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Forum: Private Flying
31st May 2007, 11:23
Replies: 57
Views: 5,398
Posted By sailing

Used to fly a 172 commercially, mainly scenics,...

Used to fly a 172 commercially, mainly scenics, occasional charter, aerial photography. If my pax were a bit nervous/wind was gusty I would do a normal GA 'drag it in with power' approach. For all...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
31st May 2007, 04:32
Replies: 4
Views: 1,130
Posted By sailing

C 209

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone knows where I can find a Cessna 209 POH and also where in Australia one can be private hired?

I'm supposed to be starting a job over in Kazakhstan flying them for...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
31st May 2007, 00:54
Replies: 17
Views: 2,542
Posted By sailing

Totally agree with Harley D., don't play around...

Totally agree with Harley D., don't play around at the edges of the envelope without getting proper instruction, but some posters here seem to think that a sideslip is advanced aerobatics.
I found...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
30th May 2007, 10:50
Replies: 10
Views: 1,509
Posted By sailing

"Also another good one is jacking flap as a round...

"Also another good one is jacking flap as a round and see if ur instructo no what this is. Commercial operators use both at times when a short feild may be being used"

Well, I guess you must be...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
30th May 2007, 10:41
Replies: 10
Views: 1,509
Posted By sailing

Your glide will improve, but you will get a...

Your glide will improve, but you will get a significant change in trim and nose attitude (you'll have to keep the nose higher to maintain the speed). It's easy to lose significant height doing it, so...
Forum: Private Flying
30th May 2007, 10:06
Replies: 26
Views: 3,685
Posted By sailing

Wombat: "Well, flying is nothing like that" :} ...

Wombat: "Well, flying is nothing like that" :}

Thanks Wombat, pure gold!:ok:

And thanks Fuji Abound....glad to know that after 3000 hrs (only half of that instructing) I might know something...
Forum: Private Flying
30th May 2007, 06:59
Replies: 26
Views: 3,685
Posted By sailing

You shouldn't try to land. Just fly low down...

You shouldn't try to land.

Just fly low down the strip as far as you can with the throttle closed, and let the aircraft decide when to land.

When you stop trying to land, it all gets a lot...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
30th May 2007, 05:29
Replies: 17
Views: 2,542
Posted By sailing

Thumbs up Flaps? Damn new fangled inventions...

There are a few scenarios where being able to confidently sideslip (even a flapped aircraft) might be handy. The obvious one is a forced landing into a very short strip.

You want to drag your...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
30th May 2007, 04:39
Replies: 35
Views: 3,941
Posted By sailing

Its easier to be a good instructor if you have...

Its easier to be a good instructor if you have some real world experience, but mainly you need to want to do it, and want to do it well. Seeing the look on your student's face as they climb out of...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
28th May 2007, 11:31
Replies: 54
Views: 10,894
Posted By sailing

Keep your hands on the joystick!

Once met an ultralight instructor who sported 4 bars on his epaulettes, I think they were for the number of in flight engine failures he'd survived!! :}
Forum: Private Flying
24th May 2007, 10:36
Replies: 105
Views: 14,493
Posted By sailing

"Ps: I can land a Tiger Moth. What an appalling...

"Ps: I can land a Tiger Moth. What an appalling handling......."

How dare you, sir!!!

Did you notice that the footrests affect the turn coordination?:)
Forum: Private Flying
24th May 2007, 08:25
Replies: 69
Views: 13,331
Posted By sailing

Let he who is without sin.....

Confession time!
1. As a very new student I was starting the Tomahawk when I glanced across at the instructor and noticed he was smiling slightly. Thinking he was having a nice day, I gave a taxi...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
24th Apr 2007, 11:53
Replies: 33
Views: 3,242
Posted By sailing

"I think the worst operators tend to be the ones...

"I think the worst operators tend to be the ones where the CEO, CP, Training standards manager and Maintenance controller are the same person. It staggers me that this is actually legal."

Thank...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
16th Dec 2006, 00:47
Replies: 15
Views: 4,685
Posted By sailing

Just noticed this thread was started by...

Just noticed this thread was started by 'brown-eyes' and last post was by 'crack-up'.
Frankly, I'm appalled...where are the moderators when we need them? Probably getting all hot and...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
15th Dec 2006, 23:59
Replies: 71
Views: 9,793
Posted By sailing

As I said in the title....Real aeroplanes have...

As I said in the title....Real aeroplanes have tailwheels[/quote]

Almost correct....Real aeroplanes have tailSKIDS (and are made by DeHavilland!).

(Dons tin helmet and crouches lower in foxhole)
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
14th Dec 2006, 08:07
Replies: 87
Views: 12,404
Posted By sailing

I don't think he can hear you as his ears are...

I don't think he can hear you as his ears are already below ground level!
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
12th Dec 2006, 08:47
Replies: 87
Views: 12,404
Posted By sailing

I think the problem in this discussion is that...

I think the problem in this discussion is that 4SPOOLED knows what's going on, but thinks that 'nose attitude' is measured against relative airflow, as AoA is.
I, and I think most others here, think...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
12th Dec 2006, 07:23
Replies: 23
Views: 4,247
Posted By sailing

Don't Try This At Home!

