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Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
12th Jun 2013, 00:59
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,065,677
Posted By Chimbu chuckles

tail wheel Jay Cabrerra was flying the Bandit...

tail wheel Jay Cabrerra was flying the Bandit that crashed just north of Waterbung in 92.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
8th Mar 2013, 10:52
Replies: 19
Views: 4,465
Posted By Chimbu chuckles

Trying so hard to save what, 100kgs? Seems a...

Trying so hard to save what, 100kgs? Seems a little silly to me when the average crew operating a wide body long haul jet would be lucky to know within 5000kg what the REAL weight is on takeoff...and...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
5th Mar 2013, 21:18
Replies: 35
Views: 4,445
Posted By Chimbu chuckles

Well yes - a year or so back I saw a CNN video...

Well yes - a year or so back I saw a CNN video about the 787 where Boeing gave him a ball peen hammer and a piece of carbon fibre fuselage and said "have at it".

In hindsight they'd have been...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
4th Mar 2013, 23:49
Replies: 35
Views: 4,445
Posted By Chimbu chuckles

Statistics have never proven a damn thing in the...

Statistics have never proven a damn thing in the real world.

Boeing = Mac

Airbus = MS

:E
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
4th Mar 2013, 21:39
Replies: 35
Views: 4,445
Posted By Chimbu chuckles

Plenty? I can think of a 757 in South...

Plenty?

I can think of a 757 in South America but that's about it...off the top of my head.

There are less than completely competent pilots flying Boeings too - thanks to 3rd world (mostly)...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
4th Mar 2013, 20:38
Replies: 35
Views: 4,445
Posted By Chimbu chuckles

On AF447 one pilot had his side stick ALL THE WAY...

On AF447 one pilot had his side stick ALL THE WAY AFT holding the aircraft in a stall from FL370 until impact, or at least until it was too late to avoid impact, and the other pilot not 1 meter away...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
4th Mar 2013, 08:06
Replies: 35
Views: 4,445
Posted By Chimbu chuckles

Not a minute Don - but about a dozen mates who...

Not a minute Don - but about a dozen mates who fly them and who have flown other jets before - and I take them at their word. :ok:
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
4th Mar 2013, 05:41
Replies: 35
Views: 4,445
Posted By Chimbu chuckles

Baswell from your link Aviate,...

Baswell from your link



Aviate, Navigate, Communicate has been drummed into pilots since they first bolted a radio into an airframe.

The above has been the mantra at Boeing for decades. To...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
1st Mar 2013, 20:10
Replies: 123
Views: 21,997
Posted By Chimbu chuckles

True framer - peeling off the most perfect low...

True framer - peeling off the most perfect low drag/constant descent 3 degree NPA (or ILS for that matter) on a sim ride in Japan is the fastest way to fail said check. Dive and Drive is the only...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
27th Feb 2013, 20:01
Replies: 123
Views: 21,997
Posted By Chimbu chuckles

Fathom an ILS will 'fly you into the ground with...

Fathom an ILS will 'fly you into the ground with the needles centred' too -it's called auto land;)

Honestly, between the FMC, FD, FMA and RADALT it's really not rocket science.

Clark y agree...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
27th Feb 2013, 09:58
Replies: 123
Views: 21,997
Posted By Chimbu chuckles

VNAV gives accurate vertical guidance for NDB,...

VNAV gives accurate vertical guidance for NDB, VOR, GNSS, RNP AR. The tolerances vary.

Doesn't matter whether you're flying an NDB, VOR, GNSS, ILS or RNP AR in a modern jet...keep the needles...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
27th Feb 2013, 09:25
Replies: 123
Views: 21,997
Posted By Chimbu chuckles

Old Akro you really don't know what you're...

Old Akro you really don't know what you're talking about in this instance.

A typical FMC in a current model wide, or narrow body, jet CAN get input from VOR or DME but they also get input from...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
23rd Feb 2013, 20:10
Replies: 17
Views: 8,796
Posted By Chimbu chuckles

Criteria for Cns base is final sim checked/type...

Criteria for Cns base is final sim checked/type rating passed and a pulse.
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
22nd Feb 2013, 10:13
Replies: 123
Views: 21,997
Posted By Chimbu chuckles

Indeed haughtney the captain clearly...

Indeed haughtney the captain clearly didn't/doesn't understand 'on approach mode' in the 777 which will indeed climb to get back onto the path if you have been dive&driving in FLCH and then select...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
5th Feb 2013, 10:00
Replies: 45
Views: 20,086
Posted By Chimbu chuckles

He's currently on holidays OS for a couple more...

He's currently on holidays OS for a couple more weeks but Wok Wonarski at YRED did UXD's Gypsy 10...with alloy head, slick mags and sodium filled valves. Those mods apparently address the bulk of...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
15th Dec 2012, 10:12
Replies: 215
Views: 15,649
Posted By Chimbu chuckles

Peter005 = Another moron for the ignore list:ugh:

Peter005 = Another moron for the ignore list:ugh:
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
15th Dec 2012, 01:49
Replies: 215
Views: 15,649
Posted By Chimbu chuckles

AR5 leaked - IPCC doing a LOT of...

AR5 leaked - IPCC doing a LOT of backpeddling...read it and weep alarmists...no man made signal evident in droughts, floods, cyclones and the world is indeed NOT warming these last 16 years.

Draft...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
13th Dec 2012, 21:15
Replies: 13
Views: 2,549
Posted By Chimbu chuckles

Enough of the simmer frame crap thanks very much....

