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Think anticipated or expected fuel burn - that residual uncertainty is why we have reserves.
Exactly. The question doesn't ask "what fuel would you take", for which you would answer 122. It asks for the closest answer for which, in th...
Right answer - wrong question. Re-read my earlier comment - [color=blue][i][b]Be careful in exam questions to read the examiner's intent. He may we...
I just ran a search check in case this had arisen in the past and it has. My previous comments still apply and I guess the question will be amended ...
The question is flawed - probably just due to an inadvertent typographic omission. I will run up a graphic to show what is what and how the answer ...
Back now with a few minutes to run the questions. Looks pretty straightforward. I get 187nm and 135nm. Were these the sorts of answers you were ...
[color=blue][i][b]But in fact... as you have written... trip fuel is the fuel burn plus all of the reserves and holding?[/b][/i][/color] Not at all...
[color=blue][i][b]but trip fuel is the amount of fuel req from take off to touch down...[/b][/i][/color] Refer CAAP 234-1(2.1) at [color=red][/colo...
Exactly the case. WAT - (maximum) Weight for Altitude and Temperature - limits are "line-in-the-sand" climb requirements to match up with the vari...
Several considerations - (a) for routine calculations, round off should be in accordance with normal math protocols - x.5 though (x+1).499 repeated...
Perhaps you might post the whole question as it was presented ? Sometimes we need to see the bit of string before we try to figure out how long it m...
Hear, hear!
Bob, Well done, good sir, on passing the 80-candle-blowing-out-rite-of-passage! Thoroughly concur with your accuracy philosophy. My very best...
Runway slope is a bit of a rubbery animal. Very few runways will have a uniform (constant) slope. Some have quite variable slope along the run...
[color=blue][i][b].. is this an actual (or ambient) wind .. or is it a forecast wind[/b][/i][/color] The distinction is made between takeoff and ot...