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kgwilson

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About kgwilson

  • Birthday 19/02/1950

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    Morgan Sierra C172 PA28-181
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    Corindi Beach
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    Australia

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  1. Ah Ha, the plot thickens. Just find the flight attendant who was on the ceiling in the cockpit. Simples.
  2. It certainly does move slowly. I guess the issue is what position it was in when the switch was activated. If it was right back there would be plenty of time to sort it out.. Then there is the Captains original explanation to sort out that there was an instrument screen momentary blackout. The final sequence of events will be very interesting and whether Boeing is implicated or not.
  3. If what Juan Browne explains is correct then there are a few questions to answer here, including the design of the system, whether there is a switch the pilot is able to activate quickly to stop the seat moving forward if as appears to be the case it was inadvertently activated or just poor maintenance.
  4. Along with a wheel falling off and a sudden loss of altitude with 100 passengers on the ceiling.
  5. Hmm and pulling the stick back apparently makes the houses get smaller but pulling it right back makes them get smaller quicker, then really big really fast.
  6. The instructor got the ATIS and would have set the altimeter. On first contact with the tower you must specify being in receipt the latest ATIS code (A,B,C,D etc). The pilot is assumed to have set the altimeter to the QNH for that code. This process has been around forever, is unambiguous and works.
  7. Momentary power loss to the instrument panel should not cause a sudden inexplicable change to control surfaces to make the aircraft instantly lose altitude with enough force to cause injury given multiple system redundancy. If it did so then there are some software changes required to prevent this in future. Boeing had to do this with the MCAS system in the 737 Max but in that case pilots didn't even know what the MCAS system was.
  8. A "Technical Event" isn't clear air turbulence or jet stream related turbulence so I wonder if the cause will be published. Based on comments from Boeing employees recently when 7 out of 10 said they wouldn't fly in a 787, I hope it is not glossed over or covered up, but based on recent events and Boeings nose diving reputation, they are likely to put as much sugar coating in the report that they can get away with.
  9. Below 25 degrees is Winter? Well maybe in the tropics. At 30 deg South Winter is when the ambient temperature is below 15 deg & further South that is positively balmy.
  10. Have you had the gauge tested for accuracy? The first thing a Lame will do when looking at cooling issues is check the gauge.
  11. Yep but if you don't have a pilot there are no wages to pay, or insurance premiums, or worksafe fees etc.
  12. The acquisition is a guarantee Ozrunways is history. Happens every time, especially with US based takeovers and even more especially with a company like Boeing.
  13. Fair comment Ian. You do as you think fit. I am a member of another group and the edit function for posts on that site never expires which I though a bit odd. It doesn't seem to cause problems though. The site uses Xenforo software.
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