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Forum: ATC Issues
6th Jan 2012, 18:48
Replies: 13
Views: 5,780
Posted By kme

Warning - rant

No offence,

Im just tired of it beeing a common way of saying to file a report against an aircraft/flightcrew/controller.:ugh:

I prefer that people file reports on situations and therefore for...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
2nd Jan 2011, 20:59
Replies: 43
Views: 6,266
Posted By kme

Two kids is not exactly uncommon in the UK (note...

Two kids is not exactly uncommon in the UK (note - this is a guess).

If any flying female is going to have two, most companies would apperciate it to be twins of course. This is not exactly easy...
Forum: ATC Issues
31st Dec 2010, 18:24
Replies: 47
Views: 7,582
Posted By kme

Fully agree :ok: If we go to the...

Fully agree :ok:




If we go to the numbers, a debateable issue that will end up with discussing the definition of the word failure and the quality of radio equipment at different places in...
Forum: ATC Issues
2nd Sep 2010, 21:21
Replies: 38
Views: 7,550
Posted By kme

Statistics

Not going to add an opinion to speculations but as have already been said:

- if you are overtaken on the way in to Paris(read any major hub anywhere), statistically it is a very much higher...
Forum: Tech Log
13th May 2010, 16:55
Replies: 8
Views: 2,766
Posted By kme

If you ask me: For 100 pounds of fuel the moment...

If you ask me: For 100 pounds of fuel the moment would be close to 3800 pound-inches. This seems to hold throughout the table (straight line)

This means that 1 pound gives the moment 38...
Forum: Flight/Ground Ops, Crewing and Dispatch
19th Apr 2010, 20:43
Replies: 6
Views: 5,908
Posted By kme

Tail heavy

Consider a plane that is very nose heavy - think of hanging a big container off the nose of a flying aircraft.

To continue flying straight the plane has to compensate for this nose down moment....
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
23rd Jan 2010, 10:00
Replies: 12
Views: 2,629
Posted By kme

Our course did the abinitio on the 172rg w...

Our course did the abinitio on the 172rg w constant speed and retractable gear. I never noticed any problems for me or any of my classmates relating specifically to the relative "complexity". I...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
22nd Nov 2009, 21:59
Replies: 4
Views: 3,465
Posted By kme

Some more theory

To get from philosophy into something more useful...

The Coriolis force is always proportional to the speed of movement - faster - more coreolis (see it as a reversed g-force when making a turn...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
22nd Nov 2009, 21:00
Replies: 4
Views: 3,465
Posted By kme

Wink avoid cross thinking

The trick to all the more complex area of the meteorology is - Think simple

One thing at the time, in real life all factors come together and complicates the issues so much that not even the most...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
31st Jul 2009, 15:20
Replies: 12
Views: 1,868
Posted By kme

One more thing, The name of the thread...

One more thing,

The name of the thread implies you are looking for soft landings - most instructors are more interested in safe landings.

Have fun
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
31st Jul 2009, 15:17
Replies: 12
Views: 1,868
Posted By kme

landing

Someone who lands ok without any training is impressive but of course you only get one chance and the impression disappears if it is later proven it was luck. After that the trick is not to impress...
Forum: ATC Issues
24th Jul 2009, 17:59
Replies: 12
Views: 1,662
Posted By kme

RA

The time for the actual RA to be displayed to the controller has to be relatively small for the function to be able to give any benefit except for statistical use.

In general my impression...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
23rd Jul 2009, 20:39
Replies: 35
Views: 6,073
Posted By kme

Jokes

I love to joke around but in cockpit when student is flying is not the time.

In a good case they dont have capacity to understand at all, in a bad case they understand something completely...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
23rd Jul 2009, 17:47
Replies: 65
Views: 11,264
Posted By kme

Spins

Looks to me like we reached a fairly unanimous conclusion by now. Anybody against?
Forum: ATC Issues
23rd Jul 2009, 17:41
Replies: 12
Views: 1,662
Posted By kme

looks like Scottish is already making me...

looks like Scottish is already making me outdated...
Forum: ATC Issues
23rd Jul 2009, 17:39
Replies: 12
Views: 1,662
Posted By kme

For the moment it is a big discrepancy between...

For the moment it is a big discrepancy between what is possible and what is actually seen. The Mode S implementation on the ATC side is far from finished and it depends very much which center/airport...
Forum: Tech Log
17th Apr 2009, 12:55
Replies: 3
Views: 1,051
Posted By kme

Eurocontrol is keeping a big database of aircraft...

Eurocontrol is keeping a big database of aircraft performance if this is what youre interested in. Its called BADA.

It's based on radar derived information

Have fun
Forum: ATC Issues
20th Jan 2009, 18:14
Replies: 6
Views: 6,573
Posted By kme

Have had similar discussion about the general 500...

