Bob Tait
Bob Tait
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Conversion for fuel calculation

Obviously, you would be best advised to use the ERSA figure since CASA can hardly dispute its own figures. However, as I often say to classes "show m...

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Landing Minima - non standard temperatures

You have made a good point. I must admit I had assumed that the correction would be applied to MDA and DA. However, the AIP says it applies to all ...

8 years ago
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ASI Calibration Card

Position error is sometimes called pressure error or installation error. So it could be your answer (a) depending on the actual wording in the questi...

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Question 24 - Law E-book

Opps! You are correct. The rated coverage over water should be 300nm. I note it has been amended in the current print of the book. The answer is (...

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Question 24 - Law E-book

Opps! You are correct. The rated coverage over water should be 300nm.

8 years ago
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ASI Calibration Card

The ASI senses the static pressure of the ambient air via the static port and the total pressure of the passing air stream via the pitot tube. The in...

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MDA with AWIS phone number only

I haven't been able to find a specific reference to a mobile phone being used to obtain an ATIS. However, when you consider that the alternate minima...

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Schedule 8 - maintenance by a pilot

I think maybe you are over-reading the question. To me, replacement implies that removal occurs first. If I told you to replace a book on the shelf,...

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IREX - Alternate with NDB Unserviceable

I understand your argument. This has always been a topic for debate and I reckon the AIP could do with a revision of the text here. Firstly I think ...

8 years ago
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Condition that require an alternate aerodrome (ALTN AD)

There is no difference between the alternate minima for cloud, visibility or cross wind by day or night. But aircraft operating VFR by day need not c...

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Landing Minima - non standard temperatures

Temperature correction is included in the IREX syllabus (MOS Schedule 3). However to date questions have never been asked. However, you have a point...

8 years ago
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RPL/PPL Study Guilde Vol 2 - Exercise 1.4 - Density Height using a computer

Yes, that's a common problem. You wouldn't blame anyone for using a window labeled 'TRUE ALTITUDE' to solve a problem relating to density altitude. ...

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GNSS/DME arrival - missed approach

If the requirement is to commence a missed approach, the implication is that it is no longer safe to continue with the published procedure. Therefore...

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Circling vs straight in minima

[d] a landing cannot be effected from a runway approach, unless a circling approach can be conducted in weather conditions equal to or better than tho...

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The Effect of Weight on Descent

In no wind, the light aircraft and the heavy aircraft travel down the same path within the 'box of air' that contains them. However, in a headwind, t...

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