Bob Tait
Bob Tait
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Navaid requirements for alternates

According to AIP GEN 1.5 para 2.1, that aircraft couldn't even take off on an IFR flight in the first place. An IFR aircraft must have at least one R...

9 years ago
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IREX Questions

Congratulations. That's a great mark for home study. Check AIP GEN 1.5 para 6.1.2 Note 1 and AIP GEN 3.3 para 7.6.3 Bob

9 years ago
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Cooma (Snowy Mountains)

All heights in brackets are AGL.

9 years ago
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Aerodynamics

At 75° of bank the load factor is 4. The stalling speed increases by the square root of the load factor so the stalling speed increases by the square...

9 years ago
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Questions on HPL Exam

I'm sorry that was a mistype. I should have said that one second of arc is one sixtieth of one minute, and one minute is one sixtieth of a degree. T...

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ICING

Clear ice requires large super-cooled droplets so that would indicate thick cloud. Alto cumulus would contain some updrafts which would help to hold ...

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EXAM ORDER REQUIREMENTS

I would have thought that if you already have an overseas licence you would not need to sit RPL. But if that is what CASA has told you, it looks lik...

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Nav equipment

An E6b computer is fine. You will also need a distance measuring scale, but that's all the nav equipment required.

9 years ago
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Content of RPL book

Chao The book you have has been recently revised. The RPL book is now called RPL/PPL Volume 1 and the PPL Book is now called RPL/PPL Volume 2. This...

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Dubbo Approach

The track out of Mudgee is 280°M and the track into Dubbo is 281°M. The one degree difference is due to the change in Magnetic Variation across the m...

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CPL Navigation exam prep question....

You will find the answer in AIP ENR 1.2 para 1.1.2(b)

9 years ago
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Cooma (Snowy Mountains)

I can't see where you are getting 1444 from. The MDA on the current chart is 4250 for all sectors. Can you explain how you arrived at 1444. Bob

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Permitted Materials

Declan You are correct. The CASA web site has always said that and it's not needed in the exam. A compass (for drawing circles) a flight computer a...

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GS & TMG

Hi Jane I agree with your drift at 4° but if the wind is coming from your left, the track would have to be greater than the heading (4° of right drif...

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EXAM ORDER REQUIREMENTS

A PPL exam should be all that is required, but I would recommend that you find yourself a flying school that appeals and then have a talk to the CFI a...

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