Bob Tait
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Beetle Method Explanation

I've checked out the questions you referred to (Q14 and Q7), and they both refer to an air transport flight. It's likely that the book has been amend...

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Establishing the take-off weight limit - Exercise 5.1 (p.142)

When you do the ZFW check, you take the ZFW limit of 2630 and add the weight of all of the fuel on board at TAKE OFF. If you have calculated the mini...

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Flying for Maximum Endurance - Questions in the book (p.109)

According to my copy of the book, the contingency fuel has been accounted for. eg The flight fuel is given as 66 gallons. So minimum fuel required ...

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CPL Programmed Learning Exercise - Answers

Sorry for the delay in responding to your request concerning the programmed learning exercises. Bob Hamilton is still away and we expect him back in ...

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CPL Programmed Learning Exercise - Answers

I've forwarded your post to our Air Law specialist, Bob Hamilton. Unfortunately he is away at the moment but you can expect a reply in a couple of da...

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CPL Programmed Learning Exercise - Answers

The programmed learning exercises were designed to encourage candidates to review the text to find the answers to the questions in the previous chapte...

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BT Navigation Workbook - True, Magnetic and Compass Direction

WOW! That's a fantastic result - especially for home study. Congratulations...

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Beetle Method Explanation

The supplement says that the final reserve fuel is calculated at 20gph. The final reserve fuel is 45mins for air transport flights and 30mins for pri...

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BT Navigation Workbook - True, Magnetic and Compass Direction

I'm pretty sure that CASA's marking system would allocate full marks for that answer. Sensible margins are applied to CASA's 'perfect' answer. It's ...

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Q4 Exercise 5.12

If the ballast required is 37.9kg then 37kg would not be enough. Also, I'm pretty sure the marking system in the exam would have sensible margins appl...

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CPL Air Law page 144, Q 21

There seems to be a formatting problem with the question text. I have rewritten the question as follows. Question 21 (the correct answer is now (d)....

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CIR REVISION Q SET FIVE (5) Question 3

MVA (minimum vector altitude) is indicated on the controller's radar screen for various sectors around the aerodrome. The pilot has no access to MVA ...

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destination alternate query TAF3 and TAF

AIP ENR 1.1 para 10.7.2.1 says, except when operating VFR within 50nm of the departure aerodrome, you need fuel for an alternate when the TAF indicate...

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map to ground or ground to map

Yes, that's right. Let's assume you have established a DR position using time and distance since the last fix. Note that you can [u]always establish...

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map to ground or ground to map

If you are using the principle of dead reckoning navigation it is normal to read from the map to the ground. The procedure is as follows: 1. Esta...

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