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Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
17th Apr 2022, 04:55
Replies: 28
Views: 4,377
Posted By Spodman

It is simply brilliant to see Dick post an...

It is simply brilliant to see Dick post an opinion continuing an energetic conversation of half a decade ago and the debate just launches beautifully into an elegant multi-stream hydra of profundity...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
12th Dec 2021, 21:19
Replies: 24
Views: 7,082
Posted By Spodman

Fly at the table of levels, VFR at 3000FT or more

Don't recall any mention of this previously. CAR173 and AIP ENR 3.1.4 said you must conmly with the table of levels when at 5,000FT AMSL or more. From 02DEC21 the same AIP reference and CASR 91.275...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
5th Aug 2018, 00:08
Replies: 39
Views: 8,150
Posted By Spodman

No. Some idiot rammed through changes without...

No. Some idiot rammed through changes without bothering to check if the implementation was in accordance with a certain organisation's legal requirements. Such changes that were implemented properly...
Forum: ATC Issues
2nd Aug 2018, 23:49
Replies: 28
Views: 8,590
Posted By Spodman

Talking Save your money Dick, they have 3 already, and an...

Save your money Dick, they have 3 already, and an approach service outside tower hours. Do you look at any facts before you launch one of your monomanic diatribes?

Showing there has been an...
Forum: ATC Issues
18th Jul 2018, 12:49
Replies: 28
Views: 8,590
Posted By Spodman

A V A LO N. are you paying attention...

A V A LO N. are you paying attention...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
8th Dec 2017, 03:58
Replies: 731
Views: 99,127
Posted By Spodman

Sorry. My submission to CASA will AGAIN say "no,...

Sorry. My submission to CASA will AGAIN say "no, no, NO!" No airspace changes, no boundaries, the PROCEDURE is aimed at traffic in the circuit.

Apart from anything else, an IFR with single com...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
8th Dec 2017, 02:03
Replies: 731
Views: 99,127
Posted By Spodman

Visions of a guy flying a VOR approach whilst...

Visions of a guy flying a VOR approach whilst beating his chest and shouting, "oogah, boogah", on the radio to scare vfr's away...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
8th Dec 2017, 01:59
Replies: 731
Views: 99,127
Posted By Spodman

Aip gen 3.4-47 "when requesting IFR pick-up...

Aip gen 3.4-47 "when requesting IFR pick-up [REQUEST IFR PICK-UP]" you can't bag CASA for not permitting a procedure that is still in the books from the time of the NAS debacle. ATC are still trained...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
7th Dec 2017, 22:06
Replies: 731
Views: 99,127
Posted By Spodman

The problems are the same as they were during the...

The problems are the same as they were during the implementation of NAS. IFR aircraft are using the CTAF for amateur approach control to arrange separation with other IFR flights. This is required...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
7th Dec 2017, 21:51
Replies: 731
Views: 99,127
Posted By Spodman

Have just read the discussion paper with amazed...

Have just read the discussion paper with amazed horror.

Horror; because I knew from reading it I would agree with Dick Smith's comments above, even without reading them, (and I do).

Horror; as...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
5th Apr 2017, 22:41
Replies: 80
Views: 13,581
Posted By Spodman

Is this why, since your time in this wonderful...

Is this why, since your time in this wonderful organisation, we have this as a condition of employment? Which means, if one were wanting to criticise a decision or policy of Airservices YOU COULD NOT...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
4th Apr 2017, 23:30
Replies: 80
Views: 13,581
Posted By Spodman

...as in checking out his other posts for...

...as in checking out his other posts for something you can get him sacked for after you crack his id???
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
4th Apr 2017, 03:17
Replies: 80
Views: 13,581
Posted By Spodman

Correct. When I worked there we had a spare...

Correct.

When I worked there we had a spare console decorated with two VTC, one of Port Hedland, the other of London, in the same scale. In the area covered by London's international airports and...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
7th Mar 2017, 20:57
Replies: 731
Views: 99,127
Posted By Spodman

I think that is the strength of the US system....

I think that is the strength of the US system. The users and regulator consider it works, and they don't f*&k with it. We don't have either of these luxuries.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
7th Mar 2017, 07:35
Replies: 731
Views: 99,127
Posted By Spodman

I think anybody in the circuit area of an...

I think anybody in the circuit area of an aerodrome not marked on a chart who is monitoring 126.7 by definition knows where their Butthole is... :ok:

You are going to build a communication system...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
7th Mar 2017, 03:47
Replies: 731
Views: 99,127
Posted By Spodman

Why do you assume I was talking about the...

Why do you assume I was talking about the pilot?:}

Do you really think I would not be familiar with that fantastic and unusual beast? An unmarked aerodrome within VHF coverage at circuit...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
7th Mar 2017, 01:00
Replies: 731
Views: 99,127
Posted By Spodman

I once broadcast a traffic advisory to two VHF...

I once broadcast a traffic advisory to two VHF opposite direction at the same level. Two effects: 1. The VFR at the non-standard level went to a standard level in one screen update :8 2. I got a hug...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
14th Feb 2017, 08:44
Replies: 52
Views: 9,859
Posted By Spodman

Thank you Dick Reason #1: The...

