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Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
24th May 2010, 12:51
Replies: 7
Views: 1,362
Posted By wheelbrace

Agaricus bisporus - please read the previous post...

Agaricus bisporus - please read the previous post carefully - all the block times were less than the engine start/shutdown times, as was acknowledged at the end of their 3 month investigation.

If...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
23rd May 2010, 22:12
Replies: 7
Views: 1,362
Posted By wheelbrace

It is better, surely, to get the universal input...

It is better, surely, to get the universal input to your logbook habit as soon as possible.

My problems started when some bright spark noticed I was was logging a block time of less than the time...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
23rd May 2010, 12:58
Replies: 2
Views: 627
Posted By wheelbrace

Yes - but why not combine the 'pleasure' with...

Yes - but why not combine the 'pleasure' with your JAR/EASA IR training? It is now the cheaper and more satisfying option.

I say this in hindsight and wish that I had saved c.£6000 going down...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
23rd May 2010, 12:19
Replies: 7
Views: 1,362
Posted By wheelbrace

It will become an issue when made an issue... I...

It will become an issue when made an issue... I would suggest that if you have a chocks off or chocks on time and duration of that time that you simply 'do the math'.

If you don't (and I assume...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
22nd May 2010, 15:43
Replies: 15
Views: 1,354
Posted By wheelbrace

Sell your apartment, get the class I medical and...

Sell your apartment, get the class I medical and then sell a kidney... the AME will never know at renewals!

Sorry to be flippant, but I am very jaded on this subject at the moment. Maybe a lung...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
22nd May 2010, 15:40
Replies: 16
Views: 1,451
Posted By wheelbrace

No more exams for me - thankfully!

until the CPL, MEIR SK... biannual SEP renewal... annual ME/IR renewals... TR renewals...

Donchya just love aviation?

Well done on the theory, anyway - it is a great weight off the mind, as I...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
22nd May 2010, 12:35
Replies: 2
Views: 698
Posted By wheelbrace

You will need it for fright planning - for the...

You will need it for fright planning - for the wind/track calculations at least.

If you are hell bent on losing it, I sold a spare (and fairly ropey) one for £50 on eBay.
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
21st May 2010, 10:39
Replies: 33
Views: 4,407
Posted By wheelbrace

I find this thread sad - there are egos in the...

I find this thread sad - there are egos in the aviation industry that would teach Mussolini a thing or two.

Regardless of fly_antonov's position on the greasy pole, I suggest that the bile and...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
18th May 2010, 23:49
Replies: 19
Views: 2,609
Posted By wheelbrace

Marketing executives

Whirlygig - I am astonished - do you really think FTOs would tell us half truths (ie whole lies?) about a course of action that could substantially line their pockets for the 'spectacularly brilliant...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
17th May 2010, 13:06
Replies: 0
Views: 2,178
Posted By wheelbrace

Cessna 208/Caravan type Rating for South Africa

Does anyone know where I can get this done in the UK?

Also, does anyone know the SA CAA website well enough to point me in the direction of the documentation for the type rating privileges?
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
15th May 2010, 23:03
Replies: 10
Views: 1,393
Posted By wheelbrace

LAS reference

Section F 10.1 states:



As I understand the situation, you are looking at para. (ii) which states 'holders' ie passed, approved and paperwork in your grubby.
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
15th May 2010, 08:48
Replies: 10
Views: 1,393
Posted By wheelbrace

Nashers - are you sure about that? I understand...

Nashers - are you sure about that? I understand you have to have a valid IR - (not necessarily current) attached to your valid PPL or CPL.

It would be worth checking with FCL at the Gatwick...
Forum: Rumours & News
13th May 2010, 13:49
Replies: 1,543
Views: 855,325
Posted By wheelbrace

plates...

try this one - old and maybe not all the approaches, but useful nonetheless...

http://www.filedump.net/dumped/hllt1238362365.pdf
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
11th May 2010, 13:42
Replies: 15
Views: 4,421
Posted By wheelbrace

This is a bit harsh, maybe? BEagle - it...

This is a bit harsh, maybe?

BEagle - it would seem that you were predisposed to understanding these functions from the womb, and were 'streamed' in the mathematical sense to then go on to design...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
8th May 2010, 11:09
Replies: 1
Views: 3,107
Posted By wheelbrace

SEIR to MEIR

Today's lesson is taken from the book of bull**** (which baffles brains), LAS 2008, chapter E, verse 1.2:


Thanks be to our Lord that is Adonis. But not for much longer, one hopes.

Speak...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
6th May 2010, 23:31
Replies: 14
Views: 10,679
Posted By wheelbrace

I would approach this from the negative - please...

I would approach this from the negative - please do not touch any of the Florida schools with UK CAA accreditation.

There have to be FAA schools that are better than this bunch of wets. They...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
4th May 2010, 19:19
Replies: 16
Views: 1,451
Posted By wheelbrace

From memory FP was the most pushed for time; get...

