Bob Tait
Bob Tait
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Take off chart type 1

Runways are named according to their magnetic direction to the nearest 10°. Runway 12/30 has a direction of 120 or 300 depending on your take-off dir...

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Revision Exercises on ETP and PNR

The wind in Question 8 was changed to 070°T with a variation of 10°E.

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Revision Exercises on ETP and PNR

These questions were changed some time ago in the book and I forgot to change the download. Here is the new version. Hope it hasn't caused you too m...

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Hi From Rockhampton Area

Hello Jack Welcome to the forums. I know the Rockhampton area quite well. I spent a year or so on Great Kepple Island back in the late seventies. ...

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Exam booking on new amendment date

CASA has said in the past that the exams are marked according to the amendments that are current at the time of sitting. It would be wise to amend yo...

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ETA Planning. Navigation Workbook for PPL & CPL Candidates.

WOW! Something went wrong there. I can't make any sense out of those questions either. Thanks for pointing it out. Looks like a computer had a ner...

6 years ago
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IREX Book Revision Exercise 2.1 Q4

The altimeter is checked against the threshold elevation, not the aerodrome elevation. That makes the error greater than 60ft at Archerfield. [atta...

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Hi from Melbourne

Welcome to the forums Davi. I'm sure you'll enjoy your journey. It's great to have the opportunity to share this experience with the kids (and missu...

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Passed - CPL Human Factors & Meteorology

Congratulations Mindsneak Good solid marks, especially for home study - well done! All the best with the remainder of your study. Onwards and upwa...

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Check wind for Bob Tait book question

According to the latest issue of the Performance book, the wind in Question 7 is a direct headwind (track 220 and wind 220). So it seems that your bo...

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Aircraft Stability

Yes, if the banking tendency is left unattended the bank will continue to increase and then the side-slip will induce a yaw towards the dropping wing....

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Aircraft Stability

It's not just a matter of being stable or unstable. There are degrees of stability. All civil aircraft are designed to be strongly stable in the yaw...

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G'day from the Sunshine Coast

Welcome Ethan Thanks for introducing yourself. I'm glad to hear that you nailed your instrument rating, well done. All the best with your journey t...

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Static Pressure

The fact that the airflow is flowing across the static port does indeed mean there would be an error in reading the 'true' static pressure in the air ...

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PNR and holding fuel

If you were given a TAF for the departure aerodrome and a departure time, you would calculate the time to the PNR plus the time to return from the PNR...

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