Bennyboy320

Check the last one. You mean life vests (not inflated)? Nev

No it means seat belts not life jackets, e.g. to simulate an emergency landing that is unprepared i.e. a gear collapse or fire smoke etc.

 

 

Once the a/c came to a stop it took 3 mins for the flames to disappear from view on the video I watched, the view from the cabin is even more frighnting, I also agree with everything that Dutchroll said, my airline group adopt the same procedures.

 

 

 

An evacuation is a last ditch event & people will get hurt, however the possibility of ending up a crispy critter is far worse, they were very lucky, just look at the pics of the wing after the event.

 

 

 

Listed below is whats required during certification for any airliner carrying more than 44 pax, on the A380 they had a total of 873 participants.

 

 

The main requirements for the evacuation drill are:

 

 

 

* Lights will be out in cabin

 

* Half of exits will be closed

 

* Drill must feature 40% women, 35% people over 50

 

* Passengers will not be told which exits are in use

 

* Passengers must wear their seat belts

 

 

 

Must be completed in 90 seconds.

 

 

So how many hours does a RAAF F18 pilot fly a year?

Not sure these days but back in my time it was 185 hrs per year, that was what was required to maintain proficiency in both air to air & air to ground, if something came up e.g. a potential conflict the training can be cranked up. Whilst that doesn't sound like much flying to some it is all very high training value sorties.

 

Cooda, for your son that's outstanding news & I wish him all the best for his future RAAF career & welcome to a very exclusive club, to quote a line out of the 1980's RAF fighter pilot documentary (available on youtube) "flying fighters is the sport of kings."

 

 

Complete series available on youtube too.

 

 

I can only guess that she froze at the controls in the last few seconds and whether the chute would have saved them if she only remembered to pull the handle.

How true is the above quote, unfortunately a total loss of situational awareness, a classic result when perceived ability exceeded actual ability.

 

 

Interesting to watch him use a rag to clean his windscreen from the 12.00 point,the window heat & or demist is pretty poor, all I can say is that hopefully that won't happen to him at the CAT1 minimum, i.e. not visual due low vis in the cockpit, another reason I would never fly IFR in a bug smasher, the DA42 is a new a/c wonder what a clapped out 40 year old Piper or Cessna would be like.

 

 

Just looked at my purchase order & I'm getting a Mode S transponder, my error I assumed it's a Microair that was in previous a/c, you're right all new a/c generally come with Mode S these days if you want a transponder, however if you are unable to enter controlled airspace i.e. You only have RAA qualifications the older Mode C version is still handy & a lot cheaper, this will allow you to use flight following on cross country flights.

 

 

Just ordered my Foxbat & have the following transponder fitted, see the explanation, the altitude ecoder is locked in at STD i.e. 1013 regardless of what you enter on the altimeter, therefore you will get some disparities with large QNH changes, IFR a/c will have the altitude selector wired in to the transponder i.e. Correct altitude when on QNH then correct level when STD is selected, well that's what happens on the Bus.

 

Doubled up on the attachment, finger trouble

 

 

 

EFB fine, no backup or paper required for private ops, they don't need to see a spare & you are not required to show them, however airmanship & common sense comes into the equation, this day & age most people have two iPads.

 

 

Don't get intimidated by a ramp check, download the ramp check guide from the CASA web site & show them nothing more than whats legally required.

 

 

Dont you get extra mtow for brs?

No credit given for BRS, you only get an extra 50kg for floats.

 

 

The tower stays safely anchored to the ground and never crashes and burns.

Unless you're a controller at one of the Tokyo towers that nearly got cleaned up by a certain Asian airline a few years ago, they were banned from Japan for a year I recall, another of the NEVER fly with airlines that are unfortunately out numbering the safe ones.

 

 

In the 80's, maybe. Current holder is a 172S of the Redcliffe Aero Club.

Was told it was the new C172, didn't look to carefully at the pics.

