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Forum: Private Flying
17th Apr 2024, 08:24
Replies: 10
Views: 539
Posted By Jan Olieslagers

Yes, pictures badly wanted to help us help....

Yes, pictures badly wanted to help us help. Indication of engine make/model/type would also be useful.
Forum: Private Flying
16th Apr 2024, 17:18
Replies: 10
Views: 539
Posted By Jan Olieslagers

Tatra V6 air cooled :) ?

Tatra V6 air cooled :) ?
Forum: Private Flying
16th Apr 2024, 13:36
Replies: 10
Views: 539
Posted By Jan Olieslagers

Who says he has a Rotax 915? I'd not be surprised...

Who says he has a Rotax 915? I'd not be surprised if the engine were either a local conversion of some car engine, or the six-cylinder Jabiru 3300.
Agreed though that there is a world of difference...
Forum: Private Flying
25th Mar 2024, 18:32
Replies: 22
Views: 1,804
Posted By Jan Olieslagers

The terminology is indeed confusing, very...

The terminology is indeed confusing, very confusing. First there was the US'an ultralight as defined per FAA103, with a limited empty weight (254 lb.?) which practically makes it a slow...
Forum: Private Flying
25th Mar 2024, 12:59
Replies: 22
Views: 1,804
Posted By Jan Olieslagers

Excuse me for questioning your question - I do...

Excuse me for questioning your question - I do not consider that very a polite way of discussing, but it might perhaps help - but are you sure you really want a PPL? Especially if budget is limited,...
Forum: Private Flying
18th Mar 2024, 11:26
Replies: 6
Views: 730
Posted By Jan Olieslagers

Always? Or only for undertaking a flight where...

Always? Or only for undertaking a flight where the use of English might be required?
I can well imagine that some private pilots in countries like France and Spain, never leaving their country, do...
Forum: Private Flying
17th Mar 2024, 20:59
Replies: 6
Views: 730
Posted By Jan Olieslagers

Excuse me for not having even a beginning of an...

Excuse me for not having even a beginning of an answer, but perhaps I can help in clarifying/detailing your question/problem.

Do I understand right that, wanting to pass the examination with an...
Forum: Private Flying
15th Mar 2024, 17:37
Replies: 30
Views: 1,907
Posted By Jan Olieslagers

There was an elaborate and to me quite...

There was an elaborate and to me quite satisfactory response from @DAR. Just as per usual, of course :) March 6th, 23:33, second paragraph.
Forum: Private Flying
14th Mar 2024, 20:25
Replies: 29
Views: 3,300
Posted By Jan Olieslagers

Excuse my ignorance, what does IRS stand for? The...

Excuse my ignorance, what does IRS stand for? The I probably for Inertial?
Forum: Private Flying
11th Mar 2024, 16:11
Replies: 7
Views: 2,070
Posted By Jan Olieslagers

:) To those in the know - including all of us,...

:)
To those in the know - including all of us, over here, of course - it is a cunning wink of the eye.
To others, it might well be an eye-opener, and that might well be the main intention.

If...
Forum: Private Flying
7th Mar 2024, 12:50
Replies: 30
Views: 1,907
Posted By Jan Olieslagers

If you consider crew members to be...

If you consider crew members to be "components"...
Forum: Private Flying
7th Mar 2024, 10:19
Replies: 30
Views: 1,907
Posted By Jan Olieslagers

A bit off-topic, but I'd like to reference my own...

A bit off-topic, but I'd like to reference my own trade (when I had one): high availability IT. This is usually accomplished by having all critical components duplicated, with one active and the...
Forum: Private Flying
6th Mar 2024, 15:24
Replies: 30
Views: 1,907
Posted By Jan Olieslagers

Hoping I am not causing confusion: is there a...

Hoping I am not causing confusion: is there a parallel with taildraggers risking groundlooping, because their CG is behind the main wheels?
Forum: Private Flying
19th Feb 2024, 14:05
Replies: 19
Views: 2,817
Posted By Jan Olieslagers

Perhaps part and part? The world is (mostly) not...

Perhaps part and part? The world is (mostly) not black vs. white...
Forum: Private Flying
14th Feb 2024, 17:46
Replies: 19
Views: 2,062
Posted By Jan Olieslagers

shiver

shiver
Forum: Private Flying
31st Jan 2024, 19:24
Replies: 23
Views: 1,809
Posted By Jan Olieslagers

Cheese us! Talking of stone age IT! Then again,...

Cheese us! Talking of stone age IT! Then again, if it works for you then why not? Is the whole thing pedal-powered or have you already invented the water-wheel :p ?
Forum: Private Flying
22nd Jan 2024, 19:05
Replies: 3
Views: 1,095
Posted By Jan Olieslagers

Perhaps the museum and its nice people can help? ...

Perhaps the museum and its nice people can help?
https://yorkshireairmuseum.org/
Forum: Private Flying
19th Jan 2024, 18:45
Replies: 5
Views: 1,261
Posted By Jan Olieslagers

Any recreational field in BE. For example EBKH...

Any recreational field in BE. For example EBKH Keiheuvel, EBHN Hoevenen, EBZH Kiewit all charge 5 euros for landing, EBZW perhaps slightly more. Touch and go's are often limited to local pilots,...
Forum: Private Flying
7th Jan 2024, 18:05
Replies: 28
Views: 11,607
Posted By Jan Olieslagers

Sounds like nitpickery, but I think the "POH"...

