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Forum: Rumours & News
26th Apr 2024, 17:35
Replies: 111
Views: 34,177
Posted By Bergerie1

ATC Watcher, I agree. GNSS has its...

ATC Watcher, I agree. GNSS has its vulnerabilities. We need to keep sufficient alternative methods of navigation alive and active.
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Apr 2024, 16:46
Replies: 173
Views: 30,184
Posted By Bergerie1

LB, Please give us some more words about the...

LB, Please give us some more words about the brilliant HHL.
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Apr 2024, 09:00
Replies: 15
Views: 16,209
Posted By Bergerie1

OH, It is highly relevant to such a...

OH,

It is highly relevant to such a situation. As others have intimated on this thread, how likely is it that there really is a bomb on board when a bomb threat note has been discovered written on...
Forum: Rumours & News
23rd Apr 2024, 10:46
Replies: 15
Views: 16,209
Posted By Bergerie1

This is probably an unwelcome comment, but I...

This is probably an unwelcome comment, but I think if you examine the statistics, as a passenger, you are more likely to be killed by a pilot making a mistake than by a bomb exploding on board your...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
22nd Apr 2024, 17:57
Replies: 2
Views: 456
Posted By Bergerie1

Read the short story in the book "Sky Talk',...

Read the short story in the book "Sky Talk', called 'The Undertaker's Wind'. There is a description there of how to devise a gate for the start of a visual approach into a 'dark hole' with scarcely...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Apr 2024, 18:58
Replies: 1,808
Views: 3,073,124
Posted By Bergerie1

tdracer and FullWngs, you are both absolutely...

tdracer and FullWngs, you are both absolutely right.
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
19th Apr 2024, 17:31
Replies: 69
Views: 28,152
Posted By Bergerie1

Yes - they probably have, but it depends on the...

Yes - they probably have, but it depends on the aircraft type due to the need for pod clearance. The 707 was probably more critical than the 757/767 therefore the de-crab during the flare was the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th Apr 2024, 13:01
Replies: 12
Views: 1,147
Posted By Bergerie1

The Speedbird was the corporate logo of Imperial...

The Speedbird was the corporate logo of Imperial Airways and was continued by BOAC when the corporation was founded in 1939. It is a very great pity that British Airways decided to dispense with such...
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Apr 2024, 08:17
Replies: 111
Views: 34,177
Posted By Bergerie1

tdracer, The delegated examining system worked...

tdracer, The delegated examining system worked well in Britain back in the 1980s when I was a flight training manager (I have no idea what it is like now). And I always emphasised to the instructors...
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Apr 2024, 12:56
Replies: 111
Views: 34,177
Posted By Bergerie1

TU.144 and WR6-3, What I wrote is not a red...

TU.144 and WR6-3,

What I wrote is not a red herring and certainly does not absolve Boeing and the FAA from blame. All I was doing was pointing out that previous generations of pilots and airline...
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Apr 2024, 08:46
Replies: 111
Views: 34,177
Posted By Bergerie1

When the Boeing 707 was introduced every pilot...

When the Boeing 707 was introduced every pilot was trained and made very well aware of the possibility of a trim runaway. The procedure for dealing with this was trained on the simulator and even in...
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Apr 2024, 11:18
Replies: 111
Views: 34,177
Posted By Bergerie1

I think most pilots who have flown the 707 would...

I think most pilots who have flown the 707 would have known how to cope. But this doesn't absolve the gradual erosion of pilot training and the defects in Boeing's design of the Max.
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
7th Apr 2024, 18:48
Replies: 69
Views: 28,152
Posted By Bergerie1

If you haven't already listened to these RAeS...

If you haven't already listened to these RAeS podcasts of DPD talking about his career and doing certification tests on various aircraft types you really need to do so. They are excellent:-...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
7th Apr 2024, 14:19
Replies: 69
Views: 28,152
Posted By Bergerie1

RetiredBA/BY, HTBJ by DPD was my bible. I...

RetiredBA/BY,

HTBJ by DPD was my bible. I flew with him a couple of times and sat at the master's feet
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
6th Apr 2024, 16:26
Replies: 26
Views: 9,423
Posted By Bergerie1

What really worries me about this kind of...

What really worries me about this kind of reporting is not this incident itself, but the fact that some serious historians quote newspapers back in the 20th and 19th centuries and seem to think that...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
5th Apr 2024, 07:56
Replies: 69
Views: 28,152
Posted By Bergerie1

At one time in my career, because the 707...

At one time in my career, because the 707 simulator was not adequate, we used to have check new captains out on cross-wind landings on the aircraft at Prestwick or wherever we could find a sufficient...
Forum: Rumours & News
3rd Apr 2024, 14:05
Replies: 66
Views: 32,399
Posted By Bergerie1

Magplug, I believe you to be right - at least...