Enough of the simmer frame crap thanks very much. A grandfather I may be but scratch the surface and I am still one of Junior's young dudes.:p

Having said that I too, from time to time, sit and...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
13th Dec 2012, 20:38
Replies: 13
Views: 2,549
Posted By Chimbu chuckles

Yup - finished the QF (on behalf of my new...

Yup - finished the QF (on behalf of my new employer) B737-800NG command course a month ago. Now happily ensconced in new job closer to home.

The QF Dom guys and girls put on a brilliant course -...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
3rd Dec 2012, 12:40
Replies: 45
Views: 8,438
Posted By Chimbu chuckles

No Jack, it doesn't. It refers to pulling...

No Jack, it doesn't.

It refers to pulling the xyz NDB approach out of the arrivals page of the FMC and flying it in LNAV/VNAV with no reference to the underlying terrestrial aid whatsoever - as...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
23rd Nov 2012, 06:57
Replies: 296
Views: 111,967
Posted By Chimbu chuckles

$60 million on a 2 year regulatory/environment...

$60 million on a 2 year regulatory/environment approval process?

How do these fckwits say that with a straight face?:mad:
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
22nd Oct 2012, 08:58
Replies: 7
Views: 1,316
Posted By Chimbu chuckles

Pipia bilong balus I puk pinis tasol :ok:

Pipia bilong balus I puk pinis tasol :ok:
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
4th Oct 2012, 00:45
Replies: 103
Views: 21,019
Posted By Chimbu chuckles

Hey Leadsled - Bill, I just spoke to the person...

Hey Leadsled - Bill, I just spoke to the person who organized the event (in charge of organising at least - many people contributed i am sure) and he reckons he's never spoken to you...and that you...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
18th Sep 2012, 04:54
Replies: 37
Views: 10,682
Posted By Chimbu chuckles

No HF3000 I didn't mean that. I too asked...

No HF3000 I didn't mean that.

I too asked that question and the answer was along the lines of 'it doesn't appear $ are the main issue, there is just virtually no one left out there'.

Now I...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
18th Sep 2012, 03:41
Replies: 37
Views: 10,682
Posted By Chimbu chuckles

Has the bigger picture occurred to you guys yet-...

Has the bigger picture occurred to you guys yet- that there may in fact not be enough suitable candidates?

Just because someone has an ATPL, or a CPL with subjects passed, and 1200hrs doesn't...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
7th Sep 2012, 10:45
Replies: 10,249
Views: 3,374,401
Posted By Chimbu chuckles

The Bou vid - Satwag, Tep Tep, Kabwum, Kokoda et...

The Bou vid - Satwag, Tep Tep, Kabwum, Kokoda et al...lots of memories there.:ok:
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
3rd Sep 2012, 13:36
Replies: 1,301
Views: 628,211
Posted By Chimbu chuckles

It doesn't look that way to me - I reckon they...

It doesn't look that way to me - I reckon they forgot the gear in the multiple approaches and that is the reason the aircraft snapped in half. The underwater film shows main gear down and...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
3rd Sep 2012, 13:11
Replies: 1,301
Views: 628,211
Posted By Chimbu chuckles

As a former Chief Pilot of a International...

As a former Chief Pilot of a International medivac operation (Falcon 200) I would offer the following insight.

1/. You're typically operating under the 'guidance' of a CASA FOI who doesn't know...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
31st Aug 2012, 08:47
Replies: 11
Views: 2,931
Posted By Chimbu chuckles

But what you will probably have no trouble doing...

But what you will probably have no trouble doing is going for a fly with some of the local bush pilots - RHS of course - but will be an eye opener for you.:ok:
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
27th Aug 2012, 13:29
Replies: 140
Views: 29,711
Posted By Chimbu chuckles

Prospector et al 'shock cooling' IS a myth. ...

Prospector et al 'shock cooling' IS a myth.

What damaged those hard worked Flitcher engines was the heat put into them on climb NOT the rate of cooling on the descent.

This graph shows residual...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
24th Aug 2012, 11:07
Replies: 919
Views: 247,036
Posted By Chimbu chuckles

Disregard - did the Aug 23 update and all fixed....

Disregard - did the Aug 23 update and all fixed. Whereas the Daps/ERSA had said 'Done' yesterday today there was a couple of 100 charts to load for DAPS (new?) and an entire ERSA (New?) so maybe that...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
24th Aug 2012, 07:30
Replies: 919
Views: 247,036
Posted By Chimbu chuckles

Hi baswell - little issue with BN ILSs not...

Hi baswell - little issue with BN ILSs not loading....definitely all the DAPS files downloaded but when I open a BN ILS I just get a little blue icon at the top of the screen:confused:
...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
13th Aug 2012, 22:09
Replies: 539
Views: 130,508
Posted By Chimbu chuckles

Did you deliberately ignore the 'at late 90s...

Did you deliberately ignore the 'at late 90s usage rates'?

In the book he took then proven reserves and divided it by total oil consumed by mankind up to that point and the answer was in 1000s of...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
13th Aug 2012, 13:39
Replies: 539
Views: 130,508
Posted By Chimbu chuckles

Arnold E get hold of a book by Bjorn Lomborg...

Arnold E get hold of a book by Bjorn Lomborg called The Skeptical Environmentalist.

Now Lomborg is a gay greenie - not my usual reading material - but he is also a statistician and a man anchored...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
12th Aug 2012, 07:39
Replies: 539
Views: 130,508
Posted By Chimbu chuckles

'This article is a truth out original'? No -...

'This article is a truth out original'?

No - it was horse**** from beginning to end.

Peak Oilers :rolleyes: :ugh:
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