From memory FP was the most pushed for time; get to know your Jepp. manual backwards, forwards, side to side and top to bottom. Try to get used to reading and drawing lines on massive charts perched...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
4th May 2010, 15:27
Replies: 13
Views: 3,407
Posted By wheelbrace

Zadok the Priest

Coutts has a mission statement on their website that should pip anything Natlaysmidlloyd has to offer:



SO, luqmancfc, if any on your family tree has the surname Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, give 'em a...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
4th May 2010, 15:07
Replies: 22
Views: 6,476
Posted By wheelbrace

Am I alone in not having a scooby doo as to what...

Am I alone in not having a scooby doo as to what is being asked?
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
4th May 2010, 08:55
Replies: 22
Views: 6,476
Posted By wheelbrace

No - I understand now - those system errors are,...

No - I understand now - those system errors are, in fact, simulated failures of equipment and they are just showing you how tragedies develop.

It would seem that I am wrong; they are doing us all...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
3rd May 2010, 22:28
Replies: 22
Views: 6,476
Posted By wheelbrace

I smell employees or owners on this thread trying...

I smell employees or owners on this thread trying to defend the indefensible. Something

Hmmm...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
3rd May 2010, 15:29
Replies: 6
Views: 849
Posted By wheelbrace

MEIR prior to CPL

I would do the MEIR first because it is a complete course which doesn't rely on previous training (apart from an ability to fly, of course!). All the limited panel stuff in the CPL is covered, hence...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
2nd May 2010, 13:13
Replies: 72
Views: 8,249
Posted By wheelbrace

Economics and philosophy are good numbers - learn...

Economics and philosophy are good numbers - learn about why we are in our current position and then know how to manipulate human nature to your advantage.
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
2nd May 2010, 11:48
Replies: 6
Views: 849
Posted By wheelbrace

If I was to do it over again, I would go down the...

If I was to do it over again, I would go down the following route:

PPL - ATPL theory while hour build to mins. and night qual. concurrently - IMC - *PAUSE*

At this point really evaluate...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
2nd May 2010, 09:47
Replies: 11
Views: 953
Posted By wheelbrace

DC look cool in a retro way...

...but we have come on a good few years since Vietnam.

Despite their long track record, I do not subscribe to the 'DC is best' mindset; they are great for passive noise reduction but I believe...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
1st May 2010, 11:37
Replies: 11
Views: 953
Posted By wheelbrace

ANR

iFabio2 has a point - but if you intend to go down the IR route I would suggest from the outset that you get as good a quality ANR headset as possible.

I went down the cheap route and discovered...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
30th Apr 2010, 00:37
Replies: 62
Views: 23,380
Posted By wheelbrace

Nil Illegitimae Carborundum

Just think about what you have spent getting to this stage! Keep going and give the nay sayers the bird.

Best of luck with the retake. My thoughts are with you. By the by, I still have the...
Forum: Flight Testing
17th Apr 2010, 11:32
Replies: 7
Views: 6,200
Posted By wheelbrace

4 degree washout?

Something of that order at the wingtip, I was told when annoying the builders at Vero Beach.

However, by how much does this overcome any advantage at the root and inner wing from reduced AoA...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
14th Apr 2010, 23:40
Replies: 2
Views: 691
Posted By wheelbrace

TORA: 'The length of runway declared available...

TORA: 'The length of runway declared available and suitable for the ground run of an aeroplane taking off' (includes any displacement). Published in the AIP AD2.

Tea and medals for Paco.

LDA:...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
14th Apr 2010, 22:52
Replies: 24
Views: 2,824
Posted By wheelbrace

Go with what you know

I found the OAT Met. cd worked for me. If there is a Gen. Nav. equivalent, go with that, then.

Thrash through your groundschool examples, however, and it will come good; I would suggest that you...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
14th Apr 2010, 21:27
Replies: 24
Views: 2,824
Posted By wheelbrace

I sympathise with your plight, but the best books...

I sympathise with your plight, but the best books for nav. are the one's issued for your groundschool.

Personally I found that Gen. Nav. and Meteorology were the type of subjects that you need to...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
14th Apr 2010, 20:34
Replies: 1
Views: 510
Posted By wheelbrace

Yes, but, no, but

The last I heard, most FTOs (worldwide) just want your cash; whatever your score - that's the pass mark!

In the meantime, ask your doctor what Ritalin does and maybe bypass the Sunny Delight...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
14th Apr 2010, 20:11
Replies: 24
Views: 2,824
Posted By wheelbrace

RichardH summed it up beautifully; 100 degrees...

RichardH summed it up beautifully; 100 degrees true.

The following link is an interesting history which I found useful for context; a few terrifying looking equations at the end which can be...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
14th Apr 2010, 18:19
Replies: 24
Views: 2,824
Posted By wheelbrace

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...

You go south to the equator from 60 degrees north (3600/60 = 60 degrees; on a meridian, so no complications).
you go east by another 60 degrees (3600/60 = 60 degrees; on a horizontal meridian, the...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
5th Apr 2010, 09:49
Replies: 19
Views: 1,926
Posted By wheelbrace

Zerotohero; This rule only applies...

Zerotohero;



This rule only applies when Mars enters Uranus (its orbit, you understand...) and the month has an 'R' in it - and you are a parent. Otherwise you should use the half split...
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