Thank you Dick


Reason #1: The overwhelming majority of operational ATC have no idea that such things are possible, or even done overseas. This majority have started their training AFTER the NAS...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
9th Feb 2017, 23:44
Replies: 52
Views: 9,859
Posted By Spodman

Your quote implies I am actively preventing such...

Your quote implies I am actively preventing such changes from occurring. I am not. You got it wrong. Apologise.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
9th Feb 2017, 19:32
Replies: 52
Views: 9,859
Posted By Spodman

Resent the implication here. Not aware of doing...

Resent the implication here. Not aware of doing anything to stop any changes. Supply more information or apologise.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
5th Nov 2016, 23:46
Replies: 56
Views: 7,058
Posted By Spodman

I imagine if this august forum had been available...

I imagine if this august forum had been available to like minded technophobes in 1916, (and they didn't have anything better to do in a trench somewhere), there would have been any number of posts...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
30th Mar 2016, 09:20
Replies: 6
Views: 8,540
Posted By Spodman

Snarf! Tried to find the photos. Hmmm. Keep...

Snarf! Tried to find the photos. Hmmm. Keep looking...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
30th Mar 2016, 02:16
Replies: 23
Views: 5,124
Posted By Spodman

"Dick, this is the same discussion as on other...

"Dick, this is the same discussion as on other threads but you resurrect it here." Somebody ranted.

Bugger me, I agree with Dick! Part of the problem is that NOBODY has addressed the question. I...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
10th Mar 2016, 02:01
Replies: 6
Views: 8,540
Posted By Spodman

According to DOC 8643 - Aircraft Type Designators...

According to DOC 8643 - Aircraft Type Designators

DH8A - DE HAVILLAND CANADA DHC-8-100 Dash 8
DH8B - DE HAVILLAND CANADA Dash 8 (200)
DH8C - DE HAVILLAND CANADA Dash 8 (300)
DH8D - DE...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
20th Feb 2013, 01:00
Replies: 45
Views: 7,420
Posted By Spodman

Port Hedland AFISO - Flight Service, the Next Generation!

Airservices advertising for "Provision of in-situ Aerodrome Flight Information Service (AFIS) at PHIA [Port Hedland International Airport]

On site provision of AFIS includes directed traffic...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
12th Jan 2013, 22:54
Replies: 53
Views: 14,851
Posted By Spodman

Port Hedland was an FSC, used to take somebody's...

Port Hedland was an FSC, used to take somebody's airspace at night, forget who. Maybe Derby, but that airspace went to Perth soon after I got there, which should have made it a FSU maybe, but it was...
Forum: ATC Issues
6th Nov 2012, 06:02
Replies: 32
Views: 8,321
Posted By Spodman

Standard way of avoiding the inadvertent 350...

Standard way of avoiding the inadvertent 350 degree turn... Must admit I only use it when I don't really mind which way they turn, in case the mathematics involved confuses the poor dears.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
24th May 2010, 14:41
Replies: 3
Views: 1,130
Posted By Spodman

Nice bloke George. Always found him almost...

Nice bloke George. Always found him almost incomprehensible on the radio with his oxygen mask on. Then I met him and he sounded the same...

Goodbye George.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
17th May 2010, 23:54
Replies: 105
Views: 13,187
Posted By Spodman

:}I'll be there. 1st time!

:}I'll be there. 1st time!
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
16th May 2010, 09:20
Replies: 1,159
Views: 111,104
Posted By Spodman

Frank said:Will it roon your day to hear you were...

Frank said:Will it roon your day to hear you were separated plenty enuf for this to happen in class C airspace. Nobody had to climb, move along.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
12th Mar 2010, 02:10
Replies: 283
Views: 35,790
Posted By Spodman

There is no escalation factor for E replacing G...

There is no escalation factor for E replacing G airspace which is the proposal here. Your claim is not relevant. There is no coincidence that it is being tried here. It is a way of getting the...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
12th Mar 2010, 01:58
Replies: 31
Views: 5,790
Posted By Spodman

A startling, parochial and inconsiderate view you...

A startling, parochial and inconsiderate view you have there. Which language is it you are insisting it be translated into???

Have a look at the Beijing TTF:

METAR ZBAA 120230Z 33007MPS CAVOK...
Forum: ATC Issues
17th Feb 2010, 01:06
Replies: 5
Views: 1,990
Posted By Spodman

What is really needed is a phraseology that...

What is really needed is a phraseology that clearly reports that despite being told to hold somewhere the pilot is just going to steam straight through...
Forum: ATC Issues
4th Feb 2010, 20:12
Replies: 3
Views: 1,310
Posted By Spodman

I understand that shaving a track meter off a...

I understand that shaving a track meter off a SID/STAR or adding extra miles to a flex track can save a million billion litres of kerosene per kilicam, but track shortening by ATC is unwelcome and...
Forum: Tech Log
5th Nov 2009, 02:17
Replies: 10
Views: 2,307
Posted By Spodman

Interesting concept. Found this reference to...

Interesting concept. Found this reference to research into ship propellors with this feature, with some discussion of required features

Wavelengths: Carderock Division to Study Flexible Propeller...
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