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Forum: Private Flying
17th Jul 2019, 23:20
Replies: 10
Views: 5,527
Posted By eyeinthesky

'The only thing that readily comes to my mind...

'The only thing that readily comes to my mind would be the exhaust shroud itself, but I'd not touch it too soon after the engine was shut down.'
True, but it's great for warming your hands on a cold...
Forum: ATC Issues
30th Mar 2019, 02:31
Replies: 13
Views: 3,959
Posted By eyeinthesky

It seems that the LTC needs to refresh his/her...

It seems that the LTC needs to refresh his/her own knowledge of the rules and that the FO is owed a beer!
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
4th Mar 2018, 08:15
Replies: 10
Views: 8,669
Posted By eyeinthesky

It's always a bit sad, I feel, when a previous...

It's always a bit sad, I feel, when a previous employee of a company who was dismissed under a large black cloud feels the need to start a thread on a public forum some months later to rubbish that...
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
4th Oct 2015, 09:17
Replies: 272
Views: 156,882
Posted By eyeinthesky

Highly unlikely that there was a FDR fitted. In...

Highly unlikely that there was a FDR fitted. In my experience, any CVRs fitted on old King Airs aren't maintained in an operating condition.

Forget the wrong fuel issue. Water in the tanks could...
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
3rd Oct 2015, 20:21
Replies: 272
Views: 156,882
Posted By eyeinthesky

From memory, the METARs for Stansted either side...

From memory, the METARs for Stansted either side of the time of the crash gave a met vis of 700m then 1600m and a cloud ceiling of overcast at 100ft. Stansted had been foggy since first light with...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
6th Aug 2015, 19:22
Replies: 357
Views: 237,620
Posted By eyeinthesky

The Airprox Board would probably have assessed...

The Airprox Board would probably have assessed the actual risk of collision with the microlight (not definable from the info in the AAIB report) and put the cause as something like: "The Phenom pilot...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
6th Aug 2015, 19:18
Replies: 357
Views: 237,620
Posted By eyeinthesky

I doubt that there are many pilots out there who...

I doubt that there are many pilots out there who have not pulled off a reasonable landing from a bad approach for whatever level of their experience. The more you get away with, the more you are...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Jul 2014, 16:45
Replies: 41
Views: 36,981
Posted By eyeinthesky

If you were the military decision maker with...

If you were the military decision maker with responsibility for defending the UK's airspace and you were presented with an aircraft approaching the UK either not in communication with ATC and/or with...
Forum: ATC Issues
22nd Apr 2014, 20:31
Replies: 73
Views: 24,229
Posted By eyeinthesky

Apart from the 'professional dress can display a...

Apart from the 'professional dress can display a professional attitude' debate (to which I subscribe but which which will never be resolved on this forum), one of the arguments I often hear for...
Forum: ATC Issues
1st Oct 2012, 22:59
Replies: 37
Views: 9,630
Posted By eyeinthesky

Depending on the size of OP's aircraft, the...

Depending on the size of OP's aircraft, the orbiter might have had a long wait for vortex separation...
Forum: ATC Issues
13th Apr 2012, 21:49
Replies: 11
Views: 3,318
Posted By eyeinthesky

If the events of recent days are anything to go...

If the events of recent days are anything to go by, using 7700 will also get you a personal escort by the RAF's finest. :ooh:

I suppose no-one will notice the sonic boom because of the thunder!
Forum: ATC Issues
4th Apr 2012, 18:22
Replies: 5
Views: 2,022
Posted By eyeinthesky

If you're not planning on going into the Brize...

If you're not planning on going into the Brize Zone, don't bother with a call to them. If Benson are there, call them for the MATZ transit but say goodbye ASAP (even before leaving the MATZ if...
Forum: ATC Issues
25th Mar 2012, 21:23
Replies: 23
Views: 5,079
Posted By eyeinthesky

QUOTE Tucano, working a nats unit: "Mayday,...

QUOTE
Tucano, working a nats unit: "Mayday, engine failure"
nats unit: "Which engine has failed?"
UNQUOTE

I heard it was something like:

TUCANO: "Mayday Mayday Mayday, engine failure
ATC:...
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
21st May 2011, 10:17
Replies: 22
Views: 8,893
Posted By eyeinthesky

Hold on a second. At no point have I...

Hold on a second.

At no point have I suggested that retarding the wrong levers was the cause. All I observed was that the forced landing occured close to a point in flight where manipulation of...
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
21st May 2011, 06:48
Replies: 22
Views: 8,893
Posted By eyeinthesky

Forced landing shortly after departure at about...

Forced landing shortly after departure at about the place a Propellor RPM reduction may be initiated as aircraft passes a certain height AGL. The Condition Levers are very close to the Prop Levers,...
Forum: ATC Issues
18th Feb 2011, 20:35
Replies: 28
Views: 5,230
Posted By eyeinthesky

Try Bournemouth Handling. Details on the web. ...

Try Bournemouth Handling. Details on the web.

Dependant upon where you're headed after landing, Bournemouth might be just as convenient, except that public transport links are not as good as...
Forum: ATC Issues
5th Feb 2011, 14:08
Replies: 23
Views: 4,751
Posted By eyeinthesky

You are right that everyone should be working to...

You are right that everyone should be working to the same standards and understanding, but that is not the case.

Only recently I was working a stream of inbounds to the LTMA from the east. I had...
Forum: ATC Issues
20th Jan 2011, 19:27
Replies: 29
Views: 4,972
Posted By eyeinthesky

UK guidance is DON'T turn off track as it is...

