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Forum: Military Aviation
5th Mar 2018, 14:37
Replies: 50
Views: 16,081
Posted By Dick Whittingham

After the T-Bird in Canada in '53 the Vampire...

After the T-Bird in Canada in '53 the Vampire came as a bit of a shock. After learning my trade on 605sqn I rejoined in ' 57. Flew various marks. IIRC, 5,9,10,11 & 22. Many a tale there.

Dick
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Apr 2017, 13:12
Replies: 15
Views: 4,588
Posted By Dick Whittingham

Command Films

Round about 1960 CAS decided that each Command should have a film made about their work. I was involved in the Training Command version.

Does anyone know what happened to this?

Dick
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
23rd Nov 2015, 16:02
Replies: 3
Views: 1,305
Posted By Dick Whittingham

"Learn" a second language

You don't need a second language to be a pilot. English is the required language for commercial flying. That said, it is great fun to speak a second language at street level. Forget 5 year courses....
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
8th Nov 2015, 11:06
Replies: 17
Views: 7,199
Posted By Dick Whittingham

bogus? My post that you quote is 5 years...

bogus?

My post that you quote is 5 years old. I am Alex Whittingham's Father, long retired. The email address I gave was valid then and AFAIK is valid now.

What is your specific complaint?
...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Aug 2015, 13:39
Replies: 121
Views: 454,550
Posted By Dick Whittingham

Quite a while back I saw a pic on this thread...

Quite a while back I saw a pic on this thread showing part of the wreckage with the distinct marks of impact from a continuous expanding rod warhead just like the one in the UK Bloodhound 2. What...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
8th Sep 2014, 16:24
Replies: 10
Views: 1,461
Posted By Dick Whittingham

The IVSI is (was) a horse of a different colour

The IVSI is (was) a horse of a different colour
Forum: Tech Log
22nd Mar 2013, 15:36
Replies: 11
Views: 3,097
Posted By Dick Whittingham

Please go back to the original question, which...

Please go back to the original question, which was about longitudinal dihedral. The explanation given was that as tail alpha was a lower value than wing alpha a gust increase would give a greater...
Forum: Tech Log
31st Jan 2013, 15:21
Replies: 198
Views: 64,331
Posted By Dick Whittingham

Peter, I shouldn't have done that. I had...

Peter,

I shouldn't have done that. I had hoped to give Lyman pause to check his mass of verbiage for errors, contradictions, non sequiturs, pointless metaphors, et al. Instead I have unlocked...
Forum: Tech Log
31st Jan 2013, 13:35
Replies: 198
Views: 64,331
Posted By Dick Whittingham

Lyman, To be precise, Abernethy did not...

Lyman,

To be precise, Abernethy did not "assign two titles" to his engine. He assigned a title to his patent, but said the engine was "actually", that is, in reality, a partial ramjet. I'll go...
Forum: Tech Log
13th Jan 2013, 10:23
Replies: 14
Views: 2,942
Posted By Dick Whittingham

So, not a case of "why did it take so long",...

So, not a case of "why did it take so long", rather "didn't they do well"

And Griffons were in service with several aircraft well before the end of the war. Note that RR had the new Eagle on the...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
10th Jan 2013, 20:30
Replies: 2
Views: 927
Posted By Dick Whittingham

To sit the ATPL exams you have to have attended...

To sit the ATPL exams you have to have attended an approved school. Whatever school you choose will supply you with their own notes.
Forum: Tech Log
9th Jan 2013, 15:55
Replies: 14
Views: 2,942
Posted By Dick Whittingham

The early Hurricanes had the Merlin C with a two...

The early Hurricanes had the Merlin C with a two blade wooden fixed pitch prop. Later aircraft with the Merlin II or III upgraded to a metal 3 blade two position variable pitch prop and then to a...
Forum: Tech Log
5th Jan 2013, 10:51
Replies: 1
Views: 1,509
Posted By Dick Whittingham

To answer your AOA question first, if we deal...

To answer your AOA question first, if we deal with shallow glide angles, approximating level flght, then if AOA goes up speed goes down and vice versa

As to why best angle of glide speed goes...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
31st Dec 2012, 20:42
Replies: 5
Views: 1,611
Posted By Dick Whittingham

I declare my hand. I know a Flying Training film...

I declare my hand. I know a Flying Training film was made - I was involved in various ways - and I know it was used. I never heard of the others, if they were ever made.

Dick
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
31st Dec 2012, 11:45
Replies: 5
Views: 1,611
Posted By Dick Whittingham

"Command" Films

IIRC in the early '60s CAS decided that each RAF Command should produce a short film encapsulating their task. Whatever happened to the films?

Dick
Forum: Private Flying
29th Dec 2012, 13:06
Replies: 29
Views: 15,516
Posted By Dick Whittingham

Do they still teach you how to use a slide rule...

Do they still teach you how to use a slide rule at school? The CRP5 is basically a circular slide rule and can handle all your multiplication and division
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
17th Nov 2012, 10:28
Replies: 1,315
Views: 917,126
Posted By Dick Whittingham

First, differentiate between efficiency and...

