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Forum: Private Flying
8th Jan 2011, 17:04
Replies: 119
Views: 16,075
Posted By mark147

If that were true, would it not make the...

If that were true, would it not make the 'speechless code' illegal also? (you know, 1 click=yes, 2 clicks=no, 3 clicks=say again etc. for use in case of microphone failure). Red herring I think. ...
Forum: Private Flying
20th Dec 2009, 16:55
Replies: 106
Views: 35,507
Posted By mark147

To see the MP reduce, I believe you must either...

To see the MP reduce, I believe you must either have an increased intake restriction (e.g. throttle closure, intake blockage/icing etc.) or increased engine RPM (effectively causing increased suction...
Forum: Private Flying
30th Nov 2009, 10:26
Replies: 49
Views: 9,515
Posted By mark147

En-route instrument rating - how's it supposed to work?

Reading the discussions about the latest twists in the sad story of the IMC rating, I've been trying to work out how the proposed new EIR is supposed to work in practice.

Apparently, it will be...
Forum: Private Flying
25th Oct 2009, 12:27
Replies: 3
Views: 1,467
Posted By mark147

See also this...

See also this (http://www.pprune.org/private-flying/392640-da40-private-hire-shares.html) recent thread.
Forum: Private Flying
18th Oct 2009, 13:54
Replies: 7
Views: 2,818
Posted By mark147

There are plenty of DA40TDIs at Flying Time,...

There are plenty of DA40TDIs at Flying Time, Shoreham.
One DA40-180 at Cubair, Redhill.
One DA40TDI at TropAir, Biggin Hill.

Of those, only Flying Time has G1000 equipped ones.

Google will...
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
15th Apr 2009, 19:49
Replies: 160
Views: 57,418
Posted By mark147

I saw a few 'artificial horizon' apps in the app...

I saw a few 'artificial horizon' apps in the app store. I'm sure some people think they will actually work. However, the iPhone doesn't have the sensors in it to implement an AI. It could do a G...
Forum: Private Flying
1st Feb 2009, 15:40
Replies: 22
Views: 15,520
Posted By mark147

What problems exactly? The symptoms of the...

What problems exactly?

The symptoms of the mic gain being set too high are:
- distorted or poor quality sound when you speak
- volume of your voice being louder than other passengers (or, if you...
Forum: Private Flying
17th Oct 2008, 22:49
Replies: 10
Views: 1,094
Posted By mark147

Do any pressurized aircraft have an unpressurized...

Do any pressurized aircraft have an unpressurized hold? The hold pressure will normally be very close to the cabin pressure. If that were not the case, the aircraft would not be cylindrical.

As...
Forum: Private Flying
29th Sep 2008, 18:54
Replies: 22
Views: 15,520
Posted By mark147

Sure. If you unclip the ear cushion from the...

Sure.

If you unclip the ear cushion from the cable side of the headset and remove a couple of pieces of form, you'll see something like this (click for a larger image):
...
Forum: Private Flying
27th Sep 2008, 20:04
Replies: 22
Views: 15,520
Posted By mark147

I'd definitely recommend them. I've had one for...

I'd definitely recommend them. I've had one for the past 200 hours of flying. Nice and comfortable and quiet.

Replacement ear cushions are readily available and will freshen up an old headset...
Forum: Private Flying
20th Sep 2008, 19:02
Replies: 23
Views: 3,811
Posted By mark147

It's quite clear in the documents: you can't do...

It's quite clear in the documents: you can't do an IMC test entirely in a glass cockpit aircraft. See section 2.2.1 of this doc (http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/33/srg_fcl_25v2.pdf):



Mark
Forum: Private Flying
8th Jun 2008, 14:42
Replies: 7
Views: 1,261
Posted By mark147

There's a handy flow chart to check you're legal...

There's a handy flow chart to check you're legal to fly here:
http://www.flyer.co.uk/jar/ppl_valid_single.php

It looks to me like it's all still correct with the exception of the Class II medical...
Forum: Private Flying
4th May 2008, 14:10
Replies: 32
Views: 7,526
Posted By mark147

Flying over the top can be a bad idea. If the CB...

Flying over the top can be a bad idea. If the CB is still developing, it can grow very rapidly (faster than you can climb). If its surface looks very crisp and well defined, only fly above it if...
Forum: Private Flying
26th Apr 2008, 08:53
Replies: 343
Views: 32,855
Posted By mark147

I believe the coroner's job is simply to...

I believe the coroner's job is simply to determine who died, where they died and what caused their death. The hearing won't determine who is to blame but will consider whether someone was. In this...
Forum: Private Flying
21st Apr 2008, 13:15
Replies: 13
Views: 826
Posted By mark147

As a Redhill regular, I wouldn't advise calling...

As a Redhill regular, I wouldn't advise calling Biggin if you're staying outside the M25. Stick with Farnborough. You won't find much Biggin traffic below the Gatwick 1500' shelf, which is where...
Forum: Private Flying
20th Apr 2008, 13:23
Replies: 28
Views: 3,073
Posted By mark147

If there is no air traffic service at all, as at...

If there is no air traffic service at all, as at many of the minor airfields such as Abbeville, they don't mention it - you're expect to know that the standard air-to-air frequency (123.5) is French...
Forum: Private Flying
16th Apr 2008, 18:48
Replies: 87
Views: 12,287
Posted By mark147

I think he was writing in the context of having...

