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Forum: Rotorheads

12th Dec 2013, 21:25

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AS332L2 Ditching off Shetland: 23rd August 2013

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Posted By ShyTorque

Either method can work but obviously you have to...

Either method can work but obviously you have to fully understand what the autopilot is doing, and what it is not doing.

I often fly off airfield letdowns, i.e. non-precision approaches. I find it...

Forum: Rotorheads

27th Nov 2013, 08:05

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AS332L2 Ditching off Shetland: 23rd August 2013

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Posted By ShyTorque

HF, that happened to me; I went to a new job on a...

HF, that happened to me; I went to a new job on a new type of aircraft. It was so new that there was no recognised training syllabus for it. It had a nav/ comm system I had not seen before but there...

Forum: Rotorheads

7th Nov 2013, 22:43

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AS332L2 Ditching off Shetland: 23rd August 2013

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Posted By ShyTorque

At least some do have the protection of SOPs,...

At least some do have the protection of SOPs, however, now working as I mostly do for non-AOC operators, recurrent training is mainly a thing of the past.

We are obliged to fly multi-crew because...

Forum: Rotorheads

7th Nov 2013, 17:34

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AS332L2 Ditching off Shetland: 23rd August 2013

Views: 876,849

Posted By ShyTorque

Geoffers, are you referring to an EC 135 accident...

Geoffers, are you referring to an EC 135 accident where the pilot was so unfamiliar with the AP that he began to fight with it and eventually lost control? If so, the aircraft ended up on it's side...

Forum: Rotorheads

5th Sep 2013, 18:44

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AS332L2 Ditching off Shetland: 23rd August 2013

Views: 876,849

Posted By ShyTorque

212, thanks. My first look at this and I promise...

212, thanks. My first look at this and I promise to try to keep up in future.....

Forum: Rotorheads

5th Sep 2013, 17:09

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AS332L2 Ditching off Shetland: 23rd August 2013

Views: 876,849

Posted By ShyTorque

Just read the latest AAIB report (link emailed to...

Just read the latest AAIB report (link emailed to me).

My eyes were also drawn straight to the paragraph about the autopilot modes in use at the time.

As a "3 axis only" rotary autopilot user,...

Forum: Rotorheads

24th Aug 2013, 07:05

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AS332L2 Ditching off Shetland: 23rd August 2013

Views: 876,849

Posted By ShyTorque

BBC Radio 2 newsreader just reported this...

BBC Radio 2 newsreader just reported this aircraft as a "Sea Puma".

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