Sounds like nitpickery, but I think the "POH" stands for "Pilot's and Operator's Handbook|".
Not that it makes much difference.
Forum: Private Flying
30th Dec 2023, 10:23
Replies: 50
Views: 29,970
Posted By Jan Olieslagers

A rare absence of nimby-ism, perhaps? That...

A rare absence of nimby-ism, perhaps?

That may well be true, but it sounds like "waiting for the disaster to happen before taking measures". That said, there is ample room for an emergency...
Forum: Private Flying
29th Dec 2023, 09:22
Replies: 50
Views: 29,970
Posted By Jan Olieslagers

Thanks, Mike, good journalism research. I cannot...

Thanks, Mike, good journalism research. I cannot help feeling that the author of the mentioned pdfs has other concerns than those described. Sure enough aerodromes must satisfy certain safety rules,...
Forum: Private Flying
25th Dec 2023, 17:05
Replies: 28
Views: 3,092
Posted By Jan Olieslagers

That's what I thought, too. And while the...

That's what I thought, too. And while the end-user can change the registration, the ICAO id can only be set by an approved workshop or engineer.

There are lists out on the www that translate icao...
Forum: Private Flying
14th Dec 2023, 16:23
Replies: 14
Views: 2,555
Posted By Jan Olieslagers

Thanks for posting the nice pictures! As for the...

Thanks for posting the nice pictures! As for the plane shrinking, I can well imagine it is rather the pilot who grew "broader" like in DAR's fine story, or the similar tale from Dudley. Another...
Forum: Private Flying
7th Dec 2023, 12:14
Replies: 34
Views: 2,827
Posted By Jan Olieslagers

In my limited experience, contacting Italian...

In my limited experience, contacting Italian persons or companies is little effective unless done in Italian language. To make matters worse, writing usually works less well than calling - which...
Forum: Private Flying
22nd Nov 2023, 13:27
Replies: 3
Views: 1,004
Posted By Jan Olieslagers

Excuse me for being pecky, it is only a squibble...

Excuse me for being pecky, it is only a squibble of words:
The company is not yet liquidated, the liquidation has been ordered.
Better to say: Robin declared bankrupt.

Which changes nothing to...
Forum: Private Flying
28th Oct 2023, 11:37
Replies: 30
Views: 2,939
Posted By Jan Olieslagers

I agree that there should be one and only one...

I agree that there should be one and only one protocol, and ADS-B seems to be best indicated. However, being certified and all that, ADS-B equipment must be expensive. I think authorities are...
Forum: Private Flying
6th Oct 2023, 12:36
Replies: 7
Views: 1,004
Posted By Jan Olieslagers

Rotax 912 (and probably some of its derivatives)...

Rotax 912 (and probably some of its derivatives) uses an automotive diaphragm pump, from a small Opel or VW or such. The advantage of the diaphragm system is that it can stand it when no fuel flow is...
Forum: Private Flying
5th Oct 2023, 13:08
Replies: 78
Views: 6,298
Posted By Jan Olieslagers

That's totally unnecessary and thus a waste of...

That's totally unnecessary and thus a waste of bandwidth. When you're (on a non-controlled field) at the threshold and ready to go, check the airspace. If any plane on final or perhaps long final...
Forum: Private Flying
21st Sep 2023, 19:11
Replies: 5
Views: 1,189
Posted By Jan Olieslagers

@chevvron: I much appreciatiate your tolerance...

@chevvron: I much appreciatiate your tolerance and understanding for weaknesses in others, in this case the pilot who may have been fixed mentally on rwy 23. Kind of tunnel vision, of which we all...
Forum: Private Flying
13th Sep 2023, 17:35
Replies: 78
Views: 6,298
Posted By Jan Olieslagers

No point at all. One swallow doesn't make spring,...

No point at all. One swallow doesn't make spring, and one example doesn't make a general rule.
See here (https://www.planepictures.net/v3/show_en.php?id=1720516) for just one counter-example. I bet...
Forum: Private Flying
12th Sep 2023, 07:26
Replies: 7
Views: 934
Posted By Jan Olieslagers

That's your choice. Too bad, then.

That's your choice. Too bad, then.
Forum: Private Flying
11th Sep 2023, 20:10
Replies: 78
Views: 6,298
Posted By Jan Olieslagers

I grudgingly agree that "helicopter" could be a...

I grudgingly agree that "helicopter" could be a valuable because meaningful prefix. All the rest is ear-candy.

As for the "G" adding nothing, that is true until the first non-G enters the...
Forum: Private Flying
11th Sep 2023, 19:27
Replies: 7
Views: 934
Posted By Jan Olieslagers

Well, sorry, my message seems to have been buried...

Well, sorry, my message seems to have been buried deep in the internals of pprune, I find no way to retrieve it. And I am not going to type it a second time because you cannot get yourself to clean...
Forum: Private Flying
11th Sep 2023, 17:36
Replies: 7
Views: 934
Posted By Jan Olieslagers

Sam, I tried to send you a private message but it...

Sam, I tried to send you a private message but it seems your mailbox is full. Clean up!
Forum: Private Flying
11th Sep 2023, 12:23
Replies: 7
Views: 934
Posted By Jan Olieslagers

Nearest in my sources: ...

Nearest in my sources:
https://www.ukairfieldguide.net/airfields/East-Hewish

There is also a "New Farm Airfield", just east of Felton, but that's already some 15 kms off, as the crow flies.
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