According to the CBC, the cow had Syrian ancestry, so I'm going to be a pallbearer at it's funeral.

So after 3 rambling solo posts, are you trying to assert that Gkhadddavffhphiy isn't really dead?

I find it helpful to try to distinguish the objective from the subjective. For example, objectively 2+2=4, and someone might (correctly) think I'm not very bright, if I don't think that's true. However, subjectively I could state that "blue is a better colour than red", and if you don't agree with m...

posts like yours leave me with only frustration and anger as I worry they are generally representative of the greater population Mr STL: People are allowed to disagree with you. Just because someone disagrees with you does not automatically make them wrong, or a fool worthy of derisive scorn. You d...

is there a time limit to enforce by Transport? Nope, amazingly enough there is NO statute of limitations with respect to CARs contraventions. After one year, Transport isn't supposed to fine any money, but they have gone after pilots many years after the event with heavy licence suspensions. In the...

All self study, logged about 5hrs in the plane with a instructor Waving the bullshit flag. Ever heard of CAR 421.69 that you claim to have contravened? An applicant shall complete in aeroplanes a minimum of 30 hours of dual flight instruction So, you are claiming to have fraudulently padded your PT...

Amazing what you learn here. If a pilot is Captain Charming, he will always have great hands and feet. And anyone that isn't Captain Charming will always be a bad pilot. I had never learned this relationship between personality and pilot skills until I read this! Someone ought to get the word out ab...

Maybe you could give me some dual instruction on how to fly the Cub Frank? No problem, but you probably don't want any from that pieguy. He'll let the tail come up first then gain speed prior to take off. What do you think it'll just shoot off like a cartoon? So you're saying that a tailwheel aircr...

So when I start doing dual instruction on the Cub teaching off airport flying which instrument should I use as the primary instrument to see how close to the stall the airplane is during the latter stage of the approach? It doesn't matter, because according to the AvCanada geniuses, a Cub's wing is...

you have no understanding of how a stall works You have no idea what a full-stall landing is in a tailwheel aircraft. Why would it be different for landing? Do you land a tailwheel aircraft with the mains 3 feet in the air and the tailwheel on the ground? Of course you don't. In level flight after ...

It's painful to read this thread

and scary, to think that so many licensed pilots understand so little about Theory of Flight.

Can I do a full stall landing without flaps? Sure, but I don't think you'd enjoy it. You would need to have a massive rate of descent at touchdown with no flare to generate the additional AOA to exceed Clmax. You would likely also have a tailstrike. Remember that the effect of flaps during landing ...

I am not aware of ground effect changing angle of attack I don't find it surprising that you are unfamiliar with ground effect. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_effect_(aircraft) Flying close to a surface increases air pressure on the lower wing surface, (the ram or cushion effect) improving the...

I don't think anyone's saying that you have to calculate angles of attack etc. while flying No, but while you're flying you had darned well better be able to understand and precisely control the aircraft's angle of attack so that you don't exceed Clmax. A stall at low altitude (eg 50 feet) will lik...

As for full stall landings - I'm pretty sure at the point of touch down, without using the flaps, the nose of my 182 is 15-16 degrees up in the air Nowhere near that. I just measured a C172. 20.5 inches vertically to the center of the main gear mount point. 173 inches from the longitudinal center o...

how to recognise a stall

Airplane goes down when yoke pulled back

what to do about it

Yoke goes forward.


Colgan Air and Air France pilots have difficulty with the above.

Results are in. I measured the wing angle in the three-point attitude of NINE different types of parked certified tailwheel aircraft. In all cases they were parked on level concrete (check). All tires were nominally inflated (check - no unslightly bulges). Make of tailwheel? Get a life. Rise in 48 i...

1000 fpm down at 70 kts adds 8 degrees to your alpha Assuming you did your trig right, you add that to the 8 degrees AOA that a taildragger has in the three point attitude, and there's your "full stall" three point landing (or thereabouts - 16 deg AOA). Most people don't touch down at 1000 fpm! Tha...

Whatever

I am now in search of hemlock and razor blades.

Piper J3 Cub. 16 degrees AOA in three point No. I just went out to the flightline and measured the AOA of a tailwheel aircraft tied down. Using a 4 foot level (with the bubble between the lines) I got a 6.75 inch rise on the flat-bottom wing. Now, tangent of theta is opposite over adjacent, which i...

Again, at the risk of personal attack: As for stalling an airplane on, absolutely you can do it Yes, with a hard, unpleasant landing. Three point a taildragger and you've stalled it on No. It is easy to three point a tailwheel aircraft and land it without the stall warning horn/light going off. And ...

Once you have set the wheels down you are not stalled Exactly! The wing produces less and less lift as you slow down - the weight of the aircraft is now supported by the landing gear and no longer by the wings. You know the wing isn't stalled because the stall warning indicator isn't on during the ...

Congratulations, Trey! You have lowered yourself to personally attacking an 18 year old.

Stay classy!

I can say with absolute certainty that Ottawa Flying Club will offer air to ground attack training with ex German Air Force instructors on the X1.