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Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
15th Mar 2022, 21:40
Replies: 35
Views: 5,898
Posted By Luftwaffle

I had about five hours total time the first time...

I had about five hours total time the first time a door came open. (I hadn't latched it properly because it was a different airplane than I had had my first four previous lessons in, and it had to be...
Forum: Tech Log
20th Jul 2006, 22:27
Replies: 6
Views: 1,642
Posted By Luftwaffle

If it's like the DHC6, this...

If it's like the DHC6, this (http://airplanepilot.********.com/2005/04/loopy-fire-detection.html) may help.
Forum: Tech Log
31st Mar 2005, 15:17
Replies: 17
Views: 2,476
Posted By Luftwaffle

I just noticed that redblue and I are from the...

I just noticed that redblue and I are from the same city. Maybe he and I have "arrived" on runways together. If you're my student, redblue, you haven't even come close to breaking the mains.

Less...
Forum: Tech Log
31st Mar 2005, 05:25
Replies: 17
Views: 2,476
Posted By Luftwaffle

It would take some doing

I've been flight instructing on Cessnas for years in an area densely populated with Cessna-owning flight schools. I've seen a number of Cessnas with damaged nose gear (and accompanying firewall...
Forum: ATC Issues
25th Mar 2005, 14:59
Replies: 15
Views: 9,397
Posted By Luftwaffle

Not uncommon

There are a number of flying schools at my local airport and it is not uncommon for controllers to deny a touch and go, and instead tell a pilot in the circuit "You are cleared to LAND," if that...
Forum: Tech Log
23rd Mar 2005, 00:56
Replies: 14
Views: 2,181
Posted By Luftwaffle

Mechanism or name?

Zlin & RatherBeFlying together have the mechanism right. The air cools through adiabatic expansion as it rises on the western side of the slope. At first it cools at 3 degrees per thousand feet, but...
Forum: Tech Log
23rd Mar 2005, 00:45
Replies: 7
Views: 13,857
Posted By Luftwaffle

master should shut off all electrics

I'm a pilot, not a mechanic, but I'm certain the master switch in a C150 should shut off the alternator and remove power from all electrics except the clock and the hobbs meter. I have 500 to 1000...
Forum: Tech Log
23rd Mar 2005, 00:15
Replies: 14
Views: 2,181
Posted By Luftwaffle

Chinook

I teach meteorology to commercial pilot students in Canada, only four hundred miles from the Rockies, and I've never heard any terms other than Chinook or Foehn used to describe adiabatic heating...
Forum: Canada
2nd Feb 2005, 04:04
Replies: 3
Views: 1,439
Posted By Luftwaffle

Skyward Grounded

I heard a rumour, confirmed bythis CBC story (http://winnipeg.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=mb_skyward-aviation-20050201) that Skyward Aviation, of Thompson Manitoba was grounded today by...
Forum: Canada
2nd Feb 2005, 03:57
Replies: 7
Views: 1,317
Posted By Luftwaffle

For some odd reason the story hit the news again...

For some odd reason the story hit the news again today. I saw it in a local newspaper, and blinked, "Again?" but it was the same story. I guess it was a slow news day.
Forum: Canada
23rd Jan 2005, 06:20
Replies: 14
Views: 1,745
Posted By Luftwaffle

Sure I do

You bet, Rosbif.

I update it, initial the update record and read every page. Except, I admit for the trans-Atlantic tracks. I promise I'll read those bits as soon as I get a jet job. :)
Forum: Canada
9th Jan 2005, 18:21
Replies: 13
Views: 4,169
Posted By Luftwaffle

Speaking of Kenn Borek, does anyone know the...

Speaking of Kenn Borek, does anyone know the effect of the tsunami on the fleet, facilities, and continued operations in the Maldives?

Are piots coming home for lack of work, or are the twin...
Forum: Tech Log
9th Jan 2005, 17:51
Replies: 32
Views: 10,337
Posted By Luftwaffle

QNH = altimeter setting

I teach meteorology and flight ops in Canada, where we always use QNH below FL180, and call it "the altimeter setting."

If I'm asked why we don't use QFE, I explain that it isn't physically...
Forum: Canada
12th Nov 2003, 01:14
Replies: 2
Views: 630
Posted By Luftwaffle

There's a company that flies banners out of...

There's a company that flies banners out of Buttonville, but they abide by the CARs and wouldn't be flying, let alone advertising 1400 hour a year.
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
12th Nov 2003, 01:07
Replies: 4
Views: 1,223
Posted By Luftwaffle

The instructor in B should have made a call to...

The instructor in B should have made a call to traffic informing them of the intended PFL after takeoff. Most of the time the student is not paying enough attention to what you say to realize what...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
12th Nov 2003, 01:01
Replies: 59
Views: 9,128
Posted By Luftwaffle

The students I can't abide are the ones who don't...

The students I can't abide are the ones who don't want to do better. "But the flight test standards are +/- 100'. I didn't go past 95'. You're just trying to make money off me."
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
12th Nov 2003, 00:43
Replies: 43
Views: 4,178
Posted By Luftwaffle

The Cost of Increasing Instruictor Pay

I'm an instructor, and I've worked at three different schools. When I'm instructing the only thought I have of money is towards making the best use of the student's training money. I know that...
Forum: Safety, CRM, QA & Emergency Response Planning
11th Nov 2003, 07:57
Replies: 2
Views: 570
Posted By Luftwaffle

Management version of the air regs

The regulations say:
"Defects will be entered in the journey log by the pilot encountering them. Journey log entries are to be made as son as practicable but at the latest prior to the next...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
6th Dec 2001, 00:31
Replies: 3
Views: 461
Posted By Luftwaffle

Post That would be the exact same package then. The...

