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Forum: Private Flying
5th Oct 2006, 17:58
Replies: 9
Views: 1,415
Posted By JonWhitehouse

IMO the best thing you can do is read the books...

IMO the best thing you can do is read the books front to back, making sure you reread anything you dont feel comfortable with and then go through the ppl confuser front to back. the confuser is a...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
18th Sep 2006, 09:05
Replies: 37
Views: 4,948
Posted By JonWhitehouse

IMO, with a commercial lic on the aircraft you...

IMO, with a commercial lic on the aircraft you are training in, you would be qualified to start the aircraft yourself already, so there is no question of ability (or shouldnt be!).
I would not...
Forum: Private Flying
30th Aug 2006, 20:34
Replies: 15
Views: 2,773
Posted By JonWhitehouse

indeed!...

indeed!...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
30th Aug 2006, 20:17
Replies: 37
Views: 4,948
Posted By JonWhitehouse

It is strange, i agree. I guess having given a...

It is strange, i agree. I guess having given a fair amount of instruction and examples of the start procedure, this instructor was happy that he had did not need to be present, as he expected the...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
21st Jul 2006, 09:42
Replies: 30
Views: 11,717
Posted By JonWhitehouse

Not intending to suggest any rubbish, just adding...

Not intending to suggest any rubbish, just adding my tuppence worth.If I remember my basic physics you can replace any a force acting from any point by a force acting from any other point plus a...
Forum: Private Flying
18th May 2006, 10:32
Replies: 147
Views: 14,087
Posted By JonWhitehouse

Is there any relevence to the use of FM-immune...

Is there any relevence to the use of FM-immune equipment in class G airspace? the question put was simply asking if it was a good idea to descend below MSA in Class G whilst IMC. The answer is no!...
Forum: Private Flying
18th May 2006, 10:27
Replies: 17
Views: 1,906
Posted By JonWhitehouse

apologies, the 7 years I remembered is just over...

apologies, the 7 years I remembered is just over what seems to be an average time to captain for many airlines, not the time it takes to unfreeze the ATPL. see...
Forum: Private Flying
18th May 2006, 01:00
Replies: 17
Views: 1,906
Posted By JonWhitehouse

I guess it could be an average, I read it on a...

I guess it could be an average, I read it on a couple of airline recruitment and ATPL training websites (fraid I can't remember which!) which is why it stuck, could the maximum flying hours per...
Forum: Private Flying
18th May 2006, 00:45
Replies: 17
Views: 1,906
Posted By JonWhitehouse

Hi, Most airlines i've researched estimate that...

Hi, Most airlines i've researched estimate that it takes a first officer about 7 years to get the 1500 hours, that will vary depending on the airline of course, but it's a ballpark figure.
regards...
Forum: Private Flying
18th May 2006, 00:39
Replies: 147
Views: 14,087
Posted By JonWhitehouse

I've just started IMC training, and one of the...

I've just started IMC training, and one of the first things that was re-iterated from night rating days was that if (in Class G or in the Procedure) you're in IMC, you do not decend below your MSA or...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
8th May 2006, 18:15
Replies: 16
Views: 6,919
Posted By JonWhitehouse

If you have a JAR PPL(A), you need to pass the...

If you have a JAR PPL(A), you need to pass the exam 'aircraft technical pt 2 (type)', and pass the GFT for microlights to get the NPPL (microlight), which has replaced the microlight rating on the...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
2nd May 2006, 19:35
Replies: 16
Views: 3,305
Posted By JonWhitehouse

Question for me would be how a newly unrestricted...

Question for me would be how a newly unrestricted FI could perform, let alone teach, these maneovers safely when they're not allowed to whilst still FI/Rs, but as you say, its descretionary.
Forum: Private Flying
28th Mar 2006, 00:20
Replies: 32
Views: 3,998
Posted By JonWhitehouse

personally I found the two best books (and only...

personally I found the two best books (and only books IMHO) I needed were the Thom books, and the confuser. The confuser is very much like the real thing, if you are getting 80% or so in that, then...
Forum: Private Flying
28th Mar 2006, 00:10
Replies: 13
Views: 2,100
Posted By JonWhitehouse

Just click 'save as text' (in the file menu)!

Just click 'save as text' (in the file menu)!
Forum: Private Flying
27th Mar 2006, 23:07
Replies: 27
Views: 2,816
Posted By JonWhitehouse

horse shoe vortex?! :suspect: :) ?

horse shoe vortex?! :suspect: :) ?
Forum: Private Flying
27th Mar 2006, 22:57
Replies: 27
Views: 2,816
Posted By JonWhitehouse

There is an argument for Newtons laws being used,...

