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Search: Posts Made By: discountinvestigator
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Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
6th Jan 2024, 18:50
Replies: 3
Views: 1,049
Posted By discountinvestigator

Hooks

Hi,
Tail hooks have been trialled in the USA. A Convair CV-340 (actually a military C-131) was tried and got good results with the passengers not noticing anything too abrupt. I think they were...
Forum: Tech Log
23rd Aug 2010, 20:48
Replies: 1
Views: 880
Posted By discountinvestigator

B737-700 winglet lights and wing bend question

When viewing a B737-700 with winglets making an approach, with the observer at ground level situated close to threshold and on the port side of the aircraft, which are the two lights that will shine...
Forum: Safety, CRM, QA & Emergency Response Planning
1st Apr 2009, 16:40
Replies: 3
Views: 1,634
Posted By discountinvestigator

There are many formal techniques available to...

There are many formal techniques available to fully qualified risk assessment professionals. These are not techniques that you can just pick up and use with no background or training in the subject...
Forum: Tech Log
1st Apr 2009, 16:34
Replies: 22
Views: 7,538
Posted By discountinvestigator

Hi, you will find that the DME requirements for...

Hi, you will find that the DME requirements for curved approaches include DME/P (precision) as opposed to the normal DME with which the civilian world is familiar.

I can also comment on when MLS...
Forum: Tech Log
2nd Jun 2008, 15:31
Replies: 37
Views: 12,256
Posted By discountinvestigator

From a hangar full of bits: 1. the PAPI and the...

From a hangar full of bits:
1. the PAPI and the recommended instrumented approach angle may not be aligned
2. FAA PAPI angles sideways spread, ICAO and CAA are not necessarily the same
3. the...
Forum: Rumours & News
2nd Jun 2008, 13:09
Replies: 407
Views: 117,334
Posted By discountinvestigator

Quito - look at the braking available after you...

Quito - look at the braking available after you have blown the front tyres, and the implied deceleration thereafter.

Congonhas - note the procedure changes introduced by Airbus via EASA into the...
Forum: Tech Log
22nd May 2008, 13:59
Replies: 4
Views: 780
Posted By discountinvestigator

It is not certified for it so be careful. ...

It is not certified for it so be careful.

Wake vortices decay as a function of time, not distance. Approach controllers convert time into distance as that is what they work with. I would suggest...
Forum: Tech Log
22nd May 2008, 13:49
Replies: 319
Views: 52,581
Posted By discountinvestigator

Post V1

Just a few thoughts:

1. I worked on a 767 which RTOed after no engine failure but failed to get airborne after Vr and sitting on the tail skid. Good thing they went for the RTO option as the...
Forum: Tech Log
22nd May 2008, 11:56
Replies: 7
Views: 1,638
Posted By discountinvestigator

Not sure that it is the "threshold" of the other...

Not sure that it is the "threshold" of the other end of the runway that you are departing from. The threshold could be displaced.
Forum: ATC Issues
22nd May 2008, 11:52
Replies: 6
Views: 3,423
Posted By discountinvestigator

Remember you need to have the lamp as well as...

Remember you need to have the lamp as well as tea, coffee, sugar, milk and cups.

The most common item that I find missing from ATC towers is the status display of the navigation aids which are...
Forum: Tech Log
22nd May 2008, 11:43
Replies: 2
Views: 2,468
Posted By discountinvestigator

A320 family REV amber indication questions

Hi,

I have a few relatively simple questions for the Airbus division if I may. I am sorry that it has been so long since I jumpseated a 320 family aircraft, that I cannot remember, or never...
Forum: Tech Log
22nd May 2008, 11:28
Replies: 35
Views: 9,373
Posted By discountinvestigator

For the go-around call to be made at 500 Radio...

For the go-around call to be made at 500 Radio Altitude, it would imply that you have had a precision approach terrain chart drawn up for that approach and examined it. There are several approaches...
Forum: ATC Issues
14th Apr 2008, 10:29
Replies: 30
Views: 5,604
Posted By discountinvestigator

Just culture helps with bringing the organisation...

Just culture helps with bringing the organisation to account, not just the ATCO with the microphone. You pushed the button, it is your fault.... I do have experience in this area and I am providing...
Forum: Tech Log
14th Apr 2008, 09:07
Replies: 11
Views: 7,793
Posted By discountinvestigator

On a side issue, I was watching an RTO in the...

On a side issue, I was watching an RTO in the third world recently. ATC refused to allow rescue and fire fighting vehicles onto the runway because the captain had not asked for it. It is good...
Forum: Tech Log
14th Apr 2008, 08:56
Replies: 8
Views: 3,780
Posted By discountinvestigator

As a general point, after nose gear collapses on...

As a general point, after nose gear collapses on many modern types, then there can be significant damage to the various communication systems that you may wish to use for evacuation (alarm and PA). ...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
25th Oct 2007, 12:57
Replies: 318
Views: 101,297
Posted By discountinvestigator

To the BA ground staff at LGW

My thoughts go out to the LGW groundstaff working for BA who will lose their jobs over this move, as well as the 777 migration to LHR. They have always tried to get me on aircraft when...
Forum: Tech Log
9th Oct 2007, 09:25
Replies: 11
Views: 4,269
Posted By discountinvestigator

Reverse thrust deployment and why can't you take off again?

On the old straight pipe jets with clam shell reverse buckets, then there was a basic statement that you could not take-off again after touching down and deploying the buckets. This was said to be...
Forum: Flight Testing
15th Aug 2007, 12:26
Replies: 24
Views: 8,752
Posted By discountinvestigator

There can be some creep on first landing after a...

