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Old 24th Aug 2008, 02:07
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Capt Wally
 
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hey Dr yr lucky you got a jam tin on each corner, an overkill there mate!
Look the RFDS don't employ pilots who can't 'cut it'. Apart from their high training stds night approaches is everything with these guys. You can get a boy scout to land at a city AD with more lights than an Elvis concert but as the Dr has demonstrated it's a bit diff when yr not RPT with the luxuries of 2 crew & more fancy gizmo's than most. Like I mentioned earlier what did we do pre fancy gizmo's? It's all about a stable app & technique & of course knowing yr/the limitations of that particular app.
Black holes can be interesting & shows ones 'limitations', makes you fly the dials & numbers right to the letter of the law, & all done in the middle of the night in some rather delightful wx ! I/we do them every day/night of the week, if it goes pear shaped then it's pilot error.

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