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Forum: Private Flying
12th Mar 2016, 09:08
Replies: 202
Views: 57,723
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

What we had was a low hour, low recency pilot in...

What we had was a low hour, low recency pilot in an aeroplane that was fairly complex and he wasn't yet very familiar with, in poor conditions.

Putting aside the pilot's arguably poor judgement in...
Forum: Private Flying
11th Mar 2016, 21:32
Replies: 202
Views: 57,723
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

Lots of people use the listening squawk service...

Lots of people use the listening squawk service without talking to anybody - that's the point of it.

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Forum: Private Flying
11th Mar 2016, 20:46
Replies: 202
Views: 57,723
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

Reads to me that his route was pretty direct:...

Reads to me that his route was pretty direct: most likely following a GPS track (that's not a criticism of the pilot in that regard, why shouldn't he?) - but presumably he'd not have been so low if...
Forum: Private Flying
11th Mar 2016, 17:38
Replies: 202
Views: 57,723
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

No I read it. It is holes in the cheese...

No I read it.

It is holes in the cheese lining up isn't it.

Proceeding into poor conditions, with an engine not properly understood. Could have climbed before the fault arose into IMC and...
Forum: Private Flying
10th Mar 2016, 22:12
Replies: 202
Views: 57,723
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

tmmorris' post above reminds me of something I...

tmmorris' post above reminds me of something I was told by my first boss in a flight test department, which remains excellent advice.



That said, if he had the kit and training, he absolutely...
Forum: Private Flying
12th Jan 2015, 17:15
Replies: 202
Views: 57,723
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

Some people live sheltered lives! Some of us...

Some people live sheltered lives!

Some of us would tend to regard 1150m and 840m runways and a windsock as becoming distinctly "airfieldish".

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Forum: Private Flying
12th Jan 2015, 16:22
Replies: 202
Views: 57,723
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

A minor, but contributory, factor. The present...

A minor, but contributory, factor. The present Mrs.G has an engineering degree, which means she can at-least follow the maths if I show her.

That she has a somewhat lower ZFW is admittedly an...
Forum: Private Flying
12th Jan 2015, 16:07
Replies: 202
Views: 57,723
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

I've done that a couple of times. With another...

I've done that a couple of times. With another pilot, it's straightforward - explaining to the former Mrs.G that she weighed too much and I had to fly without her on the other hand stretched my...
Forum: Private Flying
12th Jan 2015, 15:22
Replies: 202
Views: 57,723
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

I've done it three times in fields, once on a...

I've done it three times in fields, once on a beach, each time with no aircraft damage, 3/4 times I flew out again once the weather had improved - admittedly each time in a microlight with good short...
Forum: Private Flying
11th Jan 2015, 17:00
Replies: 202
Views: 57,723
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

A couple of years ago, having got caught out by...

A couple of years ago, having got caught out by weather deteriorating faster than expected, I landed a microlight on a golf course. A few days later, with permission and better weather, I flew it...
Forum: Private Flying
8th Jan 2015, 11:15
Replies: 202
Views: 57,723
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

Yes. I got caught in an unforecast...

Yes.

I got caught in an unforecast descending cloudbase, reducing visibility, and commencing rain within a couple of miles of where this happened, around 10 years ago - in a permit aircraft.

I...
Forum: Private Flying
8th Jan 2015, 10:56
Replies: 202
Views: 57,723
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

I'm guessing from his profile, aerobatics in a...

I'm guessing from his profile, aerobatics in a Bulldog?

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