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Forum: Private Flying
4th Oct 2014, 16:23
Replies: 14
Views: 2,308
Posted By IRpilot2006

At 19, must be the youngest ever SR22 pilot in...

At 19, must be the youngest ever SR22 pilot in Europe! Impressive!
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Jun 2014, 21:28
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,207,047
Posted By IRpilot2006

A satphone transmits the GPS position only when...

A satphone transmits the GPS position only when an outgoing voice or SMS call is made, and a dead person isn't going to be doing either.

Thuraya and Immarsat satphones might reveal their position...
Forum: Rumours & News
31st May 2014, 09:51
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,207,047
Posted By IRpilot2006

OTOH, major mishaps are so rare in "1st World...

OTOH, major mishaps are so rare in "1st World operated" big jets that every case you react on is going to be a rare hard case.

This isn't the 1950s when stuff used to crash all the time. When it...
Forum: Rumours & News
30th May 2014, 14:06
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,207,047
Posted By IRpilot2006

I don't think this one is a problem. Two reasons...

I don't think this one is a problem. Two reasons for a start:

1) To protect the dignity of the family (very important in those cultures)

2) To enable them to get the full life insurance payout...
Forum: Rumours & News
30th May 2014, 11:03
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,207,047
Posted By IRpilot2006

Reading between the lines, the govts and other...

Reading between the lines, the govts and other authorities seem convinced this was a criminal act, so IMHO we can definitely expect some changes to the satellite tracking systems so they (a) transmit...
Forum: Rumours & News
6th May 2014, 10:24
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,207,047
Posted By IRpilot2006

It would be absolutely astonishing if the...

It would be absolutely astonishing if the lat/long coordinates were not recorded. Can anybody confirm this?
Forum: Rumours & News
3rd May 2014, 21:47
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,207,047
Posted By IRpilot2006

That, along with the story about oxygen igniting...

That, along with the story about oxygen igniting lipstick, is complete rubbish.

At sea level pressure (about 15psi) the partial gas pressure of even a pure (100%) oxygen atmosphere (about 3psi) is...
Forum: Rumours & News
1st May 2014, 10:42
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,207,047
Posted By IRpilot2006

To make sure family picked up the life assurance...

To make sure family picked up the life assurance payment. Often these exclude suicide, especially (IME) if you do it within 1 year of starting the policy.

IIRC the underwater pings were being...
Forum: Rumours & News
30th Apr 2014, 16:32
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,207,047
Posted By IRpilot2006

Not possible. Any autopilot mode which would...

Not possible.

Any autopilot mode which would fly anything resembling a straight track over that distance would have to be heading-hold (which would fly a curved track) or flying to/via some...
Forum: Private Flying
30th Apr 2014, 09:10
Replies: 0
Views: 983
Posted By IRpilot2006

IFR routings - a new Eurocontrol autorouter

autorouter (http://www.euroga.org/forums/website/2162-new-eurocontrol-ifr-route-generator)

It looks very good.
Forum: Rumours & News
29th Apr 2014, 10:48
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,207,047
Posted By IRpilot2006

I thought that the entire reason Immarsat was...

I thought that the entire reason Immarsat was able to distinguish between the N arc and the S arc was because their satellite is not perfectly stationary above the earth but happens to move about a...
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Apr 2014, 14:23
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,207,047
Posted By IRpilot2006

Different targets reflect in different ways....

Different targets reflect in different ways. There is plenty on this in the public domain.

Whether a given installation has the capability I have no idea, but you would think the military would,...
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Apr 2014, 13:16
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,207,047
Posted By IRpilot2006

I don't think the last couple of hours of the...

I don't think the last couple of hours of the flight were in darkness.

I agree about the probable lack of resolution, but there are other satellites up there too.
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Apr 2014, 11:07
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,207,047
Posted By IRpilot2006

Why is so much information being withheld in this...

Why is so much information being withheld in this case?

Is it simply because a lot of it is military and might reveal areas of missing radar coverage?

Is it reasonable to suppose all the radar...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Apr 2014, 11:13
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,207,047
Posted By IRpilot2006

True, but it went down out of radar range and in...

True, but it went down out of radar range and in between radio contacts and without those automatic messages the search area would have been huge too.
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Apr 2014, 11:06
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,207,047
Posted By IRpilot2006

One would think that either the aircraft was...

One would think that either the aircraft was carefully and skilfully ditched, or some piece of wreckage would by now have turned up on some beach. Even at a few kt of current, it would have travelled...
Forum: Private Flying
3rd Mar 2014, 14:55
Replies: 75
Views: 16,508
Posted By IRpilot2006

A UK instructor will sign off on that flight...

A UK instructor will sign off on that flight provided he lives after the landing and can still walk and write with his right hand.

How else do you think we have so many pilots saying "over" on...
Forum: Private Flying
3rd Mar 2014, 13:57
Replies: 75
Views: 16,508
Posted By IRpilot2006

What complete nonsense. There is almost...

What complete nonsense.

There is almost nothing in the full IR (US or EU) which exceeds the IMC-R and which is relevant to flying.

Just a load of old codgers feeling smug about something they...
Forum: Private Flying
29th Dec 2013, 11:39
Replies: 23
Views: 4,437
Posted By IRpilot2006

Shoreham is really busy. A lot of UK GA moans and...