While doing my CPL training I had a young instructor who worked at night on a second job. We were flying the Cherokee on a cross-country on a clear day when he told me that the 'cloudbase' had...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
12th Dec 2006, 06:10
Replies: 87
Views: 12,404
Posted By sailing

I spent a few years doing joy flights in a 172...

I spent a few years doing joy flights in a 172 and para drops in a 182. The easy way to land them is to do a proper hold-off, and let the stall do the actual landing for you. The way to know you've...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
6th Jun 2006, 10:24
Replies: 21
Views: 2,641
Posted By sailing

Had an interesting flight in a glider at Omarama...

Had an interesting flight in a glider at Omarama a few years ago, with a local instructor. We got into the wave lift at about 7.000', then headed for Mt Cook doing 100 knots, with the VSI on 1,000...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
6th Jun 2006, 10:07
Replies: 102
Views: 9,874
Posted By sailing

The instructor obviously comes first, so the call...

The instructor obviously comes first, so the call would be "ZERO PLUS ONE"!!!
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
4th Jun 2006, 10:24
Replies: 29
Views: 4,508
Posted By sailing

Further to creampuff's comments, I think ACCC has...

Further to creampuff's comments, I think ACCC has its knickers in a knot over clothes hangers in its wardrobe, not aircraft hangars at Barwon.:E
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
17th May 2006, 02:34
Replies: 2
Views: 928
Posted By sailing

I did it for a few years, but have since sold the...

I did it for a few years, but have since sold the aircraft. Aircraft was hired to the company, who employed me to fly it, and other aircraft.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
13th May 2006, 12:29
Replies: 11
Views: 1,183
Posted By sailing

Dangerous goods

Well, I certainly hope they haul you up, how irresponsible! Don't you know how dangerous those things are? Next I suppose you'll want unrestricted access to nail clippers to while away the time while...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
13th May 2006, 12:01
Replies: 30
Views: 4,986
Posted By sailing

[/quote] Mr Baker agreed that the incident...

[/quote]
Mr Baker agreed that the incident highlighted the need for airport security in regional areas.

"There is no question that we need security here at Merimbula.

"We've come a long way...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
2nd May 2006, 09:53
Replies: 16
Views: 9,103
Posted By sailing

Wasn't this a problem with the Stratocruiser? I...

Wasn't this a problem with the Stratocruiser? I recall a story of a flight from or to Hawaii?? When one ran away and the pilot tried to stop it by cutting the oil supply to the engine. I think it...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
29th Apr 2006, 00:48
Replies: 161
Views: 66,974
Posted By sailing

Bit less of the sarcasm NC! That gap in the roof...

Bit less of the sarcasm NC! That gap in the roof is to allow departures by the C150 VT, the vertical takeoff derivative of the C150 which my granny used to fly on black ops for the CIA. It was going...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
25th Apr 2006, 14:12
Replies: 161
Views: 66,974
Posted By sailing

DT, that's a great photo of the -900T, you can...

DT, that's a great photo of the -900T, you can tell its a later series with the short seat tracks by the long rear window and the position of the main gear. It was moved back to stop tailstrike with...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
25th Apr 2006, 09:11
Replies: 55
Views: 10,958
Posted By sailing

Ah, sorry if I've offended you, OCTA? 1. I...

Ah, sorry if I've offended you, OCTA?
1. I stand corrected on the fuel situation.:ok:
2. I enjoyed the jump, I'm not complaining about anything, certainly not the PIC! When what was happening at...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
24th Apr 2006, 21:47
Replies: 161
Views: 66,974
Posted By sailing

Lowdown, you're dead right there. :ok:They...

Lowdown, you're dead right there. :ok:They re-thought the system with the 208 and developed the stretch version before the short-field trials. The new system uses a fence in front of the aircraft, so...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
24th Apr 2006, 12:31
Replies: 55
Views: 10,958
Posted By sailing

I was in the right hand seat and had a pretty...

I was in the right hand seat and had a pretty good view of the crowd in the back, there were 20 plus me+pilot. Low fuel light was flashing as we taxied, when i queried it the pilot said there was...
Forum: Space Flight and Operations
24th Apr 2006, 09:13
Replies: 15
Views: 3,195
Posted By sailing

Depends what you mean by flying......my first...

Depends what you mean by flying......my first paid job was as a hang gliding instructor, later ultralight instructor, then first 'real' aeroplane job was when I bought a DH82 and gave myself a job...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
24th Apr 2006, 08:44
Replies: 161
Views: 66,974
Posted By sailing

No endorsement required for the 207-900, but you...

No endorsement required for the 207-900, but you need a twin endorsement for the 207-900T which is, you guessed it, the twin engine version. It has two IO 470s up front, one behind the other. The...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
23rd Apr 2006, 23:57
Replies: 161
Views: 66,974
Posted By sailing

Tiger, it flies very much like the 207, but when...

Tiger, it flies very much like the 207, but when landing you have to flare just a touch higher as due to the extra length the gear is lower relative to the pilot seat in the landing attitude. The...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
23rd Apr 2006, 11:55
Replies: 55
Views: 10,958
Posted By sailing

How many pax in a Van for private ops.....22!...

How many pax in a Van for private ops.....22! Yes, out of Tyagarah a few years ago on skydiving ops.
The van came from Ramblers, I was one of the 'meat bombs', and when a crowd had piled in someone...
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