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cficare

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  1. i have no grieif with 1 in 60's...i do them all the time as a check on the VOR etc....

     

    my worry is that many RAA pilots (ussualy, but not always older) are not good with numbers and have heaps of trouble grasping the concept...many have no trouble grabbing a protractor and reading the course correction (quite accurately) required...

     

    there is nothing essential about 1 in 60's..it's just another way of getting the job done...and fairly inefficient as well..

     

    it ain't part of the RAA syllabus and needs to be acepted as another thing u can use to correct tracking errors...

     

    if u cant work out where u are on the map...your buggered!....doesn't matter what u are using!

     

    PPS i posted this in the hope that there will some vigourous debate (unlike happens in 'another place'....)

     

     

  2. To fellow and fellowette TAA members that may have participated on another forum....and who may have had a falling out....change your passwords...

     

    I'm experiencing major interference with aviation related sites at the moment...

     

    Sorry to mention the other place again Mods...just want to warn others.

     

     

  3. The ATSB has released its investigation report into the

     

    In-flight upset - Airbus A330-303, VH-QPA, 154 km west of Learmonth, WA, 7 October 2008

     

    A Qantas Airbus A330-303 aircraft departed Singapore on a scheduled passenger transport service to Perth, WA. While the aircraft was in cruise at 37,000 ft, one of its three air data inertial reference units (ADIRUs) started outputting intermittent, incorrect values (spikes) on all flight parameters to other aircraft systems. Two minutes later, in response to spikes in angle of attack (AOA) data, the aircraft’s flight control primary computers (FCPCs) commanded the aircraft to pitch down. At least 110 of the 303 passengers and nine of the 12 crew members were injured; 12 of the occupants were seriously injured and another 39 received hospital medical treatment.

     

    The report is a timely reminder for passengers to fasten their seatbelts during flight.

     

    Final Report:http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2008/aair/ao-2008-070.aspx

     

    my emphasis.....it amases me that so many ignore the advice!

     

     

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