Have had similar discussion about the general 500 feet/min rule

1. Do you happen to have an ICAO reference to where this 500 feet / min is written down? (I know its in writing on some SID/STARS...
Forum: Tech Log
6th Dec 2008, 21:23
Replies: 10
Views: 2,507
Posted By kme

The plan is to base the radar identification of...

The plan is to base the radar identification of the Mode S ID instead of the mode A to reduce code shortage, But before this happens the percentage of wrong inputs needs to go down ...
Have been...
Forum: Tech Log
12th Oct 2008, 09:25
Replies: 8
QFF
Views: 13,879
Posted By kme

Just to join the responses of me and JD: The...

Just to join the responses of me and JD:

The 4% rule is based on JD´s formula h2 - h1 = 221.1T (logP1 -logP2)

as you can see the pressure difference between true height h2 and h1
is...
Forum: Tech Log
11th Oct 2008, 19:55
Replies: 8
QFF
Views: 13,879
Posted By kme

Example

I would suggest drawing while reading this...
(The calculations are not exact but normal "round" values are used to simplify)

Lets first assume some conditions: Airfield elevation 1000´
...
Forum: Tech Log
11th Oct 2008, 19:02
Replies: 8
QFF
Views: 13,879
Posted By kme

QFF

I will answer in reverse order,

c) Because if you use QNH for drawing meteorological maps the pressure lines will be influenced by local temperature and elevation - This is highly undesirable
...
Forum: ATC Issues
28th Sep 2008, 22:22
Replies: 4
Views: 2,673
Posted By kme

The separation in radar environment doesn´t have...

The separation in radar environment doesn´t have anything to do with your navigation capability. (depends on the radar system and procedures in use)

In procedural environments and cases with...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
27th Aug 2008, 16:16
Replies: 9
Views: 1,006
Posted By kme

Sounds pretty Belgian to me.... ;)

Sounds pretty Belgian to me.... ;)
Forum: Tech Log
10th Aug 2008, 11:40
Replies: 4
Views: 1,064
Posted By kme

holds

For the hold you are supposed to adapt the leg timings so you leave as close to the cleared time as you can. Never heard about any limits though.
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
6th Aug 2008, 18:34
Replies: 8
Views: 1,038
Posted By kme

Can only agree with previous, try to avoid 8...

Can only agree with previous, try to avoid 8 blockhours per day.

You can get a lot of time but it screws you up completely. Try 2 or 3 days in a row and you will get the point....

happy landings
Forum: ATC Issues
30th Jul 2008, 15:41
Replies: 5
Views: 1,234
Posted By kme

Could be in the Supplentary procedures for Europe...

Could be in the Supplentary procedures for Europe not sure about the number but doc 7630 seem to ring a bell somewhere.

I will check the number later and post again

Let us know if you find...
Forum: ATC Issues
7th Jul 2008, 20:21
Replies: 7
Views: 2,081
Posted By kme

slots

The slots can also be of many "hidden" reasons. If you transit several regulated sectors there will be a slot issued only for the most limiting sector. The slots in the other sectors then follow...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
31st May 2008, 13:02
Replies: 26
Views: 2,850
Posted By kme

A mistake I did in the beginning was to try to...

A mistake I did in the beginning was to try to teach everything at once.

Its very easy to overload a student with instructions in the air. Choose what to teach and prioritise where you are...
Forum: Tech Log
28th May 2008, 08:15
Replies: 114
Views: 20,504
Posted By kme

v1

I think 2 seconds of reaction time should be allowed for in the v1 calculation. Dont know where I got it from but it came up when I read the discussion.

Not much but at least something
Forum: ATC Issues
25th May 2008, 17:06
Replies: 9
Views: 2,118
Posted By kme

Maastricht vs Eurocontrol

The question was not for flying through maastrichts airspace but more about filing flightplans. Which is done through the eurocontrol IFPS systems when flying IFR in any of the membership states.
...
Forum: Tech Log
19th May 2008, 10:35
Replies: 10
Views: 3,107
Posted By kme

I do agree fully, Should maybe have added that...

I do agree fully,
Should maybe have added that the speed is valid only for the flights involved in visual separation procedures (ICAO)

:)
Forum: ATC Issues
18th May 2008, 15:22
Replies: 9
Views: 2,118
Posted By kme

Previous posters are correct - the Eurocontrol...

Previous posters are correct - the Eurocontrol IFPS (1 or 2) is only concerned with IFR flights

VFR flights are handled by each country themselfes - in this case I would file it as you file a...
Forum: ATC Issues
10th May 2008, 21:16
Replies: 350
Views: 66,099
Posted By kme

circuits

And when right-hand is the standard do you switch it around?

Secondly would you expect all the pilots around you to be of the same opinion as yourself in this issue?

Personally I don´t mind...
Forum: Tech Log
18th Mar 2008, 12:10
Replies: 7
Views: 1,469
Posted By kme

Idea

What about a loose solar panel for putting on the instrument panel below the windshield? Would of course be a bit annoying with cables or so until you got the hang of it.

Or am I biking in too...
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