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Forum: Military Aviation
4th May 2010, 18:20
Replies: 4
Views: 1,925
Posted By Woodenwonder

Soothsayer

Oh Spanish Walter,

Methinks thou art a true soothsayer, and bow to thine devination.

1500 - all on the ground - including gliders!
Forum: Private Flying
20th Apr 2010, 10:49
Replies: 73
Views: 24,277
Posted By Woodenwonder

Cusco, Unfortunately, where deaths have...

Cusco,

Unfortunately, where deaths have occurred, the AAIB will take ages over producing a report.

Just as it is not their job to apportion blame, certainly neither is it ours - but this should...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
25th Jan 2010, 21:06
Replies: 27
Views: 5,418
Posted By Woodenwonder

Have things changed in the past few years since I...

Have things changed in the past few years since I used to instruct? Then, if a training organisation wanted to train PPLs it had to be to an approved syllabus.

I used the current AOPA syllabus. ...
Forum: Flight Testing
7th Nov 2009, 11:33
Replies: 3
Views: 1,555
Posted By Woodenwonder

If you have Maplins or a similar outlet for...

If you have Maplins or a similar outlet for electronic bits and pieces, then seek out a temperature probe.
My Maplin one has a LCD readout in a 5 X 3 cm housing, which contains the small button type...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
15th Apr 2009, 19:54
Replies: 6
Views: 4,186
Posted By Woodenwonder

First of all, it is not a real Robin. Certainly...

First of all, it is not a real Robin. Certainly not if you take the hallmark of Pierre Robin's designs to be their remarkably efficient wooden wing. The Aiglon seemed to be an attempt to sell to...
Forum: Private Flying
30th Mar 2009, 15:02
Replies: 29
Views: 4,173
Posted By Woodenwonder

As soon as you can, change to the next airfield's...

As soon as you can, change to the next airfield's frequency.
Just listen, and write down the joining instructions bit by bit as you hear them given to other pilots. Perhaps you won't get all the...
Forum: Private Flying
8th Mar 2008, 00:53
Replies: 35
Views: 4,002
Posted By Woodenwonder

DCs are expensive for what they are (paying for...

DCs are expensive for what they are (paying for the name?)

Go Sennheiser HM100 - light, soft on the ear clamping, good quality sound.
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Mar 2008, 21:20
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,765
Posted By Woodenwonder

Fly the airplane

Quote:"Suppose we do a power response test and the engines don't respond. Then what?"

Re-configure for best glide, and FLY THE AIRPLANE! (Sorry, not wanting to shout, but can't get the...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Feb 2008, 13:45
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,765
Posted By Woodenwonder

Lift to drag

Not an ATPL on 777 - just a one-time instructor.

Whatever the best glide speed might be, a reduction in speed can only build induced drag more and more so the overall L/D must diminish. And...
Forum: Private Flying
13th Feb 2008, 21:37
Replies: 40
Views: 5,105
Posted By Woodenwonder

At weekends and public hols, listen on 122.75...

At weekends and public hols, listen on 122.75 (Salisbury Plain Ops), and a continuous tape will tell you if you can cross the Plain without collecting howitzer shells on the way!
Forum: Private Flying
13th Dec 2007, 19:41
Replies: 1
Views: 729
Posted By Woodenwonder

Adding TMG rating to a UK PPL

Urgent help needed please.
I appreciate that the TMG rating has had a good airing in previous threads, but any I've found are closed.
Derek Piggott tested me ages ago for the the then SLMG part of...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
24th Sep 2007, 10:19
Replies: 136
Views: 81,462
Posted By Woodenwonder

I thought that the combined experience and...

I thought that the combined experience and knowledge which can be mustered on this forum could help discuss aviation in all its aspects; including accidents.

But if we are not to do so when there...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
23rd Sep 2007, 13:48
Replies: 136
Views: 81,462
Posted By Woodenwonder

I looked up this thread to try to find what...