 

 

From a mate, apparently a bounced landing then hit the nose wheel, exit stage left, I suppose their premiums have just gone up, good that there were no injuries, brand new glass cockpit, not much change out of $400K:yikes:

 

 

 

 

 

It's that time again, anybody having problems with external GPS with the latest iOS 9.3 apple update?

 

 

Securityid.com.au

 

Do the application online, the simplist way to get an ASIC, I'm only an RAA pilot & from the initial application to receiving my card 2 weeks, the renewal is the same.

 

All you need to say is that you need access to security type airports to get fuel etc.

 

 

The biggest difference was the attitude of the GA instructors who had an air of superiority and elitism about them.

I've also witnessed this attitude at various aerodromes around the traps, never judge a person by the type of a/c they fly.

 

The GA instructor on the flight review made me do every single skill including cross country flight with diversions and lost flight procedures. It was a total of 2 flights and 6 hours.

Just had a look at your profile to work out where you are from, no luck, this school is definitely a rip off, don't they know the power of social media.

 

 

If you look like you are holding for more than 1 hour, you go for your alternate, right?

In a word NO, depends on your fuel, in HKG due to the price of fuel in certain Asian ports we carry return trip fuel or the max possible fuel load to be at MLW at the destination, with only 60 odd pax the 737 was pretty empty, hence being able to hold for a few hours, also the tracking sometimes relates to ATC radar vectoring you or the need to avoid weather.

 

 

Ok, maybe a bit too far off, but gee, it is better than that crash over in..........Where a commercial jet crashed after a couple of aborted landings killing all on board.

100% correct, read the latest info from the FlyDubai crash in Russia.

 

 

No alternates in Tas?

It's not that simple, there are operational alternates & commercial alternates, in this case getting the a/c & pax to MEL would of been a more sensible option & I'm sure its the commercial alternate, also we don't know but the crew may have been out of duty hours & unable to operate once at Launceston, no engineering support etc, lots of variables.

 

 

On the bottom right hand side of the web page you can select the altitude ranging from surface all the way up to the flight levels.

 

 

It's an excellent site, heading off to work in a while for a 2:30am departure from HKG-BUS, just seeing if a circling approach will be required, not this morning according to the wind map, I also use the long term predictions to see if any typhoons are heading our way to see if we need to pack up all our outdoor furniture & plants, in Australia I agree much better & more accurate than the BOM site, all they seem to do is put out severe wx warnings at the hint of a cloud to cover their butts.

 

 

Thanks to all the PM's about an L2, one name kept on coming up, very respected & highly regarded as an L2, I have contacted him already & he is more than happy to look after my future Foxbat, so this thread can be closed.

 

Kind regards,

 

Bennyboy320

 

 

Hi SrPilot, went with orange which is now a standard color so no need to pay extra for it, having flown the Airbus for the last 17 years I love the side side concept & find the Foxbat very similar & natural to fly, as I said before all that Yuri needs to do is add a sliding tray table:laugh:, gone with tundra tyres & steam driven round dials, the last thing I want is glass & an auto pilot, I have to use them most days to pay the bills, this is flying for FUN, already have my build date confirmed, also opted for the BRS, having flown fighters in a previous life I & my wife like that last ditch survival guarantee of the silk letdown if required, been renting one for the last few years at Caboolture so only have about 30 hours on type so far but I love it, tried to upload a photo but its beyond my skill level.

 

 

Just starting to do my research, I have ordered a Foxbat with delivery in August, the a/c will be based in Caboolture & I was hoping to get some help from the folks up here in finding a competent Rotax/Foxbat savy L2 to maintain my a/c.

 

 

 

I am aware of the list of L2’s on the RAA web site, however I also know that with 35 years of aviation behind me that a personal recommendation speaks volumes.

 

 

 

If possible please PM me rather than giving out names on a public forum, your help is much appreciated.

 

 

 

Bennyboy320