PPC training scenario?

[JeppsOnFire]

Just got back from flight safety. I was reading a little AvCan prior to the ride for a morale boost, specifically charm school posts from Colonel Sanders.

After I swallowed my own vomit at the thought of allowing a sh!tshow like flightsafety actually claiming to 'teach' me something, I recovered and got 'er done.

I showed up at the sim and spat. No tail wheel on that big white box? Guess I'll slum it with the mortals, just this one time.
Ground brief time? Spit. I told 'em, all you gotta know is how start the thing, and those big turbofans are easier to startup than my MacBook. Since this pitiful $10million machine can't even simulate a negative G pushover, I guess I'll have to tame my inner acro this morning.
Get in my seat. What is this Gold Bars doing in that right seat? Oh boy, I can smell the 1000TT nosewheel and circuit filth from here. Well, I unzip my pants and pull it out and flop it on my seat - because why beat around the bush.
Colonel style.
Oh system malfunction, while Gold bars over there flips through that book, I just pull the same circuit breakers I would on the Pitts. Hello. When he finally gets to the CB part of the checklist and sees it's already done he looks at me like WTF. I smile condescendingly. That's right son.
Colonel style.
Landing. Can't wait to show these boys this 15 tonne Pitts can land with 20 big ones on the tail. Illegal? Well I'll tell you something, just because it's legal doesn't mean it safe and sometimes being perfectly safe is illegal. The extra weight of my big head will help keep the nose down when I pop the TR's so I won't even bother to check forward on the controls.
Colonel style.
Well that was easy. Don't know what the big deal is. Actually that went so well I think I'll teach the next class. Be aware though, I charge a lot more than these mouth breathers because I'm awesome.
Colonel style.


(This is all tongue in cheek btw. Just felt like the Colonel needed it)

[photofly]

Could you all please just get a room? Please?

[AOW]

If anyone is interested in the original question, the applicable CARS reference is:

(b) Qualifications and Responsibilities of a Training Pilot (Flight)

(i) Qualifications

(A) If the Air Operator Certificate authorizes operations IFR:

(I) hold a valid Airline Transport Pilot Licence and a valid Instrument Rating appropriate for the class of aeroplane, and have a valid PPC on type; or
(amended 2003/06/01; >previous version)

(II) hold a valid Commercial Pilot Licence valid for night and a valid Instrument Rating appropriate for the class of aeroplane, have accumulated not less than 500 flight hours which shall include not less than 250 flight hours as pilot-in-command appropriate for the class of aeroplanes and have a valid PPC on type.
(amended 2003/06/01; >previous version)

(B) If the Air Operator Certificate authorizes VFR at night:

(I) hold at least a valid Commercial Pilot Licence valid for night, and a valid Instrument Rating appropriate for the class of aeroplane; or

(C) If the Air Operator Certificate authorizes day VFR only:

(I) hold at least a valid Commercial Pilot Licence appropriate for the class of aeroplane.

So unless otherwise specified in the COM, this scenario could be legal.
That being said, it sounds a bit like the blind leading the blind, so I would suggest that training pilots ought to have a little more experience than that!

[Colonel Sanders]

I'm awesome

Good to hear - could you help me out?

I'm trying to get a new production (not replica)
Shelby Cobra 427 (signed on the dashboard by
Carroll Shelby before he died - neat) going
again after being parked for the winter.

I found the battery - in the trunk, on the left -
and I have a little 2A smart-charger connected
to it, which I well let run overnight.

However, I am suspicious of the battery. A
simple load-test I like to do, to make sure
that the battery is really ok, is to turn on
the headlights and make sure the battery
can put out some amps. It isn't enough
that the volts just come up.

Unfortunately I am too dumb to figure out
how to turn the headlights on. I have been
all over the dash and turned and flipped
every knob, but no dice. I could hear the
electrical fuel pump clicking away, which
is nice I suppose.

So, since you are awesome, can you tell
me how to turn the headlights on, on a
new production Shelby 427?

Thanks in advance - I figure you probably
learned this stuff at FlightSafety. No
manual came with the car, and I checked
with Essco and they don't have a manual
for it, either.

[AOW]

I'm awesome

Good to hear - could you help me out?

I'm trying to get a new production (not replica)
Shelby Cobra 427 (signed on the dashboard by
Carroll Shelby before he died - neat) going
again after being parked for the winter.

I found the battery - in the trunk, on the left -
and I have a little 2A smart-charger connected
to it, which I well let run overnight.

However, I am suspicious of the battery. A
simple load-test I like to do, to make sure
that the battery is really ok, is to turn on
the headlights and make sure the battery
can put out some amps. It isn't enough
that the volts just come up.

Unfortunately I am too dumb to figure out
how to turn the headlights on. I have been
all over the dash and turned and flipped
every knob, but no dice. I could hear the
electrical fuel pump clicking away, which
is nice I suppose.

So, since you are awesome, can you tell
me how to turn the headlights on, on a
new production Shelby 427?

Thanks in advance - I figure you probably
learned this stuff at FlightSafety. No
manual came with the car, and I checked
with Essco and they don't have a manual
for it, either.

Looks like there aren't too many possibilities, perhaps you should confirm that it does in fact have headlights, and not just headlight shaped fillers. Good luck, looks like a fun project!

[Colonel Sanders]

That's it!!

Damned if I can figure out which switch
is the headlights, though. I guess I will
check fuses next.

[Big Pistons Forever]

!

A car from the time when sex was safe and cars were Dangerous. Sigh.....me want.....lots

[Pop n Fresh]

Easy now. It's a brand new one with automatic headlights.

[Colonel Sanders]

me want

Best part is actually the sound. With the 427
cubic inch engine putting out 540hp, and the
chrome sidepipes, it sounds like a NASCAR race.

It's funny how such an old-fashioned car
(with an ancient tube frame, like an old airplane)
can still perform so well. No carbon fibre or
titantium in sight.

Look at the gorgeous job that Jim Hall did on a
Lotus restoration for Jay Leno:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cPcpMmN18M


Virtuoso craftsmanship. Not sure how many manuals
were followed during this restoration and fabrication.

So light (1300 lbs!!!) and nimble and responsive
compared to the 4000 lb multi-million dollar porkers
that pass for supercars these days.

I'd rather have the Lotus. You can see where the
Miata designers stole their ideas from.

You've probably never heard of Jim Hall, but he is
incredibly cool:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Hall_(racing_driver)