I looked up this thread to try to find what happened to the Hurricane, but only DB6 has described those last moments in objective terms.

To me it looks like an attempt at pull through and then...
Forum: Private Flying
21st Mar 2007, 21:31
Replies: 87
Views: 33,538
Posted By Woodenwonder

Funny thing - I do many of our Club check rides -...

Funny thing - I do many of our Club check rides - and wondered why the aeroplane would slide towards the runway (or away from same), the height would be sliding down, and the radio call for downwind...
Forum: Private Flying
15th Nov 2006, 10:57
Replies: 21
Views: 5,569
Posted By Woodenwonder

Bose, Were you a fly on the wall at out last...

Bose,
Were you a fly on the wall at out last committee meeting?

You're uncannily close to our debate - our existing 172 airframe is very sound according to our M3 engineer, respray still looks...
Forum: Private Flying
14th Nov 2006, 22:33
Replies: 21
Views: 5,569
Posted By Woodenwonder

Thanks. So mostly good news - but will it really...

Thanks. So mostly good news - but will it really get out of Old Sarum when its a bit soft and wet? At max AUW that is.
Forum: Private Flying
14th Nov 2006, 21:30
Replies: 21
Views: 5,569
Posted By Woodenwonder

Socata TB 10: is this a good Club tourer?

Our club is in danger of a making a major decision - the proposition is to sell our Cessna F172M - now getting old and tired, and replace it with a more modern type.
I am totally biassed as you can...
Forum: Private Flying
27th Apr 2006, 09:53
Replies: 21
Views: 4,182
Posted By Woodenwonder

Any Robin with that wonderful cranked wing will...

Any Robin with that wonderful cranked wing will carry more, faster, than any metal aeroplane.
But they also have sticks, a great field of view, and twin throttles.
The best ones have a small...
Forum: Private Flying
13th Apr 2006, 22:00
Replies: 34
Views: 5,243
Posted By Woodenwonder

Loved the RF 6B, enjoyed the T67A, haven't flown...

Loved the RF 6B, enjoyed the T67A, haven't flown the unexciting, heavy 67B (all that grp instead of God's fatique free material - wood.

Hope soon to try the 67M MkII (does this have a power lever...
Forum: Private Flying
13th Apr 2006, 21:17
Replies: 20
Views: 2,891
Posted By Woodenwonder

Fuel in Italy

Can't remember which GA magazine, but only last year a touring article made the point that Avgas was difficult to get (not to find) at Italian airfields. The writer described how he was allowed gas...
Forum: Private Flying
30th Mar 2006, 20:09
Replies: 27
Views: 2,814
Posted By Woodenwonder

Newton has it in my book. Bernoulli was a good...

Newton has it in my book. Bernoulli was a good chap, and deals with flow through pipes, but we don't fly in pipes.
Please see the spendid treatise (sorry I can't give you a link), a 13 page paper...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
20th Mar 2006, 22:10
Replies: 33
Views: 3,009
Posted By Woodenwonder

I gave up instructing with our club for two main...

I gave up instructing with our club for two main reasons - we sold the aerobatic aeroplane, and started to use a C172, and secondly the Instructor Seminar I had to go on was not a seminar, in that we...
Forum: Private Flying
20th Mar 2006, 21:28
Replies: 17
Views: 2,296
Posted By Woodenwonder

No, you are under no legal obligation to get...

No, you are under no legal obligation to get clearance from SB. So don't.
Those who say they are only after "bad guys", and would therefore appreciate a call, are being exceedingly generous to the...
Forum: Private Flying
5th Mar 2006, 12:55
Replies: 4
Views: 1,662
Posted By Woodenwonder

Probable reason is that the importer/agent wasn't...

Probable reason is that the importer/agent wasn't prepared to pay for the CAA test pilot to spend hours clearing the spin.
To this day, I fear they don't accept another major aviation country's...
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