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by bodyflyer2
Sun Feb 11, 2024 1:33 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Attitude Indicator vs Artificial Horizon
Replies: 31
Views: 6185

Re: Attitude Indicator vs Artificial Horizon

Let's be careful here about what we're talking about. If I got this right - and I'm a bit new at this: In general, an AI and AH indicate in the same manner when it comes to pitch and roll. The thing about "they work opposite in pitch" only applies to very specific odd instruments that are no longer ...
by bodyflyer2
Tue Apr 25, 2023 11:41 am
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: C-GLVE Sukhoi Su-26M crash in Collingwood
Replies: 4
Views: 1827

Re: C-GLVE Sukhoi Su-26M crash in Collingwood

Pilot Ryan Chapman posted about a week back: The Sukhoi is officially a Canadian aircraft!! After 4 long months, GLVE is officially on the Canadian registry and is now Canadian legal. Now it’s time to practice and prepare for the worlds! That's for the World Advanced Aerobatic Championships in Reno,...
by bodyflyer2
Tue Aug 16, 2022 2:07 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Co-pilot jumps out of the aircraft while on approach during an emergency landing...
Replies: 23
Views: 4429

Re: Co-pilot jumps out of the aircraft while on approach during an emergency landing...

Do pilots dropping skydivers have to wear a parachute in the US? Not always required. Commonly used in smaller planes, less so in bigger ones. Similar in Canada. I'm not absolutely sure of the rules but this seems to be the case: Parachute not required by FAA. Some STC's or 337's or what have you d...
by bodyflyer2
Fri Aug 05, 2022 12:35 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Sky Diving At or Near Airports
Replies: 21
Views: 2045

Re: Sky Diving At or Near Airports

I'm late to this discussion, but anyway. Yes a good dropzone will announce both when they are close to jumping -- e.g., a roughly 2 minute to jump call, roughly when they are turning onto the jump run. A jump pilot certainly won't know when all jumpers are down, and can't be trying to spot them all ...
by bodyflyer2
Tue Jul 19, 2022 10:31 am
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Parachute landing (not a Cirrus)
Replies: 10
Views: 1465

Re: Parachute landing (not a Cirrus)

I very certainly object to the notion of a pilot overflying an urban area, and then pulling the 'chute, and "throwing the airplane out of the sky"! or A destroyed house could easily have led to a ban on parachute deployments, or at the least result in even more airspace restrictions. WTF? This stuf...
by bodyflyer2
Sun Apr 10, 2022 6:28 am
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Crash near Brantford?
Replies: 15
Views: 3594

Re: Crash near Brantford?

I'm surprised the pilot is deceased. The cockpit looks fairly well preserved. It is a bit hard to tell from the head-on photo... but it looks to me like the engine compartment may have been pushed well back towards the cockpit area. The airplane's right wing has had a pretty hard smack on the leadi...
by bodyflyer2
Sat Mar 26, 2022 6:58 am
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Grass cutter killed by Yak in Quebec
Replies: 15
Views: 5566

Re: Grass cutter killed by Yak in Quebec

A couple more comments: Digits wrote: "The PPR factor seems a bit of a red herring in this accident. Even if the guy would have called the airport manager and got permission, I doubt the grass cutter would have been informed." Agreed in terms of the accident itself, given that the grass cutter was N...
by bodyflyer2
Sat Mar 19, 2022 7:35 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: How to interpret PPR?
Replies: 18
Views: 2352

How to interpret PPR?

I'm bringing this up as I realize that I and some other pilots have a very different interpretation of PPR than the TSB seems to have. It came up in the report recently published about the grass cutter being killed by a landing aircraft at the St Esprit, Qu airfield / drop zone. The pilot (who also ...
by bodyflyer2
Sat Mar 19, 2022 7:20 am
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Grass cutter killed by Yak in Quebec
Replies: 15
Views: 5566

Re: Grass cutter killed by Yak in Quebec

The report has been released. To save typing time, I'll just repost the summary that I wrote on a skydiving site. Just my interpretation, YMMV. I think I'll ask in the General forum what other's view of the meaning or definition of "PPR" is -- as the TSB doesn't realize that pilots might have a very...
by bodyflyer2
Sun Jun 06, 2021 5:09 am
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: VIDEO: Testing the urge of attempting the Impossible Turn after Engine failure on takeoff
Replies: 40
Views: 4555

Re: VIDEO: Testing the urge of attempting the Impossible Turn after Engine failure on takeoff

Any idea why they decided on 45 degree bank? They seem to play with other variables, but the 45 degree bank for the turn seems fixed. Is there some reasoning that makes this the most efficient bank angle? Various aerodynamics calculations established that pretty clearly, as best I can tell. For exa...
by bodyflyer2
Sun Jan 10, 2021 3:06 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Check That Control Stick Attachment
Replies: 13
Views: 1393

Re: Check That Control Stick Attachment

Regarding the side-topic of Decathlon "things to check": The front seatback has indeed collapsed backwards before. Long ago I remember seeing a Decathlon on the front cover of Sport Aerobatics, flown by that year's US Sportsman level National Champion, Dick Lewis. The next year, 1988, the front seat...
by bodyflyer2
Fri Aug 21, 2020 7:28 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Al Rubin Has Departed the Fix...
Replies: 5
Views: 1398

Re: Al Rubin Has Departed the Fix...

