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Forum: Rumours & News
3rd Mar 2009, 23:40
Replies: 2,906
Views: 1,452,543
Posted By Kiwiguy

In the 1995 crash of Ansett NZ flight 703, I...

In the 1995 crash of Ansett NZ flight 703, I quizzed a former New Zealand Prime Minister in Parliament after I heard a rumour (Jenny Shipley)

She confirmed to me that the radio altimeter aerials...
Forum: Rumours & News
3rd Mar 2009, 00:13
Replies: 2,015
Views: 717,100
Posted By Kiwiguy

Roger protectthehornet In my view with...

Roger protectthehornet



In my view with respect to the pilots, over reliance on automation rears it's ugly head as the real cause of so many accidents these days on highly automated cockpits.
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Mar 2009, 05:35
Replies: 2,906
Views: 1,452,543
Posted By Kiwiguy

There are historical examples of multiple engine...

There are historical examples of multiple engine failures like that DC-8 that flamed out near Portland back in the days before I got grey hair.

There is the fuel exhaustion of AirTransat's A330...
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Mar 2009, 05:27
Replies: 2,906
Views: 1,452,543
Posted By Kiwiguy

PJ2 you and DC-ATE have more in common than you...

PJ2 you and DC-ATE have more in common than you think because DC-ATE also decries the replacement of real airmanship with automation.

The problem is not automation per se. My concession to you PJ2...
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Mar 2009, 04:42
Replies: 2,906
Views: 1,452,543
Posted By Kiwiguy

I'm with DC-ATE. Automated systems work OK when...

I'm with DC-ATE. Automated systems work OK when they are working, but the problem which DC-ATE is alluding to is that these crashes like the Perpignan A320 crash, The BA038 B777 at Heathrow and now...
Forum: Rumours & News
28th Feb 2009, 00:46
Replies: 2,906
Views: 1,452,543
Posted By Kiwiguy

Doesn't the FADEC on a CFM-56 turn off some of...

Doesn't the FADEC on a CFM-56 turn off some of the combustion canisters at altitude for fuel conservation. With BA038 at Heathrow one of the speculations was some form of electrical interference with...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Feb 2009, 04:28
Replies: 2,906
Views: 1,452,543
Posted By Kiwiguy

Roger that... Lost_in _Saigon Except that...

Roger that... Lost_in _Saigon

Except that the LP Fans don't look like they were under much power so I wonder if extra power was applied or if some passengers who experienced a nose up attitude...
Forum: Freight Dogs
15th Feb 2009, 21:35
Replies: 6
Views: 2,419
Posted By Kiwiguy

I seem to recall reading a few years ago that...

I seem to recall reading a few years ago that people seeking to purchase a time expired 747-100 for a hostel and fly it to it's last location mentioned they could acquire it for it's then scrap value...
Forum: Rumours & News
14th Nov 2008, 06:45
Replies: 402
Views: 148,266
Posted By Kiwiguy

How about Egyptair flight 990 ? Autopilot...

How about Egyptair flight 990 ?
Autopilot disconnected just like the Skippy bird did.

USA was full of 9/11 hysteria so the co-pilot had to be blamed.

USA also has OTHR radar over the Atlantic...
Forum: Tech Log
14th Oct 2008, 01:05
Replies: 2
Views: 904
Posted By Kiwiguy

Learning to use FMS

I am currently trying to get my head around the (Lear Siegler?) FMS used on B737NG. Are there any interactive study guides online worth looking at ?
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
4th Oct 2008, 11:28
Replies: 74
Views: 11,905
Posted By Kiwiguy

The issue is that Wellington is a jewel in the...

The issue is that Wellington is a jewel in the Trans Tasman crown, but 20% of international pax at WLG are business pax and 50% of domestic pax to WLG are business travellers who demand a higher...
Forum: Tech Log
4th Oct 2008, 11:07
Replies: 11
Views: 8,539
Posted By Kiwiguy

He he.... back in 1979, when working for...

He he.... back in 1979, when working for Nationwide Air on Carvairs we used to drain a litre of green 130LL from e3ach wing to check for water. Well it seemed such a waste, so I would save it and top...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
15th Sep 2008, 07:52
Replies: 13
Views: 1,668
Posted By Kiwiguy

I get grounded by my wife even when I'm not...

I get grounded by my wife even when I'm not flying. It's called marriage :=
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
7th Sep 2008, 10:51
Replies: 35
Views: 5,310
Posted By Kiwiguy

Interestingly I just looked up Amblyopia on...

Interestingly I just looked up Amblyopia on Wikipedia and it suggests there that the affected eye can be improved by wearing a patch over the good eye.

Aye aye skipper.... Don't try this at work...
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Sep 2008, 10:39
Replies: 56
Views: 19,143
Posted By Kiwiguy

I think there needs to be a reality check about...

I think there needs to be a reality check about airmanship. If they managed to get gear up after troubleshooting with passengers aboard then what were the odds the gear would actually lower again ?
...
Forum: Tech Log
7th Sep 2008, 09:55
Replies: 4
Views: 1,145
Posted By Kiwiguy

http://www.pilotfriend.com/aircraft%20performance/...

http://www.pilotfriend.com/aircraft%20performance/Beech/beech.htm

Pilotfriend.com may help too, since essco sell manuals, but don't publish them as PDFs so far as I know. Have you tried the...
Forum: Rumours & News
5th Sep 2008, 02:35
Replies: 1,109
Views: 380,033
Posted By Kiwiguy

Illogical thinkers

Well the laws of physics for a gas bottle aren't much different from a balloon. If you want a balloon to fly upwards you have to invert the balloon with the neck beneath so that air rushed out the...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
1st Sep 2008, 02:52
Replies: 60
Views: 6,180
Posted By Kiwiguy

Flawed Floor theory

Even if one accepts that the oxygen bottle returned back down through the hole in the floor and then punched out through the fuselage, there would have been metal deformation typical of stretching at...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
1st Sep 2008, 02:25
Replies: 60
Views: 6,180
Posted By Kiwiguy

Why would I bother packrat ? They apparently...

