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by Cliff Jumper
Wed Mar 08, 2023 3:12 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Another nice person...
Replies: 10
Views: 1940

Re: Another nice person...

You apologize or you're sorry?

I made this same mistake once at a funeral.
by Cliff Jumper
Fri Nov 11, 2022 7:10 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Curious on the Light Aircraft Market.
Replies: 13
Views: 1139

Re: Curious on the Light Aircraft Market.

photofly wrote: Thu Nov 10, 2022 6:39 pm there are way way more people looking for "cheap" airplanes than there are looking for cheap luxury road vehicles.
Really? I would have thought the extreme opposite. Like 500 potential cheap aircraft customers versus 500,000 potential luxury car customers.
by Cliff Jumper
Fri Sep 23, 2022 8:24 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: THE NEXT GIGANTIC ISSUE.
Replies: 251
Views: 33099

Re: THE NEXT GIGANTIC ISSUE.

by NATHAN J. ROBINSON If I believed climate change mattered as much as I am supposed to think it matters, I would be spending my every waking effort calling urgently for political action. I am not doing this. Therefore, I think I believe less in the importance of climate change than I say I do. Goo...
by Cliff Jumper
Mon Mar 28, 2022 2:32 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Corn Field or Bean Field
Replies: 36
Views: 3679

Re: Corn Field or Bean Field

That interpretation got shot down in flames by the TATC not long ago, in a case against EVAS Air that TC lost. The tribunal said TC was talking a load of bunkum and the government wasn’t free to invent its own definition of “type design” to the contrary of the very narrow one in the CARs. The TATC ...
by Cliff Jumper
Thu Feb 03, 2022 11:41 am
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Safety Boards Don't Like to Investigate Non-Certified Aircraft Accidents
Replies: 6
Views: 1245

Re: Safety Boards Don't Like to Investigate Non-Certified Aircraft Accidents

A brief search on the TSB's website shows numerous investigations of amateur built or ultralight aircraft.

https://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-repo ... index.html
by Cliff Jumper
Mon Jan 31, 2022 6:09 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Is an LPV a precision approach?
Replies: 23
Views: 5680

Re: Is an LPV a precision approach?

https://tc.canada.ca/en/aviation/reference-centre/advisory-circulars/advisory-circular-ac-no-700-023 Quotes... Prior to the advent of GNSS, ICAO defined only two types of approach and landing operations - precision approach (PA) and non-precision approach (NPA). It has now added a definition for APV...
by Cliff Jumper
Sat Sep 18, 2021 8:08 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Auto Thrust or Auto Throttle?
Replies: 9
Views: 2314

Re: Auto Thrust or Auto Throttle?

I always understood the term 'autothrottle' to be used on systems where the computer actually moves the thrust levers (like a Boeing).

Whereas 'autothrust' is used in the cases where the computer controls the actual thrust, but doesn't move the levers (like an Airbus).

Perhaps I am wrong though.
by Cliff Jumper
Mon Sep 13, 2021 10:31 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Why feather metal props for gear up?
Replies: 6
Views: 1322

Re: Why feather metal props for gear up?

I always thought the reason you feathered the props once in the flare (in this scenario) was so that they would reduce RPM faster and would come to a stop sooner (compared to not being feathered). Regardless of propeller type, I'd rather they hit the ground stopped as opposed to flinging around at ~...
by Cliff Jumper
Fri Jul 23, 2021 6:09 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: 1900 replacement?
Replies: 19
Views: 3404

Re: 1900 replacement?

C-GGGQ wrote: Tue Jul 20, 2021 8:23 am
But not pressurized so not really a 1900 replacement.
I thought they had planned a pressurized version, hence the small ovalized windows?
by Cliff Jumper
Sun Jun 27, 2021 6:55 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Only two replied
Replies: 37
Views: 7138

Re: Only two replied

redlaser wrote: Mon Jun 21, 2021 7:03 am The medical doctor in Toronto assumed I had a hearing problem, I went for a hearing test and passed with flying colors, Why he assumed I had a hearing problem in the first place is anybody's guess,
redlaser wrote: Sun Jun 27, 2021 8:45 am my audiogram test which showed only minimal hearing loss
by Cliff Jumper
Fri Jun 18, 2021 9:25 am
Forum: Covid
Topic: 3 BA pilots died following their 2nd jab this last week
Replies: 302
Views: 23321