Magplug, I believe you to be right - at least that was my experience.
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Mar 2024, 08:31
Replies: 704
Views: 195,938
Posted By Bergerie1

Australopithicus and megan, The airline I...

Australopithicus and megan,

The airline I used to fly for certainly had company engineers on-site at the Boeing factory to watch over the build process. Whether that is still the case now, I don't...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
5th Mar 2024, 16:59
Replies: 13
Views: 7,323
Posted By Bergerie1

Spin or spiral dive?

Spin or spiral dive?
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
28th Feb 2024, 09:16
Replies: 10
Views: 1,017
Posted By Bergerie1

You could also try the British Airways Heritage...

You could also try the British Airways Heritage Collection:- https://www.britishairways.com/content/information/about-ba/history-and-heritage
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
21st Feb 2024, 10:52
Replies: 221
Views: 59,199
Posted By Bergerie1

ATC Watcher is right. He knows his business far...

ATC Watcher is right. He knows his business far better than most of us here. I advise you all to listen to him.
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
21st Feb 2024, 09:30
Replies: 221
Views: 59,199
Posted By Bergerie1

BD99, When I was an active flight manager, I set...

BD99, When I was an active flight manager, I set up a scheme with UK NATS whereby we arranged for training pilots to give talks to trainee ATCOs and also for famil flights in the jump seats of our...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
19th Feb 2024, 12:56
Replies: 80
Views: 22,990
Posted By Bergerie1

BOAC monitored approach!! What's that?

BOAC monitored approach!! What's that?
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
19th Feb 2024, 08:34
Replies: 18
Views: 1,403
Posted By Bergerie1

Megan, Thank you so much, I have sent you a PM.

Megan, Thank you so much, I have sent you a PM.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
9th Feb 2024, 17:08
Replies: 19
Views: 1,609
Posted By Bergerie1

Remember that many aircraft types of those days...

Remember that many aircraft types of those days had a swing on take-off causeed by the dirction of rotation of the propellers. Also, as has been mentioned, tail draggers were not so easy to keep...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
3rd Feb 2024, 06:12
Replies: 18
Views: 1,403
Posted By Bergerie1

Megan, Thank you very much for that information....

Megan, Thank you very much for that information. I will get back to you.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
2nd Feb 2024, 11:21
Replies: 18
Views: 1,403
Posted By Bergerie1

Thanks Jelle. The only reference I found was on...

Thanks Jelle. The only reference I found was on page 14 where it mentions carburettor heat, if fitted. I would have thought carb heat was a rather important feature, so why, if fitted?...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
2nd Feb 2024, 06:48
Replies: 18
Views: 1,403
Posted By Bergerie1

DH Mosquito cockpit diagrams

I am trying to help a friend to understand the carburettor heat controls on the DH Mosquito Mk FB40, an Australian built version designated A52-24, which I believe may have been fitted with Packard...
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Jan 2024, 10:42
Replies: 704
Views: 195,938
Posted By Bergerie1

It's not the Senate he should be visiting but the...

It's not the Senate he should be visiting but the shop floor. 'Management by walking about' has a lot to recommend it! The people who do the job usually know far more about what is really happening...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Jan 2024, 11:37
Replies: 265
Views: 79,530
Posted By Bergerie1

But it may be a good start. Eventually, there has...

But it may be a good start. Eventually, there has to be some reconciliation.
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
16th Jan 2024, 04:54
Replies: 1,146
Views: 1,047,311
Posted By Bergerie1

xetroV and framer, Thank you. You have both...

xetroV and framer, Thank you.

You have both spelt out in detail exactly what I was alluding to when, in my answers to sailplaneflyer, I referrred to unintended consequences. The R/T channels are...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
14th Jan 2024, 05:05
Replies: 1,146
Views: 1,047,311
Posted By Bergerie1

Sailplaneflyer, I humbly apologise for what was a...

Sailplaneflyer, I humbly apologise for what was a fairly terse post. Clearly, you have a lot of experience in investigating (litigating?) the aftermath of many different types of transport accidents....
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
13th Jan 2024, 20:57
Replies: 1,146
Views: 1,047,311
Posted By Bergerie1

Sailplainflyer, I hesitate to ask but what...

Sailplainflyer, I hesitate to ask but what exactly is your knowledge of commercial aviation? The complexity of the interactions between flight operations, air traffic management and running a busy...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
13th Jan 2024, 06:41
Replies: 1,146
Views: 1,047,311
Posted By Bergerie1

I agree with ATC Watcher, any changes to rules...

I agree with ATC Watcher, any changes to rules and/or procedures need to be very carefully considered before implementation. Knee jerk reactions soon after an incident or accident are very rarely...
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Jan 2024, 17:03
Replies: 73
Views: 28,290
Posted By Bergerie1

Rather than trying to explain it would have been...

Rather than trying to explain it would have been better for the pilot of Longboat just to say, "Unable" when challenged by ATC for being slow. That was all Sully said when being asked to land...
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