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Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
15th Jun 2005, 10:38
Replies: 611
Views: 104,207
Posted By oxford blue

I suspect that you are not applying the...

I suspect that you are not applying the correction for compressibility.

JSA +8 @ FL390 is -55ºC, as you say. That gives 482 knots before correction for compressibility (with a CRP-5 - you may...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
17th May 2005, 13:59
Replies: 5
Views: 1,168
Posted By oxford blue

OAT don't give out too much detail of their tests...

OAT don't give out too much detail of their tests but only because they don't want people boning up the 'known' questions, but the topics you need to know in order to enter ATPL training are at about...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
16th May 2005, 15:17
Replies: 3
Views: 1,243
Posted By oxford blue

There is actually, but it's on one of their forum...

There is actually, but it's on one of their forum threads.

Have a look here (http://www.oxfordaviation.net/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=1&ARCHIVEVIEW=&TOPIC_ID=1543) .
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
24th Mar 2005, 13:05
Replies: 8
Views: 858
Posted By oxford blue

I have seen what I believe to be the original...

I have seen what I believe to be the original source for the question. In that version, the variation for position B is 28W.
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
15th Mar 2005, 19:17
Replies: 2
Views: 816
Posted By oxford blue

Scale on a Lambert chart is correct at the 2...

Scale on a Lambert chart is correct at the 2 standard parallels and nowhere else. It contracts within the standard parallels, being least at the parallel of origin, and expands outside them, being...
Forum: Questions
11th Mar 2005, 19:24
Replies: 13
Views: 1,775
Posted By oxford blue

I have to say that this all seems terribly...

I have to say that this all seems terribly complicated.

If I have to play this game, I can do it as well as the next man and produce complex formulae and solve them with a calculator.

I can...
Forum: Tech Log
22nd Feb 2005, 09:52
Replies: 14
Views: 2,948
Posted By oxford blue

I think that the question refers to the...

I think that the question refers to the following, which is extracted from a B737-400 tech document which the CAA FCL issues as a reference for the JAA ATPL Gen Nav and Radio Nav exams. However, if...
Forum: Questions
16th Feb 2005, 09:49
Replies: 2
Views: 1,746
Posted By oxford blue

Most military pilots and navigators have to do to...

Most military pilots and navigators have to do to one (or several) 'ground tours' , ie periods of 2 - 3 years in a desk job, before returning to full-time flying. It is perfectly normal, and they...
Forum: Tech Log
15th Feb 2005, 08:57
Replies: 4
Views: 2,856
Posted By oxford blue

You always get ram rise because of kinetic or...

You always get ram rise because of kinetic or adiabatic heating of your total air temperature probe.

There is a more complicated formula based on Mach No, if you're interested, but in practical...
Forum: Tech Log
1st Feb 2005, 15:13
Replies: 4
Views: 14,046
Posted By oxford blue

Not mnenomics, exactly, but simple statements of...

Not mnenomics, exactly, but simple statements of the rules, which are not complicated. People just make them complicated. Perhaps if you see them simply stated, you can make up your own mnenomics....
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
18th Jan 2005, 13:12
Replies: 8
Views: 838
Posted By oxford blue

I must emphasise that I am an employee, not a...

I must emphasise that I am an employee, not a manager at OAT, and that these are my personal views, based on what I have observed, and not necessarily official OAT policy.

OAT does not get...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
16th Jan 2005, 17:23
Replies: 60
Views: 48,800
Posted By oxford blue

If you're turning through the nearer pole...

If you're turning through the nearer pole (through North in the northern hemisphere or through South in the southern hemisphere) you have a SLUGGISH compass. The compass under-indicates the amount...
Forum: Tech Log
14th Jan 2005, 11:37
Replies: 4
Views: 1,061
Posted By oxford blue

Because it adjusts itself. The gyro of the ADI,...

Because it adjusts itself. The gyro of the ADI, or Artificial Horizon as it is otherwise known, would topple over a period of time if it were not kept vertical to gravity.

In an air-driven AH,...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
9th Jan 2005, 15:55
Replies: 232
Views: 47,726
Posted By oxford blue

In response to G-SPOT, the level is precisely...

In response to G-SPOT, the level is precisely what is required to start an ATPL course. That is GCSE Maths and Physics. It is no higher - so some people dismiss it - but it is no lower, either -...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
8th Jan 2005, 14:35
Replies: 232
Views: 47,726
Posted By oxford blue

Oxford do a one-week course, if you're...

Oxford do a one-week course, if you're interested. It's aimed specifically at bringing pre-ATPL students up to entry standard in elementary maths and physics for an ATPL course.

I don't wish to...
Forum: Tech Log
1st Dec 2004, 18:43
Replies: 46
Views: 9,630
Posted By oxford blue

OVERTALK, how did the navs confirm the increase...

OVERTALK, how did the navs confirm the increase in TAS? If it was by applying density correction to the CAS, if the CAS was wrong, their calculation of TAS would be wrong.

Unless you had Doppler...
Forum: Tech Log
1st Dec 2004, 18:37
Replies: 30
Views: 6,458
Posted By oxford blue

I'm not a small nav (I can think of many who are)...

I'm not a small nav (I can think of many who are) but I'll answer your question anyway.

You are right. The answer is (A). The person who tells you that it is (B) has not applied deviation...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
28th Nov 2004, 14:01
Replies: 6
Views: 2,099
Posted By oxford blue

You don't actually NEED to take any chart in with...

You don't actually NEED to take any chart in with you.

