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Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
17th Apr 2024, 04:06
Replies: 6
Views: 3,125
Posted By angry ant

Fan Jet

How Ken got the nickname, " Fan Jet " . When Ansett Airlines first bought the DC-9, all the assigned pilots went to the Douglas factory in the USA for the ground school and simulator. When he got...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
16th Feb 2024, 05:20
Replies: 32
Views: 3,310
Posted By lucille

Indeed, but as you know every operator these days...

Indeed, but as you know every operator these days knows better how to operate a C210 than dear old Mr. Cessna. And in the grand old tradition of Aussie GA, every wheel was reinvented and there could...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
16th Feb 2024, 04:22
Replies: 32
Views: 3,310
Posted By Clare Prop

You could always read the Pilots Operating...

You could always read the Pilots Operating Handbook
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
30th Jan 2024, 20:10
Replies: 29
Views: 7,869
Posted By Mach E Avelli

Bright green lights suggest all is well. The...

Bright green lights suggest all is well. The bleeds off lights should be amber, but from memory Beech did it wrong, in keeping with the rest of that cluttered cockpit. It's as if they set out to trap...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
31st Dec 2023, 22:46
Replies: 83
Views: 18,664
Posted By Lookleft

Turn the bloody things off or don't turn them...

Turn the bloody things off or don't turn them off. Use idle reverse on each landing or don't use it but as PIC don't go hiding behind the SOPs as though you don't have any choice as to how the...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
31st Dec 2023, 18:51
Replies: 83
Views: 18,664
Posted By compressor stall

Basic Airmanship. (Airpersonship?...

Basic Airmanship.



(Airpersonship? Can’t be aircrewship under the CASRs….).
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
31st Dec 2023, 14:19
Replies: 83
Views: 18,664
Posted By Capn Rex Havoc

So glad I am not flying in aus. when two...

So glad I am not flying in aus.
when two aircraft are hittin the holding point from opposite directions, it has always been common sense and polite to turn off your taxi lights while awaiting take...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
30th Dec 2023, 21:03
Replies: 2,839
Views: 1,100,098
Posted By C441

A huge sample of one I know, but yesterday I took...

A huge sample of one I know, but yesterday I took my first flight on Rex (MEL - BNE) as there were no seats for staff on Qantas and Virgin wanted $889 vs Rex's $329; and that was booking at 90 mins...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
27th Dec 2023, 21:36
Replies: 83
Views: 18,664
Posted By Global Aviator

There are some glaring instances of zero...

There are some glaring instances of zero situational awareness.

One place that used to give me the ****es was Hong Kong, with the cargo and private lads holding on opposite sides of 25L/07R at...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
27th Dec 2023, 13:13
Replies: 83
Views: 18,664
Posted By StudentInDebt

SOP for lights which had to be “clarified”. I...

SOP for lights which had to be “clarified”. I thought the recent comment on overthinking take-off line up allowances exemplified the austronaught approach to aviation, but this sums it up much more...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
26th Dec 2023, 01:11
Replies: 83
Views: 18,664
Posted By das Uber Soldat

Everything ok at home little buddy? Might be...

Everything ok at home little buddy? Might be time for a lie down.

Back on topic, there is no SOP that prevents you from turning off the taxi lights as a courtesy to other aircraft. Every arrival...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
12th Dec 2023, 23:08
Replies: 35
Views: 7,866
Posted By Ollie Onion

What a load of crap, if a professional pilot is...

What a load of crap, if a professional pilot is really saying they landed hard as they were told to flare at 20ft instead of 30ft regardless of the actual dynamics of the landing then we are in...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
2nd Dec 2023, 20:07
Replies: 132
Views: 34,503
Posted By cLeArIcE

A genuine question. Number 1 at holding point....

A genuine question. Number 1 at holding point. Aircraft landing and another about a 5 mile final. Why is it that some tower controllers take so long to clear you to line up? The landing aircraft is...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
22nd Nov 2023, 03:21
Replies: 409
Views: 112,127
Posted By Chronic Snoozer

There but for the grace of God go I. It is...

There but for the grace of God go I.

It is difficult for families to articulate their grief at times like this. Aviators will often reflect that a fellow aviator died doing what they loved and...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
19th Nov 2023, 11:26
Replies: 409
Views: 112,127
Posted By Global Aviator

Fast jet, leading edge issue, higher than normal...

Fast jet, leading edge issue, higher than normal landing speed no doubt. Yeah Moorabbin would have been a brilliant choice 🤣.
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
30th Sep 2023, 00:04
Replies: 1,578
Views: 494,914
Posted By Chronic Snoozer

If there is one thing I cannot stand, it is...

If there is one thing I cannot stand, it is bickering amongst pilot groups. Hold your egos and petty insults in check and support whoever and whatever action is taking place to raise conditions. A...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
11th Sep 2023, 13:16
Replies: 13
Views: 6,830
Posted By ZebraFlyer

I'm doing it temporarily before bringing young...

I'm doing it temporarily before bringing young family over. It's not really all that hard, you do need to think outside the box sometimes. With respect to them I think the older guys find it a lot...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
6th Sep 2023, 13:41
Replies: 13
Views: 6,830
Posted By Capn Rex Havoc

LOSTW I know quite a few blokes who are...

LOSTW


I know quite a few blokes who are doin exactly that with Atlas. They are making it work no problem. It is not going to suit every one.
heaps of guys are commuting with National, and...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
19th Aug 2023, 12:03
Replies: 12
Views: 3,218
Posted By Flingwing47

I was in the coffee shop at Smugglers one night...

I was in the coffee shop at Smugglers one night in ‘76 when I heard an American ask the bartender where he could rent a plane for 8 pax to go to Rabaul and then to Honiara.
I was taking another load...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
15th Aug 2023, 09:56
Replies: 61
Views: 13,877
Posted By missy

I think there are 3 related issues. 1/....

I think there are 3 related issues.
1/. Decision to use 34L A6 as the remote location.
2/. Runway mode operated.
3/. Time to de-escalate the situation and return operations to normal.

Given...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
14th Aug 2023, 12:35
Replies: 105
Views: 18,896
Posted By Al E. Vator

Grumpy old man alert: some f’ing **** repeatedly...

Grumpy old man alert: some f’ing **** repeatedly doing his stupid meow **** the other day.
Someone tells him (QF I think - and quite rightly) to grow up.
Of course the moron takes that as a...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
10th Aug 2023, 09:35
Replies: 105
Views: 18,896
Posted By CaptCloudbuster

Post What’s with all the East Coast clowns making...

What’s with all the East Coast clowns making sheep noises constantly on 121.5?
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