There is an argument for Newtons laws being used, in addition to bernoulli, as one Newtonian law states that an object will accelerate in the direction of a resultant force, but that was not the one...
Forum: Private Flying
27th Mar 2006, 22:54
Replies: 27
Views: 2,816
Posted By JonWhitehouse

True, but you are not applyin Bernoullis eqn...

True, but you are not applyin Bernoullis eqn between top and bottom srfaces, your are simply looking at the pressure difference caused by the difference in airspeed which produces a resultant force...
Forum: Private Flying
27th Mar 2006, 22:52
Replies: 27
Views: 2,816
Posted By JonWhitehouse

As I know it, the lift force for a given aerofoil...

As I know it, the lift force for a given aerofoil is directly proportional to the dynamic pressure, which is conserved in a laminar flow over a wing. this conservation is a form of bernoullis eqn, so...
Forum: Private Flying
22nd Mar 2006, 19:58
Replies: 14
Views: 2,914
Posted By JonWhitehouse

Try posting on microlight forums, some1 on there...

Try posting on microlight forums, some1 on there might know!

Regards

Jon
Forum: Private Flying
22nd Mar 2006, 14:58
Replies: 225
Views: 22,746
Posted By JonWhitehouse

Hey, Apologies if any of this has been said...

Hey,
Apologies if any of this has been said before, but just to clarify.
On a PPL, you can get the JAA IR or CPL or both, by passing the 14 exam papers, in no more than 6 sittings. i.e. in...
Forum: ATC Issues
12th Nov 2005, 00:22
Replies: 1,636
Views: 2,455,339
Posted By JonWhitehouse

One heard earlier: Close to dusk one evening...

One heard earlier:

Close to dusk one evening at small airfield
A/c: ''G-xxxx overhead 2000' etc...'
FIS: '' G-xx roger, report downwind rwy 28, do you require runway lights for this approach?...
Forum: Private Flying
3rd Jul 2005, 00:44
Replies: 42
Views: 5,324
Posted By JonWhitehouse

I diverted into Gloucester cos of bad wx at...

I diverted into Gloucester cos of bad wx at kemble on sat, they halved the landing fee for weather diversion.
JW
Forum: Private Flying
3rd Jul 2005, 00:37
Replies: 31
Views: 3,270
Posted By JonWhitehouse

Went up on a check ride with an instructor in...

Went up on a check ride with an instructor in Wales who demonstrated the accuracy you can get from glide approaches. he cut the power late downwind, asked me to nominate one of the runway numbers,...
Forum: Private Flying
3rd Jul 2005, 00:10
Replies: 60
Views: 8,119
Posted By JonWhitehouse

Was flying in from Wolverhampton, got as far as...

Was flying in from Wolverhampton, got as far as Stroud and found the hills blocking Kemble from the north, east and west were rather higher than the cloudbase! With viz around the 2k mark and...
Forum: ATC Issues
28th Jun 2005, 23:58
Replies: 1,636
Views: 2,455,339
Posted By JonWhitehouse

Was getting to dusk an I was listening in to...

Was getting to dusk an I was listening in to local freq. Heard the following exchange between instructor in flight and AFIS.
FIS: "G-**** do you require runway lights for your approach?"
Instr:...
Forum: Private Flying
28th Jun 2005, 23:34
Replies: 29
Views: 3,881
Posted By JonWhitehouse

When the rotary circuit is active at...

When the rotary circuit is active at Wolverhampton, deadside joins are perfectly ok, but fixed wing are given a minimum height limit of 1300' QFE on deadside to avoid them! only after you've passed...
Forum: Private Flying
28th Jun 2005, 23:10
Replies: 58
Views: 13,211
Posted By JonWhitehouse

I wouldnt! If u follow the textbook exactly, it...

I wouldnt! If u follow the textbook exactly, it says that flying within 10k of CB is bad news. That has to cater for worst case scenario i guess, but with an advised 10k avoidance radius, flying...
Forum: Private Flying
28th Jun 2005, 23:02
Replies: 60
Views: 8,119
Posted By JonWhitehouse

FFF05 Inbound Procedures

Ur pretty much right bout the holding procedures TC450, from Malmesbury, do the racetrack thing anywhere between 1500' and 3000' QNH, then when u want to approach, fly onto left base not above 2000'...
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