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Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
20th Dec 2007, 00:03
Replies: 397
Views: 55,840
Posted By TCFOR

The UK equivalent of our 'restricted airspace' is...

The UK equivalent of our 'restricted airspace' is a 'MATZ', the difference is, you could ask the RAF controller for a 'MATZ Penetration', and he would either give you an altitude and vector, or "own...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
19th Dec 2007, 07:47
Replies: 6
Views: 1,874
Posted By TCFOR

Quote: "A quick look on Airliners.net shows the...

Quote: "A quick look on Airliners.net shows the Pup...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
19th Dec 2007, 06:59
Replies: 6
Views: 1,874
Posted By TCFOR

Anybody seen my J3 Cub or my B121?

Hi all, I'm posting this in the vain hope that somebody may have snapped a piccy of a 1946 J3 Cub G-BPPV I owned in the late 80's.

It was based at Sywell, but got around to fly-ins and the like a...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
19th Dec 2007, 03:53
Replies: 175
Views: 24,596
Posted By TCFOR

All this background support the yanks gave the...

All this background support the yanks gave the poms in the falklands is interesting stuff, especially as the Argentines still managed to inflict serious damage on the RN. So what went wrong? and can...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
19th Dec 2007, 01:50
Replies: 101
Views: 11,668
Posted By TCFOR

Yes Yes Yes, but in the interests of honest...

Yes Yes Yes, but in the interests of honest amusement; Dick, did you follow up with the FAA on the bloke in the wheeelchair who got the free aero's in Hawaii? I can't wait for that one...;)
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
18th Dec 2007, 23:42
Replies: 397
Views: 55,840
Posted By TCFOR

I don't know Dick from a bar of soap, and yes, I...

I don't know Dick from a bar of soap, and yes, I have been retired a while now, but it seems to me that a lot of you blokes tearing him a new one must have been born with ATPL's. Unless you are...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
18th Dec 2007, 06:45
Replies: 35
Views: 9,476
Posted By TCFOR

"According to the Channel 7 report, the Virgin...

"According to the Channel 7 report, the Virgin Blue aircraft got to "within striking distance" of the Cathay aircraft."

Bloody Unions..........
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
18th Dec 2007, 03:28
Replies: 119
Views: 16,001
Posted By TCFOR

Quote: "At the risk of a little bit of thread...

Quote: "At the risk of a little bit of thread drift"

On the subject of noise; a long time back in the UK I flew my own Stinson 108 into a weekend airshow at RAF Lakenheath. Private arrivals were...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
18th Dec 2007, 03:05
Replies: 12
Views: 1,387
Posted By TCFOR

".....it may not be greed that keeps us old farts...

".....it may not be greed that keeps us old farts going. Some of us do it because we have been screwed out of several fortunes by several wives."

Damn, beat me to it. Way back before the old queen...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
17th Dec 2007, 02:25
Replies: 27
Views: 2,974
Posted By TCFOR

"All in good time, stop being in such a hurry,...

"All in good time, stop being in such a hurry, the wing detachment module (WDM), is only taught as part of an integrated Advanced Handling course."

If I fly a biplane, do I need a special rating...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
17th Dec 2007, 02:10
Replies: 27
Views: 2,974
Posted By TCFOR

"then you are not in VMC and as a VFR pilot you...

"then you are not in VMC and as a VFR pilot you should not be there :="

Practically I agree with you, but legally, show me where a low haze on the horizon is not VMC? The reason it killed JFK jnr...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
17th Dec 2007, 01:43
Replies: 27
Views: 2,974
Posted By TCFOR

"So nothing to do with being a VFR pilot in IMC...

"So nothing to do with being a VFR pilot in IMC then?:rolleyes:"

Correct, it was nothing to do with IMC. The JFK jnr fatal was in night VMC. He lost the horizon over the sea due to haze, and not...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
20th Nov 2007, 03:56
Replies: 43
Views: 32,251
Posted By TCFOR

Hi all, first post for me, i'll keep it...

Hi all, first post for me, i'll keep it uncontentious I promise....

"The local paper article and locals said he WASN'T an instructor until recently and that this was one of his first if not the...
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