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Forum: Flight Testing
24th Apr 2024, 08:01
Replies: 10
Views: 5,701
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

Shawn sadly died last year, he is unlikely to...

Shawn sadly died last year, he is unlikely to respond.

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Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
22nd Apr 2024, 12:04
Replies: 20
Views: 1,251
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

There are places in the UK to get an FAA class 1....

There are places in the UK to get an FAA class 1. The last time I got one done here it was by a company called Centreline near Gatwick - I'd suggest taking nobody's word for your ability to get an...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
22nd Apr 2024, 11:53
Replies: 2
Views: 192
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

That's correct - you need a PPL to commence...

That's correct - you need a PPL to commence either an EASA or a UK CPL, but it doesn't matter where you got that PPL so long as it's ICAO compliant.

Also correct that you can't automatically fly...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
22nd Apr 2024, 11:24
Replies: 9
Views: 652
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

British/Irish English .................Murcan...

British/Irish English .................Murcan English
=============== ................============
CRI ..........................................CFI who can't teach ab-initio
FI...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
18th Apr 2024, 13:40
Replies: 4
Views: 665
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

Thanks Alex, that's a useful start on updating my...

Thanks Alex, that's a useful start on updating my knowledge.

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Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
18th Apr 2024, 11:12
Replies: 4
Views: 665
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

Cost of integrated courses in 2024

Hi folks, could you help me out. I'm just benchmarking something (a different course my employer is putting together) and realise my knowledge of the cost of Integrated fATPL courses isn't very...
Forum: Private Flying
4th Apr 2024, 17:52
Replies: 8
Views: 662
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

Even then, if you have a favourite local...

Even then, if you have a favourite local examiner, getting them registered with your licence state of registry is probably a lot less aggro than SOLIing.

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Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
4th Apr 2024, 14:49
Replies: 45
Views: 3,477
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

The vast majority of published pedagogical...

The vast majority of published pedagogical research agrees with myself and B2N2 with regard to learning, then reinforcing in the air. You're of-course absolutely right that subsequent post-flight...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
4th Apr 2024, 13:11
Replies: 45
Views: 3,477
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

The bulk of learning should be done out of the...

The bulk of learning should be done out of the aeroplane, with slides, white/blackboard presentations, videos, dialogue with your instructor in briefings.

The flying part is then to consolidate...
Forum: Private Flying
4th Apr 2024, 12:59
Replies: 8
Views: 662
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

Why transfer? The Spanish authority can accept a...

Why transfer? The Spanish authority can accept a French issued medical, and you can fly French aeroplanes on a Spanish licence. Any EASA examiner can test any EASA licenced pilot.

I'm British, my...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
2nd Apr 2024, 15:56
Replies: 45
Views: 3,477
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

I agree, and I'm pretty sure that every...

I agree, and I'm pretty sure that every instructor's guide I've ever read says roughly the same thing.

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Forum: Private Flying
31st Mar 2024, 18:49
Replies: 3
Views: 367
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

Same as any other EASA country I think. The link...

Same as any other EASA country I think. The link here is Irish, but if you look at TCQ3 you'll get the gist.

I've heard nothing but good about the Danish CAA, so hopefully they'll be helpful and...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
31st Mar 2024, 08:39
Replies: 45
Views: 3,477
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

Plenty of airports around the world require...

Plenty of airports around the world require anybody to get the ATIS before moving, and nothing wrong with any pilot listening to it several times to make sure that they didn't miss anything. I think...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
30th Mar 2024, 19:50
Replies: 45
Views: 3,477
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

Tough story. Clearly something's gone wrong here....

Tough story. Clearly something's gone wrong here. At 60 you aren't going to learn as somebody in their teens or twenties, but 60hrs to solo clearly indicates a problem.

I'm British, but have...
Forum: Private Flying
27th Mar 2024, 19:58
Replies: 22
Views: 1,805
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

Mid-winter at many airfields we can probably find...

Mid-winter at many airfields we can probably find you density altitudes less than zero feet around here.

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Forum: Private Flying
27th Mar 2024, 07:53
Replies: 22
Views: 1,805
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

With good cause, Britain's airspace is a...

With good cause, Britain's airspace is a complicated mess - and I say that having held a licence here for over thirty years and am very used to it.

The vast majority of us nowadays rely on apps to...
Forum: Private Flying
26th Mar 2024, 14:14
Replies: 22
Views: 1,805
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

Nothing so sensible. When ultralight...

Nothing so sensible.

When ultralight aircraft first appeared in Britain, they were referred to here as "minimum aircraft" and the BMAA, or British Minimum Aircraft Association was formed.

When...
Forum: Private Flying
25th Mar 2024, 14:49
Replies: 22
Views: 1,805
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

NW UK starts about Glasgow. NW England would...

NW UK starts about Glasgow.

NW England would be around Manchester.

