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  1. Birdseye
    Let's hope your final trim will be in the grader!
  2. Birdseye
    Women can be much the same. The eye can be very deceiving.
  3. Birdseye
    Sounds like an opportunity for Jabiru.
  4. Birdseye
    It's certainly very multicultural, as most times I call a government agency there I have to use the interpreter service.
  5. Birdseye
    And Italy picked up the ball when Lucas left the scene, thereafter the smoke went in the other direction.
  6. Birdseye
    Couldn't agree more.
  7. Birdseye
    I did get a reply, but not much of one.
  8. Birdseye
    The receding view of the city in the rear view mirror?
  9. Birdseye
    Guessing they just want the lightweight stuff - SFC, weight and kw per litre, just that sort of idle browser sorta stuff.
  10. Birdseye
    Shame we can't say queer these days! Another useful word lost to PC. BTW they didn't get as far as metals, so I wonder if you can make UTP out of mallee root?
  11. Birdseye
    I'd like to encourage anyone flying near CTA to actually read the AIP section referenced in the RAA newsletter and not rely on this statement. Quote: " Amendment to AIP Members are advised of a recent amendment to the AIP (5 March 2015) relating to avoidance of controlled airspace (CTA). The previous reference required a physical distance of separation relative to the height of the CTA steps. The change now requires pilots to alter track to remain well clear, meaning not skirting the edge based on flight planning software or GPS track information. Pilots should always reference their avoidance of CTA to known and easily identified geographical features. For those members wishing to read the specific reference, it can be found at this link. http://www.airservicesaustralia.com/aip/current/aip/enroute.pdf and the reference is ENR 1.1-41 para 19.12" The actual wording is quite different and I have drawn this to the attention of RAA in an email. The full intent is to advise pilots that CTA operations can be up to the boundary of CTA. If there is any doubt that you can remain clear, then you should contact ATC. There is no reference in the AIP to flight planning software or GPS per se. What it does say is to ensure that you remain clear by reference to known landmarks.
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    Probably one of the more recent examples was the Air France over the South Atlantic.
  13. Birdseye
    Did it get you an upgrade or the jump seat?
  14. Birdseye
    Has anyone on the forum been refused one? I have the distinct impression (albeit gained by a MSIC application I made) that you just about have to be a convicted terrorist to be refused.
  15. Birdseye
    Another issue is currency. If somebody flies very infrequently, they will be at best in the 'concious competence' state, that is they will have to think about something then do it. If they have got themselves into a situation, that split second might be just too long. There is also fixation on task. When somebody is overloaded mentally they will tend to focus on one issue to the detriment of all else that is happening. I remember a presumably fairly new helicopter pilot calling up to say that he was encountering lowering cloud, reducing visibility, couldn't turn around due to high ground and sounding very worried. The also newish ATCO tried to identify him on radar by asking radial and DME. I leant across and said "he is in a bloody helicopter - tell him to find a safe place, check for wires and put it on the ground". The pilot's reply was "can I do that?". He was so focussed on the weather problem he forgot the obvious.
  16. Birdseye
    Just thinking that it could be the phone itself that is the cause or the Followmee app. Might be worth trying another GPS app to compare.
  17. Birdseye
    Does this only occur when running the Followmee app or is it happening with the native android GPS app?
  18. Birdseye
    You mean the old "is that a transponder in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me".
  19. Birdseye
    Useless, not even room to carry a packet of snags and a six pack. No good for the poms either as nowhere to put their fish and chips.
  20. Birdseye
    Airframe isn't really going to be an issue, but the motor cost and fuel consumption will be.
  21. Birdseye
    Wing layout is very reminiscent of the Jet Provost.
  22. Birdseye
    Quite correct as the first anniversary would have been in 1916. It's the same argument, as discussed at length in many forums in regard to the dreaded second millennium.
  23. Birdseye
    In limbo
  24. Birdseye
    In limbo
  25. Birdseye
    I recall a photo showing a white line across the grass runway intended to give the pilot a cue to dab the brakes.
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