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Old 5th Dec 2019, 20:22
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PAXboy
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  • Watch the video and see how the horizon is set across his window - once there, he keeps it there.
  • Watch how he keeps looking further round the turn.
  • He has a Co Pilot to watch outside and listen too.
  • He has also got an FE to watch anything inside.
  • He briefed the turn when he saw the light aircraft ahead of him - so they had time to check for traffic.
  • From the start of the video and awareness of the other a/c, to starting the turn is about 23 seconds.
  • So no one was taken by surprise.

Consider that, at some small African stopping points, you have to buzz the tower to let them know you have arrived as their radio is u/s. In some places when there is a war, the 'tower' decamps to the tallest hotel building in town and you buzz THAT.

I am not a pilot in Africa but my nephew is.
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