Hugh The Coriolis effect is very interesting. It is true that it varies with latitude and is greatest at the poles and zero at the equator. Often...
The Echo holds 190 gallons of fuel in the tanks when they are totally full. However 10 gallons of that is unuseable fuel. That means that the tanks a...
The distance an aircaft can glide in no wind depends not only on the lift being generated. It depends on the ratio between lift and drag - the lift/d...
Remember that density altitude is not a measure of altitude - it is a measure of density. 10,000 feet density altitude means that the air being consi...
Fitzy Congratulations on getting your business up and running. Can't think of a better place to be doing it than there in Mackay. Where is your b...
George The AIP says no more than 25nm from a land mass suitable for a forced landing. So if you did a flight of 50nm over water, say from the main...
The cyber exams were designed to be a 'dress rehearsal' for the CASA exams and as such they follow exactly the format of the CASA exams. They were ne...
This is a good example of what happens when two different organizations get involved in one project. The surveyors who design the DAP calculate MDA a...
AIP ENR 1.10 para 1.2.3 says that if the required forecasts [ARFOR + TAF] cannot be obtained, an alternate is required. So if you don't have a TAF yo...
You are correct James. Both of those questions have been revised in the latest print of the Air Law book. They are left-overs from the older rules w...
Well OK then!! Put I sure hope he doesn't put his tongue out!!
WOW! What a great shot...Was that a 182?
Pannier Question 11 on Page 2.49 has been amended in the next print. It is a change that was missed in the last print. The answer is 'clear of cl...
Brook Thanks for your very interesting post. I've got a lot more years behind me than I have ahead and its great to know that in some small way I'...
It's very difficult to share those moments with non-believers. I'll never forget flying home one afternoon in my Decathlon. There was light rain and...