There can be some creep on first landing after a tyre change too. In addition, you should check the tyre pressures after the first landing as there can be a loss. This appears to be just a bedding...
Forum: Tech Log
14th Aug 2007, 18:52
Replies: 44
Views: 17,523
Posted By discountinvestigator

JAR OPS requires you to audit the airport before...

JAR OPS requires you to audit the airport before you go. The Chief Pilot should sign off the audit, and the relevant operational procedures, flight deck briefings and your training plan before you...
Forum: Tech Log
14th Aug 2007, 18:25
Replies: 9
Views: 11,140
Posted By discountinvestigator

For GPS approaches: What is the RNP...

For GPS approaches:
What is the RNP certification status for the aircraft? If you have no RNP value then forget it. Do you know what it means? If not, NO.

What are your procedures for RAIM...
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Aug 2007, 15:13
Replies: 2,761
Views: 734,895
Posted By discountinvestigator

ArmChair: Please note, as per previous comments...

ArmChair: Please note, as per previous comments between myself and Our man

1. There is no stopway part of the runway strip at this airport
2. There is no Runway End Safety Area at this airport...
Forum: Tech Log
10th Aug 2007, 17:32
Replies: 17
Views: 6,636
Posted By discountinvestigator

To clarify the adding sink to MDA comment. ...

To clarify the adding sink to MDA comment.

You should be flying a relatively stable angle and not a dive a drive. So that you do not go below MDA, you have to decide to go-around above MDA. ...
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Aug 2007, 15:13
Replies: 2,761
Views: 734,895
Posted By discountinvestigator

With regards to deceleration, I think you would...

With regards to deceleration, I think you would expect 1.7 m/s/s (or 0.17g in real units) and 3.0 m/s/s (or 0.3g) for Lo and Med on an Airbus, I seem to remember but I do not have the manuals in...
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Aug 2007, 22:20
Replies: 12
Views: 7,298
Posted By discountinvestigator

It gets better, as Taxiway Golf is does not even...

It gets better, as Taxiway Golf is does not even have a published PCN value. No PCN, no taxiway!

Somebody should tell the airport not to name all of its holding positions the same as the...
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Aug 2007, 13:14
Replies: 12
Views: 7,298
Posted By discountinvestigator

I am glad to see that the aircraft operator has...

I am glad to see that the aircraft operator has carried out a full audit of the airport in accordance with JAR 1.220 and warned its crews that PCN values of 20 do not support fully loaded A320s.
...
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Aug 2007, 10:22
Replies: 2,761
Views: 734,895
Posted By discountinvestigator

Both reversers out procedure.

For the other human factors specialists considering how procedures are written, presented, interpreted etc...

For one reverser inop:
At landing
Before touchdown: Thrust levers 1 and 2... IDLE...
Forum: Tech Log
9th Aug 2007, 07:56
Replies: 15
Views: 3,962
Posted By discountinvestigator

It is always a point of debate what happens for...

It is always a point of debate what happens for the side step runway landing. You have effectively been recleared to make an approach to the new runway. You have not been cleared to make an...
Forum: Tech Log
9th Aug 2007, 07:43
Replies: 17
Views: 6,636
Posted By discountinvestigator

The design of instrument approach procedures is...

The design of instrument approach procedures is based on all engines burning and turning. It is the operator's responsibility to ensure that engine-out procedures are provided for the pilots.

In...
Forum: Tech Log
9th Aug 2007, 07:32
Replies: 8
Views: 2,145
Posted By discountinvestigator

1. Does your airline have low visibility...

1. Does your airline have low visibility operational approval?
2. Does the airport have low visibility procedures published in the AIP?
3. Does ATC have low visibility procedures approved?

Any...
Forum: ATC Issues
8th Aug 2007, 18:27
Replies: 32
Views: 5,731
Posted By discountinvestigator

I think that there is a very significant...

I think that there is a very significant difference in the runway operating mode and allowing this to occur. If the runway is departure-only, then this might be acceptable practice. If the runway...
Forum: ATC Issues
8th Aug 2007, 18:21
Replies: 14
Views: 3,049
Posted By discountinvestigator

Something that I did notice was that the Swiss...

Something that I did notice was that the Swiss controllers providing the approach services to these airports did not have a valid licence for that service issued by the German authorities. Not sure...
Forum: Tech Log
8th Aug 2007, 18:11
Replies: 5
Views: 1,830
Posted By discountinvestigator

MEHT? New elevations? Change in aerodrome...

MEHT?
New elevations?
Change in aerodrome certificate status of Runway 31?
No approach lights = no night operations for aerodrome certificate validity?
Inappropriate runway end safety area for...
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Aug 2007, 11:10
Replies: 2,761
Views: 734,895
Posted By discountinvestigator

For the failure of ground spoiler case only: ...

For the failure of ground spoiler case only:

Once the nose wheel has been put on the ground, if you pull back on the stick, you are generating downforce on the tail and therefore, a rotation...
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Aug 2007, 10:07
Replies: 2,761
Views: 734,895
Posted By discountinvestigator

Have I missed the debate about putting in full...

Have I missed the debate about putting in full forward stick in the event of spoiler failure in order to reduce the wing AoA to the maximum extent possible through nose gear compression. Not sure if...
Forum: Rumours & News
6th Aug 2007, 18:34
Replies: 2,761
Views: 734,895
Posted By discountinvestigator

PJ2 I am going to have to disagree with you...

PJ2 I am going to have to disagree with you slightly re:
Flying the autothrust design of either type is a non-event providing both are flown and handled as designed and as-trained.

I see many...
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