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Search: Posts Made By: m.Berger
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Forum: Private Flying
29th Jul 2019, 17:50
Replies: 7
Views: 3,839
Posted By m.Berger

EGLS Closing?

Businesses and all based aircraft given notice to quit by 31st October.
Forum: Private Flying
23rd May 2018, 13:19
Replies: 31
Views: 5,497
Posted By m.Berger

If your instructor is great, professional and yet...

If your instructor is great, professional and yet not the right person to teach YOU, (which often happens,) you need to be free to take your custom elsewhere which you cannot do if you have already...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
10th May 2018, 17:13
Replies: 23
Views: 7,678
Posted By m.Berger

Tricky aircraft, tricky situation, tricky...

Tricky aircraft, tricky situation, tricky landing, carried out with aplomb.
As a contributor to the Daily Mail opined, he is an attempted murderer and should be charged as such.
I have my own...
Forum: Private Flying
9th May 2018, 19:29
Replies: 5
Views: 1,740
Posted By m.Berger

... So called because it doesn't go all the way.

... So called because it doesn't go all the way.
Forum: Private Flying
29th Apr 2018, 18:02
Replies: 31
Views: 5,497
Posted By m.Berger

Ah! That's the bit we microlighters don't tell...

Ah! That's the bit we microlighters don't tell the big boys. You can fly abroad. There is a reciprocal arrangement in force with several European microlighting organisations where national licences...
Forum: Private Flying
29th Apr 2018, 16:19
Replies: 67
Views: 11,439
Posted By m.Berger

So we will remain making parts for Airbus post...

So we will remain making parts for Airbus post Brexit because by then we WILL be a low wage economy.
Forum: Private Flying
27th Apr 2018, 20:31
Replies: 31
Views: 5,497
Posted By m.Berger

From a slightly different angle: To estimate...

From a slightly different angle:
To estimate flying costs, Double the original estimate, triple that and add a bit more. If you intend to fly (rather than fly a this, that or the other,) it may take...
Forum: Private Flying
20th Apr 2018, 21:52
Replies: 11
Views: 2,215
Posted By m.Berger

No, that's management bolloxpeak. Transparent...

No, that's management bolloxpeak. Transparent communication is NEVER part of a change process. The absolute reverse is always true.
Just look at the DFT review into the strategic importance of...
Forum: Private Flying
9th Apr 2018, 16:37
Replies: 34
Views: 9,073
Posted By m.Berger

Thanks for that. I was a little rusty and...

Thanks for that. I was a little rusty and enjoyed the revision.
Forum: Private Flying
8th Apr 2018, 19:03
Replies: 34
Views: 9,073
Posted By m.Berger

Yes. That is right. Visualise the sky as a dark...

Yes. That is right. Visualise the sky as a dark room. Your room. The torch is on the mantlepiece but somebody put a new table in there so you will have to alter course to get to it. You will,...
Forum: Private Flying
27th Feb 2018, 17:07
Replies: 12
Views: 5,889
Posted By m.Berger

A good look, especially at the glued joints.

A good look, especially at the glued joints.
Forum: Private Flying
26th Feb 2018, 18:25
Replies: 106
Views: 33,559
Posted By m.Berger

Islanders are outside the scope of private flying...

Islanders are outside the scope of private flying and I was not sure about the Pup. Although the microlights have been successful, the Shadow, in particular coming across as a very good aeroplane,...
Forum: Private Flying
25th Feb 2018, 16:18
Replies: 106
Views: 33,559
Posted By m.Berger

"We lost our advantage after the Comet debacle." ...

"We lost our advantage after the Comet debacle."
Fifty years after Kitty Hawk and nearly seventy years ago.
There has not been a financially successful British civilian light aircraft since WW2...
Forum: Private Flying
30th Jun 2017, 20:31
Replies: 47
Views: 15,198
Posted By m.Berger

Carry a couple of shovels and plant the swine....

Carry a couple of shovels and plant the swine. Nobody knows they are there.
Seriously, though, insurance is the only safeguard. Wretched, isn't it.
Forum: Private Flying
15th May 2017, 19:25
Replies: 38
Views: 11,111
Posted By m.Berger

Plenty around, simple and cheap single seater....

Plenty around, simple and cheap single seater. Not fast, long legged nor something to fly in breezy weather. Most are long in the tooth and need to be inspected very thoroughly before purchase as...
Forum: Private Flying
29th Apr 2017, 16:45
Replies: 4
Views: 1,560
Posted By m.Berger

Strip the engine and reassemble it. At 1100...

Strip the engine and reassemble it. At 1100 hours, It isn't a bad idea to do so, given the circumstances. Chance is pretty strong that this is the cheapest option. It will certainly be the safest.
Forum: Private Flying
29th Apr 2017, 16:31
Replies: 24
Views: 3,829
Posted By m.Berger

One thing that flying as a student passenger in...

One thing that flying as a student passenger in this situation gives is the opportunity to feel the aircraft's reactions without the pressure of doing the flying. I encourage students to fly whenever...
Forum: Private Flying
25th Apr 2017, 09:05
Replies: 35
Views: 5,936
Posted By m.Berger

My main "Go places " aeroplane. Umm, now which...

