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Two helicopters collide on the Gold Coast 02/01/23
flying dog replied to red750's topic in Aircraft Incidents and Accidents
(I'm only saying.) I guess sometimes people make themselves too important and forget the job. -
Two helicopters collide on the Gold Coast 02/01/23
flying dog replied to red750's topic in Aircraft Incidents and Accidents
I guess with all this new information: Better decisions are made. For the greater good of all. -
Two helicopters collide on the Gold Coast 02/01/23
flying dog replied to red750's topic in Aircraft Incidents and Accidents
But I think sfGnome did specify UNLESS IT IS IMPORTANT..... (And ok, the conversation has kind of covered that since then) -
Two helicopters collide on the Gold Coast 02/01/23
flying dog replied to red750's topic in Aircraft Incidents and Accidents
Yeah, it is sad. Radio calls should be listened to seriously. Isn't there a rule that landing aircraft have priority over ones taking off? Things I "see" wrong with what I've heard/seen. "Blind spots" - although the one landing may not have seen the one taking off, the one taking off should have seen the one landing. Looking up to a blue sky with a big black object in/on it. The "Tap on the shoulder warning". I'm skeptical. Sorry. Fair enough "they" may have seen the other helicopter and were trying to alert the pilot. But there should have been clear rules on WHAT TO DO IF YOU SEE ANOTHER HELICOPTER. Yeah, ok, shaking the $hit out of the pilot also wouldn't be a good idea, but that "tap" looked more like a "Hey, can you ......." type rather than a "Huston we have a problem" tap. -
Sunday 25 September 09:30 (local) who saw this plane?
flying dog replied to flying dog's topic in AUS/NZ General Discussion
So was it a C-130? I don't have enough info to allow me to *JISS* is. (Just Is, Size Shape) -
Sunday 25 September 09:30 (local) who saw this plane?
flying dog replied to flying dog's topic in AUS/NZ General Discussion
Ok. I just don't get to see many, and I live close enough to see most departures on RWY 34 L. (And maybe because they are MIL SPEC) why didn't it show on Flight Tracker/Radar? -
Enough to scare the pants off you
flying dog replied to red750's topic in Aircraft Incidents and Accidents
As I mentioned at the start I can't see the original clip. (Such is life) Where/how do I unsubscribe from this topic? Its a bit pointless getting reply notifications Found it! Sorry. -
Enough to scare the pants off you
flying dog replied to red750's topic in Aircraft Incidents and Accidents
😞 facebook. I've blocked that from my network. -
That reminds me of another scenario where I am kind of glad we got through it. "Weekend fly to Narromine" from up near Caloundra." Got down to .... Walcha. See the relo's. Got to their house and it started PISSING DOWN! Had to stay the night. Next day the plane was saturated - inside - and we pressed on to Narromine. Maps/charts pretty well a write off. (As was most paper work.) The radio was kaput and it was a real mess. Won't be flying with that person again either.
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Sometimes. I already know the car's endurance and so if it is to a known place and I know how far it is, the fuel calculations are sort of automatic. But I shall mention something on that shortly. I don't do much country driving so I don't worry too much on the weather. But once I was "helping" someone drive their "petrol guzzler" from Sydney to Melbourne towing a heavy trailer. I got to do the second part after.... Gundagai. We stopped there and had "lunch", filled up and that was that. We're driving along and I'm doing on, but there is no "flight plan" in the GPS - other than "this is where you are". I glanced at the petrol gauge and noticed fuel was getting scarce. LUCKILY! We pulled over, unhitched the trailer - and I stayed with it - and the car was driven back a few K's to fill up. I was annoyed no end that I was driving a car with no knowledge of how far it could go and wasn't told where/when to expect the next petrol station. I won't be making that mistake again. Not travelling with that person any more. But it was an interesting experience to say the least. WATCH THE FUEL!
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(ARGH! trying to cut your text to paste here is like herding cats!) Yeah, you are right... I could just scribble down on the paper what I am shown. > But then you have every possible chart always up to date (could even be cheaper in the long run). Which way sorry? Having the "Ipad" or maps? (given there are ongoing costs with the tablet of data costs)
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Wow, I opened a can of worm here. Yeah, ok replying as I remember them: Yes, silly as in the weather forecast will/could change. I am not an apple person. I'm android. And yes I know there are apps for that too. But that (in the bigger picture) is not congruent with what I was told. You need a PAPER flight plan. None of those give you that. I've just bought myself a newer phone (from an old S5) and it does have more "grunt" and all that. But the screen size is not the required 10 inches - if I remember correctly. I don't mind doing as suggested and doing it both ways to start with, but that doesn't answer the question about the legalities of not having a paper plan at the end of the day.
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I am a dinosaur and make my flight plans with paper. I have an EXCEL sheet to do distances, tracks, etc. Then I enter the wind and it calculates the important stuff. But that means I need my COMPUTER and PRINTER handy all the time. So when I get back to flying and doing XC flights: how do I make a plan? It is a 1.5 hour drive to the airport, so making a flight plan at home is silly. How are they done nowadays?
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(Although I am also still debating should I go with FS2022 or Xplane) From my past days with FS9 I have a few instruments (Panels) and I am slowly thinking of getting my new machine working with one (or maybe both) FS. I have: MCP Radio/COM panel (two displays and knobs to adjust the frequency) Landing gear 8 x buttons 8 x switches 4 x knobs - Xponder mostly. A radio control panel - as in volume, squelch and something. (It is 20 years or so since I've used it) 6 lever throttle. (speedbrake, 4 x throttle and flaps.) (All the above is from Go-Flight) I also have (somewhere) a couple of Saitek's square things that can be different things. HSI, Radio, and other stuff. Alas I bought them impulsively and they needed FS10 to work. All I had was FS9. I guess one big question is would they still be supported? I'm guessing most would as I've seen Go-Flight are still in business. But they were (then) only for FS-n stuff. Not XPlane. Does Xplane support them? What would be a good layout for them?
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I read the post as "Autonomous cars drive with the idea that every car drives safely." > but fully automated ones are expected to never do so. That is a good idea/theory, and would be valid most of the time. But if one of these cars went crazy and wasn't driving safely, then YOUR self driving car would have to deal with a car which wasn't obeying the rule just stated. (All cars drive safely.) And so it would be confronted with an unknown scenario.
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I heard something similar and nearly included it, but...... I don't want to push the friendship. 😉
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