Shoreham is really busy. A lot of UK GA moans and whinges all the time especially on the forums but enough people seem to disagree with the above mentioned views. If Shoreham dropped its prices it...
Forum: Private Flying
25th Nov 2013, 21:20
Replies: 6
Views: 1,480
Posted By IRpilot2006

"The guys at Fairoaks showed me their demo rig" ...

"The guys at Fairoaks showed me their demo rig"

Isn't that where you work?
Forum: Private Flying
14th Nov 2013, 09:29
Replies: 11
Views: 1,767
Posted By IRpilot2006

Where in France can you do a touch and go and pay...

Where in France can you do a touch and go and pay the landing fee later by telephone?
Forum: Private Flying
28th Oct 2013, 15:52
Replies: 41
Views: 5,324
Posted By IRpilot2006

Not suprising as the cloudbase is pilot...

Not suprising as the cloudbase is pilot interpreted and is unenforceable!

Can't believe AOPA is doing this kind of proposition to the CAA.
Forum: Private Flying
12th Oct 2013, 18:17
Replies: 24
Views: 5,438
Posted By IRpilot2006

They do happen but to say it happens to every...

They do happen but to say it happens to every retractable eventually is very wrong. It was true the premiums would be MUCH higher. It might happen to one in a hundred, maybe, unless one is renting...
Forum: Private Flying
11th Oct 2013, 18:35
Replies: 24
Views: 5,438
Posted By IRpilot2006

Definitely not true universally - ask for ex....

Definitely not true universally - ask for ex. Hayward Aviation for a quote for a standard retractable and for an SR22.

You are an insurance broker....
Forum: Private Flying
1st Oct 2013, 13:23
Replies: 9
Views: 1,634
Posted By IRpilot2006

FIS is UK run? It used to be run from Germany or...

FIS is UK run? It used to be run from Germany or Austria. Their main instructor then had a swim near Hawaii.
Forum: Private Flying
7th Aug 2013, 15:56
Replies: 194
Views: 54,751
Posted By IRpilot2006

Why would an insurer want to recover it, when the...

Why would an insurer want to recover it, when the scrap value will be nil?

Just wondering...
Forum: Private Flying
29th Jul 2013, 10:10
Replies: 194
Views: 54,751
Posted By IRpilot2006

The only way to have an aircraft on autopilot and...

The only way to have an aircraft on autopilot and make it crash at a known point is to make it run out of fuel.

If you shut off the fuel cock and then jump out, that would do it. The engine stops...
Forum: Private Flying
27th Jul 2013, 17:10
Replies: 194
Views: 54,751
Posted By IRpilot2006

Not sure an ELT would be triggered in a Cirrus...

Not sure an ELT would be triggered in a Cirrus hanging under a chute. An ELT's G switch works on a shock along the normal axis as in a normal crash, not a slam vertically down. That is unless Cirrus...
Forum: Private Flying
26th Jul 2013, 09:17
Replies: 194
Views: 54,751
Posted By IRpilot2006

A 7700 squawk is going to be visible over a huge...

A 7700 squawk is going to be visible over a huge distance.

London Control for example see a long way into the land area of N France i.e. way across the Channel.

This accident doesn't make...
Forum: Private Flying
22nd Oct 2010, 15:58
Replies: 9
Views: 2,790
Posted By IRpilot2006

The KLN90B does do all that is practically needed...

The KLN90B does do all that is practically needed for IFR this side of the pond.

Which functions do you want which it doesn't have?
Forum: Private Flying
22nd Oct 2010, 15:53
Replies: 0
Views: 942
Posted By IRpilot2006

Jepp Chartview on a Garmin 696

Does anybody know if this is currently available? A friend is looking into it and has discovered the brick wall known as "Jepp UK Customer Service" ;)

Somebody mentioned that if the 696 was...
Forum: ATC Issues
30th Sep 2009, 06:29
Replies: 3
Views: 1,699
Posted By IRpilot2006

"Unless you've already filed a flight plan which...

"Unless you've already filed a flight plan which entails you flying IFR then VFR, to refile IFR after changing from IFR to VFR requires you to cancel the original plan and refile your flight plan...
Forum: ATC Issues
29th Sep 2009, 17:06
Replies: 3
Views: 1,699
Posted By IRpilot2006

IFR to VFR and back to IFR - possible?

Hi All,

This is in context of Eurocontrol flight plans.

Let's say I fly from LSZS to EGHH and the route happens to be

SOPER Z51 KELIP Z651 MANEG L613 HOC G4 RLP B3 BILGO H20 XORBI H40 ABB...
Forum: Private Flying
14th Aug 2009, 19:07
Replies: 175
Views: 22,143
Posted By IRpilot2006

It doesnt suprise me Norwich has problems with...

It doesnt suprise me Norwich has problems with the US military. Years ago I did a US PPL with a outfit at Norwich, which got shut down by the CAA some years later. After the checkride, the US...
Forum: Private Flying
17th Jun 2009, 14:46
Replies: 10
Views: 2,135
Posted By IRpilot2006

I assume this is a JAA PPL one is going to be...

I assume this is a JAA PPL one is going to be doing?
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