Oh dear ...
[Edit: This message relates to post #5729]
Pilot here (not an ATC wannabe) but I just came across this posting ...
Your Q1 answer is so deeply wrong on so many levels.
For a start - 10 minutes at 260 mph groundspeed gives you 43 miles travelled, not 4.3 miles ... so the answer is 243 miles, not 204.3. That's the easy part to point out.
The "deeply wrong" part is how you could possibly have typed all that in to the computer without so much as a single one of your (presumably) 400 billion plus neurones firing a little "hang on a sec" ...
I mean, look back at your "answer". Your aircraft spends 10 minutes on climb and travels a grand total of 4 miles (i.e. you can still see it from the tower window), but as soon as he levels out at FL150 it's off to 400 mph and covering 200 miles in 0.5 hours (i.e. 6 miles a MINUTE). Doesn't sound right now, DOES IT?!
And somehow all of that just passed you by? Gotta say guys, I see why ATC run these tests. And as a pilot I thank God that they do!
Direct ... Cancel Speed ... Cya.
Last edited by CKJ; 15th Apr 2010 at 13:16.
Reason: Relating to post #5729