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Forum: Private Flying

24th Feb 2015, 11:40

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Posted By Gertrude the Wombat

We were a little more explicit with ours. ...

We were a little more explicit with ours.

"Have you got tired and cross and horrible then?"

"Yes." (In a tired and cross and horrible voice.)

Forum: Private Flying

22nd Feb 2015, 10:39

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Posted By Gertrude the Wombat

And I learned in the 1980s that when producing an...

And I learned in the 1980s that when producing an American version of a piece of software, translated from the English, the "abort" function had to be renamed to something else.

Forum: Private Flying

21st Feb 2015, 14:14

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Posted By Gertrude the Wombat

No, I've never come across a need to do precisely...

No, I've never come across a need to do precisely that, although a PFL to land on an airfield (which I have practiced) has some similarities.

The other reason to do a spiral descent - to get down...

Forum: Private Flying

21st Feb 2015, 10:11

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Posted By Gertrude the Wombat

I wondered whether that was the motivation. ...

I wondered whether that was the motivation.

I was taught that stuff as a natural part of being taught to fly the circuit, particularly the base to final turn, and I can apply it elsewhere if/when...

Forum: Private Flying

20th Feb 2015, 19:12

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Posted By Gertrude the Wombat

What problem do they solve? - genuinely curious.

What problem do they solve? - genuinely curious.

Forum: Private Flying

20th Feb 2015, 16:14

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Posted By Gertrude the Wombat

Like many here I would refuse such an...

Like many here I would refuse such an instruction. They can't tell you not to go around FFS!

Forum: Private Flying

19th Feb 2015, 20:13

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Posted By Gertrude the Wombat

Seen one which seemed much lower than that ... I...

Seen one which seemed much lower than that ... I was in a car at the time, not an aircraft, it gave the impression of just clearing the treetops, and the noise was something else entirely ...
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Forum: Private Flying

18th Feb 2015, 20:25

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Posted By Gertrude the Wombat

?? - I've been on final at ten miles, when...

?? - I've been on final at ten miles, when offered straight in by ATC.

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