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Forum: Rumours & News
17th Jul 2014, 22:24
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,188,268
Posted By FoolsGold

I remain confused as to ACARS and Pings

ACARS is, I believe, a maintenance information collection and transmission system. The next stop will have manuals open to the correct pages and spare parts close at hand and appropriate test...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Jun 2014, 06:24
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,188,268
Posted By FoolsGold

TIME? UTC and System Clocks...

Disclaimer: Non-pilot Librarian at aviation firm.

There seems to have been an analysis of the known and suspected tracks that was performed to determine if the plane was under human control inputs...
Forum: Rumours & News
23rd Apr 2011, 15:27
Replies: 113
Views: 64,364
Posted By FoolsGold

Concerning this Indian police officer who was...

Concerning this Indian police officer who was hesitant to call paying money for a pilot's license a bribe, Indian laws and Indian culture are at play here. If you pay money directly to the person who...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Apr 2011, 12:07
Replies: 113
Views: 64,364
Posted By FoolsGold

In a country where an examinee in a university...

In a country where an examinee in a university graduate program merely writes his cell phone number on his exam paper so the grader can call him to arrange the bribe payment for a passing score, what...
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Apr 2011, 23:13
Replies: 78
Views: 43,316
Posted By FoolsGold

Apparently experienced observers such as the...

Apparently experienced observers such as the Harbor Master were concerned about the flights track with reference to an approaching cloudbank and to terrain. The two pilots were described in the media...
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
5th Nov 2010, 14:30
Replies: 23
Views: 9,317
Posted By FoolsGold

The passenger's recollections may indeed turn out...

The passenger's recollections may indeed turn out to be consistent with all other evidence of a more technical nature. It is simply that there is a potential for amnesia regarding immediately...
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
1st Nov 2010, 16:48
Replies: 23
Views: 9,317
Posted By FoolsGold

It is true that the survivor's account is...

It is true that the survivor's account is consistent with a CFIT with no warning. The witness does not recall any abrupt maneuvering, any power setting changes, any stall warning horn, etc.. The...
Forum: Private Flying
10th Jul 2009, 09:16
Replies: 253
Views: 68,186
Posted By FoolsGold

Although not explicitly resolved in the report,...

Although not explicitly resolved in the report, it appears that as impact forces would have been fatal, any post-crash migration of personal items was by animals later attracted to the scene.

An...
Forum: Tech Log
4th Jul 2009, 10:18
Replies: 4,593
Views: 3,282,544
Posted By FoolsGold

>I do believe the French are trying to spin this,...

>I do believe the French are trying to spin this,
quite probable
>and the US media is falling for it.
Possibly.

The interim report suggests some deep stall/flat spin situation that was...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th May 2009, 12:46
Replies: 106
Views: 25,298
Posted By FoolsGold

>"Layers of cheese"... Unusual analogy but it...

>"Layers of cheese"...
Unusual analogy but it does occur to me that it just may be an apt one! That final layer of cheese has no warning on it. It appears to be just another way for the MBA...
Forum: Rumours & News
25th May 2009, 11:46
Replies: 2,015
Views: 714,351
Posted By FoolsGold

>lots of talk of stall recovery ... >should...

>lots of talk of stall recovery ...
>should have been alot of training about stall avoidance.
All that non-sterile-cockpit chatter about icing showed they had a concern about stalling.

"My...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th May 2009, 11:42
Replies: 2,015
Views: 714,351
Posted By FoolsGold

both pilots incapacitated by fatigue? It seems...

both pilots incapacitated by fatigue?
It seems that is at this time the most likely conclusion, though a formal and more thorough investigation is in progress.
I just wonder:
Exactly how utterly...
Forum: Rumours & News
16th May 2009, 08:13
Replies: 2,015
Views: 714,351
Posted By FoolsGold

Realistic ???

>When the crap has hit the fan, the last line of defence is ones basic flying skills!

Well, which is the more realistic scenario:

An exhausted pilot with insufficient Hours in Type suddenly...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th May 2009, 20:22
Replies: 2,015
Views: 714,351
Posted By FoolsGold

>"...that having the FO usurp their authority by...