My main "Go places " aeroplane. Umm, now which one would that be? For reasons of necessary economy it is not a difficult choice!
Forum: Private Flying
25th Apr 2017, 07:58
Replies: 35
Views: 5,936
Posted By m.Berger

I am in my late fifties and own a Stereo system...

I am in my late fifties and own a Stereo system with electrostatic loudspeakers, the subtleties of which I long since have been unable to hear. I keep them because they take up a lot of room and...
Forum: Private Flying
24th Apr 2017, 15:55
Replies: 41
Views: 15,546
Posted By m.Berger

Czechoslovakian (as was) aerobatic job. Good at...

Czechoslovakian (as was) aerobatic job. Good at it; passing resemblance to a Chippie.
Forum: Private Flying
11th Apr 2017, 18:35
Replies: 25
Views: 4,153
Posted By m.Berger

If you can afford it, keep going. If it was easy,...

If you can afford it, keep going. If it was easy, the great unwashed would be doing it.
Flying is hard. It does get easier. You will have time to enjoy the view.
Ask your instructor if you can get...
Forum: Private Flying
7th Apr 2017, 20:07
Replies: 71
Views: 16,886
Posted By m.Berger

And what instruments were they using to measure...

And what instruments were they using to measure the PPM 400,000 years ago?
Sounds like poppycock to me that cannot be demonstrated nor proven, only asserted.
Forum: Private Flying
5th Apr 2017, 11:40
Replies: 71
Views: 16,886
Posted By m.Berger

Southampton has spent years solidifying the...

Southampton has spent years solidifying the traffic in order to justify a congestion charge. I shall be keeping my twenty year old Diesel. It will cost the planet much more to melt it down and...
Forum: Private Flying
3rd Apr 2017, 19:16
Replies: 242
Views: 71,836
Posted By m.Berger

Dodgy. This is an air taxi in all but name....

Dodgy.
This is an air taxi in all but name. Professional pilots study very expensively to exercise the privileges of the commercial licence and to have we PPL holders doing their work is simply...
Forum: Private Flying
10th Mar 2017, 17:33
Replies: 14
Views: 4,558
Posted By m.Berger

Having lived in Danmark, I expect that it would...

Having lived in Danmark, I expect that it would be quite a bit cheaper to fly to Englandf or a few days at a time in order to take lessons in English. There is a wider choice here.
Forum: Private Flying
30th Jan 2017, 09:47
Replies: 47
Views: 15,198
Posted By m.Berger

Makes one think that a mistaken hours figure on...

Makes one think that a mistaken hours figure on Ginfo could be a sensible error to make.
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
27th Jan 2017, 19:08
Replies: 176
Views: 77,532
Posted By m.Berger

What may be relevant is that the low air density...

What may be relevant is that the low air density due to the high humidity in foggy conditions would reduce both engine power and rate of climb. In the event of an engine failure, A PA30 pilot might...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
27th Jan 2017, 16:30
Replies: 176
Views: 77,532
Posted By m.Berger

Thank you HolyMoley. At least somebody on here...

Thank you HolyMoley. At least somebody on here passed their met exam.
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
27th Jan 2017, 10:52
Replies: 176
Views: 77,532
Posted By m.Berger

Foggy day, so thin air giving reduced power and...

Foggy day, so thin air giving reduced power and roc. Plausible, especially with an elderly aircraft.
Forum: Private Flying
10th Jan 2017, 14:21
Replies: 52
Views: 19,563
Posted By m.Berger

Thought this was post Brexit. Still being cowed...

Thought this was post Brexit. Still being cowed by the French and no guts to oppose them. Makes yer prahd ter be British,dunnit.
Forum: Private Flying
28th Oct 2016, 15:18
Replies: 13
Views: 2,651
Posted By m.Berger

It is what is on the inside that matters!

It is what is on the inside that matters!
Forum: Private Flying
25th Oct 2016, 19:13
Replies: 22
Views: 3,503
Posted By m.Berger

I have never taken an hour to get from Stansted...

I have never taken an hour to get from Stansted to the M25 and I have done the journey often enough having lived in Essex and worked in London.
The view from Farnham may be different, but when I was...
Forum: Private Flying
25th Oct 2016, 16:36
Replies: 87
Views: 26,072
Posted By m.Berger

It is said that you have to be mad to own an...

It is said that you have to be mad to own an aircraft in Britain so only hirers may take advantage of the new declaration :-)
Forum: Private Flying
25th Oct 2016, 16:31
Replies: 22
Views: 3,503
Posted By m.Berger

HS2 works out at an estimated £1998.32 per inch. ...

HS2 works out at an estimated £1998.32 per inch.
St Pancras to Manston = 81.2 miles (at this price, .2 is significant,) or
£8,632,672,983
That is the railway taken care of then.

Nobody seems...
Forum: Private Flying
22nd Oct 2016, 17:36
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,501,645
Posted By m.Berger

WHAT HAVE THE HONOURABLE COMPANY OF AIR PILOTS...

WHAT HAVE THE HONOURABLE COMPANY OF AIR PILOTS EVER DONE FOR A SINGLE PRIVATE PILOT ?

The cost of affiliation seems to confer no benefit as far as I can see.

The Royal Aeronautical Society or...
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