First, differentiate between efficiency and thrust. You can have a grossly inefficient engine producing lots of thrust. Second, efficiency is always stated as a comparison - SFC is a good example,...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
9th Nov 2012, 08:41
Replies: 8
Views: 3,829
Posted By Dick Whittingham

900 Dick

900

Dick
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
24th Oct 2012, 10:50
Replies: 6
Views: 7,954
Posted By Dick Whittingham

Beware the difference between theory and...

Beware the difference between theory and practice, jets and pistons.

The power required for flight is an airframe factor as is the drag at various speeds. Vimd doesn't depend on the powerplant....
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
17th Oct 2012, 21:06
Replies: 13
Views: 21,652
Posted By Dick Whittingham

I think you will find that even at sea level high...

I think you will find that even at sea level high TAS will generate significant pressure(and therefore density) errors. And yet,if you set your wizzwheel to ISA msl values it shows CAS equal to TAS...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
25th Sep 2012, 18:27
Replies: 12
Views: 6,808
Posted By Dick Whittingham

radar energy hitting a smooth surface at a...

radar energy hitting a smooth surface at a shallow angle will skip straight on and not reflect. On the return scope it will look like a blank area. But don't think all blank areas are harmless...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
20th Sep 2012, 13:46
Replies: 2
Views: 614
Posted By Dick Whittingham

Try Inicio El Directorio Aeronáutico de México....

Try
Inicio El Directorio Aeronáutico de México. ® 2011-2012 (http://www.directorioaeronautico.com.mx)
Dick
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
6th Aug 2012, 16:59
Replies: 1,315
Views: 917,126
Posted By Dick Whittingham

Lars Yes, it's a word thing. I now think I...

Lars

Yes, it's a word thing. I now think I understand what you say, and I am happy to find that I have not been wildly wrong, Thanks a lot
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
6th Aug 2012, 13:43
Replies: 1,315
Views: 917,126
Posted By Dick Whittingham

lasseb Continuing, for simplicity, with the...

lasseb

Continuing, for simplicity, with the stable platform INS, if in ALIGN the levelling is carried out without error and there is no gravity element being sensed by the N/S and E/W...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
6th Aug 2012, 11:53
Replies: 1,315
Views: 917,126
Posted By Dick Whittingham

lasseb If you "dampen" the response to...

lasseb

If you "dampen" the response to errors due to incorrect levelling how do you allow the primary function to continue un-damped?
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
6th Aug 2012, 10:14
Replies: 1,315
Views: 917,126
Posted By Dick Whittingham

Akafrank07 Whatever referece notes you are...

Akafrank07

Whatever referece notes you are using, I suggest you get a better set.



That statement is not true

Dick
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
6th Aug 2012, 10:07
Replies: 1,315
Views: 917,126
Posted By Dick Whittingham

But note that a strapdown IRS keeps a...

But note that a strapdown IRS keeps a mathematical equivalent of the stable plaform and reacts to setup errors or gravitational errors in the same way as a stable platform INS - with bounded position...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
26th Jul 2012, 10:03
Replies: 1,315
Views: 917,126
Posted By Dick Whittingham

If we restrict ourselves to the "classic"...

If we restrict ourselves to the "classic" sub-tropical jets then they are westerlies because the thermal equator is more or less at the geographic equator - except in one case. In the northern...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
25th Jul 2012, 20:35
Replies: 6
Views: 2,274
Posted By Dick Whittingham

The RAF spent £millions trying to find a test to...

The RAF spent £millions trying to find a test to show who would pass RAF training. The last I heard of it,when I was Gp Capt (Fly Trg) was that the only two factors of statistical significance were...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
25th Jul 2012, 14:25
Replies: 1,315
Views: 917,126
Posted By Dick Whittingham

Assuming that A and B and the meeting point are...

Assuming that A and B and the meeting point are in a straight line and that the meeting point lies on the line between A and B
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
11th Jun 2012, 09:55
Replies: 8
Views: 2,474
Posted By Dick Whittingham

May I just point out that the "Bristol DVD" is...

May I just point out that the "Bristol DVD" is issued by Bristol Ground School, while cefey's "bristol" questions are probably ATPLOnline, which is only a question bank and is a different company.
...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
3rd Jun 2012, 12:06
Replies: 18
Views: 1,225
Posted By Dick Whittingham

Why don't you go directly to your instructor at...

Why don't you go directly to your instructor at your school?
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
22nd May 2012, 14:45
Replies: 5
Views: 3,628
Posted By Dick Whittingham

Rats! Genghis beat me to it! You have an IAS...

Rats! Genghis beat me to it!

You have an IAS limit because at high IAS the airflow loads on the aircraft will pull the wings off. You have a Mach limit because (for transport aircraft) high M will...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
22nd May 2012, 09:09
Replies: 11
Views: 2,250
Posted By Dick Whittingham

Genghis, LM carefully doesn't say these are...

Genghis,

LM carefully doesn't say these are ATPL syllabus subjects. He doesn't even say they are "database" questions. He only says that studying "database" questions will not help wih your...
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