John Heddles
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CPL - HPL

... and one of the options should have been "all of the above" .. along with a few extra items thrown in for good measure.

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Ambient Conditions

Well, there you are ... prescriptive for heavies and makes a lot of good sense for lighties.

7 years ago
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Ambient Conditions

An additional thought to Bob's comments .. In days of old, there was a landing planning requirement that went along the lines of nil wind on the ma...

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Basic Empty Weight vs Empty ACFT FRM Flight Manual

Some observations - I don't have Bob's books so I can't comment on their content [color=blue][i][b]a sample load sheet for Echo, which lists the...

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ECHO accuracy

Regarding accuracy, there are two considerations to keep in mind - (a) for the exam, provide the examiner with whatever level of accuracy he desire...

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Take off landing Charts Tipe 1, Linear , ECHO

First, this stuff is step 1; step 2 and so on. You will get on top of it before too long. Second, we can't offer assistance unless we can see wha...

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Lift and Drag question

If you have a look at experimental data (e.g.andyou will find that min drag for a symmetric aerofoil tends to be a little bit past zero incidence. ...

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Aircraft Daily Insection

A few thoughts to add to Stuart's comments. (a) TORA, TODA, ASDA are declared aerodrome runway distances available and are fixed. The relevant num...

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TAKE OFF AND LANDING WEIGHT AND DISTANCES CHARTS - CAO 20.7.4

A little follow-up information. In respect of the 1% slope matter, I have just been reading a rather old US conference paper on airline operational...

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Answer discrepancy Simple 1 in 60 from the WAC

Some follow up on Bob's comments. The 1:60 "rule" is an approximation based on some basic relationships for angles measured in radians. For small...

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E6B circular computer and slide-rule-style flight computer

One would need to have a detailed look at both to see what specific differences exist. However, basically, the two will have much the same capabilit...

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Tailwind take off

Some additional points - (a) significant slope will give you a one-way strip operation - see many examples from PNG (b) probably not going to be...

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Exam Style Questions

[color=blue][i][b]1. VGs[/b][/i][/color] VGs are a bit difficult when it comes to broad brush questions such as the exams favour. VGs are a fix...

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Va

I was having a reread of this thread and it occurred to me that, while (a) we were talking about the situation for a min Va certification, which p...

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Visual Approach at night under IFR

[color=blue][i][b]Circling areas have been surveyed to provide guaranteed obstacle protection[/b][/i][/color] Are you quite sure about that ? I'...

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