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Forum: Private Flying
11th Nov 2015, 22:49
Replies: 14
Views: 4,054
Posted By C-dog

Insch

The surprising thing about the SSE consultation document was that there was no mention whatsoever about there being an airfield in any of the preferred corridors.

Not even in Table 5.1, which...
Forum: Private Flying
25th Jul 2014, 22:34
Replies: 15
Views: 7,023
Posted By C-dog

Red face They've had my LAPL application for 15 working...

They've had my LAPL application for 15 working days now. Must chase them up next week.
Forum: Private Flying
28th Apr 2013, 22:03
Replies: 0
Views: 577
Posted By C-dog

East Minch

Any tips for flying into either East Minch or Boughton, both in the Marham zone?

Thanks in advance

C-dog
Forum: Private Flying
31st Jul 2012, 19:04
Replies: 28
Views: 4,070
Posted By C-dog

Seem to remember at air rallies. along with spot...

Seem to remember at air rallies. along with spot landings and flour bombing, there was also balloon bursting. You told the ground by radio when to release the balloon then went after it, aiming to...
Forum: Private Flying
4th Mar 2012, 19:54
Replies: 41
Views: 8,231
Posted By C-dog

11500 in a 172B then the engine started wheezing...

11500 in a 172B then the engine started wheezing so I stuck the nose down and descended to a sensible altitude!
Forum: Private Flying
20th Dec 2011, 22:04
Replies: 18
Views: 7,534
Posted By C-dog

Cessna 172 flap limitation

Quote from my 1962 Cessna 172C Owner's Manual, page 3-6, Landing:

"Normal landings are made power off with any flap setting. Slips are prohibited (my emphasis) in full flap approaches because of a...
Forum: Private Flying
17th Dec 2010, 22:05
Replies: 154
Views: 19,359
Posted By C-dog

C-dog Bit obvious really. Many other...

C-dog

Bit obvious really.

Many other mariners out there?
Forum: Private Flying
4th Jan 2010, 22:18
Replies: 21
Views: 4,242
Posted By C-dog

Don't forget the airfield

Don't forget the airfield conditions either.

A long time ago at EGPE just as I went to shout 'Clear prop!' someone skied past the nose!

With ice on the taxiway and runway, braking had to be...
Forum: Private Flying
19th Dec 2009, 22:37
Replies: 4
Views: 1,963
Posted By C-dog

Flying in New Orleans

Best bet is to go to Lakefront Airport on the north shore. About 15 minutes drive from downtown with a choice of operators who will hire you aircraft.

I worked in NO about 10 years ago and did a...
Forum: Private Flying
14th May 2009, 22:45
Replies: 19
Views: 1,528
Posted By C-dog

SoCal, Appreciate the photo ID requirement...

SoCal,

Appreciate the photo ID requirement in FAR 61.3, but wouldn't it have been neat if the FAA had included the photo requirement when they introduced the plastic licence?

Mind you there...
Forum: Private Flying
13th May 2009, 22:18
Replies: 19
Views: 1,528
Posted By C-dog

FAA Licence

The FAA licence is a plastic card? Does it not already have a photograph on it; or would that have been too sensible to have been included...

Got my new $2 FAA plastic PPL a couple of months ago,...
Forum: Private Flying
26th Apr 2009, 22:24
Replies: 37
Views: 9,778
Posted By C-dog

IO540 - I cannot recall a time when I was under...

IO540 -
I cannot recall a time when I was under an FIS in the UK and got traffic info, but I gather it has happened.
Scottish Info have passed traffic information to me on numerous occassions....
Forum: Private Flying
4th Apr 2009, 17:05
Replies: 18
Views: 3,771
Posted By C-dog

Thumbs up Classic forced landing

Note how the pilot kept the nose wheel off the snow, presumably until elevator authority was lost at ??kts. Nosed over 50-80ft after the nose wheel touched down. Nice one!
Forum: Private Flying
4th Jan 2009, 22:04
Replies: 62
Views: 5,208
Posted By C-dog

Fly to High Wycombe to visit family & impress...

Fly to High Wycombe to visit family & impress grandson! :ok:
Forum: Private Flying
27th Dec 2008, 20:17
Replies: 8
Views: 1,318
Posted By C-dog

Few today with QNH 1041. Seemed to be plenty more...

Few today with QNH 1041. Seemed to be plenty more adjustment on the clock (forgot to see how far up it went despite already reading this thread)

1043 on Boxing Day, again no problems.

Flew many...
Forum: Private Flying
22nd Aug 2008, 18:35
Replies: 47
Views: 3,254
Posted By C-dog

Hmm, Been looking at getting from NE...

Hmm,

Been looking at getting from NE Scotland to High Wycombe all week. Want to do it in a oner but there's always a belt of rain somewhere in the way.

Ah well keep waiting and doing the local...
Forum: Private Flying
1st Aug 2008, 22:14
Replies: 18
Views: 1,972
Posted By C-dog

Avoid gliding sites!

Love to! However the gliding site I regularly fly over can have aircraft flying anywhere within a 20-mile radius.

Best to give them a shout on the radio to see what's up and sharpen the lookout...
Forum: Private Flying
15th May 2008, 20:15
Replies: 20
Views: 4,736
Posted By C-dog

31 at Insch with a southwesterly is interesting -...