I think he was writing in the context of having asked about their aviation assets. Presumably there are lots of loss making non-aviation assets in which js32 had little interest.
Forum: Private Flying
13th Apr 2008, 18:06
Replies: 343
Views: 32,855
Posted By mark147

You suspect wrongly. Indeed, I would suggest...

You suspect wrongly. Indeed, I would suggest that anyone 'assuming control' of an aeroplane, taking control away from its commander without permission, would be in quite serious trouble with the...
Forum: Private Flying
13th Apr 2008, 13:20
Replies: 343
Views: 32,855
Posted By mark147

On a private flight, absolutely not. Leaving out...

On a private flight, absolutely not. Leaving out the special case of instruction, at any point in time there is one commander and everyone else is a passenger, whether or not they have a pilots...
Forum: Private Flying
5th Jan 2008, 21:06
Replies: 22
Views: 12,082
Posted By mark147

Well it was a repeat of an episode first...

Well it was a repeat of an episode first broadcast on 6th November 2003...
Forum: Private Flying
31st Dec 2007, 09:54
Replies: 12
Views: 2,701
Posted By mark147

Have they, or are they going to, repaint the...

Have they, or are they going to, repaint the runway markings? I'm not sure I'd want to land on a runway clearly marked as 'unsuitable for the movement of aircraft' or 'for emergency use only'. Not...
Forum: Private Flying
11th Nov 2007, 11:10
Replies: 83
Views: 30,550
Posted By mark147

Cubair at Redhill have access to a T67MII.

Cubair at Redhill have access to a T67MII.
Forum: Private Flying
9th Sep 2007, 08:42
Replies: 80
Views: 6,516
Posted By mark147

I can believe that there could be people flying...

I can believe that there could be people flying aircraft equipped with instruments they don't know how to use. I can believe that people might be using a GPS as their primary means of navigation -...
Forum: Private Flying
23rd Aug 2007, 17:01
Replies: 49
Views: 7,698
Posted By mark147

They're probably getting a fair number of...

They're probably getting a fair number of renewals interspersed with the applications now (which wouldn't have been happening until fairly recently when the first JAR licences started to expire). ...
Forum: Private Flying
4th Aug 2007, 12:11
Replies: 23
Views: 8,672
Posted By mark147

This site just gets better and better. What...

This site just gets better and better.

What I need now is a frequency list to go under the plog on the PDF. I don't know if you can get the data, but it would be great if you could generate a...
Forum: Private Flying
30th May 2007, 13:09
Replies: 26
Views: 3,685
Posted By mark147

As others have said - firstly, don't try to land....

As others have said - firstly, don't try to land. Then, to judge your height you need to learn to take in the right information from what you're seeing. This takes practice but the main thing is to...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
15th May 2007, 20:35
Replies: 158
Views: 32,770
Posted By mark147

You can look them up here: ...

You can look them up here:

http://www.airlinecodes.co.uk/airlcodesearch.asp

Nothing found for 'jennings' though.

M.
Forum: Private Flying
10th May 2007, 10:44
Replies: 29
Views: 2,972
Posted By mark147

That's not quite how it works. It's often said...

That's not quite how it works. It's often said that if you retract the flaps you'll get sink and hence be worse off but that's only in the case where you reduced speed when you added flap and you...
Forum: Private Flying
2nd Apr 2007, 20:49
Replies: 23
Views: 2,475
Posted By mark147

There's two examples in CAP413: "I say again",...

There's two examples in CAP413: "I say again", and "I wish to file an airborne flight plan". I wonder if anyone's ever said the latter in full?
Forum: Private Flying
2nd Apr 2007, 12:53
Replies: 183
Views: 18,578
Posted By mark147

That works only for new people coming through...

That works only for new people coming through though.

I think the modular training thing is a must though, regardless: a PPL with a full time job is going to find it difficult to do the full 50/55...
Forum: Private Flying
2nd Apr 2007, 11:52
Replies: 183
Views: 18,578
Posted By mark147

OK, I think we've got that now :) Here's a...

OK, I think we've got that now :)

Here's a thought then. How about allowing a small number of the 50 hours required for the SE IR (say 10-15) to be allowable if taught by an FI with an IR, (as...
Forum: Private Flying
31st Mar 2007, 07:57
Replies: 14
Views: 2,059
Posted By mark147

I think the important thing is to keep pushing...

I think the important thing is to keep pushing the boundaries, slowly but surely, to gain experience. First I went on my own to an airfield I'd been to before in training; next, I went somewhere I'd...
Forum: Private Flying
30th Mar 2007, 18:23
Replies: 183
Views: 18,578
Posted By mark147

This all seems fairly encouraging to me as the...

This all seems fairly encouraging to me as the one thing that completely ruled out the IR for me was the classroom-based ground training.

But are we still talking 50 hours training for the SE-IR...
Forum: Private Flying
29th Mar 2007, 17:10
Replies: 32
Views: 4,398
Posted By mark147

I'd agree for a non-precision approach but...

I'd agree for a non-precision approach but following an ILS does get more and more tricky as you get closer to the threshold so I think the 500ft recommendation has some merit. I've no idea what the...
Forum: Private Flying
15th Mar 2007, 18:41
Replies: 16
Views: 1,709
Posted By mark147

This discussion comes up every once in a while...

This discussion comes up every once in a while and usually gets very mixed responses.

I'm an AOPA member and I believe they do huge amounts for GA in the UK and that every UK PPL should consider...
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