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Yea I realise the busy areas as well are covered by RFDS, it wouldn't be unusual to see the Kingies in here a few times a day as we have no medical specialists here so there's a lot of GLA-BN transfers.
Everyone naturally fits in with them, as one day it might be you taking the trip.
With the accuracy of a/c, both IFR and VFR tracking with GPS now situational awareness is paramount. Years ago (my training days) remember the pencil marks breaking up your legs, if you saw your point off to one side of your position that was good enough, but now GPS puts you right over the point, possibly the same time as someone else, this applies to destinations as well.
Hea FTDK how many times did you lose your chart into the slipstream
Frothy
Yea I realise the busy areas as well are covered by RFDS, it wouldn't be unusual to see the Kingies in here a few times a day as we have no medical specialists here so there's a lot of GLA-BN transfers.
Everyone naturally fits in with them, as one day it might be you taking the trip.
With the accuracy of a/c, both IFR and VFR tracking with GPS now situational awareness is paramount. Years ago (my training days) remember the pencil marks breaking up your legs, if you saw your point off to one side of your position that was good enough, but now GPS puts you right over the point, possibly the same time as someone else, this applies to destinations as well.
Hea FTDK how many times did you lose your chart into the slipstream
Frothy
you might be younger than me
No, I have never had a map blow out of an open cockpit! I think the only open cockpit I have flown is the Tiger - and that was only local flying for which I didn't need a map.
Dr
PS: No, hang on a minute - I have flown the other Tiger (ie Grumman) with the canopy slid back!
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Another classic example this morning. In the hangar having a quiet cup of cooffee reading the local rag (quiet time) A Beech calls inbound just tracking to whisky bravo for Rnav on 10 then all of sudden turns up downwind for right base 28. This gives you a nose on nose. The wind was favouring 10. Heard it all on the hangar base VHF. Is distance height and bearing so hard?
Weather and vis was fine and beaut, as it always is up here.
I don't know whether they think everyone will think they are more professional by calling waypoints, situational awareness should be paramount
Frothy
Weather and vis was fine and beaut, as it always is up here.
I don't know whether they think everyone will think they are more professional by calling waypoints, situational awareness should be paramount
Frothy
A Beech calls inbound just tracking to whisky bravo for Rnav on 10 then all of sudden turns up downwind for right base 28
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Nay, straight tail FTDK's got more sense than that(leave the money on the fridge forky).Hope this doesn't sound like a one man campaign, but I can see a close conflict or worse, I hope I'm wrong, I've seen too many in broken aeroplanes and lost too many friends. Spending time in TPNG will do that, won't it?
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A few of us sitting in the hangar this morning for coffee and a "swear session" at the weather when an aircraft called 25nm NW 5000' inbound,and circuit time tracking for Rnav for rwy 10, then 5 mile final ect. Time of call 2315UTC.
Bloody good operator, everyone has situational awareness
This bloke demonstrated the very thing we were talking about. It can't be that hard can it ? Well done that Pilot
By the way Capt. Wally it was a B200 with Foxtrot Delta rego.
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Bloody good operator, everyone has situational awareness
This bloke demonstrated the very thing we were talking about. It can't be that hard can it ? Well done that Pilot
By the way Capt. Wally it was a B200 with Foxtrot Delta rego.
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Well good to see that somebody is doing it right out there frothy. Not sure the rego as I am not aware of them up in banana bending country
WX been a bit ordinary has it? Ah how sad, at least you can always get a few hrs of 'hangar flying' in
I like to say.......tracking via the BDGNC waypoint for Rwy 17 for Eg.. position 15 mls nth then at 5 miles or as required due traffic.
It's a simple matter of airmanship, something not being taught too much these days
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WX been a bit ordinary has it? Ah how sad, at least you can always get a few hrs of 'hangar flying' in
I like to say.......tracking via the BDGNC waypoint for Rwy 17 for Eg.. position 15 mls nth then at 5 miles or as required due traffic.
It's a simple matter of airmanship, something not being taught too much these days
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Yea we've got a pretty good Low sitting off us, had winds to 40kts gusting and backing and veering, so I'm leaving my Tailwheel in the Shed. It's hangar door ratlin' weather
We've got Bravo and Romeo up round here, always busy doing a bloody good job
Frothy
We've got Bravo and Romeo up round here, always busy doing a bloody good job
Frothy
