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Those skygods in the jet planes can't navigate very well. That's why they need nearly all the sky reserved for them.
The other 10,000 aeroplanes can go through a small lane, because they are the best navigators.
Those skygods in the jet planes can't navigate very well. That's why they need nearly all the sky reserved for them.
The other 10,000 aeroplanes can go through a small lane, because they are the best navigators.
TimeBombTed Read my post(s) again. Why would a pilot need access to ALL FOUR HOURS of high quality video at one time? They only need access to chunks of it. Compression software is a wonderful thing!
My information from the inside is CASA & AsA did not collaborate until the later stages. Development was concurrent and parallel.
Well the CD/DVD does not incorporate the Nov 2004 changes! I am talking about FUTURE changes anyway. One C airspace step change and it is a coaster.
ultralights How many pilots really have NO INTERNET ACCESS, either at home, the local library, a friends house, their flying school or an internet cafe?
bushy Only the lazy ones of the 10,000 go through the lane. The smart ones go direct in that airspace that is reserved for the skygods.
My information from the inside is CASA & AsA did not collaborate until the later stages. Development was concurrent and parallel.
It took nearly 12 months to produce too, so give them a break... How much has changed airspace-wise in 12 months.
ultralights How many pilots really have NO INTERNET ACCESS, either at home, the local library, a friends house, their flying school or an internet cafe?
bushy Only the lazy ones of the 10,000 go through the lane. The smart ones go direct in that airspace that is reserved for the skygods.
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Could we all please agree that this is better than nothing? CASA should at the very least be applauded for doing something new. Give them a break!
As for ersa's etc. I respectfully suggest that the real issue is communicating the fact that things have changed! I would suggest that once this fact has impinged on brain cells, most pilots will make the effort to find out What has changed and modify behavior accordingly.
The ones that don't , well..........
As for ersa's etc. I respectfully suggest that the real issue is communicating the fact that things have changed! I would suggest that once this fact has impinged on brain cells, most pilots will make the effort to find out What has changed and modify behavior accordingly.
The ones that don't , well..........
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How on earth would YOU get 4 hours of high quality video on someones server and honestly expect the average punter to download it. It would take nearly 12 months for most. Sheesh.
even then, the 4 gig DVD file can be compressed to 1GB. and considering the very rapid take up of broadband internet, im sure Quite a few will download it.
(8 GIG DVDs are usually reserved for Long Movies in DTS with 5 or so other languages and heaps of special features)
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WeekendWorrier,
I haven't had a chance to go through the whole DVD yet, but I presume that "Wedgefield" somehow slipped in via the AsA training college. The college uses simulated airspace (based on the geography near Exmouth, northern WA) called Exmouth Centre and Wedgefield is one of the major aerodromes in this airspace.
Cheers,
R-S.
I haven't had a chance to go through the whole DVD yet, but I presume that "Wedgefield" somehow slipped in via the AsA training college. The college uses simulated airspace (based on the geography near Exmouth, northern WA) called Exmouth Centre and Wedgefield is one of the major aerodromes in this airspace.
Cheers,
R-S.
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Well I take back the download worries then. I'm sitting in the middle of Brisbane and I get 35Kbps. Bugger!
I'm with you Icarus. Bad CASA, Bad CASA! How dare they try to do something new regarding safety. They should leave the safety thing to people like you who have obviously been actively out there instilling safe practices amongst the General Aviation population for years. Am I right?
I personally think it is the best thing since the VFG. That will be out again around July too I hear.
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I'm with you Icarus. Bad CASA, Bad CASA! How dare they try to do something new regarding safety. They should leave the safety thing to people like you who have obviously been actively out there instilling safe practices amongst the General Aviation population for years. Am I right?
I personally think it is the best thing since the VFG. That will be out again around July too I hear.
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Reading this forum is making me dizzy. Seems to be going round and round with no end in sight.
It may be time to get of Icarus's case. The general consensus would seem to be that it's a great idea,although sending info that's 3+ months out of date is not.
I'd like to know what the future is for this system.
Will it be continued and in what format? Will it be expanded to include some regional airports? Townsville,B'berg. Gold Coast etc.
It's a great idea CASA. What's the next step?
It may be time to get of Icarus's case. The general consensus would seem to be that it's a great idea,although sending info that's 3+ months out of date is not.
I'd like to know what the future is for this system.
Will it be continued and in what format? Will it be expanded to include some regional airports? Townsville,B'berg. Gold Coast etc.
It's a great idea CASA. What's the next step?
I'm interested in knowing who actually got sent the dvd - coz i didn't, and neither did any of the other instructors I work with... Did anyone else not recieve the dvd? Or anyone know why we didn't get it??
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Could depend on your licence status.
I'm a student so perhaps they had limited discs and only sent them to licence holders who they thought would need/use them.
Could explain instructors etc. missing out
I'm a student so perhaps they had limited discs and only sent them to licence holders who they thought would need/use them.
Could explain instructors etc. missing out
Got my DVD AND CD-ROM . I liked it, especially around MB. (It even includes the "top secret;-)" Three Tanks reporting point) Content was not too simple ,includes lots of actual video of features from the VTC. Have still to work around the whole DVD. However, on the whole CASA deserves to be congratulated on a very useful product. I particularly liked the input of the respective ATC with pertinent problem spots in their areas of control. Also some useful little tips in operational procedures when operating in marginal VMC.
As for the usual disclaimer, Watto was very specific in the intro to check all rel docs for currency of the presented information.
Regards
Mark
As for the usual disclaimer, Watto was very specific in the intro to check all rel docs for currency of the presented information.
Regards
Mark
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got mine ok! loved it was good seeing my old stamping ground of Cairns again and how come the CFI in The late eighties was not like the new one? OK Robert you owe me
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is it just me or did only CPL and higher licence holder only get the DVD/CD??
I have a PPL with a few endorsments, but got no DVD, a few others are the same who i spoke to.
if this be the case, and i hope its not, then it appears to me that CASA has given up on the "weekend warrior" PPL holder! i have every right, just as an ATPL holder has to be updated and educated in the use of our airspace system. Im sure you can think of other issues that might arise by keeping PPL holders "out of the loop" on what could possibly be a serious safety issue, ....... the correct use of our airspace.
I have a PPL with a few endorsments, but got no DVD, a few others are the same who i spoke to.
if this be the case, and i hope its not, then it appears to me that CASA has given up on the "weekend warrior" PPL holder! i have every right, just as an ATPL holder has to be updated and educated in the use of our airspace system. Im sure you can think of other issues that might arise by keeping PPL holders "out of the loop" on what could possibly be a serious safety issue, ....... the correct use of our airspace.
