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Thanks Aus ATC,
That is the point I am making. I have seen this 5mb difference regularly.
But I wonder if it has been considered in the design in the operating rules of the system?
We are told that to increase safety using GPS we can offset to the right "just in case". But we have always had level flight separation odds/evens etc..
And even with RVSM, stringent airworthiness and operations rules are applied to ensure that the high altitude "miss distance" is maintained.
It seems, unless I am missing th point, the same philosophy i.e "miss distance is not being applied in the E/C airspace area.
Perhaps it doesn't matter, after all there is also the "big sky" principle.
Regards
That is the point I am making. I have seen this 5mb difference regularly.
But I wonder if it has been considered in the design in the operating rules of the system?
We are told that to increase safety using GPS we can offset to the right "just in case". But we have always had level flight separation odds/evens etc..
And even with RVSM, stringent airworthiness and operations rules are applied to ensure that the high altitude "miss distance" is maintained.
It seems, unless I am missing th point, the same philosophy i.e "miss distance is not being applied in the E/C airspace area.
Perhaps it doesn't matter, after all there is also the "big sky" principle.
Regards
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Spodman,
Of course you can get it from the internet but who else is using the same setting?
The VFR pilot can legally access several sources for a QNH and all of them can be different - and as earlier reported they are regularly up to 5mbs different or even more when crossing a front
The souce is not the issue. It is the quality of the info and the random way a VFR pilot can legally apply it.
Regards
Of course you can get it from the internet but who else is using the same setting?
The VFR pilot can legally access several sources for a QNH and all of them can be different - and as earlier reported they are regularly up to 5mbs different or even more when crossing a front
The souce is not the issue. It is the quality of the info and the random way a VFR pilot can legally apply it.
Regards
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Sperm Bank,
Did you hear the Transport's Minister's analogy on the NAS after the Virgin RA? He says that everytime he drives his car he is 1second away from a collision with a truck when he passes one going the other way. Can someone explain to him that:
1. Cars travel on roads (2 dimension), planes travel in the air (3 dimensions). [May need to explain to him what a dimension is]
2. Cars travel in lanes, planes can fly criss cross any which way.
3. All roads have warning signs and right of way rules, all road users follow the same rules, this would be the equivalent of Class C airspace except that everyone is separating themselves instead of a controller doing it
4. His analogy should be more like driving a car on a road and trying to avoid hitting a bug that is flying across the road.
5. Can some truckie please swerve when they see his car approaching.
Did you hear the Transport's Minister's analogy on the NAS after the Virgin RA? He says that everytime he drives his car he is 1second away from a collision with a truck when he passes one going the other way. Can someone explain to him that:
1. Cars travel on roads (2 dimension), planes travel in the air (3 dimensions). [May need to explain to him what a dimension is]
2. Cars travel in lanes, planes can fly criss cross any which way.
3. All roads have warning signs and right of way rules, all road users follow the same rules, this would be the equivalent of Class C airspace except that everyone is separating themselves instead of a controller doing it
4. His analogy should be more like driving a car on a road and trying to avoid hitting a bug that is flying across the road.
5. Can some truckie please swerve when they see his car approaching.
So Centaurus and all, I must be flying with a good outfit if they ground an A/C with a U/S XPDR as soon as it becomes apparent by loss of radar identification.
I also agree with being on the correct frequency (if I can work out where the new boundaries are). I also heard someone where I fly to request frequent transponder checks when changing area frequencies TO ENSURE POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION as well as ensuring that the damn thing is working. If it isnt, its time to get out of Dodge and outside class E at least. I will endevour to try this when I start wandering this wide brown land.
Regards
Mark
I also agree with being on the correct frequency (if I can work out where the new boundaries are). I also heard someone where I fly to request frequent transponder checks when changing area frequencies TO ENSURE POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION as well as ensuring that the damn thing is working. If it isnt, its time to get out of Dodge and outside class E at least. I will endevour to try this when I start wandering this wide brown land.
Regards
Mark
