John Heddles
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Takeoff Performance

Short answer is "no, you can't be innovative with clearway". [color=blue][i][b]However...at one end of the strip it is essentially flat for miles, ...

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Aircraft Trim Sheet loading

[color=blue][i][b]How do you get this degree of accuracy ?[/b][/i][/color] First trick is to have a look at the trimsheet and compare the loading l...

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Aircraft Trim Sheet loading

Indeed, the B727, [i]per se[/i], has little relevance to PPL/CPL. However, on this occasion, it is only the vehicle for a discussion which has a mor...

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Aircraft Trim Sheet loading

A lengthy post, I’m afraid, but there’s no super short way to cover the problem you have raised. It would be far better to do this across the table ...

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Aircraft Trim Sheet loading

Suggest you post scans of the relevant sheets and we can go from there.

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Aircraft Trim Sheet loading

We certainly can explain this for you. The short (but, probably, unhelpful) answer is that your mate is correct. The nature of the long answer ...

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Counteracting the slipstream effect

Two considerations to add to Bob's comments .. (a) CASA's exams, especially at the higher levels, sometimes make an artform of distractors. The ...

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Boeing 747-400 Navigation Systems.

INS is a legacy independent style system which I doubt you will find on any of the newer aircraft Types and Models. For instance, I flew the Carouse...

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About a question at Online practice exam

A little background to Bob's reply which may provide some perspective for the EOS requirement.. CAAP 92-1(1) presents a much more complex (and sens...

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CASA EXAM PROBLEMS

Another technique is very useful in multichoice style exams, especially where the examiner makes distractors an art form. That is to work from what i...

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Feedback on AGK exam

[color=blue][i][b]Post Examination Review Panel[/b][/i][/color] I'd quite forgotten that .. takes me back a way to see it in print. [color=blue]...

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Feedback on AGK exam

[color=blue][i][b]It's a pity the KDR doesn't provide the question, answer and distractors plus an explanation. As it stands, the KDR is just too gene...

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Feedback on AGK exam

Well done, that man. [color=blue][i][b]why you should run a turbine engine at low power before shutdown[/b][/i][/color] Without the exam answer ...

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Crosswind

Unfortunately, I think we shall have to agree to continue to disagree.

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Q about Transponder

The pilot is required to do a bit more than that for a defect such as a U/S ASI. The ASI is a mandatory instrument pursuant to the various appendic...

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