John Heddles
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finding the actual wind in flight.

[color=blue]nor have I ever met anyone who has[/color] There are various tales, no doubt some apocryphal, which address this topic. My favourit...

10 months ago
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finding the actual wind in flight.

[color=blue]Is there a rule of thumb that you use to differentiate the two, for example greater than 30kts xwind convert the tas to etas??[/color] ...

10 months ago
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Need urgent answer please for a CPL Performance Aeroplane question

(To save some effort in retyping, my answer from Nick's original question posted in PPE) Some thoughts, if I may .... [color=blue]Part 61 MOS. ...

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Multi-leg PNR Calculation

You are trying to do too much at once .. which makes for excessive amounts of stress and heartache. The secret is to keep things simple. Try this ...

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Review Questions Set 1 Q6

Too easy. Page 20 in the CASA workbook. Wind grid right hand side bottom. TOW given down the left hand side. Read across to the right hand...

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Aerodynamics Fails

[color=blue]I just had my second attempt and my score got worse.[/color] Happens on occasion. I would need to sit down with you over coffee to es...

10 months ago
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CFPA - Fuel caluclation rouding related.

An additional comment - make full use of your calculator's accumulator (memory) function. Saves lots of effort and carries the calculation through i...

11 months ago
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RPLA Flight Test

While there will be a bit of variation amongst examiners, they are following CASA guidelines. If you approach the pre-flight oral brief as being a v...

1 year ago
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pointers and tips

Ravi, Great to see that you are managing to fit in the flying stuff in amongst the demands of your day job. Welcome to the wonderful world o...

1 year ago
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Wind to use for P charts CFPA

[color=blue]If a P chart question provides only density height (e.g. DH = 4000 ft) with no temperature, Bob Tait suggests using ISA temperature for th...

1 year ago
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Wind to use for P charts CFPA

And a good question, it is. [color=blue]If actual wind / ambient wind / given W/V is provided, should we use that for both takeoff and landing char...

1 year ago
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CPL Performance. Final Test. Question 18. Day VFR from Ceduna to Forest.

[color=blue]From the CR3 manual, if the drift is more than 10ยบ then Effective TAS must be considered, otherwise it is ignored.[/color] Just a sidel...

1 year ago
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Calculating Crosswind When MORE than 90 Degrees

You're trying to overthink things a bit, I fear. Doesn't matter whether you do the calculation using the AIP tables or mathematically, using the CR...

1 year ago
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Echo burn from Mains & CofG

Be aware, though, that Bob's booklet is fine but the CASA booklet carries the day in the exam and the latter doesn't fuss about the order of fuel load...

1 year ago
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CPL Performance.

More importantly, keep in mind that the material in the exams is quite dated. Back in the day, P charts in Australia were required to have various f...

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