An old 2014 Toronto Star article on Al and Markham airport (NU8) is still online: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2014/11/21/flights_of_fancy_at_markham_airport_a_former_cold_war_pilots_big_plans.html (If the paywall stops you after looking at too many Toronto Star pages, turn off javascript and re...
by bodyflyer2
Tue Jun 30, 2020 9:04 am
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Soft ground grabs another Cessna
Replies: 33
Views: 8714

Re: Soft ground grabs another Cessna

SWOOP (Southwestern Ontario Organization Of Parachutists) is just regular dropzone, when it comes to its activities. It has been around since, well, 1979 it seems from that previous link to gov't data on corporations. At Grand Bend originally, but moved to Dundas (north of Hamilton) probably 20+ yea...
by bodyflyer2
Mon May 18, 2020 7:20 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Snowbird crash in CYKA
Replies: 435
Views: 53749

Re: Snowbird crash in CYKA

So they say it is a 0 alt - 60 kts minimum seat, I read above. That's fine when travelling level and the ejection seat can give you a couple hundred feet of extra altitude, plus some extra forward speed, giving time and airspeed to help deploy the parachute. In this accident, clearly the velocity ve...
by bodyflyer2
Sat Apr 18, 2020 6:56 am
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Piper Cherokee Lands on Quebec Autoroute
Replies: 26
Views: 4623

Re: Piper Cherokee Lands on Quebec Autoroute

The Ontario Highway Traffic Act makes no provisions for common sense, capitalized or not Looking at the Ontario Highway Traffic act, as was linked to above, I can see your statement makes some sense. Part of the pulling over for emergency vehicles stuff says, "shall immediately bring such vehicle t...
by bodyflyer2
Mon Mar 23, 2020 6:10 am
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: One of the best accident reports I've ever read
Replies: 8
Views: 2795

Re: One of the best accident reports I've ever read

I think the 140 knots was while under control in a moderately descending turn, before control was lost and the plane overbanked and dove steeply. Anyway the report conclusions seem reasonable if a bit messily stated. (@ PilotDAR: Sounds sporty, doing aft CofG Caravan spins! I've only had the pleasur...
by bodyflyer2
Sun Mar 22, 2020 10:04 am
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: One of the best accident reports I've ever read
Replies: 8
Views: 2795

Re: One of the best accident reports I've ever read

Hmm, I guess it is a lot of detail for a lighter aircraft with just pilot and one pax on board. They did their homework on figuring out aircraft speeds and descent rates and so on as the loss of control happened. Still, sometimes things get so wordy that it is hard to pull out the relevant info. I t...
by bodyflyer2
Mon Jul 01, 2019 12:16 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Rock your wings - on the preflight inspection
Replies: 9
Views: 2434

Re: Rock your wings - on the preflight inspection

my father found a large screw driver where the upper strut to wing bolt should be. I remember a Canadian incident report that was similar. It was on some light aircraft, can't recall if it was some advanced ultralight or Aeronca Champ style plane, but after some rigging work, a circuit was flown wi...
by bodyflyer2
Fri Jun 28, 2019 7:42 am
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Hawaii Twin Skydive Accident, 11 dead.
Replies: 18
Views: 4396

Re: Hawaii Twin Skydive Accident, 11 dead.

Link to accident report where the same aircraft lost one horizontal tail unit: https://app.ntsb.gov/pdfgenerator/ReportGeneratorFile.ashx?EventID=20160724X01920&AKey=1&RType=Final&IType=LA Photo from a skydiving source: 2117566137_ScreenShot2019-06-22at1_41_27PM.png.e0b8facefce748e0bfe395c3469cbee6....
by bodyflyer2
Thu Jun 27, 2019 9:17 am
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Hawaii Twin Skydive Accident, 11 dead.
Replies: 18
Views: 4396

Re: Hawaii Twin Skydive Accident, 11 dead.

In the old days, jump operations (US & Canada) sometimes were a lot more about just piling 'em into the plane. As long as you could clear the trees! Tons of stories like that among skydivers of the '60s, '70s, and even somewhat into the '80s. In the last couple decades things have gotten a lot bette...

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