John Heddles
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Resitting the PPL exam

[b]Fuel Flow[/b] To figure gallons per hour, we could also work it out as gallons per 60 minutes, there being 60 minutes in a hour. Two options f...

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Help working out Beetle diagram question

Thanks for that, good sir. One can only wonder at the need for a multiplicity of books from CASA with repeated data ...

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Help working out Beetle diagram question

A quick question, if I may, Bob. I omitted the MZFW case as I couldn't locate a FR value or information to determine such (although I should have c...

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Help working out Beetle diagram question

I don't have a copy of Bob's text so I am not sure just what a "beetle diagram" is. However, I suspect that this question has been reworked from an...

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Performance course quiz issue

Following on a bit from Bob's comments in the last post ... The following may be of interest and use to those who prefer whizz wheels over gadgets ...

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Question from Online Performance course - Echo Takeoff

[i]I can confirm the answer was 2700kg.[/i] Answer was wrong, unfortunately .. but the reworking will have given you some useful thinking and pract...

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Question from Online Performance course - Echo Takeoff

My concern, exactly. 2700kg would require something like getting the altimetry calculations back to front. My first cut gives a bit over 2...

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Hypoxia and hyperventilation

[i]while hypoxia creeps up unawares and leads to feelings of euphoria,[/i] A note of caution is appropriate. One of the reasons the military ...

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Question from Online Performance course - Echo Takeoff

Now had a chance to play with the chart. Could I get you to recheck the answer given (2700 kg) in the question bank, please ? (I don't have acc...

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Question from Online Performance course - Echo Takeoff

I'll print a copy out and work it later on - have a meeting to go to now. Observations from a quick look on the screen - you might (a) check bo...

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Question from Online Performance course - Echo Takeoff

It would be a lot easier to answer your question if you were to post a scan of your worked chart. If you have made an error, the scan will show it v...

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Air Law related question

The AIP, for many years, has been a bit of a dog's breakfast when it comes to finding specific things with ease .. unless you pretty well know the doc...

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Air Law related question

[i]a. the TAF is prefixed with the word PROVISIONAL[/i] Reference AIP ENR 1.1-86 para 59.1.3 tells the story for provisional requiring an alternate...

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What ever happed to AIP ENR 1.1 19.12? Avoiding CTA

However, sometimes one needs to exercise some discretion. Many years ago, B727 PER-ASP, as I recall, and we decided to take the folks for a litt...

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Online Practice exma

[i]Your flight planned track is 090 degrees M.[/i] Irrelevant for this question .. bin it. [i]The present heading and ADF reading respectively ...

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