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Forum: Private Flying
30th Mar 2016, 00:13
Replies: 64
Views: 12,225
Posted By jjoe

Bit of a Barney.....

Happy Easter all.

Late on this thread and apologies if I'm repeating others' views.

I hope I'm allowed to share an opinion with such little experience.

Piperboy84, I have been very impressed...
Forum: Private Flying
8th Feb 2016, 17:27
Replies: 90
Views: 12,025
Posted By jjoe

Thanks for that flybymike. Therefore,...

Thanks for that flybymike.



Therefore, we have a visual/tactile indication of crosswind strength with both approaches. Are there any numerical rules-of-thumb that can be applied/derived w.r.t....
Forum: Private Flying
7th Feb 2016, 22:25
Replies: 90
Views: 12,025
Posted By jjoe

At the risk of being a pedant (or thick or both)...

At the risk of being a pedant (or thick or both) again!


After an immediate double-take I got that but , with all due respect, what then, DOES this mean, in the context of x-wind landings?


...
Forum: Private Flying
2nd Feb 2016, 01:27
Replies: 90
Views: 12,025
Posted By jjoe

Demonstrated X wind a pointless figure ?

Post 1- OP?



Lots of good (and terrible) debate?/responses elicited IMO.

I'm no linguist or philosopher or gynaecologist.... but I'll have a go!
(Yes, it's THAT late ,Blue Nun late, and...
Forum: Private Flying
13th Jan 2016, 13:54
Replies: 24
Views: 3,772
Posted By jjoe

IIRC they have a duty to go through the incorrect...

IIRC they have a duty to go through the incorrect answers with you if you ask!
Forum: Private Flying
12th Jan 2016, 17:27
Replies: 24
Views: 3,772
Posted By jjoe

Agreed and I do the same now I'm allowed to.:ok: ...

Agreed and I do the same now I'm allowed to.:ok:

Like it.:)

LOL

I'd not leave the ground now w/o SD on 1 or 2 tablets/phone.

I was thinking more of the OP who is still training by the...
Forum: Private Flying
12th Jan 2016, 09:53
Replies: 24
Views: 3,772
Posted By jjoe

Fair point foxmoth. I was refering more to...

Fair point foxmoth.

I was refering more to diversions, and other changes of direction/route, to work out HDG , GS and ETA ,fuel etc. rather than for purely the initial route-planning. I didn't...
Forum: Private Flying
12th Jan 2016, 00:33
Replies: 24
Views: 3,772
Posted By jjoe

Glum, Sorry to hear that you failed. Did you...

Glum,

Sorry to hear that you failed. Did you fail by much and in the areas you expected?
To answer your query, I found that there usually IS a right answer and it may depend on the issues raised...
Forum: Private Flying
9th Jan 2016, 00:56
Replies: 54
Views: 6,231
Posted By jjoe

SSD attempted a defence of a poor argument with; ...

SSD attempted a defence of a poor argument with;



It still needs work. You are still lacking a coherent argument, even after allowing for poor grammar. You can (must) do better. Stop digging...
Forum: Private Flying
6th Jan 2016, 22:18
Replies: 36
Views: 5,833
Posted By jjoe

Thanks Maulkin and Ridger- both very useful...

Thanks Maulkin and Ridger- both very useful posts.

My main concern is that (maybe unduly and peculiar to new ppls or just me!) unless you like 'going places' to visit, land, hang around, burger...
Forum: Private Flying
30th Dec 2015, 22:46
Replies: 36
Views: 5,833
Posted By jjoe

Thanks all posters and esp. Alex90 for a...

Thanks all posters and esp. Alex90 for a comprehensive to-do list.:ok:
You sure pulled all the stops out.
I need to shake off the cobwebs soon after the hols.!
Definitely do not want to be an...
Forum: Private Flying
23rd Dec 2015, 10:30
Replies: 36
Views: 5,833
Posted By jjoe

Thanks to all posters. very good advice and...

Thanks to all posters. very good advice and plenty of food for thought there.
I shall ponder these things over the festive period and see which way to go.

'Get out and do some solo consolidation'...
Forum: Private Flying
22nd Dec 2015, 18:07
Replies: 148
Views: 22,249
Posted By jjoe

:ok: I would rearrange anything to! ...

:ok:

I would rearrange anything to!

Unless I've misunderstood the EASA, and other, changes, is it not so that ALL instructors must now be under the wing of an ATO or other such beast and that...
Forum: Private Flying
22nd Dec 2015, 09:55
Replies: 36
Views: 5,833
Posted By jjoe

Thanks guys, I'll quell 'the need....the...

Thanks guys,

I'll quell 'the need....the need for speed':cool: etc and go and do a bit first.:(

JJOE.
Forum: Private Flying
22nd Dec 2015, 09:45
Replies: 148
Views: 22,249
Posted By jjoe

'Chicken-......' Oh you poor thing! ...

'Chicken-......'



Oh you poor thing!

You tried to prepare him for a test 'without even knowing an itzy bit of background facts'!:eek::ugh:


Genghis wrote:
Forum: Private Flying
22nd Dec 2015, 00:53
Replies: 36
Views: 5,833
Posted By jjoe

Thanks IFT That must be why not many people...

Thanks IFT

That must be why not many people do it or talk about it then; it's the reality triumphing over the perception/myth. I've lot's to learn and this is a good place.

