Communication, Pilot Assistance, Compliance and Enforcement, Training and Promotion.

 

You could go to a DCA office and receive a personal Meteorology briefing, nominate nominate "full reporting" when you submitted a flight plan with "reporting points", and you would be monitored for the whole of your flight. If you didn't report within two minutes of your flight plan time, you'd receive a radio call with assistance. If you didn't respond to the call within 15 minutes, Search and Rescue would be activated. If you called up to say you were lost or couldn't handle the weather someone in a Flight Centre would be allocated to be your guardian and would talk you home, in conjunction with airline pilots if necessary. The cost per GA mile flown by private pilots burned up a prohibitive amount of tax dollars, with millions of uneventful miles flown.

 

Over time the Department was reduced in size, and from the 1980s when government departments decided to offload public liability on to a user-pays system, the Department completely cut operational ties, placing management of civil aviation under control of semi-independent bodies who in turn set about structuring themselves for user-pays and user-risk control.

 

Communication and Pilot Assistance went to Airservices Australia, which for some reason rarely ever gets a mention on this forum, Compliance and Enforcement, and Training went to CASA (Civil Aviation and Safety Authority), and Promotion went to the Users. The more risky operations like ultralights, warbirds, gliding etc wen to Self Regulation where the participants took over their own public liability risk, allowing some activities for the first time

 

Ironically we went from what some people would call a cotton wool world where we had to explain where we were going and stick to the plan, to being able to fly anywhere in the Country within our licence capabilities without monitoring.

 

The other very important part in our history and also that of the United States was the decision to have common regulations around the world through ICAO and this can be quite irritating to non-European country flyers, cramping our style and being blamed on CASA. We often have discussions where people point out that flying in the US is much less regulated, but when I check the latest FAA regs, I find the operative phrase is "was less regulated" as the US adds the same ICAO changes as we do.

 

Australians have never picked up on the fact that they are now responsible for promoting their own flying industry. There is a successful bi-annual Airshow, but it almost goes from there to local fly in breakfasts. In Australia "V8 Supercars" is a body which has successfully promoted forms of auto racing, like NASCAR in the US, so there's an opportunity here for someone to produce a marketing instrument like these which finances private flying.

 

The above is not necessarily accurate, but as much as my brain can remember right now.

 

That's why CASA has been set up to prevent accidents and not to support flying.

 

It seems you must work for CASA turbo.  Could be somewhere higher up the ladder too.  While your long-winded explanation above sounds logical, it's exactly what I'd expect of a press release by CASA PR.  In summary, it's not their fault, it's someone else's - the one-armed man perhaps.  That is such a standard cop out at all levels of Govt that you gotta be on the payroll.