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Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
1st Nov 2022, 00:37
Replies: 155
Views: 47,733
Posted By Armchairflyer

Apologies for butting in, but there is...

Apologies for butting in, but there is considerable evidence that handling machinery (or more generally: dealing with objects or systems) is on average less appealing to women compared to men, and...
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Jul 2021, 11:57
Replies: 129
Views: 60,300
Posted By Armchairflyer

As a mere occasional fair-weather well-rested...

As a mere occasional fair-weather well-rested leisure pilot, I wonder how much "after a flight of more than 11 hours" might have contributed to the incident.
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
7th Apr 2020, 09:59
Replies: 98
Views: 33,563
Posted By Armchairflyer

The legal aspect is another thing (and...

The legal aspect is another thing (and practically, all airfields here are PPR at the moment, so you would probably not get a permission for a recreational flight anyway). I just find the divide...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
7th Apr 2020, 08:57
Replies: 98
Views: 33,563
Posted By Armchairflyer

Point taken regarding the non-essential nature of...

Point taken regarding the non-essential nature of recreational flights, but invoking scenarios of private pilots suddenly crashing their aircraft and/or their cars on the way to/from the airport...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
6th Apr 2020, 21:49
Replies: 98
Views: 33,563
Posted By Armchairflyer

Unagitated and also hypothetical question: apart...

Unagitated and also hypothetical question: apart from a lack of virtue signalling, how would conducting a local solo(!) flight (including a solo drive to the airfield and back) be at odds with the...
Forum: Rotorheads
19th Mar 2020, 17:09
Replies: 30
Views: 5,511
Posted By Armchairflyer

For a beginner (like me, who merely dabbled in RW...

For a beginner (like me, who merely dabbled in RW flying), I found the two pertinent books by Helen Krasner ("Flying Helicopters" and "Helicopter Pilot's Companion") quite helpful and very hands-on...
Forum: Private Flying
7th Mar 2020, 13:13
Replies: 9
Views: 4,799
Posted By Armchairflyer

Thanks @all for the input and suggestions; the...

Thanks @all for the input and suggestions; the spark plug and primer "options" were new to me.
Forum: Private Flying
4th Mar 2020, 16:51
Replies: 9
Views: 4,799
Posted By Armchairflyer

T/O power and leaning mixture on the ground to clean plugs?

With a Cessna 152 suffering from rough running on one mag during runup, the advice of a (highly experienced) FI was to set T/O power and lean the mixture to max EGT for about two minutes on the...
Forum: Questions
17th Apr 2019, 18:07
Replies: 6
Views: 1,475
Posted By Armchairflyer

Asaf Degani and Earl Wiener are the two names I...

Asaf Degani and Earl Wiener are the two names I associate with research on checklist design and layout. Simply googling "degani wiener checklist design" should give you some quite useful and...
Forum: Private Flying
3rd Feb 2019, 20:49
Replies: 37
Views: 11,278
Posted By Armchairflyer

Know a chap at my airfield who has his PPL for...

Know a chap at my airfield who has his PPL for several years now and regularly does just this (on his own), rarely going beyond visual distance from the airfield. As already observed in previous...
Forum: Private Flying
31st Oct 2018, 21:49
Replies: 83
Views: 13,474
Posted By Armchairflyer

Pejoratively labeling all arguments by Crash One...

Pejoratively labeling all arguments by Crash One as sexist strikes me as somewhat OTT. Are the thoughts of this accomplished female soldier...
Forum: Private Flying
26th Oct 2018, 10:59
Replies: 83
Views: 13,474
Posted By Armchairflyer

That women are less likely to (want to) fly an...

That women are less likely to (want to) fly an aircraft than men is neither misogynist nor sexist but a simple observation and can be explained by quite authoritative evidence on sex differences...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
24th Jul 2018, 21:04
Replies: 22
Views: 4,364
Posted By Armchairflyer

Another text I can recommend is available online:...

Another text I can recommend is available online: "See how it flies" (https://www.av8n.com/how/)
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
16th Oct 2017, 19:02
Replies: 7
Views: 2,458
Posted By Armchairflyer

Prepar3D (https://www.prepar3d.com/) MS Flight...

Prepar3D (https://www.prepar3d.com/)
MS Flight Sim X (e.g., http://store.steampowered.com/app/314160/Microsoft_Flight_Simulator_X_Steam_Edition/)
X-Plane (X-Plane 11 is Here | More Powerful. Made...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
10th Oct 2017, 14:58
Replies: 3
Views: 1,702
Posted By Armchairflyer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linate_Airport_disas...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linate_Airport_disaster, another case in point.
Forum: Private Flying
25th Aug 2017, 19:48
Replies: 199
Views: 48,513
Posted By Armchairflyer

Point taken, but I dare say that despite...

Point taken, but I dare say that despite accidents and reckless driving being more important topics than driver outfit, the idea of wearing a race suit with sponsor decals when taking to the road in...
Forum: Private Flying
24th Aug 2017, 17:02
Replies: 199
Views: 48,513
Posted By Armchairflyer

Of course, but it's everyone else's prerogative...

Of course, but it's everyone else's prerogative to find gold bars or flying suits with "squadron insignia" etc. ridiculous in a PPL/club flying context.
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
17th Aug 2017, 14:05
Replies: 304
Views: 122,188
Posted By Armchairflyer

Why would there be a need to do anything about it...

