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Forum: Private Flying
15th Mar 2024, 10:00
Replies: 30
Views: 1,996
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

For a whole bunch of reasons, "weight" and "mass"...

For a whole bunch of reasons, "weight" and "mass" can be treated as interchangeable when you do everything at 1g. That includes doing your shopping, or calculating an aeroplane's weight/mass and...
Forum: Private Flying
8th Mar 2024, 13:49
Replies: 30
Views: 1,996
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

Negative. A Newton is the force required to...

Negative.

A Newton is the force required to accelerate a mass of 1kg at 1m/s/s.

Or at 1g, the force to hold up 98.1 grammes.

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Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
21st Nov 2023, 10:37
Replies: 57
Views: 27,597
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

How to attract the disdain of your peers by...

How to attract the disdain of your peers by ponitificating to the media without any actual evidence in one easy lesson.

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Forum: Private Flying
18th Nov 2023, 22:34
Replies: 20
Views: 2,510
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

If you are resident in the UK, you are required...

If you are resident in the UK, you are required to have a UK CAA licence for flying in an N-reg aeroplane in UK airspace. Once you cross the channel to EASAland, you're of-course fine as you're a...
Forum: Private Flying
9th Nov 2023, 07:42
Replies: 6
Views: 1,191
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

Page 8 of CAA Safety Sense Leaflet 7 contains...

Page 8 of CAA Safety Sense Leaflet 7 contains reasonable approximations. For some reason FAA has never worried much about any performance figures not in the POH, whilst the UK's CAA has always taken...
Forum: Private Flying
1st Nov 2023, 08:29
Replies: 20
Views: 2,510
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

Plus here for converting your instructor's...

Plus here for converting your instructor's rating.
https://www.caa.co.uk/Commercial-industry/Pilot-licences/Non-UK-licences/Convert-ICAO-instructor-certificates-to-Part-FCL/

And here for...
Forum: Private Flying
6th Sep 2023, 06:58
Replies: 78
Views: 6,320
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

I had an amusing, but potentially problematic...

I had an amusing, but potentially problematic incident a couple of years ago when I was flying my Bo209 Monsun to Biggin Hill. I usually referred to the aeroplane as a "Bolkow 209" when introducing...
Forum: Private Flying
16th Aug 2023, 19:11
Replies: 29
Views: 3,390
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

At best SD will show if the forecasts or nearby...

At best SD will show if the forecasts or nearby reports are close to your personal minima. SD cannot look out of the window, only you can do that.

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Forum: Private Flying
16th Aug 2023, 15:12
Replies: 29
Views: 3,390
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

Personally, with a lot of experience, it's on a...

Personally, with a lot of experience, it's on a scale - perhaps 1000ft agl for a slow aeroplane in the local area, 2000ft for faster aeroplanes and longer trips over most of the UK, nearer 5000ft if...
Forum: Private Flying
1st Aug 2023, 13:30
Replies: 4
Views: 874
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

The annual symposium of the Society of...

The annual symposium of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots is held at the Disney Grand Californian Hotel, right next to Disneyland in Annaheim. Attending one year, we had an evening out at the...
Forum: Private Flying
30th Jul 2023, 22:13
Replies: 17
Views: 2,248
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

By a significant margin, Glenforsa on the Isle of...

By a significant margin, Glenforsa on the Isle of Mull, Scotland.

Reasons? Amazing scenery, good runway, next to a beach, next to a hotel that also serves fantastic food.

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Forum: Private Flying
21st May 2023, 17:58
Replies: 15
Views: 1,329
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

The C42 was one of the first 450kg microlights to...

The C42 was one of the first 450kg microlights to be approved in the UK for training, and along with the other aeroplane very much in that space - the EV97 Eurostar, rather captured the market when...
Forum: Private Flying
21st May 2023, 11:55
Replies: 15
Views: 1,329
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

Then he's doing Aeronautics and Astronautics, at...

Then he's doing Aeronautics and Astronautics, at the University of Southampton would be my guess. That's where I did both my degrees, and I also started learning to fly whilst I was there - I'm still...
Forum: Private Flying
12th Jan 2023, 10:59
Replies: 5
Views: 1,082
Posted By Genghis the Engineer

They're very different aeroplanes. The C42...

They're very different aeroplanes.

The C42 is much better handling, much cheaper to run, shorter field but needs greater owner engagement with maintenance. It also has a significantly lower wing...
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