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Forum: African Aviation
14th Jun 2013, 10:44
Replies: 223
Views: 98,910
Posted By cavortingcheetah

That's a relatively meaningless piece of self...

That's a relatively meaningless piece of self congratulation on the part of the CAAB.

Effective implementation by Region currently stands as follows:

Africa 41%, Asia 68%, Europe 72%, Latin...
Forum: African Aviation
4th Aug 2012, 15:26
Replies: 223
Views: 98,910
Posted By cavortingcheetah

What! All unaided?

What! All unaided?
Forum: African Aviation
31st May 2012, 16:35
Replies: 223
Views: 98,910
Posted By cavortingcheetah

Sound and profound thoughts indeed and an...

Sound and profound thoughts indeed and an excellent identification of one of the major problems confronting both aviation safety and modern aviation recruitment practice. I refer of course to the...
Forum: African Aviation
1st Feb 2012, 21:05
Replies: 223
Views: 98,910
Posted By cavortingcheetah

I thought #188 a brilliant resume and a better...

I thought #188 a brilliant resume and a better letter than any I've read in Flight International for a long while.
It reminded me of Emile Zola's letter of 1898 titled 'J'accuse' published in...
Forum: African Aviation
30th Jan 2012, 13:29
Replies: 223
Views: 98,910
Posted By cavortingcheetah

That sounds like a very pragmatic solution.

That sounds like a very pragmatic solution.
Forum: African Aviation
30th Jan 2012, 09:07
Replies: 223
Views: 98,910
Posted By cavortingcheetah

The deterioration continues apace then? ...

The deterioration continues apace then?
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From the Stewarts Law internet pages and I hope paraphrased fairly and correctly?

Mark Sampson, CAA Botswana says that, as the regulating...
Forum: African Aviation
20th Jan 2012, 02:23
Replies: 223
Views: 98,910
Posted By cavortingcheetah

It's jolly difficult keeping up with personalised...

It's jolly difficult keeping up with personalised censorship restrictions but we try to accommodate all phantasies.
One thought though arrived in the middle of the African night. Given the...
Forum: African Aviation
17th Jan 2012, 12:45
Replies: 223
Views: 98,910
Posted By cavortingcheetah

I have only this to say and hope that, since it...

I have only this to say and hope that, since it is not there, it will not be taken as a blurted insult, a veiled threat or even an innuendo.
Forum: African Aviation
16th Jan 2012, 14:19
Replies: 223
Views: 98,910
Posted By cavortingcheetah

That's a hard self appointed moderator who...

That's a hard self appointed moderator who expects someone on a rumour network to keep a record of that which was edited out of a post immediately after posting the dastardly thing, even before...
Forum: African Aviation
6th Jan 2012, 13:01
Replies: 223
Views: 98,910
Posted By cavortingcheetah

It's academic, but it's usual for performance...

It's academic, but it's usual for performance figures on grass to be less advantageous than those on tarmac regardless of engines.

See 5-24.3 here.
...
Forum: African Aviation
2nd Jan 2012, 18:06
Replies: 223
Views: 98,910
Posted By cavortingcheetah

That seems a perfectly reasonable request and...

That seems a perfectly reasonable request and certainly one that is easier to comply with than always having to highlight and justify. Good luck to you for the new year by the way.
Forum: African Aviation
2nd Jan 2012, 06:27
Replies: 223
Views: 98,910
Posted By cavortingcheetah

Most excellently amusing post although I doubt...

Most excellently amusing post although I doubt the intention was for it to be entirely that. I would suggest, in the absence of facts, that it is difficult to be anything other than subjective. ...
Forum: African Aviation
1st Jan 2012, 13:00
Replies: 223
Views: 98,910
Posted By cavortingcheetah

The screed, from here, ...

The screed, from here,

http://850caravan.com/ftp/AFMS%20PERFORMANCE%20REF%20ONLY.pdf

states thus:

2. For operation on a dry, grass runway, increase distance by 15% of the “ground roll”...
Forum: African Aviation
31st Dec 2011, 17:09
Replies: 223
Views: 98,910
Posted By cavortingcheetah

It was the defenestration of Prague that began...

It was the defenestration of Prague that began the Thirty Years War. That's when a room load of worthies were heaved out of a castle window and so began the first great pan European war 1618-1648. ...
Forum: African Aviation
31st Dec 2011, 10:27
Replies: 223
Views: 98,910
Posted By cavortingcheetah

It is not possible for a female employed in the...

It is not possible for a female employed in the transport trade to be anything other than a woman. This was a similar characteristic claimed by a woman, which of course is not the case here,...
Forum: African Aviation
23rd Dec 2011, 13:01
Replies: 223
Views: 98,910
Posted By cavortingcheetah

If a rebranding of Moremi Air means that the...

If a rebranding of Moremi Air means that the company name is changed in order to conceal an apparently accident filled past history from the public, isn't that the same sort of thing as fraud? It'd...
Forum: African Aviation
21st Dec 2011, 07:47
Replies: 223
Views: 98,910
Posted By cavortingcheetah

Mr Cheetah has no intention of removing his posts...

Mr Cheetah has no intention of removing his posts which, as reference to #47 and #64 (I haven't a clue who poor old Martin was (RIP) so disregard him in what follows.) should indicate, were directed...
Forum: African Aviation
20th Dec 2011, 14:31
Replies: 223
Views: 98,910
Posted By cavortingcheetah

An aircraft's ability to operate legally is not...