Re: 3 BA pilots died following their 2nd jab this last week

https://twitter.com/British_Airways/sta ... 9631007748

Over 100 people died this week, after having orange juice for breakfast.
by Cliff Jumper
Wed Jun 16, 2021 8:35 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Only two replied
Replies: 37
Views: 7138

Re: Only two replied

For those who didn't notice, this is likely the reason for the offer..... Maybe I'll just wait out the pandemic before going for a medical and let my friends fly my aircraft and I can be the passanger, They can log the hours since another ten thousand hours on my licence won't change anything, 😎 Fro...
by Cliff Jumper
Fri Nov 13, 2020 10:38 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Antonov uncontained engine failure
Replies: 2
Views: 870

Re: Antonov uncontained engine failure

An investigation has been launched by the West Siberia Transportation Prosecution Office
I couldn't have come up with a better name if I tried.
by Cliff Jumper
Wed Nov 11, 2020 11:13 am
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: VIDEO: Beware of Carb Ice and Expired Insurance
Replies: 17
Views: 1524

Re: VIDEO: Beware of Carb Ice and Expired Insurance

photofly wrote: Wed Nov 11, 2020 10:24 am so that bit reads like there was contaminated fuel. But why no issues until 8500 was reached?
Perhaps pitch had something to do with the water shifting around in the tank? Did he level off at 8500?

Edited... maybe not, seems he was level at 5500 before.
by Cliff Jumper
Sun Nov 08, 2020 9:35 am
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: 182 down by Smithers
Replies: 133
Views: 17243

Re: 182 down by Smithers

pelmet wrote: Sat Nov 07, 2020 10:45 pmTherefore, on a single-engine aircraft select full coarse pitch before the engine stops running. The required oil pressure to the CSU piston will be lost once the engine has stopped and then it is too late to select coarse pitch.
perhaps that quoted person meant 'turning' not 'running'.
by Cliff Jumper
Sat Nov 07, 2020 5:35 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: 182 down by Smithers
Replies: 133
Views: 17243

Re: 182 down by Smithers

the caveat is that this was demonstrated with a healthy engine at idle power. I'm confused. For all of these 'trials' people are conducting, are we talking an idling engine, or a non running engine? (Ahramin, others?) It seems to me that this difference would create wildly different results. I'm st...
by Cliff Jumper
Fri Oct 30, 2020 4:48 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Use The Park Brake
Replies: 54
Views: 3830

Re: Use The Park Brake

Use the parking brake when?

Every time you stop?

Or only those times where you intended to be completely fixated?

How can you identify ahead of time the occasions where you will be fixated?

Should you also rely on the parking brake while you're heads down for a prolonged time?
by Cliff Jumper
Fri Oct 30, 2020 4:30 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Use The Park Brake
Replies: 54
Views: 3830

Re: Use The Park Brake

I'm all for 'safety improvements' but I'm with photo on this one. I don't think the 'remember the parking brake' advice is the solution here. Lets keep in mind a few things. 1. A Cessna 172R at idle doesn't exactly accelerate like a ferrari. 2. He must have moved at least 30-40 feet to hit another p...
by Cliff Jumper
Sat Sep 26, 2020 8:24 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: VIDEO : Student Pilot Crashes the Cessna on touchdown (Nov 2019)
Replies: 65
Views: 6499

Re: VIDEO : Student Pilot Crashes the Cessna on touchdown (Nov 2019)

Something about this video seems fake, but I can't put my finger on it.

I think it's the perspective, and early camera position 'swimming'.

Is it just me?
by Cliff Jumper
Sun Sep 13, 2020 8:16 am
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Crash Landing in Upland CA ( not new)
Replies: 6
Views: 941

Re: Crash Landing in Upland CA ( not new)

challenger_nami wrote: Sun Sep 13, 2020 8:11 am Those are all good points PilotDAR.

Additionally, I wonder if the pilot had brought the power to ideal before or even AFTER the initial touch down.
Sarcasm is so hard to spot in text.

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