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Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
4th Mar 2013, 01:22
Replies: 45
Views: 10,774
Posted By Paul Phelan

Gday former colleagues. Joined Countryair in...

Gday former colleagues. Joined Countryair in Otober 1970 when Ray Heiniger’s departure left a vacancy. Left November ’73 to fly for Nationwide and stayed in RK with successive operators till 1980....
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
14th Jan 2013, 22:54
Replies: 21
Views: 6,783
Posted By Paul Phelan

A box of matches

It had to be a box of Federal matches, the ones that were made of thin wood. Their three dimensions measured exactly 10, 20 and 30 nautical miles on a WAC, which in a PA24 @ 150 kt was exactly 4, 8...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
14th Sep 2012, 21:47
Replies: 1,301
Views: 626,184
Posted By Paul Phelan

Rats

..
Sorry about that, but given the parties involved I thought everybody would have recognised it as a spot of irony.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
10th Nov 2011, 10:06
Replies: 249
Views: 189,823
Posted By Paul Phelan

Paul Phelan

I don't plan to make this a habit, but in answer to poor old CM's query as to why I didn't drop everything and "apply my formidable experience and analytical skills to analysing the video and...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
4th Nov 2011, 23:53
Replies: 249
Views: 189,823
Posted By Paul Phelan

Paul Phelan

Blackhand, I rarely get involved on this site but you obviously haven't read my analysis. If you take the trouble to read the last few pages on aviationadvertiser.com.au...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
13th Aug 2010, 06:35
Replies: 152
Views: 41,139
Posted By Paul Phelan

Polar Aviation

Sorry for the delayed response, I haven't visited this thread for some time.

Re the question: "Why didn't he just do what CASA wanted him to do" or words to that effect:

I think Clark was...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
4th May 2010, 01:09
Replies: 152
Views: 41,139
Posted By Paul Phelan

Oh really? Try writing an operations manual and...

Oh really? Try writing an operations manual and submitting it to half a dozen different district offices (or individual FOIs). When I last counted there were about 90 FOIs and (with some exceptions)...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
7th Sep 2009, 11:25
Replies: 7
Views: 3,451
Posted By Paul Phelan

Catchwords might include B737-800, FL410, holding...

Catchwords might include B737-800, FL410, holding pattern, system limits bank angle, autopilot disengage, mandatory reporting. Ask around
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
16th Aug 2007, 00:50
Replies: 42
Views: 10,554
Posted By Paul Phelan

I hesitate to enter a dialogue on a forum where I...

I hesitate to enter a dialogue on a forum where I am anonymously accused of dishonesty, opportunism, sensationalism, ignorance of contextual issues, and onanism.

My discussions with the...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
15th Aug 2007, 13:29
Replies: 42
Views: 10,554
Posted By Paul Phelan

Writer's response

Most people who regularly read newspapers understand that it’s not journalists, but subeditors, who write the headlines. Their quite valid purpose is to attract the reader’s attention, which works,...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
22nd Feb 2006, 00:10
Replies: 201
Views: 26,061
Posted By Paul Phelan

Paul Phelan

It's simple maths really. If one government agency's involved, the possibility of an up-stuff is 100%. With two, it's 400%, with three - you guessed it - 900%.

So with AFP, ASIO, CASA and DOTRS it...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
21st Apr 2005, 02:58
Replies: 254
Views: 41,508
Posted By Paul Phelan

Getting it right

Dear Nicola,

I notice your comment on regulatory affairs via this forum as a CASA representative. Your office's goal appears to remain one of convincing the Minister, the industry, the Parliament...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
1st Feb 2005, 10:14
Replies: 254
Views: 41,508
Posted By Paul Phelan

Response to "critiques." Part 1

I’m a relatively rare visitor to this site but I see that my name has come up lately in the forum and I’d like to make a few points clear.
While my industry contacts are reasonably confident that...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
25th Jun 2004, 04:42
Replies: 7
Views: 969
Posted By Paul Phelan

Mistaken identity

I can assure you all that to the best of my knowledge Dick Smith isn't posing as Paul Phelan. Also I'd suggest you re-read the article as an aid to developing some basic comprension of what you read....
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
13th Oct 2003, 13:44
Replies: 234
Views: 20,927
Posted By Paul Phelan

With so many people showing an interest in this...

With so many people showing an interest in this topic, perhaps one of them can help me understand the term "commercial airspace?"
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
25th Aug 2003, 06:32
Replies: 26
Views: 5,025
Posted By Paul Phelan

MJP I can't figure out how to receive...

MJP

I can't figure out how to receive e-mails in this system, and anyway when I tried to put the scanned images on a Word file they were too big to be transferred. Why don't we go back to the dark...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
23rd Aug 2003, 20:11
Replies: 26
Views: 5,025
Posted By Paul Phelan

MJP, I tried to e-mail you a response but...

MJP,

I tried to e-mail you a response but the message bounced back with words to the effect that your e-mail address wasn't on their current database.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
23rd Aug 2003, 19:57
Replies: 50
Views: 6,233
Posted By Paul Phelan

Mate, I was accused of that before I was 21. In...

Mate, I was accused of that before I was 21. In the intervening years a number of people have disaccociated themselves from me for the reasons you mention. The result has been a smaller but much...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
23rd Aug 2003, 17:28
Replies: 50
Views: 6,233
Posted By Paul Phelan

My mum used to make creampuffs. She started with...

My mum used to make creampuffs. She started with a bit of pastry and by some kitchen magic of which I'm unaware a bubble of gas in the middle caused the thing to inflate so that when it cooled, you...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
23rd Aug 2003, 06:26
Replies: 50
Views: 6,233
Posted By Paul Phelan

CASA conduct

"Reason to believe" uninvestigated and unsubstantiated allegations may be enough to cancel a certificate and shut down a business or end a career, but it doesn't cut much ice in the real world where...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
21st Aug 2003, 14:40
Replies: 9
Views: 2,165
Posted By Paul Phelan

Icarus, So THAT's why people survive...

Icarus,

So THAT's why people survive accidents! Just to get up our noses!
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
21st Aug 2003, 14:34
Replies: 7
Views: 1,445
Posted By Paul Phelan

Confusion

It's all a bit reminiscent of something I saw on the crew room notice board of a well known Port Moresby operataor during one of its six monthly restructures:

"Things are so confused here that...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
21st Aug 2003, 14:18
Replies: 26
Views: 5,025
Posted By Paul Phelan

There were two articles, one in Australian Flying...

There were two articles, one in Australian Flying Mar/Apr 98 and the other (Similar but not identical) in Flight International 18-24 Feb 98. I tried it in a Trike the other day and It didn't work...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
6th Mar 2003, 22:07
Replies: 27
Views: 2,908
Posted By Paul Phelan

I smell a dead rat.

This is a plea for help. I'm told that yesterday the transcript of the entire conference was on the CASA web site. Today it isn't. Maybe it will reappear, and it would be educational to compare the...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
1st Feb 2003, 01:24
Replies: 81
Views: 7,653
Posted By Paul Phelan

Anyone is welcome to a copy of the document Axiom...

Anyone is welcome to a copy of the document Axiom refrred to, simply by e-mailing me: [email protected]. It's in .PDF format but don't print it out unless you own a paper mill. Volume ii is...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
22nd Aug 2002, 23:33
Replies: 12
Views: 1,288
Posted By Paul Phelan

Fruitloop, No particular office, it's pure...

Fruitloop,

No particular office, it's pure fantasy, like a telephone directory.

(The editing was just a typo.)
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