Agreed! Just pointing out that there is some published documentation supporting the use of factors for aircraft with basic performance data - nothi...
Perhaps the following explanation might help! Power Required = TAS x Drag P[sub]R[/sub] = V x C[sub]D[/sub]0.5ρV[sup]2[/sup]A …. where V is TA...
[color=blue]A PVT Day flight is planned over a distance of 325 nm at a ground speed of 115 kt. Planned fuel flow is 40 L/hr. Fixed reserve is 20L and...
If your Testing Officer was a Kiwi he may be alluding to the NZ CAA Advisory Circular (AC) atReading through this document the 15% factors you mentio...
Yes, a TAF and TTF are both forecasts. That being said, the TTF is also an "aerodrome weather report" (Metar or Speci) to which a BoM forecaster a...
Just as a point of interest and for completeness CAAP 234-1(2), page 7, defines the fixed reserves flow rate as follows: [attachment=1479]CAAP 234...
Hi Guys I don't have the book and therefore do not have the full context of this question, however, the following may be helpful. First, some defi...
[color=blue]"so it’s just a bom thing that they record the rainfall at 9 local time ...when the office opens"[/color] Yes, historically rainfall wa...
Here is a link to the Bureau of Met (BoM) web that you should find helpful - [url The YBMK METAR reports -RA and that 2.0 mm of rain has fallen in t...
[color=blue]Two towns are located on 30° south latitude. Town A is on 151°E and town B is on 152°E. The distance between the two towns is (a) 60nm (...
[color=blue]Normally you would expect to have made some fuel during the segment A-B which should give you more holding that you had planned for prefli...
[color=blue]In the exams, fine, but please do be very wary of shaving reserves down in light aircraft in real time ... just not worth it.[/color] I c...
Thanks Bob A few comments if I may! [color=blue]It is left up to the operator to decide how to calculate that.[/color] Surely most operators wo...
Correct ! For a VFR flight, an alternate would only be required if the ceiling was below 1500' - if there is no ceiling then there is no requireme...