Why would I bother packrat ?
They apparently have closed minds just like you.

...and since you raise the subject what experience have you got on the subject that would lead you to suggest that...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
31st Aug 2008, 21:01
Replies: 60
Views: 6,180
Posted By Kiwiguy

I have in a previous incarnation worked on...

I have in a previous incarnation worked on collision repair of cars and have seen how metal deforms in relation to various impacts. The kind of blow from inside by a downwards descending bottle would...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
31st Aug 2008, 08:40
Replies: 60
Views: 6,180
Posted By Kiwiguy

I don't think Philthy has to offer an alternative...

I don't think Philthy has to offer an alternative explanation as his criticism raises sufficient reasonable doubt...

Besides which in the post before his I did offer an alternative suggestion that...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
31st Aug 2008, 08:34
Replies: 16
Views: 4,579
Posted By Kiwiguy

Could I tip toe in here and ask something please...

Could I tip toe in here and ask something please ?



I read your concept Victor India of turning to stay within the safe radius but I thought (in NZ at least) that one was only allowed to...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
31st Aug 2008, 08:12
Replies: 48
Views: 18,345
Posted By Kiwiguy

In NZ they can turn you down for a PPL with too...

In NZ they can turn you down for a PPL with too many speeding tickets as simply not a fit and proper person.

Sooner they erase the Patriot Act and Bush's noddies from history the sooner the world...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
31st Aug 2008, 08:06
Replies: 60
Views: 6,180
Posted By Kiwiguy

IT strikes me as if the cylinder valve went...

IT strikes me as if the cylinder valve went upwards whilst the bottle itself was sucked out as a more logical sequence.

People are right to point out inconsistencies in the exploding bottle theory...
Forum: Rumours & News
30th Jul 2008, 23:29
Replies: 1,109
Views: 380,033
Posted By Kiwiguy

So correct me if I am wrong but the O2 bottle...

So correct me if I am wrong but the O2 bottle could still have been sucked out secondary to a rupture in the fuselage and the valve fittings could have simply been ejected upwards in the process of...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
24th Jun 2008, 12:22
Replies: 16
Views: 2,736
Posted By Kiwiguy

Wonder if they leased one from Air NZ ? ...

Wonder if they leased one from Air NZ ?

Intriguing...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
24th Jun 2008, 11:36
Replies: 327
Views: 43,258
Posted By Kiwiguy

I've been mountaineering in that park since...

I've been mountaineering in that park since before you were born sonny. Each time I've climbed to huts in the park, I have found surveys placed there by park authorities asking climbers not for...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
24th Jun 2008, 08:35
Replies: 327
Views: 43,258
Posted By Kiwiguy

Hi Astina, that's interesting. Where did that...

Hi Astina, that's interesting. Where did that come from ?

I was talking to their regional development people back in 2004 and they were dead keen to get scheduled services into Pukaki.
...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
24th Jun 2008, 08:26
Replies: 73
Views: 12,941
Posted By Kiwiguy

The gossip I heard was that her brother in law...

The gossip I heard was that her brother in law was an Indonesian national and whether wittingly, or unwittingly her family was smuggling.

I don't think she was little miss innocent. She will wake...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
24th Jun 2008, 08:20
Replies: 13
Views: 2,240
Posted By Kiwiguy

When I threw bags for Air NZ we threw bags worth...

When I threw bags for Air NZ we threw bags worth $2m several times a week. If you were really smart you could pre-plan how to slip a money bag into a small knapsack and have it collected off the...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
23rd Jun 2008, 07:16
Replies: 327
Views: 43,258
Posted By Kiwiguy

Lemme guess Mount Cook or Pukaki ? I have...

Lemme guess Mount Cook or Pukaki ?

I have long wondered if someone from that bunch of Brierly's pirates wanted to get Mount Cook Airlines out of there so they could asset strip the ski plane...
Forum: Tech Log
23rd Jun 2008, 07:00
Replies: 57
Views: 17,101
Posted By Kiwiguy

Airfoil you can reduce power and use attitude to...

Airfoil you can reduce power and use attitude to maintain airspeed. Airspeed is the critical factor.

Just don't apply for a job as a carrier pilot if you don't understand that sink can be...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
23rd Jun 2008, 06:34
Replies: 327
Views: 43,258
Posted By Kiwiguy

The value of TEU, I suggest is not flying TEU-ZQN...

The value of TEU, I suggest is not flying TEU-ZQN but rather to fly TEU-CHC or TEU-AKL if you really think about it.

If Air NZ is behind runway upgrades then you can bet that Air NZ is buying...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
22nd Jun 2008, 13:42
Replies: 0
Views: 707
Posted By Kiwiguy

Ansett NZ Dash 8 manual

I'm working on developing a new kiwi AOC and wondered please if anyone out there still has a former Ansett NZ Ops manual for the Dash 8-102 which I could take a look at please ?

Alternately Ansett...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
22nd Jun 2008, 13:20
Replies: 327
Views: 43,258
Posted By Kiwiguy

This was the eastern end of TEU in 2007 ...

This was the eastern end of TEU in 2007

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh212/727Kiwi/TEUeasternextension.jpg
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