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Forum: Military Aviation
24th Jul 2023, 11:55
Replies: 9
Views: 3,722
Posted By DaveW

If you can find a copy of At the Edge of the...

If you can find a copy of At the Edge of the Envelope (A flight test engineer's story) (https://picclick.co.uk/THE-EDGE-OF-THE-ENVELOPE-FLIGHT-TEST-ENGINEERS-354889416166.html) by John Bradley, it...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Oct 2021, 17:57
Replies: 21
Views: 7,438
Posted By DaveW

Get hold of a copy of We Landed By Moonlight...

Get hold of a copy of We Landed By Moonlight (Hugh Verity) which will give you an idea. It's extraordinary.

Thanks very much for the video, Dave - magnificent. :D
Forum: Private Flying
11th Dec 2020, 11:42
Replies: 9
Views: 1,997
Posted By DaveW

I don't recognise this behaviour either. It's...

I don't recognise this behaviour either. It's never displayed like that for me and I've just checked again on Android phone and tablet - North Up, Track Up and Route Up all have the writing...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Nov 2020, 11:06
Replies: 30
Views: 10,809
Posted By DaveW

There are other, more workaday, reasons to praise...

There are other, more workaday, reasons to praise BN too. That airframe was the initial development and trials platform for the FADEC engine controls as a Mk1 (not without incident!), and I believe...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
23rd Aug 2020, 10:46
Replies: 46
Views: 12,183
Posted By DaveW

I visited the crash site memorial a couple of...

I visited the crash site memorial a couple of months ago.

Very moving, especially with test flights out of Boscombe taking place overhead at the time.
...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Jun 2020, 08:26
Replies: 481
Views: 228,525
Posted By DaveW

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/...

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/275x183/images_1_a1bfaee06f6fefe5fb89065d0d2b13bd12d59866.jpg
This flag isn't upside down, and neither is the one on the starboard side of the fin,...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
8th Feb 2020, 14:09
Replies: 8
Views: 2,243
Posted By DaveW

Thanks, Whopity. The omission of the...

Thanks, Whopity.


The omission of the option of a Proficiency check as an alternative to Revalidation by Experience is deliberate (Although see Note 3 which I could add now add to the LAPL line):...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
6th Feb 2020, 14:25
Replies: 8
Views: 2,243
Posted By DaveW

To show the mess on a single page: This is, I...

To show the mess on a single page: This is, I believe, up to date and has been sanity checked by experienced Examiners (but any mistakes are mine)....
Forum: Private Flying
6th Oct 2018, 22:47
Replies: 12
Views: 9,179
Posted By DaveW

FCL.740.A...

FCL.740.A (https://www.easa.europa.eu/sites/default/files/dfu/Part-FCL.pdf)


Summarised in first two coloured lines of this table:

http://i65.tinypic.com/vr7g43.jpg
Forum: Private Flying
22nd Sep 2018, 17:19
Replies: 5
Views: 1,106
Posted By DaveW

The microlight airfield at Halwell...

The microlight airfield at Halwell (http://southhamsflyingclub.co.uk/) seems probably the closest - 480m grass.

The LAA Devon Strut site (http://www.devonstrut.co.uk/airfields/4536697666) is good...
Forum: Private Flying
16th Sep 2018, 10:56
Replies: 23
Views: 3,851
Posted By DaveW

Try this: http://i65.tinypic.com/vr7g43.jpg

Try this:

http://i65.tinypic.com/vr7g43.jpg
Forum: Private Flying
22nd Jul 2018, 21:01
Replies: 25
Views: 4,872
Posted By DaveW

Send Three Web Submissions, Wait an Hour and Fly...

Send Three Web Submissions, Wait an Hour and Fly To France (https://www.dropbox.com/s/dpvj8cacx235nlu/Why_Not_Fly_to_France_2016-v4.51.pdf?dl=0)

Associated stuff: www.tinyurl.com/GoingForeign...
Forum: Private Flying
14th Jul 2018, 09:35
Replies: 69
Views: 18,279
Posted By DaveW

Thanks. It doesn't highlight the myriad...

Thanks.

It doesn't highlight the myriad differences between other licence/rating combinations either, but they are all there.

It couldn't highlight all those things, otherwise it would be even...
Forum: Private Flying
13th Jul 2018, 21:50
Replies: 69
Views: 18,279
Posted By DaveW

http://i65.tinypic.com/vr7g43.jpg

http://i65.tinypic.com/vr7g43.jpg
Forum: Private Flying
28th Jun 2018, 08:52
Replies: 21
Views: 5,000
Posted By DaveW

I can point you to Gloucester.

I can point you to Gloucester.
Forum: Military Aviation
21st May 2018, 16:23
Replies: 4
Views: 2,522
Posted By DaveW

That is sad news. Some years ago I was...

That is sad news.

Some years ago I was invited to present to the Flight Test Society of Australia at RNAS Nowra, and was hosted by Milt. A lovely, modest, gentleman, with - as you'd expect - a...
Forum: Private Flying
13th May 2018, 09:23
Replies: 20
Views: 23,524
Posted By DaveW

From CAP804: http://i64.tinypic.com/2gy82ls.jpg...

From CAP804:
http://i64.tinypic.com/2gy82ls.jpg

http://i64.tinypic.com/e5fgwm.jpg
Forum: Private Flying
11th May 2018, 18:18
Replies: 51
Views: 11,478
Posted By DaveW

It's not a UK only requirement. ...

It's not a UK only requirement.



