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Now we can see why an ancient thread was resurrected. Wayno's post is only now showing up, so the thread resurrection was due to his post. For Way...
would it not be fuel burn back to A plus Final reserve not contingency Both. I had presumed that everyone would have included final reserve; that ...
This is an ancient thread suddenly popping up on the boards. Can you find actual wind using the wizz wheel You can work the problem backwards on e...
However, I find this method can be difficult to get an accurate answer because it depends on how precisely you can plot and read the graph. Perfectl...
Patrik, All OK. good sir. The message going forward is to be careful with Google's suggested links. Somehow (and that is not always easy to do...
Patrik, several observations, if I may. (a) Please don't use so many decimals. It confuses us old blokes and is a tad silly. 83.46 minutes. Rea...
the aluminium one with the slide That's the Dalton (or E6B). circular blue disc one (I guess you call it 'CR'). That's the CR. If it is labe...
Sketches make EVERYTHING easier. Also, consider developing your own "standard" fuel calculation tables and weight and balance calculation tables and...
Simple. The requirement permits the reserve to be based on holding fuel at 1500 ft. If you don't have data for that, then use cruise fuel flow, w...
Ali, Afraid that you have been led up the garden path during your training. Happens to lots of people because a LOT of the training people really do...
Ravi, suggest that the biggest problem for folks who have extensive subject knowledge outside of the flying game relates to overthinking things. The...
Haven't seen you about for a while, Ravi. Trust life in the north is treating you well, good sir. How is the flying progressing ?
Bob tried extremely hard to cover all bases and produced some pretty good training material. However, there is heaps of useful stuff on the CASA sit...
Standard question and a very common real world question for heavier aircraft. (a) figure out the fuel burn from your position (B) back to A and dedu...
I don't have Bob's book to hand so I can't check just now. However, the relevant place to get the answer to your question is the horse's mouth CASA ...