An aircraft's ability to operate legally is not in question and anyone is at liberty to explore any avenue of research that they might wish. There's a certain degree of what appears to be emotive...
Forum: African Aviation
19th Dec 2011, 16:29
Replies: 223
Views: 98,910
Posted By cavortingcheetah

The business of extrapolating figures from...

The business of extrapolating figures from performance manuals is surely one best left to a board of inquiry?
Forum: African Aviation
16th Dec 2011, 09:54
Replies: 223
Views: 98,910
Posted By cavortingcheetah

I don't know but wouldn't want to have to try it...

I don't know but wouldn't want to have to try it again though, not matter how many engines. That's got absolutely nothing to do with anything anyway. But there's much less criticism of any individual...
Forum: African Aviation
15th Dec 2011, 22:18
Replies: 223
Views: 98,910
Posted By cavortingcheetah

Was it necessary for CAA Botswana to approve the...

Was it necessary for CAA Botswana to approve the APE conversion and the hypothetical improved weight increase of 312lbs? Were the POH and SOPs amended accordingly and in accordance with legal and/or...
Forum: African Aviation
30th Nov 2011, 07:33
Replies: 223
Views: 98,910
Posted By cavortingcheetah

I would hazard a guess that if you're using the...

I would hazard a guess that if you're using the notional weights of either 70/80kg for a male, 60/70 for a female and 20kg for baggage including the hand or lap stuff, that your load sheet will...
Forum: African Aviation
29th Nov 2011, 12:50
Replies: 223
Views: 98,910
Posted By cavortingcheetah

The oil and the battery, two good uses for a...

The oil and the battery, two good uses for a frisky first officer?
Forum: African Aviation
29th Nov 2011, 12:38
Replies: 223
Views: 98,910
Posted By cavortingcheetah

Some might have thought that a rudder tiller was...

Some might have thought that a rudder tiller was a euphemism for nose wheel steering below certain airspeeds to compensate for the 7-9 degree efficacy of the actual rudder pedals on the nose wheel...
Forum: African Aviation
29th Nov 2011, 11:33
Replies: 223
Views: 98,910
Posted By cavortingcheetah

Why should the supposed reality of economic self...

Why should the supposed reality of economic self interest stand in the way of aviation safety and an increase in price structuring on those whose shoulders are the broadest and can thus afford the...
Forum: African Aviation
29th Nov 2011, 09:30
Replies: 223
Views: 98,910
Posted By cavortingcheetah

All of which leads to the potential conclusion...

All of which leads to the potential conclusion that CAA/Botswana should legislate the following.

1. All flights for hire and reward in Botswana airspace to be conducted in twin engined aircraft...
Forum: African Aviation
28th Nov 2011, 13:50
Replies: 223
Views: 98,910
Posted By cavortingcheetah

Not to be overly digressive but I rather thought...

Not to be overly digressive but I rather thought that the S333 was a helicopter powered by a Rolls Royce gas turbine engine?
Perhaps and in general rather than specific terms, problems in Maun are...
Forum: African Aviation
28th Nov 2011, 10:22
Replies: 223
Views: 98,910
Posted By cavortingcheetah

Featured here as well? Flight planning for...

Featured here as well?

Flight planning for dummies – the work before flying « PC: A twist of life (http://pcreithe.wordpress.com/2007/06/09/flight-planning-for-dummies/)
Forum: African Aviation
28th Nov 2011, 10:15
Replies: 223
Views: 98,910
Posted By cavortingcheetah

I haven't a clue who poor old Martin was (RIP) so...

I haven't a clue who poor old Martin was (RIP) so disregard him in what follows. The line ( Had too much time on type/with PT6 engines to make a stupid mistake.) is really a bit of a fate tempter...
Forum: African Aviation
25th Nov 2011, 18:27
Replies: 223
Views: 98,910
Posted By cavortingcheetah

If a pilot were to call up his operations...

If a pilot were to call up his operations control, in Maun for the sake of idle example, from a far off dirt strip in the Botswana outback and explain very carefully that in reality, using actual or...
Forum: African Aviation
25th Nov 2011, 07:32
Replies: 223
Views: 98,910
Posted By cavortingcheetah

That depends on what lump of ice or shrapnel like...

That depends on what lump of ice or shrapnel like FOD came winging your way in that half second?
Forum: African Aviation
24th Nov 2011, 15:07
Replies: 223
Views: 98,910
Posted By cavortingcheetah

http://www.pwc.ca/files/en/Know_your_PT6A.pdf ...

http://www.pwc.ca/files/en/Know_your_PT6A.pdf

Page 17 refers.

My comments were also not intended as comments on the standard of operations in Maun but rather on the general causes of PT6...
Forum: African Aviation
24th Nov 2011, 05:19
Replies: 223
Views: 98,910
Posted By cavortingcheetah

Perhaps the answer lies not with the magnificent...

Perhaps the answer lies not with the magnificent PT6 but rather with some element of human resources. Any pilot who has flow in Botswana should be able to tell you that just because the skies are...
Forum: African Aviation
15th Oct 2011, 01:17
Replies: 223
Views: 98,910
Posted By cavortingcheetah

lilflyboy262. I assume you knew some of the...

lilflyboy262.
I assume you knew some of the people who were on board this flight and that, in any event, you are in Maun at this tragic and traumatic time.
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