Deano747

Story quite a while back - may be false but good story anyway. When the Americans first went to space together, the American Astronauts were showing off their space pens (remember those?) that could write in zero gravity. They were bragging that they spent $25 million developing them and smugly asked what the Russians used. They reply given with a little shrug "We use pencil .... only 25 cents...."

Sad for you .........

The pencil can be problematic with securing so it doesn't escape while using. Life can be poor - I have had 2 pencils fail in 3 years ...... H2B's last a lot longer and cheaper. You run the risk of deleting stuff on a page to get more writing in that you later wish you hadn't. One more thing that requires charging and prone to overheat shutdown - particularly in an exposed cockpit as yours. Google how many have reverted back to a pencil & paper for note taking. Good luck with your final decision from one who did .......

Agree. The speed of the rotation is too fast for a tail rotor failure. All rotary wing pilots are trained and practice tail rotor failures (both full left and full right pedal) and while they can make life interesting, are not impossible to control. An aviation accident blogger interviewed a US test pilot with some 7,000 hours on rotary wing and said the mast bump theory as unlikely as there has only been 1 documented accident with mast bump on a 206 in that models history. In that case the tail boom separated at the far end and not near the cabin in these videos. Also in that case, a large portion of the main rotor blade sheared off and in these videos it has been pointed out that the rotor blades appear complete and attached to the mast and what appears to be a portion of the transmission. He, quite rightly, is saying that no-one will know until all the wreckage is recovered and inspected. A transmission failure would give a yawing motion of that severity.

Really unlikely to be mast bumping given that a fair portion of the gearbox came out with the rotor. Very different failure pattern and the 206 not really prone to it. The 204/205 could be induced to mast bump if badly mishandled or severe turbulence. (For reference, I have some experience both as an RAAF airframe fitter and later as a pilot on the 204/205)

Like this a lot - the visual representation is easier than imagination. Great start on what could become a very useful tool. It only seems to work at out Capital cities primary airports in Oz though. OzRunways EFB does what you want in filtering out extraneous data and only gives the required details for your route. It has been bought by Boeing, so the software for this may find its way into your Foreflight.

Question for the admins - how does one block a topic?

Yes - edited my post. All areas does not include onboard .......

An ASIC for aviation related industries has your company name on it - it IS your company ID ........... Tradies ID's are not getting ypo past the door. Do you believe that they would get a chippie to fix a seat or a plumber fix a toilet?

No airline employee is going to let anyone on as a passenger with a very obvious tool belt full of sharp pointy things. Tradie is never getting that stuff in the cabin. Only a LAME working for the airline with an appropriate security pass visible is going to be permitted on board with tools to fix something, but never allowed to remain unsupervised even with the pass, or permitted to stay until doors close. Boarding pass has been bandied about by the media that really know very little about aviation nor security .............though I did hear my old colleague mutter boarding pass on National TV. (suspect he has been hanging around the media too much)

Try dropbox. It works to copy routes between my iPad, iPhone and MacBook laptop. Might work in reverse.......

Mate - give it rest. The absence of an ASIC worked as intended. Sorry ........

The actual fact is that the person was questioned because he was not displaying an ASIC. ASIC seemed to have worked - probably to the horror of some that decry it's effectiveness ............

Sorry - we assumed that this was a rhetorical question. 1) A VFR flight must submit a flight plan when operating in class C or D airspace, so a flight plan was required to depart Darwin. MOS 09.02 Rule has been around since at least 1978 though the reference was different back last century......... 2) A flight plan may be submitted by radio if you do not have online access or a phone. Airservices - forget the reference

I don't have concerns besides the 'experts' looking for their 15 seconds of fame. The crash occurred because the Blackhawk crew failed to follow the 'don't crash into the airplane' instruction. The 'how and why that happened' should be left to real experts and not those seeking likes .......

So do you close the airport (or the runway 33) that the pollies there love as it's close to work, or the military route that the pollies there love? I do agree that the separation standards that have become the norm there have been proved to be too loose, and a third option will undoubtedly be implemented.

My unanswered questions would be 1 Who was actually flying both the RJ and the Blackhawk? Comments about the F/O on the RJ who should have been looking out for traffic assumes the Captain was the PF. Male voice on the Blackhawk radio doesn't mean it wasn't the voice of the pilot flying. It was usual for the flying pilot in the helicopter in both the RAAF and RAF world to do the ground and tower radio with the non flying pilot doing the enroute and tactical radios. 2 Military training flight just means it's non operational flight - doesn't mean it was a check ride. They don't fly for fun - only really 4 types of Military flying - positioning / training (recency) / instructional (which is your initial training and also check flights) / and operational. My opinion only but "Training flight" smacks of recency. Who's recency - Instructors need to retain recency as well as the lower life pilots (NVG recency with the RAF while I was there was something like 10 hours pm). I believe that it would be unlikely the crew were using augmented vision for that part of the sortie - and no one has detailed where they were going after - lots of dark airspace south of Fort Washington to get your NVG work in. Which pilot was Captain - just because one pilot had more hours and was an instructor doesn't automatically make them the Captain for a flight. Senior squadron pilots and also Instructors often had the 'bog rat' as the Captain on recency and positioning flights for their experience and development. As mentioned - there are a whole heap of 'experts' that have weighed in on this - very few that have both military helicopter and commercial experience operation in that bit of airspace. Most are just cobbling together bits of gossip from various sources and trying to make it sound factual. Let's wait for the real 'experts' ...........

Lot of assumptions made by Juan (and other 'Experts') with little to no actual evidence to support.

Fact 1 - is correct 2 - tower radar readout has them at 200' - to be verified by the Blackhawk's flight recorder 3 - had turned through up to 90 degrees left and right of track along the route 4 - aircrew had NVG's attached to their helmets - whether they were being used for 'augmented' vision or flipped up will be a matter for the accident review. My opinion (based on quite a bit of experience with NVG's in helicopters) is they would have been flipped up for that part of the sortie as the sheer volume of background lighting would have caused too much flaring.

And the Blackhawk pilots were on NVG - no depth perception using them so no 'rate of closure'.

When passengers were still able to come to visit the flight deck, we had one lady come up with both front windows a full blown lightning storm. It was a spectacular show but as she ran shrieking all the way back through business class and down the stairs, we figured that it may not have been such an appropriate time for a pax visit.

Major loss of electrics may explain the rush to land - the lack of gear & flap. Other thought is smoke in the cockpit caused by some failure of the left engine (no reverse thrust on that side) necessitates switching off all non essential electrics. Checklists are really hard to read with smoke goggles on and hard to get right when in a hurry .......

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-03/recreational-plane-hobby-aviation-training-regulations-atsb/104692536 "Twenty-seven people died in 20 light aircraft crashes in 2024, including those flying in home-built planes, crop dusters, and helicopters."

Friend races formula Porsche - the favoured shell to build a racer with is one with a sunroof (stronger structure in the side & roof area) and LHD. Right handed people are fractionally quicker with gearshifts using the dominant hand. Muscle memory plays a part as well - I used my right hand on the joystick for 15 years in the military and another 12 in the RHS of commercial airplanes - quite a switch moving across with not just hands and arms but also eyes. Had to search for stuff instead of glancing for some time

No public transport system anywhere (not just in Oz) makes money ....... It's a combined loss - it costs to build it and to run it and you lose the revenue that you would otherwise make from parking fees, vehicle registration and fuel excise. Probably why it's called public transport and fewer than half the population will ever use it. Now - lets chat about taxpayers providing bicycle lanes for those mobile chicanes ....😁