First useful advice, don't confuse England with the UK, they're absolutely not the same place.

If your Kenyan PPL is ICAO...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
24th Mar 2024, 22:22
Replies: 10
Views: 1,518
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

I'm also not a great fan of integrated. ...

I'm also not a great fan of integrated.

Whichever way you go, do two things first.

(1) A class 1 medical

(2) a UK or EASA PPL.

With those behind you, you know if you can meet the medical...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
21st Mar 2024, 19:22
Replies: 8
Views: 1,058
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

And only needs 10hrs instructing every 3 years to...

And only needs 10hrs instructing every 3 years to revalidate, instead of 50.

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Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
20th Mar 2024, 21:49
Replies: 9
Views: 1,110
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

Well done, and best of luck with your training. ...

Well done, and best of luck with your training.

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Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
20th Mar 2024, 21:47
Replies: 8
Views: 1,058
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

You could try Fly-in-Spain at Jerez. I did an IR...

You could try Fly-in-Spain at Jerez. I did an IR course there a few years ago and whilst pricey, had a good experience with facilities and instruction. So far as I know they can do both UK and EASA...
Forum: Private Flying
15th Mar 2024, 10:00
Replies: 30
Views: 1,924
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

For a whole bunch of reasons, "weight" and "mass"...

For a whole bunch of reasons, "weight" and "mass" can be treated as interchangeable when you do everything at 1g. That includes doing your shopping, or calculating an aeroplane's weight/mass and...
Forum: Private Flying
8th Mar 2024, 13:49
Replies: 30
Views: 1,924
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

Negative. A Newton is the force required to...

Negative.

A Newton is the force required to accelerate a mass of 1kg at 1m/s/s.

Or at 1g, the force to hold up 98.1 grammes.

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Forum: Private Flying
7th Mar 2024, 09:52
Replies: 30
Views: 1,924
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

Fair point, although the AoA sensor wasn't just...

Fair point, although the AoA sensor wasn't just used for MCAS, it was also used to feed the AFCS.

There's actually also a bunch of logic Boeing employed to tell you if you think you have a problem...
Forum: Private Flying
7th Mar 2024, 09:21
Replies: 30
Views: 1,924
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

Proper failsafe wants three AoA sensors, then if...

Proper failsafe wants three AoA sensors, then if any one is out of alignment, you disregard it and take the mean of the other two.

Two sensors is not really any better than one in a safety...
Forum: Private Flying
7th Mar 2024, 08:24
Replies: 30
Views: 1,924
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

You're about right for static stability. ...

You're about right for static stability.

There are two different dynamic modes, the long period - commonly called the phugoid or sometimes "porpoising" typically with a period around half a minute...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
6th Mar 2024, 12:16
Replies: 11
Views: 1,137
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

All great advice above, I'd not disagree with any...

All great advice above, I'd not disagree with any of it.

From Sutton Coldfield, your two nearest training airfields at Coventry and Wellesbourne-Mountford. I'd suggest that you go and visit both,...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
4th Mar 2024, 13:00
Replies: 9
Views: 1,110
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

Not a popular option right now, I'm sure ! ...

Not a popular option right now, I'm sure !

Seek political asylum?

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Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
4th Mar 2024, 10:06
Replies: 25
Views: 1,665
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

Left to my own devices, and not constrained by...

Left to my own devices, and not constrained by school standardisation and the test syllabus, I'd teach integrated PLOG and GPS, then do diversions "no screen". In practice I have to do it the other...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
4th Mar 2024, 09:55
Replies: 9
Views: 1,110
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

This is going to happen a lot I think, across...

This is going to happen a lot I think, across many areas, not just flying training. I'm aware of university students around the world finding life being made very difficult for them because they...
Forum: Private Flying
2nd Mar 2024, 17:07
Replies: 20
Views: 2,464
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

If posting, best advice is to send a certified...

If posting, best advice is to send a certified copy or electronic logbook printout, not your original. Whilst it is thankfully rare, logbooks have gone missing, and that would be disastrous for...
Forum: Private Flying
22nd Feb 2024, 05:24
Replies: 19
Views: 2,818
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

If we're talking about Thruxton creations, don't...

If we're talking about Thruxton creations, don't forget the famous Jackaroo. A 4-seat enclosed light aeroplane, converted from post war Tiger Moths.

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Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
15th Feb 2024, 09:07
Replies: 9
Views: 2,067
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

Hate to tell you this, but most GA, in most of...

Hate to tell you this, but most GA, in most of the world, you have to do the fuelling yourself !

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Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
15th Feb 2024, 07:25
Replies: 9
Views: 2,067
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

(1) If you are a low hour pilot, 20-30 hours per...

(1) If you are a low hour pilot, 20-30 hours per week is NOT safe. You simply won't have the capacity to do that safely. Be sensible - 3hrs/day x 5 days a week is the most any low hour pilot can...
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