Solo it is or with a...
Forum: Private Flying
21st Dec 2015, 23:34
Replies: 36
Views: 5,833
Posted By jjoe

Sorry Genghis, missed your reply whilst typing-...

Sorry Genghis, missed your reply whilst typing- are you available?:O
Thanks.
JJOE
Forum: Private Flying
21st Dec 2015, 23:30
Replies: 36
Views: 5,833
Posted By jjoe

Thanks for all replies -very good advice to help...

Thanks for all replies -very good advice to help decide.
What would be considered 'similar' to the c172 and generally available- I presume PA's as club workhorses?

Do you think that aerobatics,...
Forum: Private Flying
21st Dec 2015, 14:00
Replies: 36
Views: 5,833
Posted By jjoe

Winter Flying: New PPL/What aircraft?

Hello All,

I have been lurking on this site for ages , whilst training for my PPL.
It arrived a couple of weeks ago -Yippee!

I have nosied around the archives new and old and tried to get a...
Forum: Private Flying
21st Dec 2015, 10:18
Replies: 148
Views: 22,249
Posted By jjoe

If you are late for your appointment at court,...

If you are late for your appointment at court, you'll find him/her at the top of the stairs looking non-too-chuffed!:eek:

Merry Chrimbo all. (That's NOT latin!- or is it?)

JJOE.
Forum: Private Flying
19th Dec 2015, 09:27
Replies: 148
Views: 22,249
Posted By jjoe

SSD WROTE: So it did ring bells but it...

SSD WROTE:



So it did ring bells but it was better second time around at a good school once you'd been bitten, by your own admission? Not quite the same, is it?

Truth is, all schools DO NOT...
Forum: Private Flying
19th Dec 2015, 00:01
Replies: 148
Views: 22,249
Posted By jjoe

Nice one Geng. It's a whodunnit! LOL. Over...

Nice one Geng. It's a whodunnit! LOL.

Over to you Chicken- we (GtE says so;sort of), and you, need some evidence of these 45 hours to remain sane!

However, some passionate responses elicited...
Forum: Private Flying
18th Dec 2015, 23:27
Replies: 148
Views: 22,249
Posted By jjoe

150 Driver. Nail on the head! What a...

150 Driver.


Nail on the head!
What a refreshing, honest post!
Ring any bells, boys?

But I will still not excuse the schools 'hour-building' for the sake of it.
Forum: Private Flying
18th Dec 2015, 20:30
Replies: 148
Views: 22,249
Posted By jjoe

rnzoli, you seem to be concocting novel scenarios...

rnzoli, you seem to be concocting novel scenarios to absolve the school of this. They are up to their neck in this but will get away with it.

If you say 'Use Ipad, no fly' you have no income. If...
Forum: Private Flying
18th Dec 2015, 15:54
Replies: 148
Views: 22,249
Posted By jjoe

Heston,Pace. I respect your experience etc....

Heston,Pace.

I respect your experience etc. but I think you are missing my point or I've not made it well enough.

Why are you still concentrating on the poor student, however rich/inept/deluded...
Forum: Private Flying
18th Dec 2015, 13:12
Replies: 148
Views: 22,249
Posted By jjoe

'Personality' aside for the minute. Pace, I...

'Personality' aside for the minute.

Pace, I AM NOT AMAZED in the slightest! In fact the opposite- this is happening all the time and why do you call him a rogue student?

'Rogue' school maybe?...
Forum: Private Flying
18th Dec 2015, 11:50
Replies: 148
Views: 22,249
Posted By jjoe

I presume you mean 'should not be flying PIC,...

I presume you mean 'should not be flying PIC, alone or with passengers'?

The OP seemed exasperated at the poor quality of this chap's flying and his attitude after 45 hours- Well, SOMEBODY allowed...
Forum: Private Flying
18th Dec 2015, 10:09
Replies: 148
Views: 22,249
Posted By jjoe

Well, if you are oversubscribed you may have the...

Well, if you are oversubscribed you may have the luxury but;

Who said you HAVE to give them a licence- just keep going, IPAD or no IPAD, and don't put them anywhere near a 'test' or keep failing...
Forum: Private Flying
18th Dec 2015, 00:15
Replies: 148
Views: 22,249
Posted By jjoe

Grrr Name one school/business that will congratulate...

Name one school/business that will congratulate an instructor for telling a paying student (maybe useless, maybe effed about by previous school/instructor/etc but keen and still wanting to pay) to...
Forum: Private Flying
24th Jan 2012, 16:20
Replies: 22
Views: 2,787
Posted By jjoe

Many thanks to all respondents for a great...

Many thanks to all respondents for a great welcome and encouragement.

Big, big thank you to BEagle for a MASTER CLASS for someone in my position -you sure know my thoughts and fears. That's...
Forum: Private Flying
24th Jan 2012, 01:33
Replies: 22
Views: 2,787
Posted By jjoe

Thanks Genghis; I will take you up on that PM...

Thanks Genghis; I will take you up on that PM offer.
Good to know that your previous high quality flying was not wasted.

(Silverknapper, if you are ex-UAS then a strange attitude,
If not ,your...
Forum: Private Flying
23rd Jan 2012, 21:13
Replies: 22
Views: 2,787
Posted By jjoe

Ex-UAS flyers flying again decades later!

Thanks to mrmum for previous invaluable advice on NPPL exemptions etc.

Wish to hear from any ex-UAS pilots who stopped flying then but took it up again years later (20+ in my case) and what their...
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