UK guidance is DON'T turn off track as it is likely to put you in conflict with more traffic. Squawk 7700, shove the nose down and continue straight ahead. We will try to clear the sky beneath you....
Forum: Freight Dogs
15th Jan 2011, 16:24
Replies: 3
Views: 2,045
Posted By eyeinthesky

Tail strike, thrust reverser partly deployed and...

Tail strike, thrust reverser partly deployed and still decided to go around and fly to ánother airport? Interesting call.
Forum: ATC Issues
12th Jan 2011, 21:14
Replies: 6
Views: 1,574
Posted By eyeinthesky

QUOTE but my coursework dragged my over grade...

QUOTE
but my coursework dragged my over grade down
UNQUOTE

If that is a trend in your studying, you will find training as an ATCO difficult, as you need to study continuously whilst at the...
Forum: ATC Issues
31st Dec 2010, 09:36
Replies: 11
Views: 1,973
Posted By eyeinthesky

millerman: Our procedures allow us to...

millerman:

Our procedures allow us to consider the Mode C verified and validated from approved units. Maastricht, Amsterdam and the other neighbouring ACCs, as well as many airfields in the UK,...
Forum: ATC Issues
30th Dec 2010, 20:30
Replies: 11
Views: 1,973
Posted By eyeinthesky

For the UK: Other than the first call on...

For the UK:
Other than the first call on departure as specified below, when changing frequency:

- Cleared level only if climbing or descending
- Actual level and cleared level if you have not...
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
24th Nov 2010, 18:52
Replies: 21
Views: 24,350
Posted By eyeinthesky

All I know is from chatting to a mate. I think...

All I know is from chatting to a mate. I think that the majority of their jet aircraft (=all?) are based in Luton and crewed by freelancers. Rates of pay vary upon experience and are agreed between...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
22nd Nov 2010, 15:46
Replies: 18
Views: 1,897
Posted By eyeinthesky

Calibrator for the ILS, perhaps?

Calibrator for the ILS, perhaps?
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
19th Nov 2010, 15:10
Replies: 13
Views: 3,110
Posted By eyeinthesky

Doctors and nurses carry a drugs licence which...

Doctors and nurses carry a drugs licence which allows them to transit with them.
Forum: Private Flying
16th Nov 2010, 08:35
Replies: 17
Views: 2,279
Posted By eyeinthesky

There is a road and a petrol station behind that...

There is a road and a petrol station behind that mound at Cambridge. One of the urban legend stories was that the mound had quite a few rabbits living in it.

When Marshalls first got a contract...
Forum: Questions
14th Oct 2010, 08:27
Replies: 31
Views: 13,012
Posted By eyeinthesky

Hmmm.. If you compare the straight-in minima...

Hmmm..

If you compare the straight-in minima on the old plate they are the same as for a CAT A circling minima (1640'). This is removed on the new plate and the CAT A minimum is increased to...
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
2nd Oct 2010, 22:55
Replies: 12
Views: 1,555
Posted By eyeinthesky

The NAT Track system is, in simple terms, a way...

The NAT Track system is, in simple terms, a way of regularising traffic across the pond. It takes account of the jetstream and the peak traffic flows and publishes 'standard routes' which airlines...
Forum: Private Flying
15th Jul 2010, 19:05
Replies: 8
Views: 1,355
Posted By eyeinthesky

Make sure you read and follow Lelystad's strict...

Make sure you read and follow Lelystad's strict VFR joining procedures!
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
15th Jul 2010, 19:01
Replies: 4
Views: 1,244
Posted By eyeinthesky

Flight duty period begins 45 mins before...

Flight duty period begins 45 mins before scheduled (not actual) off block time.

Flight duty period ends at final on chocks.

Duty period ends not less than 15 mins after final on chocks but may...
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
13th Jul 2010, 10:34
Replies: 23
Views: 13,811
Posted By eyeinthesky

Good discussion, but what about 'artificial' MTOW...

Good discussion, but what about 'artificial' MTOW which are placed for other reasons than structural limitations?

For example, many PA34s are certified in the UK as 1999kg to stay below the route...
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
13th Jul 2010, 10:15
Replies: 1
Views: 661
Posted By eyeinthesky

I have a soft copy of the AFM for models...

I have a soft copy of the AFM for models LJ625-667. Not sure about the copyright issues of sending it, though. PM if you want to discuss further.
Forum: Private Flying
17th May 2010, 00:30
Replies: 35
Views: 5,308
Posted By eyeinthesky

A somwehat agressive reply... but here's the text...

A somwehat agressive reply... but here's the text from a recent NOTAM (my highlighting).

QUOTE
(H1529/10 NOTAMN

Q) EGXX/QWWXX/IV/NBO/W /000/200/5624N00804W415

A) EGTT EGGX EGPX B)...
Forum: Private Flying
16th May 2010, 23:16
Replies: 35
Views: 5,308
Posted By eyeinthesky

There is ash in various concentrations over the...

There is ash in various concentrations over the most of the UK at present. If any of these concentrations are assessed to be high, the CAA will issue a NOTAM creating a No Fly Zone for the relevant...
Forum: ATC Issues
10th May 2010, 09:57
Replies: 11
Views: 2,036
Posted By eyeinthesky

If you are heading 123, then tell me that figure....

If you are heading 123, then tell me that figure. It is likely that if I subsequently give you a turn it will be to a heading ending in 5 or 0, but that's just because it's easier for me to use...
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