John Heddles
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buying an aircraft

Well done on the PPL, good sir. Suggest you consider the CPL as a means of acquiring a little more in-depth understanding of what's what. I don'...

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ETAS - lost at sea

Your reply doesn't make all that much sense unless you are being required to use a CR and that is NOT the case for the CASA exams. The absolute fac...

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CFPA Exam KDR - Determine ETI

Perhaps just have another think about your time calculations ?

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ETAS - lost at sea

Indeed, a Dalton. Quick history - The original device (with a rolling slide rather than the simple fixed side in your picture) was designed by Phil...

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ETAS - lost at sea

We can sort out your concerns dead easy. However, just to set off on the correct heading, can you precisely define what computer you are using. ...

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Exercise 5.11 answers

There are various posts by Bob and Stuart on this subject for reading. However, as a general rule - (a) read the question and give the examiner ...

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How To Become a Meteorologist

A good first place to start would be to have a discussion with a local airport met briefing officer.

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How to gain aviation, aircraft, and sim knowledge?

I see you are in the US. A good place to start would be to contact a local airline sim centre and seek to talk with the sim techs.

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Pitot Heat

Caveat: I'm not a legal eagle, just an engineer. With the way the rulebook has gone in recent years, one really needs to be the former to make heads o...

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Pitot Heat

Ah, I'd need to do some hunting around the regs to see what mischief CASA has put where. Good exercise for you to do, perhaps ? However, if you ar...

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ERSA aerodrome coordinates

Refer ERSA FAC for the aerodrome. LHS fourth line from the top of the first page. Format XX.XXXX S XXX.XXXX E.

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Glide Range and Endurance

Hang in there. It progressively makes more and more sense as you keep reading and thinking it through. Very few of the pilot trainee folks are abl...

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Glide Range and Endurance

[color=blue][color=]Just note that Bob makes mention to weight not changing the Best L/D ,[/color][/color] And that is a reasonable approximation. ...

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Glide Range and Endurance

[color=blue]When you say the “Actual L/D changes when weight increases ! You are referring to the increase in lift required due to the increase in wei...

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Glide Range and Endurance

First, it is absolutely great to see that you are thinking more deeply about this aspect of the story rather than just skimming the texts and trying t...

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