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bobbydazzler · 23rd June 2009, 04:21

I spotted something very odd this morning at Bankstown airport Sydney NSW Australia. A guy alone was doing a compass swing on a single engine Cessna! He would push down the tail and swing it around manually with no engine running, poke his head inside the cabin to check the compass reading, then sight the aircraft with his handheld land compass.
I would never in my wildest dreams think of doing a compass swing on any aircraft with no engine running and possibly no electrics or radios turned on!!!
Maybe Im missing the full story here of what he was doing but belive me I have done many compass swings before and this is not the recommended or legal way to do it........

23rd June 2009, 04:21	#1 (permalink)
bobbydazzler Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Australia Posts: 3	compass swing I spotted something very odd this morning at Bankstown airport Sydney NSW Australia. A guy alone was doing a compass swing on a single engine Cessna! He would push down the tail and swing it around manually with no engine running, poke his head inside the cabin to check the compass reading, then sight the aircraft with his handheld land compass. I would never in my wildest dreams think of doing a compass swing on any aircraft with no engine running and possibly no electrics or radios turned on!!! Maybe Im missing the full story here of what he was doing but belive me I have done many compass swings before and this is not the recommended or legal way to do it........