That would be the exact same package then. The model Concorde remains on my bookshelf.
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
6th Dec 2001, 00:31
Replies: 3
Views: 395
Posted By Luftwaffle

Post That would be the exact same package then. The...

That would be the exact same package then. The model Concorde remains on my bookshelf.
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
5th Dec 2001, 18:43
Replies: 3
Views: 461
Posted By Luftwaffle

Post Oh boy. PPRuNe is better than e-Bay. I posted...

Oh boy. PPRuNe is better than e-Bay. I posted this before I went to bed and overnight I received a mailbox full of replies from interested folk.

After careful examination of the headers, with...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
5th Dec 2001, 18:43
Replies: 3
Views: 395
Posted By Luftwaffle

Post Oh boy. PPRuNe is better than e-Bay. I posted...

Oh boy. PPRuNe is better than e-Bay. I posted this before I went to bed and overnight I received a mailbox full of replies from interested folk.

After careful examination of the headers, with...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
5th Dec 2001, 07:57
Replies: 3
Views: 461
Posted By Luftwaffle

Post Free Concorde Stuff

I have a 12-page glossy brochure, a menu, and a flight certificate, all from a charter flight taken on a Concorde in 1996. It's in excellent condition, except that the passenger wrote all her notes...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
5th Dec 2001, 07:57
Replies: 3
Views: 395
Posted By Luftwaffle

Post Free Concorde Stuff

I have a 12-page glossy brochure, a menu, and a flight certificate, all from a charter flight taken on a Concorde in 1996. It's in excellent condition, except that the passenger wrote all her notes...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
5th Dec 2001, 06:38
Replies: 10
Views: 566
Posted By Luftwaffle

Post The biggest ATPL headache is logging 25 hours of...

The biggest ATPL headache is logging 25 hours of night cross country and keeping a current instrument rating when you have two VFR aerial work jobs.
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
28th Sep 2001, 05:04
Replies: 3
Views: 413
Posted By Luftwaffle

Post I spoke with an insurance adjuster once who said...

I spoke with an insurance adjuster once who said that based on the many accident sites he had attended, he would definitely choose the slow approach between the trees, over the stall into the tops...
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Sep 2001, 17:39
Replies: 27
Views: 2,485
Posted By Luftwaffle

Post LoLevel, everyone else was grounded, so in terms...

LoLevel, everyone else was grounded, so in terms of movements per hour, our airports were operating way under capacity. The problem was that all the movements were arrivals, so, as the pictures...
Forum: Canada
7th Sep 2001, 01:17
Replies: 3
Views: 651
Posted By Luftwaffle

Post I enjoy seeing the sorts of things that are...

I enjoy seeing the sorts of things that are endoresements in other countries. "Stock mustering," does that really mean that you are officially certified to round up livestock with a helicopter? Do...
Forum: Tech Log
6th Sep 2001, 21:31
Replies: 10
Views: 2,325
Posted By Luftwaffle

Post In Canada, airports report the CRFI (Canadian...

In Canada, airports report the CRFI (Canadian Runway Friction Index). You look up the number at the bottow of the crosswind chart (the one with the lines for different angles and arcs for different...
Forum: Rumours & News
6th Sep 2001, 07:52
Replies: 20
Views: 3,506
Posted By Luftwaffle

Post :) Lurk R, I'm Canadian and I thought Zebadee's...

:) Lurk R, I'm Canadian and I thought Zebadee's comment about Canadians and dead stick widebodies was funny. Maybe it's our national skill.

I know of three incidents where widebodies have become...
Forum: Canada
22nd Aug 2001, 16:16
Replies: 6
Views: 750
Posted By Luftwaffle

Post Are you saying I'll have to go to Winterpeg to...

Are you saying I'll have to go to Winterpeg to avoid you??
Forum: Questions
20th Aug 2001, 22:09
Replies: 0
Views: 521
Posted By Luftwaffle

Post Employer Strategy

So do you think operators keep pilots tired on purpose, to make it more difficult for us to hunt for jobs?
Forum: Canada
20th Aug 2001, 21:55
Replies: 6
Views: 750
Posted By Luftwaffle

Post Calgary Road Trip

I'm an 1100 hour pilot planning a trip to Calgary to look for an FO job in the oilfields.

Does anyone have any recommendations of who to talk to, who to avoid, and where to stay?

My list so...
Forum: Tech Log
17th Aug 2001, 06:35
Replies: 18
Views: 4,200
Posted By Luftwaffle

Post Bank or no bank, if you let the aircraft...

Bank or no bank, if you let the aircraft accelerate long enough it will pass through Vne and the wings will fall off. Don't forget about the square of the airspeed while worrying about the sine of...
Forum: Questions
14th Aug 2001, 17:52
Replies: 13
Views: 482
Posted By Luftwaffle

Post A librarian for seven years. 31-year-old...

A librarian for seven years.
31-year-old student pilot.
32-year-old commercial pilot.
On track to have my ATPL by my 35th birthday.

[ 15 August 2001: Message edited by: Waffle ]
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