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John Heddles
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Average sound for light A/C

I can't comment on whether you have transcribed the question correctly or your KDR. However, ONLY option (a), as you have posted it, can be corr...

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Average sound for light A/C

That you ask this question suggests that you haven't read up on noise engineering at all and, in particular, typical sound pressure levels (ie those d...

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Aircraft Trim Sheet loading

We've been fairly careful, so far, to avoid identifying operators and WCOs. That's going to be a bit difficult here as the source link is identified ...

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Exam fail - words of advice please

Bob's advice is very much correct and to the point. The other technique which helps when you then get to actually selecting the answer is to identi...

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Need help to really understand illusion

I guess the main problem is that the text book words and pictures can't provide the benefit of real life, actual perceptual exposure. Do believe me t...

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Need help to really understand illusion

There are numerous perceptual illusions relevant to flying - with which one, in particular, are you concerned, here ?

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Exam passed

[color=blue][i][b]There was a question on wake turbulence[/b][/i][/color] Probably not a very good question. I think one needs a little more infor...

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How to use landing distance chart with a downward slope?

Regardless of the chart presentation used, the standard exercise for the chart designer is to (a) run the backroom sums (these will come either fr...

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CPL HPL

From personal experience, hypoxic effects on colour and acuity can be quite significant. I recall a chamber run, many years ago, where we were able t...

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C FPL Exam questions

[color=blue][i][b]one might ask the reasoning[/b][/i][/color] Indeed. Certification is about putting lines in the sand to develop an acceptabl...

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C FPL Exam questions

[color=blue][i][b]How much margin does the examiner give for the 'correct' answer?[/b][/i][/color] Perhaps we should go have a cup or three of coff...

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C FPL Exam questions

Some things to consider - (a) the slope question comes up periodically for discussion so you might like to spend some time in the Search function t...

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AOSA

I presume this is your question repeated here - linked for the benefit of other readers.

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Forces in Climbing and Descending Turns

Some initial comments - [i][b]what is lift compared to weight in a climbing turn?[/b][/i] How long is a piece of string ? The answer depends o...

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SID Gradient requirement

Try AIP ENR 1.5.8.1.4 at page ENR 1.5-41.

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