If any questions requires a chart to answer it, then the chart will provided as an annex to the question paper. Any chart, including...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
26th Nov 2004, 07:53
Replies: 10
Views: 1,068
Posted By oxford blue

Hey, chill out and stick to the facts. My...

Hey, chill out and stick to the facts.

My employers do not encourage me to reply to these forums. Quite the reverse, in fact.

I always make it very clear that I am not a spokesman for OAT and...
Forum: Tech Log
25th Nov 2004, 21:59
Replies: 15
Views: 2,965
Posted By oxford blue

That, I guess, was a standard JAA question. ...

That, I guess, was a standard JAA question.

If you want to say that it doesn't have much in common with normal practical piloting for a living, I would agree with you.

Buit let me tell you, as...
Forum: Tech Log
25th Nov 2004, 20:52
Replies: 15
Views: 2,965
Posted By oxford blue

The formula is: True alt = Indicated alt +...

The formula is:

True alt = Indicated alt + (ISA dev x 4/1000 x ind alt)

Strictly speaking, it's not quite 4/1000, it's about 3.6/1000, but that's close enough. If you you want the full theory,...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
25th Nov 2004, 19:58
Replies: 10
Views: 1,068
Posted By oxford blue

People like you, Precision Landings, waste so...

People like you, Precision Landings, waste so much of the time of generous goodhearted contributors to this forum because you're too sodding idle to use the search function - or even to scroll back a...
Forum: Questions
20th Nov 2004, 15:05
Replies: 13
Views: 2,288
Posted By oxford blue

I think that it varies enormously from aircraft...

I think that it varies enormously from aircraft to aircraft and it gets difficult to generalise. It is not usually part of the flight trials schedule to carry out an intentional trial ditching, so...
Forum: Tech Log
20th Nov 2004, 14:45
Replies: 46
Views: 9,630
Posted By oxford blue

Most transport type aircraft (as opposed to...

Most transport type aircraft (as opposed to fighter or bomber type aircraft) have an Operating Data Manual with a specific target speed for a given FL and ISA deviation. You climb at the recommended...
Forum: Tech Log
17th Nov 2004, 15:37
Replies: 13
Views: 12,129
Posted By oxford blue

It is, at the pole, but that is not what the...

It is, at the pole, but that is not what the question said.

It says:"where the earth convergence between 2 points located on the parallel 60°N is 20°". If the earth convergence is 20° at 60N, the...
Forum: Tech Log
17th Nov 2004, 12:32
Replies: 13
Views: 12,129
Posted By oxford blue

Neither of you is answering the question as...

Neither of you is answering the question as asked. It is not the change of long which is 20º, but the earth convergence.

Convergency = change of long x sine mean lat

20 = ch long x .866
ch...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
12th Nov 2004, 11:24
Replies: 2
Views: 781
Posted By oxford blue

I would pick you up on one point. You said ...

I would pick you up on one point.

You said

The following information comes from the Oxford website. I should point out that I work for OAT, so make due allowance for that.

"Approximately...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
26th Oct 2004, 20:19
Replies: 26
Views: 4,524
Posted By oxford blue

In answer to EGBKFLYER: There are 3 main...

In answer to EGBKFLYER:

There are 3 main applications of the CRP-5 in JAA exams:

1) You have measured the track (course) off the map, you know the TAS you wish to fly, and you have a forecast...
Forum: Questions
25th Oct 2004, 18:45
Replies: 7
Views: 1,305
Posted By oxford blue

Hey, Mad Scientist, what about the Vulcan? That...

Hey, Mad Scientist, what about the Vulcan? That was (just) subsonic but handled like a dream and turned (especially at high altitude) tighter than any fighter.

It all depends on how you define...
Forum: Questions
25th Oct 2004, 18:40
Replies: 16
Views: 1,796
Posted By oxford blue

If you're not turned on by flying then, not only...

If you're not turned on by flying then, not only is it an awful job (in terms of pay and condition, compared with what a clever person could get elsewhere), but you'll probabaly fail the course...
Forum: Private Flying
25th Oct 2004, 18:29
Replies: 8
Views: 1,264
Posted By oxford blue

You don't say which part of Oxfordshire - it's...

You don't say which part of Oxfordshire - it's quite a big county! However, if you live anywhere near Carterton, how about the RAF Brize Norton Flying Club? You don't have to be in the RAF to join...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
22nd Oct 2004, 22:46
Replies: 15
Views: 1,593
Posted By oxford blue

You have to learn, good and early, that the JAA...

You have to learn, good and early, that the JAA just LOVE the 1 in 60 rule.

So, if there's a possibility that the 'ball park' answer using the 1 in 60 rule' gives a less accurate (but neater)...
Forum: Questions
15th Oct 2004, 13:16
Replies: 1
Views: 979
Posted By oxford blue

New ICAO Standards and Recommended Practices...

New ICAO Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs) set out a requirement that from 5 Mar 2008 pilots and controllers operating from an international airport who are not at a level of 'expert' in...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
6th Oct 2004, 10:39
Replies: 6
Views: 4,195
Posted By oxford blue

I endorse the last remarks. There should be no...

I endorse the last remarks. There should be no need to buy manuals if you intend to undertake a course of ATPL study because your school should provide them as part of the course fees. Also, your...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
1st Oct 2004, 08:17
Replies: 3
Views: 880
Posted By oxford blue

OAT do not reject candidates who are otherwise...

OAT do not reject candidates who are otherwise suitable for the APP on the grounds of maths/physics performance at selection. They take the view that if you are assessed as having sufficient pilot...
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