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- Sat Jul 13, 2013 7:27 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Epic Fail on News cast of Asiana 214
- Replies: 31
- Views: 4827
Re: Epic Fail on News cast of Asiana 214
EDITED - Yeah, no.
- Sun Jun 09, 2013 5:42 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Night Medevacs
- Replies: 68
- Views: 6273
Re: Night Medevacs
Most things to do with health care in Canada are a money pit scam. My brother is a Doctor, my wife and daughter are both nurses and regularily they unload on me various horror stories of taxpayer money wasted.
- Sun Jun 09, 2013 5:31 pm
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: Forced landing
- Replies: 5
- Views: 895
Re: Forced landing
In a light trainer I would assume the force of impact to be minimal unless ditching in water
- Sun Jun 09, 2013 5:21 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Left or right Stick Handling?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 3875
Re: Left or right Stick Handling?
Years ago when I was instructing, I had some students that were either heavy equipment operators, or in some cases farmers, and they always had a problem with the throttles. To reduce power, they would push the throttle in or vice versa because that was the way one did it with many tractors or craw...
- Sat Apr 27, 2013 7:26 pm
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: Most practical order to do Com, MIFR
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1678
Re: Most practical order to do Com, MIFR
Your MIFR will make the commercial look like childs play, if that matters. Bede's advice is the best.
- Sat Apr 27, 2013 6:54 pm
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: I got a bad feeling about this year...
- Replies: 88
- Views: 6295
Re: I got a bad feeling about this year...
A few months ago I flew into Cancun commercialy. Some broad drove us to Houston in a 737. She landed so long it was crazy, and bounced. I have never seen a 737 bounce like that, ever, and have had probably 50 trips in a 737. After landing the passengers broke into applause at the succesfull landing!...
- Fri Mar 08, 2013 9:31 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: why is multi time such a big deal?
- Replies: 44
- Views: 3651
Re: why is multi time such a big deal?
Colonel Sanders wrote:I've spent decades trying to avoid multi-engine
airplane. I find them totally boring to fly.
Guy love them though. They just go nuts over
a twin. Sort of like having a fetish for overweight
women. Whatever turns you on, I guess.
Classic! I love that
- Fri Mar 08, 2013 9:26 pm
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: Effect of altitude on Fuel Burn
- Replies: 35
- Views: 2907
Re: Effect of altitude on Fuel Burn
A secondary advantage to flying high is if something does happen, like the engine quiting, you have lots of time to sort things out on the way down. If it is not too hazy navigation is easier as well all though I suppose that is not as much of a factor now with GPS.
- Fri Mar 08, 2013 6:30 pm
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: Effect of altitude on Fuel Burn
- Replies: 35
- Views: 2907
Re: Effect of altitude on Fuel Burn
If the winds aloft are favorable, and it is a trip over 100 miles I climb as high as legaly possible and lean. Most normaly asperated engines get peak efficiency around 9000'. At 9000' you can run at WOT and be around 75% power. You get less parasitic drag up high and usually get a higher TAS. If yo...
- Thu Jan 24, 2013 10:31 am
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: Stalls in turbulence
- Replies: 68
- Views: 4434
Re: Stalls in turbulence
You won't enter a spin just because you stalled, you have to introduce yaw. If you are climbing at best rate of climb I doubt you would even stall.
- Thu Jan 24, 2013 10:21 am
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Plane missing in Antarctica
- Replies: 367
- Views: 67492
Re: Plane missing in Antarctica
Lets just hope that the ELT was intentionally shut off to save the battery. If the weather is zero zero and blowing at 70kts they may have shut it off waiting for clearer weather when you know it can be tracked and seen. +1 I understand the ELT battery to last several days. It's only been 30(ish) h...
- Mon Dec 31, 2012 9:31 pm
- Forum: Aviation Videos & Photos
- Topic: Deadstick landing
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1186
Re: Deadstick landing
The only thing wrong with that video was the pilot saying there is no way to re-start the engine. It is easy to re-start a hand propped plane in flight. You dive slightly to build up speed and if the engine does not want to windmill fast enough flick the stick over to the left agressively and they u...
- Sun Oct 21, 2012 8:55 pm
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: SHould I bother getting my OTT rating ?
- Replies: 77
- Views: 6238
Re: SHould I bother getting my OTT rating ?
What we really need is a 2-class instrument rating No, we don't. Long before you got into aviation, we had one, and it was a royal pain in the @ss. Well it works incredibly well in the UK, and appears to be safer than the alternative. How exactly was it a pain in the ass? Ther used to be two classe...
- Sun Oct 21, 2012 8:41 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Four in a Row for the Alberta Aviation Museum
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1210
Re: Four in a Row for the Alberta Aviation Museum
Tom,
I bought my Midget Mustang out of the museum.
I bought my Midget Mustang out of the museum.
- Wed Sep 12, 2012 8:39 am
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Small plane lands on I-5, takes exit to gas station . . .
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2849
Re: Small plane lands on I-5, takes exit to gas station . .
My neighbor used the county road for a runway for 8 years, never had any problems.
- Wed Sep 12, 2012 7:55 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: What airplane do you buy with $20-$30K?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 6716
Re: What airplane do you buy with $20-$30K?
I saw a decent 120 go for $17000 last summer. You might find a Piper Colt or a Chief in your price range. Tailorcraft are frequently seen under $30000. Forget the Cub or Citabria, I doubt if you could find either for that price that would not require a lot more cash dumped in. Cubs are way overprice...
- Mon Aug 20, 2012 9:57 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: College of Pilots?
- Replies: 635
- Views: 53583
Re: College of Pilots?
I tried joining the college but for some reason could not get past the first page on the internet. Tomorrow I will attempt to contact them via telephone. My reasoning is two fold. 1. If this works out [the college] and they actually have input with the regulators regarding pilot ability and working ...
- Sun Aug 19, 2012 6:14 pm
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: Specialty flight training and CAR 406.03
- Replies: 69
- Views: 5289
Re: Specialty flight training and CAR 406.03
I would guess there are far more people getting TD training/familiarization in private AC than in commercialy registered airplanes.
- Sun Aug 19, 2012 6:07 pm
- Forum: Homebuilders
- Topic: Installed my engine recently!!
- Replies: 38
- Views: 31202
Re: Installed my engine recently!!
It's looking good Taiser. All metal construction is a plus for sure.
- Sun Aug 19, 2012 7:50 am
- Forum: Homebuilders
- Topic: Installed my engine recently!!
- Replies: 38
- Views: 31202
Re: Installed my engine recently!!
Those are pretty neat planes and look like a lot of fun. I have seen a 701 where the guy took the leading edge slats off. I asked him why and he said it made no difference in his landing speed at all but cut down drag in cruise.
Are you getting floats for it?
Are you getting floats for it?