Things I bet you didn't know
Reminds me of a certain Twin Comanche many years ago, (DFH), whose pilot took off from BK and got an 'electrical failure' somewhere out in the trng area, so he put it down in a paddock - as a 'precautionary' landing - "before the failure caused the engines to stop"............
Did substantial damage.....
Cause - turned out that he 'forgot' to turn alternator(s) "ON" after start up.
That's why he got the electrical "failure"
Similar questions were asked then too.........
Cheers and GOOD LUCK flying with these turkeys.....
Did substantial damage.....
Cause - turned out that he 'forgot' to turn alternator(s) "ON" after start up.
That's why he got the electrical "failure"
Similar questions were asked then too.........
Cheers and GOOD LUCK flying with these turkeys.....
Last edited by Ex FSO GRIFFO; 19th Jan 2011 at 01:36.
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Uhmm; not sure this is a modern problem.
Once flew with a 'kid' who spend 3 hours (under a bonnet - in the sun), trying to locate the spark plugs in a diesel engine. (LOL and a few beers later, you know the story).
Once flew with a 'kid' who was convinced the engines would stall if the PRPM got below 1000, - 110 KIAS on short final in a Partenavia. (Whooo`Hooo).
Been surprised during ground school to have to explain in 'the cat sat on the mat' terms how a battery, generator, alternator, the tea kettle, elevator trim, spark plug gaps and even cat doors, (yes in terms of how a draft effects why a door slams).
It's all to do with being able to fix your motor bike, not the computer.
It's all to do with mental arithmetic, not the elegant use of calculators.
If, we can't, don't or won't teach new chums that summer does not mean beach towels and 'slip, slop, slap'; that winter is not all about hot chocolate and log fires, then we, as a teaching industry, are derelict.
Not the silly sod who lobbed in the bloody desert with absolutely NFI about how, what, why and when.
Once flew with a 'kid' who was convinced the engines would stall if the PRPM got below 1000, - 110 KIAS on short final in a Partenavia. (Whooo`Hooo).
Been surprised during ground school to have to explain in 'the cat sat on the mat' terms how a battery, generator, alternator, the tea kettle, elevator trim, spark plug gaps and even cat doors, (yes in terms of how a draft effects why a door slams).
It's all to do with being able to fix your motor bike, not the computer.
It's all to do with mental arithmetic, not the elegant use of calculators.
If, we can't, don't or won't teach new chums that summer does not mean beach towels and 'slip, slop, slap'; that winter is not all about hot chocolate and log fires, then we, as a teaching industry, are derelict.
Not the silly sod who lobbed in the bloody desert with absolutely NFI about how, what, why and when.
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Yeah but
If the guy teaching doesn't know??. What then.
I hear the`RAA has got some real experience in the ranks; instructor wise.
I know GA has a lot of not really experienced guys on deck.
But, seriously, who is assessing the standards.
BTW - what the Foxtrot Hotel "is" a 'Grob'. Lord what a name to include in the`same sentence with a Miles Gemini, Stagger wing Beach, Ryan, de Havilland, Lockheed, Douglas etc.
Enough Joyce, we speak with the heathen.
I hear the`RAA has got some real experience in the ranks; instructor wise.
I know GA has a lot of not really experienced guys on deck.
But, seriously, who is assessing the standards.
BTW - what the Foxtrot Hotel "is" a 'Grob'. Lord what a name to include in the`same sentence with a Miles Gemini, Stagger wing Beach, Ryan, de Havilland, Lockheed, Douglas etc.
Enough Joyce, we speak with the heathen.
but the G-115 makes a great trainer because unlike comparable aircraft the rudder actually has to be used.
Perhaps that's why I don't understand why RAAus types make such a big fuss about rudder?
It worries me that the editing standard for the regulator's top/only safety magazine is so appalling. Didn't anybody who knows anything basic about aviation proof-read that?
What the bleeding heck is going on, this is the second time this year I have had to agree with you about something. What's the world coming to??
Remember the article a few years ago, said that the biggest cause of fatalities was pre-flight planning, presumably from the from all that sharp edged paper cutting and infecting poor pilots.
Obviously the message was: don't do any per-flight planning, then you won't die from it!!
Tootle pip!!
