John Heddles
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Chord Ratio

50+ years in the aero game and the term has never been seen. Either - (a) the question was a typo, or (b) the informants' memories were deficie...

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VFR Flight Instruments

I suspect the answer sought is (d) clock .. for which a pilot may carry a watch in lieu. MELs and like documents can muddy the answer for simplistic ...

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Fuel calculation

I don't have the reference to look at but the calculation appears straightforward - (in minutes), (a) (85+38) will be flight fuel for two planned ...

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P chart

Chao, Thanks for that .. we are, indeed, dealing with the old DCA (antecedent of CASA) P-chart presentation, as I had guessed from your post. The...

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P chart

I don't have Bob's books so I can only speak generically unless you post a picture of the chart(s) of interest. [b][i]How are those chart made? [/i...

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First officer assertive or supportive ?

The LHS certainly wants support. For the question, as stated, (a) is what they would be looking for. However, I guess the correct answer was lef...

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Instructor Rating ASL exam - what's the deal?

Not my guidance .. I just happened to see your thread and recognised it as being the same as this one.

10 years ago
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Instructor Rating ASL exam - what's the deal?

The answer you got on PPRuNe probably is the key ...

10 years ago
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Weight to Shift on a C172

A bit hard to be precise without the numbers and envelope. The 172's forward limit, like the majority of light aircraft, has a constant CG at lo...

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Rate of descent percentage

Perhaps you might retry on the picture link ? Makes more sense to use a specific example to explain .. generic algebra doesn't help unless you are f...

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Rate of descent percentage

.. and your speed is ? (presuming that you are after a descent gradient)

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ADF orientation

Orientation is done by drawing a picture in your mind .. after a bit, one just does the sums but the picture always will get you out of trouble. Try ...

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IREX test exam question

Caveat - Wisdom dictates that one keeps the idealised exam stuff distinct from the real world version, noting that, for the exam, the idealised answer...

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Exam This Weekend

I don't have the benefit of having read Bob's books so I have no real idea what they contain. However, it is unreasonable to expect to have a blow b...

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YBCG

ICAO and IATA codes can be found easily on the net. For instance - and there are other sites which provide similar information ...

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