Why would there be a need to do anything about it in the first place? Pilotchute's statement "There just aren't the numbers of women interested to make it a 50/50 split. Nothing to do with ability,...
Forum: Engineers & Technicians
10th Aug 2017, 21:51
Replies: 11
Views: 2,688
Posted By Armchairflyer

Not EASA, not hangar-specific, but maybe useful...

Not EASA, not hangar-specific, but maybe useful anyway? BTW, it appears that there are no definite temperature limits for the work environment.
...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
2nd Aug 2017, 21:24
Replies: 112
Views: 34,008
Posted By Armchairflyer

From the comfortable position in front of my PC...

From the comfortable position in front of my PC screen, I am not sure whether I endorse the "sod everyone else" perspective, but I feel that there is a lot of benefit of hindsight here -- even...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
16th Jul 2017, 19:52
Replies: 28
Views: 12,796
Posted By Armchairflyer

All the best and a speedy recovery.

All the best and a speedy recovery.
Forum: Rotorheads
8th Jul 2017, 18:14
Replies: 156
Views: 73,431
Posted By Armchairflyer

Not my personal account (no IFR rating),...

Not my personal account (no IFR rating), butKrasnar, H. Flying helicopters. A companion to the PPL(H), p. 134f.
Forum: Safety, CRM, QA & Emergency Response Planning
21st Jun 2017, 22:30
Replies: 6
Views: 1,568
Posted By Armchairflyer

This one looks good

Foushee et al. 1986 (https://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19870003689)
Forum: Safety, CRM, QA & Emergency Response Planning
20th Jun 2017, 21:01
Replies: 6
Views: 1,568
Posted By Armchairflyer

I suppose this source list...

I suppose this source list (http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA096552) is a bit too old to contain the mentioned study :-?
Forum: Private Flying
19th Apr 2017, 11:58
Replies: 46
Views: 10,699
Posted By Armchairflyer

Complete agreement, and just as I did not assume...

Complete agreement, and just as I did not assume before my first PPL lesson that my MSFS hours would make me a better pilot, I do not believe so now either -- they just made me a pilot in the first...
Forum: Private Flying
18th Apr 2017, 15:24
Replies: 46
Views: 10,699
Posted By Armchairflyer

Glad to be corrected, but I would add Swiss...

Glad to be corrected, but I would add Swiss airports to the list of eligible "field" sources regarding correct (English) ICAO phraseology, and there are several available on liveatc.net...
Forum: Cabin Crew
16th Jan 2017, 16:06
Replies: 51
Views: 15,864
Posted By Armchairflyer

The "culture" of this airline apparently stands...

The "culture" of this airline apparently stands out enough to even make it into scholarly articles: http://preview.tinyurl.com/h9x448d, table 3 (p. 91).
Forum: Private Flying
29th Nov 2016, 13:59
Replies: 15
Views: 2,526
Posted By Armchairflyer

Indeed, RRPM is life as some rotary pilots put...

Indeed, RRPM is life as some rotary pilots put it. And apart from the risk of excessive flapping, stick forward tends to reduce RRPM in helicopters, too (and vice versa), so another instance where a...
Forum: Private Flying
28th Nov 2016, 12:29
Replies: 15
Views: 2,526
Posted By Armchairflyer

No autogyro experience here, but some dual...

No autogyro experience here, but some dual helicopter hours including reading up on how these things fly, hover, and crash. In fixed-wing aircraft, unloading the wing ("stick forward") often gets you...
Forum: Rotorheads
28th Sep 2016, 22:14
Replies: 10
Views: 5,611
Posted By Armchairflyer

According to the nzz.ch-article from the OP the...

According to the nzz.ch-article from the OP the helicopter landed, let several passengers deboard, and hit the powerline after taking off again.
Forum: Private Flying
20th Aug 2016, 18:06
Replies: 73
Views: 12,009
Posted By Armchairflyer

Be careful what you wish for, it may be more than...

Be careful what you wish for, it may be more than your favorite aircraft can handle:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23NE8mushvc
Also, a PPL friend was/is in a similar situation: badly bitten by...
Forum: Private Flying
11th Aug 2016, 17:11
Replies: 73
Views: 12,009
Posted By Armchairflyer

Unable to identify the OP's point of this...

Unable to identify the OP's point of this "controversy" post, apart from telling the audience about his special aireligious beliefs. IMHO Katamarino is spot on.

And with a big SCNR up front and...
Forum: Private Flying
17th May 2016, 14:57
Replies: 40
Views: 6,309
Posted By Armchairflyer

Based on a few years of leisure experience with...

Based on a few years of leisure experience with both PC sim and actual flying, my conclusion is that PC sim flying is potentially useful for the "headwork" part (procedures, checklist discipline,...
Forum: Private Flying
24th Apr 2016, 19:11
Replies: 59
Views: 8,090
Posted By Armchairflyer

@SSD: unless I am mistaken, you are correct for...

@SSD: unless I am mistaken, you are correct for the Chipmunk and Yak with prop rotation being counter-clockwise, but not for most aircraft (such as C150s, but also Cubs) which will yaw to the left...
Forum: Private Flying
23rd Apr 2016, 15:15
Replies: 17
Views: 3,767
Posted By Armchairflyer

For "normal" (read: contemporary civilian) flight...

For "normal" (read: contemporary civilian) flight simming, I am not aware of any new developments besides FSX (or its quasi-successor Prepar3D) and X-Plane. FSX with good add-on aircraft (RealAir...
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