DOMINIE OFF RUNWAY AT CARDIFF
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What were St. Mawgan planning on doing anyway? Driving from Cornwall to Wales to put foam on the runway?.....
Or did it go a very long way off the runway?
Or did it go a very long way off the runway?
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Im sure those navs made it to the pub alright. It veered off quite abit and got heavily bogged down in the wet mud. Its out now, but talkin to the gingers its seems they think the airframe could have been stressed to cat 5. They have one in the hangar they have been wantin to scrap to keep with the numbers, but they may now choose this one to take its place. We shall see. And yep navs still bein trusted in and out of civvy places. Chav Navs!!!
Every other 125 in the European JAA world is required to have a 2 pilot crew
What makes the Dominie so different? Are there any other twin turbojet transport type aircraft flying with only one pilot?
The Dominie often used to fly with a 'pilot's friend' in the RHS - but what excuse is there in this day and age for the RAF not complying with the same rules as everyone else?
What makes the Dominie so different? Are there any other twin turbojet transport type aircraft flying with only one pilot?
The Dominie often used to fly with a 'pilot's friend' in the RHS - but what excuse is there in this day and age for the RAF not complying with the same rules as everyone else?
Originally Posted by BEagle
Every other 125 in the European JAA world is required to have a 2 pilot crew.
What makes the Dominie so different?
What makes the Dominie so different?
Simple really.
Don't the regs also state that the pilots must be licenced as well....how many pilots flying the Dom have licences. I had a wonderful tour flying in the RHS of the Dom learnt a lot as well as having fun.....The guys flying as PA's are well trained and are current at landing the Dom, they get checked just as often as the pilots.......Maybe its that the one winged race have been encroaching on the two winged master races territory and it makes them nervous
. Seriously Beags the guys flying there are quite capable unless of course they are the students!!!!
. Seriously Beags the guys flying there are quite capable unless of course they are the students!!!!
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So how come a twin engined jet (Tornado, for example) can be flown by a single pilot? (I know that it only has one pilot's seat (apart from the trainer which has 2, before you start).)
What makes the 125 any more complex than that? Or are they just banking on the fact that the pilots aren't as sharp so they need 2?
What makes the 125 any more complex than that? Or are they just banking on the fact that the pilots aren't as sharp so they need 2?
Quote "Even an empty 125 must carry a 2 pilot crew"
Well it's not empty then is it?
More seriously though, surely the RAF can operate an aircraft as it sees fit. We used to be able to ferry the Puma just as a single pilot, as long as you left the gear down. I'm sure the civies would never allow that. (Not sure that we do anymore.)
Well it's not empty then is it?
More seriously though, surely the RAF can operate an aircraft as it sees fit. We used to be able to ferry the Puma just as a single pilot, as long as you left the gear down. I'm sure the civies would never allow that. (Not sure that we do anymore.)
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Benefits of a 'trained' RHS occupant ...
... http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=226981
With ME pilots rapidly running off to join the 'er-Lines', I think the RAF's answer (of using experienced aviators as a safety 'pilot') is sensible and cost effective.
Just my two-penneth.
With ME pilots rapidly running off to join the 'er-Lines', I think the RAF's answer (of using experienced aviators as a safety 'pilot') is sensible and cost effective.
Just my two-penneth.
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"With ME pilots rapidly running off to join the 'er-Lines', I think the RAF's answer (of using experienced aviators as a safety 'pilot') is sensible and cost effective."
Wot a load of tosh
It's a well known fact that all Nav's are failed pilots so what the bl@@dy hell are we doing letting them do something they already failed........so to speak
all spelling mistakes are "df" alcohol induced
Wot a load of tosh
It's a well known fact that all Nav's are failed pilots so what the bl@@dy hell are we doing letting them do something they already failed........so to speak all spelling mistakes are "df" alcohol induced
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Originally Posted by threepointonefour
Anyone languishing in Wilts falls into 1 of 4 cats;
3. Failed FJ Nav
Touche.
3. Failed FJ Nav
Touche.
Got to where I wanted though, and wouldn't have changed a thing (apart from altering a multitude of events that led to me joining too late for pilot - and wouldn't have wanted fj in that case either).
Last edited by Confucius; 5th Jun 2006 at 20:14.