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Old 5th Feb 2004, 20:36
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mad_jock
 
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Sam I hope this dosn't come across as a bit cheeky but...

All the mags are either ppl only and only deal with VFR flying. Which i will admit is proberly a very high percentage of your readers.

How about some more technical flying articles?

Not really the spanner stuff although a few of them wouldn't go a miss.

But finer points of instrument flying and the common cockups flying certain procedures. And examples of what to do when ATC require you to step outside SOPs. Ie max speed until 4dme etc.
You could even case study particular horrible ones. Faro islands, the cloud break at SUM comes to mind.

A case example or 2 of common incidents detailing what the pilots problems were and how they dealt with them and the process which is going on with ATC dealing with the problem.

Off the top of my head

Pilots entering IMC
Unsure of position
Rough engine
Bad wx

I know from nights in the pub. What ATC have been told what we will do is quite different than in real life. And also I didn't have a clue the processes or the resources available to me as a pilot through ATC if required, until these pub nights.

You never know it may help ppl's see the benifit of keeping a IMC not only valid but also current.

MJ
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