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Thanks, Sam. I'll chase up an answer via CASA/Airservices. I guess that a gremlin has crept into the mix along the way and it will be a simple ...
That presents a very significant potential problem. Could you post a scan of the Jepp chart, please ? I will take the question back to CASA for r...
A subtle error on the part of the OP. Suggest he goes back to the Airservices webpage and [color=red][i][b]checks the chart date validity[/b][/i][/...
The discussion presumes that the elevator trim setting remains constant. As bank increases, the aircraft's lift vector inclines into the turn and t...
A read through pp96-104 in Hurt's text might be a good place to start.
I concur with Bob's thoughts. The suggestion that 20.7.4.4.1.a should be interpreted as a requirement [b]not[/b] to account for slope if slope i...
And well might you be a little confused. First, it is important to keep in mind that the old DCA format P-Charts (eg Echo) used for the exam predat...
A silly question - the answer to which revolves around logical semantics rather than anything of direct interest to the pilot. Often, this sort of ...
Possibly, you might be trying to overthink this a tad. Much of the problem is that pilots generally get a fairly superficial introduction to ISA an...
Looking at the 340B CG envelope [attachment=1287]340B CG.jpg[/attachment] we can see several sloping CG limit lines shown in the next graphic a...
[color=blue][i][b] Could you give a real life example of an aircraft with the sloping line which can't be made a straight line on the index graph[/b][...
[color=blue][i][b]in the real world of GA how does one go about calculating the reserve fuel released for holding?[/b][/i][/color] Very cogent poin...
[color=blue][i][b]Fly from A to B, due to B unusable how long after flying to C, can you hold there?[/b][/i][/color] It all depends on where you do...
Most of you wouldn't recall the following mishap [color=red Jim had a very strange idea about reserves and how they should be calculated on his own a...