Bob Tait
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Alternates

The only thing the AIP has to say about it is in AIP ENR 1.1 para 8.8.5.2- [i]"When thunderstorms or there associated severe turbulence or their a...

9 years ago
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Possible error? E-Text Review Quesions 3.2 Q9

This is a common source of confusion and it is indeed all about grammar. When you are considering whether or not you need an alternate you must ask y...

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Exam pass

Congratulations Hpound, I'm not surprised to hear that you passed - you obviously put a lot of preparation into it. All the best with the rest of yo...

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Landing charts and wind

The way I interpret that one is that if the flight is landing weight limited, then you cannot take-off on a weight that will cause the aircraft to be ...

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Cloud base

Cloud base could be either AMSL or AGL and it would need to be specified e.g. base 382 feet AGL or AMSL as the case may be. However, the use of the w...

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Weight & bal drill exercises - p160 (May 2015 book)

Thanks again to John for his usual excellent reply. We do, of course agree that the position on the datum is entirely up to the designer of the trim ...

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Best method for interpreting TAS tables

It is probably simpler to convert to density height. However remember that in the CASA exam there will be no TAS tables or power tables given. The C...

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Dme Limit confusion

I'm not sure what date your book is, but in the current print of the book choice (d) in Exercise 5 Question No 37 is "not beyond 5 DME" and not "not b...

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Planning an IFR Route

No. The 5nm buffer is only required when you are establishing a lowest safe tolerance area. In this case you are simply calculating the distance fro...

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HDG to intercept

You don't have enough information in the question to answer if you want to use the one-in-sixty rule. Your VOR is telling you you are 4° right of tra...

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SARWATCH

For VFR flights, your SARWATCH is based on a SARTIME nominated by you when you submit your flight plan. There would be no point in cancelling SARTIME ...

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Recency

(A) looks good. A single engine instrument rating does not cover you for a twin. Also you would have to be endorsed on the aircraft type.

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SID

You don't compensate for wind when being radar vectored. But when you fly a SID, you do compensate for wind if the instruction is to 'track' in a cer...

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PPL - Operational Meteorology Question

It looks like you have an old book. I don't see that question in the current version of the RPL/PPL Volume 2 (replacing the PPL STUDY GUIDE. The MET...

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Navaid requirements for alternates

That would depend on the type of operation. PVT or AWK you could get away with one aid (NDB). For CHTR or RPT, you would need two ADFs since both th...

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