31 at Insch with a southwesterly is interesting - mind the powerline, also the tree just before Pearl's house. And if Ken's cutting the grass then it's the temporary runway - 10 metres from the Gadie...
Forum: Private Flying
15th May 2008, 20:03
Replies: 27
Views: 4,333
Posted By C-dog

Combineharvester, given your location I'm...

Combineharvester, given your location I'm surprised you don't mention Dundee at 17ft or Dornoch at 3ft.
Forum: Private Flying
19th Mar 2008, 21:50
Replies: 5
Views: 916
Posted By C-dog

Try Perpignan (LFMP) in the south of France. I've...

Try Perpignan (LFMP) in the south of France. I've hired club aircraft there the past two years. A large regional airport with a huge runway yet only half a dozen commercial flights a day. Watched an...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
12th Mar 2008, 13:05
Replies: 12
Views: 2,933
Posted By C-dog

I didn't argue the point with the lovely...

I didn't argue the point with the lovely Malaysian lassie even though I thought she was totally wrong at the time. She was right and the bottles would have been taken off me at AMS. Is LHR still...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
11th Mar 2008, 23:50
Replies: 12
Views: 2,933
Posted By C-dog

Angry Duty Free Discrimination

Was in KL International the other week waiting for a flight to ABZ via AMS so passed some time in the duty free shop, where a bottle or two of Gordon's finest ended up in my shopping basket.

Came...
Forum: Private Flying
9th Mar 2008, 22:30
Replies: 99
Views: 10,275
Posted By C-dog

Ken, It just isn't worth the apoplexy!! ...

Ken,

It just isn't worth the apoplexy!!

Whatever the rights & wrongs of it, it's not going to stop any of us flying into these airfields, any more than the same requirement for hi-vis vests on...
Forum: Private Flying
9th Mar 2008, 21:16
Replies: 99
Views: 10,275
Posted By C-dog

A bit of pragmatism

Whilst agreeing with the sentiments of the majority of posters here, what's the problem in putting on a hi-vis vest if that's what the local rules require? I keep a couple of cheapos in the back of...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Mar 2008, 22:20
Replies: 236
Views: 80,237
Posted By C-dog

X marks the spot

Did some circuits in a Cessna 150 once at Longside where the QNH was around 945, off my altimeter scale. Twas flat calm so I reckon I was close to the 'X' shown on the synoptic charts. And some time...
Forum: Private Flying
7th Feb 2008, 20:28
Replies: 45
Views: 6,189
Posted By C-dog

I was going to be about £200 lastyear for my by...

I was going to be about £200 lastyear for my by now annual Class 2 medical so finally bit the bullet and went NPPL. Has no practical effect on my flying. If I want to go abroad I will have to get a...
Forum: Private Flying
13th Jan 2008, 22:43
Replies: 274
Views: 19,943
Posted By C-dog

What a wonderful thread this has turned out to be...

What a wonderful thread this has turned out to be - better than any soap opera.:ok:

I seemed to have had it easy when I joined my group all those years ago. Sat in the LH seat with two other group...
Forum: Private Flying
11th Jan 2008, 22:28
Replies: 274
Views: 19,943
Posted By C-dog

28-day rule

After reading 11 pages, boy am I glad I don't fly club aicraft!

Look forward to the next 11.:hmm:
Forum: Private Flying
23rd Dec 2007, 22:34
Replies: 28
Views: 4,626
Posted By C-dog

Presumably Cyberflight Ltd's operating procedures...

Presumably Cyberflight Ltd's operating procedures for these UAV's would include the requirement to notify the relevant ATC unit of the position, radius of operation and maximum altitude on each...
Forum: Private Flying
11th Dec 2007, 22:24
Replies: 33
Views: 4,293
Posted By C-dog

Comm1 / Comm2

My particular forte is not resetting the Comm 1/2 switch on the audio panel after talking on box 2. Normally get a polite reminder from ATC and, touch wood, never let slip any untoward language so...
Forum: Private Flying
24th Nov 2007, 22:39
Replies: 26
Views: 5,567
Posted By C-dog

Having a reference point on the wing or the strut...

Having a reference point on the wing or the strut where one puts the centerline provides automatic adjustment of distance from the runway regardless of height when downwind
DFC is absolutely...
Forum: Private Flying
18th Jan 2007, 22:44
Replies: 8
Views: 2,393
Posted By C-dog

Did some circuits there a couple of months ago,...

Did some circuits there a couple of months ago, didn't see too much other activity or aircraft.
Forum: Private Flying
26th Dec 2006, 22:30
Replies: 8
Views: 1,269
Posted By C-dog

This is also handy for setting up car SatNavs as...

This is also handy for setting up car SatNavs as I often find that postcodes can place you several hundred metres from your destination

Surely if you're that close to your destination it's not a...
Forum: Private Flying
7th Dec 2006, 23:23
Replies: 31
Views: 6,219
Posted By C-dog

PPL into RAF Bases

Once flew out of Lossie in mid 1980s in my C150 Aerobat. One of the co-owners was ex-RAF and he took the aircraft there for a week to brush up his skills with an instructor mate of his who was based...
Forum: Private Flying
3rd Dec 2006, 23:31
Replies: 44
Views: 10,513
Posted By C-dog

MIKECR, C172 and PA28 landings are as you...

MIKECR,

C172 and PA28 landings are as you say a piece of cake, but totally different. PA28 floats more due to the low wing and ground effect. C172 with it's massive flaps40 has a much larger pitch...
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