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Can I just say how effective the heater was..so the screen is all iced up, you can't see much, so you turn on the screen de icer and it melts the ice. It then becomes a swirling mass of slushy bubbles.
Hmm designed by British Industry.
Hmm designed by British Industry.
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Slightly off thread but on a public passenger carrying Islander is a u/s flap indicator and/or one u/s fuel gauge permissible? For the record it was Africa. I should know, I have many hours on them, but time has affected the memory.
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Ah the mighty Islander.... take the windows out and replace them with Chicken wire, chuck a bit of sawdust about and one would have a descent, if a bit tight Rabbit hutch. 
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Bruce Fletcher
Stronsay, Orkney
I heard a story when I was in Belize yonks ago that the reason why our Pumas were hoovering through tyres was because some enterprising chap was flogging them to Mayan airlines; an Islander operator.
One day a CAA inspector picked them up for using the wrong ply tyres on their machines; plus prop reduction gearboxes held together by Araldite, etc etc.
One day a CAA inspector picked them up for using the wrong ply tyres on their machines; plus prop reduction gearboxes held together by Araldite, etc etc.
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Exascot: A sample MMEL for both the Islander and Turbine Islander can be found on the UKCAA website under "List of Master Minimum Euipment Lists". Guidance for adapting a MMEL to an aircraft-specific MEL can be found in CAP549, also on the UKCAA website.
Not knowing the difference between an MMEL and a MEL is surprisingly common in the industry, as is the confusion between 'flight time' and 'time in service', but that's for another thread.
Not knowing the difference between an MMEL and a MEL is surprisingly common in the industry, as is the confusion between 'flight time' and 'time in service', but that's for another thread.
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having one fuel guage u/s is OK as long as fuel tank is dipped and 10% extra is carried. A u/s flap indicator was OK until the end of the day. At least this used to be the way on the one I flew a bit.
Our BN2 operation: both items - MEL Cat 'B' (must be rectified within three days, not including the day of discovery).
Africa has very long days, of course...
Africa has very long days, of course...