Source: The Skyway Code (p140) (http://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/33/CAA6395_Skyway_Code_AW_150817_SCREEN.pdf)
Forum: Private Flying
11th May 2018, 08:48
Replies: 51
Views: 11,478
Posted By DaveW

For those unaware, having the Interception...

For those unaware, having the Interception Procedures on board is quite simple in practice.

Either print, or download and keep on your phone/tablet, CAA Safety Sense Leaflet 11...
Forum: Private Flying
26th Apr 2018, 12:01
Replies: 11
Views: 1,475
Posted By DaveW

Good reputation, passionate and knowledgeable...

Good reputation, passionate and knowledgeable owner/CFI/Head of Training who also happens to be a top bloke - I'd say go visit and see what you think.

I reckon you'll find it worthwhile.
Forum: Private Flying
15th Apr 2018, 15:15
Replies: 5
Views: 1,554
Posted By DaveW

Alternatives here, Sam...

Alternatives here, Sam (http://www.aero-expo.com/aero-en/travel-accommodation/travel-by-plane.php).
Forum: Private Flying
22nd Mar 2018, 13:12
Replies: 13
Views: 5,346
Posted By DaveW

Forget UAT and PilotAware for the moment: I was...

Forget UAT and PilotAware for the moment: I was responding to your comment that "There really isn't a traffic surveillance to be used on tablets in the UK, or better Europe."

There is: It is...
Forum: Private Flying
21st Mar 2018, 17:12
Replies: 13
Views: 5,346
Posted By DaveW

Not just Experimental, and the UK is catching up...

Not just Experimental, and the UK is catching up - leading in Europe, in fact.

For Traffic, if the transition solution of PilotAware and the like doesn't float your boat, there is the uAvionix...
Forum: Private Flying
6th Mar 2018, 08:36
Replies: 6
Views: 2,484
Posted By DaveW

You can if it's for Revalidation of a UK CAA -...

You can if it's for Revalidation of a UK CAA - NOT an EASA - SEP Rating.

See Notes 4 & 8 here:

http://i65.tinypic.com/vr7g43.jpg
Forum: Private Flying
22nd Oct 2017, 17:37
Replies: 7
Views: 2,635
Posted By DaveW

Class Rating Revalidation requirements crib...

Class Rating Revalidation requirements crib sheet, by licence type.

http://i65.tinypic.com/vr7g43.jpg

PDF version available for download from here...
Forum: Private Flying
16th Aug 2017, 12:29
Replies: 4
Views: 2,185
Posted By DaveW

Yes. This might help: Going Foreign Info...

Yes. This might help: Going Foreign Info (https://www.dropbox.com/s/dpvj8cacx235nlu/Why_Not_Fly_to_France_2016-v4.51.pdf?dl=0)
Forum: Private Flying
16th Jul 2017, 18:04
Replies: 19
Views: 4,024
Posted By DaveW

Not an answer to your legislation question, but...

Not an answer to your legislation question, but in case it's helpful: A lovely chap called Keith Jillings (also known as "Keef" on forums), now very sadly no longer with us, produced a couple of...
Forum: Private Flying
12th Jul 2017, 16:27
Replies: 64
Views: 32,281
Posted By DaveW

That's a fair question. Zanna McKail...

That's a fair question.

Zanna McKail (https://www.facebook.com/zanna.mckail), who started the appeal, has admin rights to Colin Hale's Kr2 Worldtour Facebook page...
Forum: Private Flying
28th Jun 2017, 11:16
Replies: 76
Views: 11,776
Posted By DaveW

Rick Durden writes about this quite a bit in "The...

Rick Durden writes about this quite a bit in "The Thinking Pilot's Flight Manual" (Vol. 1) and says that when the POH says this it is (almost?*) always referring to the takeoff or climb section of...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Jun 2017, 20:31
Replies: 22
Views: 7,146
Posted By DaveW

Hopefully this is visible to all, unless PPRuNe...

Hopefully this is visible to all, unless PPRuNe rejects the link (because it's hosted on Facebook).

This is quite a nice CGI visualisation of how the flypast was built up...
Forum: Private Flying
4th Jun 2017, 22:40
Replies: 17
Views: 5,493
Posted By DaveW

I don't think there is a difference of opinion,...

I don't think there is a difference of opinion, hence my edit.

B2N2 was talking about an engine at idle, whilst I (initially) mis-read the comment as being about a failed engine, which was the...
Forum: Private Flying
4th Jun 2017, 07:42
Replies: 17
Views: 5,493
Posted By DaveW

That's not what causes the additional drag. ...

That's not what causes the additional drag.

If you draw out the forces for an undriven (windmilling) propeller, you can see that the aerodynamic force that for a driven propeller would be thrust...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Apr 2017, 23:24
Replies: 76
Views: 29,714
Posted By DaveW

It was a damn' sight better in that respect than...

It was a damn' sight better in that respect than anything else offered up in '96 for the competition.

B412EP, BK117, MD900, SA362N2 were your options.
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
31st Mar 2017, 10:01
Replies: 27
Views: 8,083
Posted By DaveW

The "Cessna" thing came from the original Sussex...

The "Cessna" thing came from the original Sussex Police online report, which TBF did say "believed to be a Cessna".

It was later corrected, but by that time most of the media had run with the...
Forum: Private Flying
25th Mar 2017, 19:40
Replies: 69
Views: 18,279
Posted By DaveW

fireflybob, your last two paragraphs are...

fireflybob, your last two paragraphs are incorrect for a LAPL, which is what this thread orignally covered.

As already said, unlike Class Ratings on other licenses, the LAPL has no specific expiry...
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