>"...that having the FO usurp their authority by forcing the pace is unacceptable. I think we might be seeing the vestiges of something like this dynamic going on in the cockpit of the accident...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th May 2009, 18:24
Replies: 2,015
Views: 714,351
Posted By FoolsGold

Stick and Rudder; Gimli Glider incident.

>"every commercial pilot should be required to have some basic aerobatic training and some stick time in an aircraft designed to be landed power off. Basic stick and rudder skills should be the...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th May 2009, 18:15
Replies: 2,015
Views: 714,351
Posted By FoolsGold

So it wasn't "condition levers to the max"...

So it was not "conditions levers to the max" per se that was the critical step. It was the "condition levers to the max" unaccompanied by a prompt increase in power.

So "condition levers to the...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th May 2009, 13:41
Replies: 2,015
Views: 714,351
Posted By FoolsGold

the PNF put the condition levers to max

>"...When the PF ordered gear down and flaps 15 the PNF also put the condition levers to max - this means the prop blades are flat and turning at max rpm. This acts like a giant brake creating a lot...
Forum: Rumours & News
14th May 2009, 22:25
Replies: 2,015
Views: 714,351
Posted By FoolsGold

"...The stick pusher pushes the control column...

"...The stick pusher pushes the control column forward to decrease pitch, increase airspeed and get the airplane out of a stall (designed actually for higher altitude scenarios). ..."

Yes....
Forum: Rumours & News
14th May 2009, 20:11
Replies: 2,015
Views: 714,351
Posted By FoolsGold

Yes, I actually quite agree that we expect more...

Yes, I actually quite agree that we expect more from a professional pilot than from a burger flipper. Perhaps when the salaries are not much different the expectations should not be much different,...
Forum: Rumours & News
14th May 2009, 19:36
Replies: 2,015
Views: 714,351
Posted By FoolsGold

>the F/O was paid sucha a paltry salary ($16,000...

>the F/O was paid sucha a paltry salary ($16,000 pa) that she had no alternative but a whole nights travel on 2 jumpseats to reach her reporting place of duty. Not acceptable under any...
Forum: Rumours & News
14th May 2009, 19:19
Replies: 2,015
Views: 714,351
Posted By FoolsGold

I think this "ice, ice, ice" discussion is not an...

I think this "ice, ice, ice" discussion is not an assertion that icing caused the stall. The discussion in the cockpit of the severe ice accumulation re-affirms a degree of situational awareness and...
Forum: Rumours & News
14th May 2009, 19:10
Replies: 2,015
Views: 714,351
Posted By FoolsGold

I like that thought about the goal being to not...

I like that thought about the goal being to not crash the planes rather than fill file cabinets with well-checked boxes on FAA training requirement forms. Unfortunately, the FAA bureaucrats and the...
Forum: Private Flying
10th Oct 2008, 21:56
Replies: 253
Views: 68,186
Posted By FoolsGold

The NTSB will be slow, ponderously so, often...

The NTSB will be slow, ponderously so, often neglectful of certain avenues of inquiry, but above all else: slow!
I do indeed realize that much of this is speculative and second-hand, but its better...
Forum: Private Flying
10th Oct 2008, 15:13
Replies: 253
Views: 68,186
Posted By FoolsGold

Reasonable ventilation does not negate insidious...

Reasonable ventilation does not negate insidious effect of carbon monoxide. Hemoglobin has an affinity for oxygen but it has a 300 percent greater affinity for carbon monoxide and extra ventilation...
Forum: Private Flying
9th Oct 2008, 23:36
Replies: 253
Views: 68,186
Posted By FoolsGold

It was a plane belonging to Baron Hilton's Flying...

It was a plane belonging to Baron Hilton's Flying M Ranch and was used for spotting cattle in the brush that men on horseback would then go in and herd out of the brush. It was a working plane not a...
Forum: Private Flying
9th Oct 2008, 19:48
Replies: 253
Views: 68,186
Posted By FoolsGold

Very good question about the cabin heat. Its a...

Very good question about the cabin heat.
Its a simple shroud around the muffler that vents the air into the cabin. Dangerous as all get out if there is a carbon monoxide leak which just might have...
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