PPRuNe Forums - Search Results
PPRuNe Forums

Go Back  PPRuNe Forums > Search Forums
Reload this Page >

Search Results

Register
FAQ
Calendar
Wikiposts
Today's Posts
Search
Vendor Directory
 
Page 1 of 2
1
2
Search: Posts Made By: MikeGodsell
Showing results 1 to 35 of 46
Search took 0.01 seconds.
Forum: Rumours & News
5th Jul 2006, 15:38
Replies: 134
Views: 33,886
Posted By MikeGodsell

Hmmn.. Bring back flight engineers I say! ...

Hmmn..

Bring back flight engineers I say!

Even in my day any aeroplane leaving main base, and particularly coming out from maintenance was suspect. Since I was going to be flying in it, my...
Forum: Private Flying
20th Feb 2006, 15:39
Replies: 67
Views: 7,626
Posted By MikeGodsell

:ugh: Hmm...perhaps I had an un-characteristic...

:ugh: Hmm...perhaps I had an un-characteristic attack of optimism! This is indeed serious, with the prospect of "social housing" for the "underprivileged" being built all over our precious airfields....
Forum: Private Flying
18th Feb 2006, 19:45
Replies: 67
Views: 7,626
Posted By MikeGodsell

:uhoh: For goodness sakes people! This is the...

:uhoh: For goodness sakes people! This is the first real opportunity to create French style airparks in this country. Always such propositions have been squashed by council planners in the past. Now...
Forum: Private Flying
8th Feb 2006, 17:08
Replies: 33
Views: 4,551
Posted By MikeGodsell

172 driver I am not familiar with the US 45'...

172 driver
I am not familiar with the US 45' join, but suspect it is different to the French version. Have a look in Delage or Pooleys and you will see that the "Sock" involves three 45' legs and...
Forum: Private Flying
3rd Feb 2006, 20:50
Replies: 33
Views: 4,551
Posted By MikeGodsell

Tim-CPL If I remember right, the reason for...

Tim-CPL

If I remember right, the reason for the DGAC action was accident statistics by the BEA (French accident investigation agency) which showed the most likely place for a midair was overhead...
Forum: Private Flying
1st Feb 2006, 19:00
Replies: 33
Views: 4,551
Posted By MikeGodsell

Hmm Aviation is a language in itself... My...

Hmm
Aviation is a language in itself...
My French wife when asked to listen out on the radio for the QFE. "Oh you are so English, why do yuo want the queue for tea?":hmm:
MG
Forum: Private Flying
1st Feb 2006, 08:43
Replies: 33
Views: 4,551
Posted By MikeGodsell

Yes doing a non-radio circuit might be OK if you...

Yes doing a non-radio circuit might be OK if you get it right, but a potential catastrophe if done wrong! But even one radio call in bad French will at least warn the natives of your presence and...
Forum: Private Flying
31st Jan 2006, 19:04
Replies: 33
Views: 4,551
Posted By MikeGodsell

Flying in France:This is getting serious!

This is getting serious.
Imagine a nice day at your local airfield. The circuit is busy with many aircraft. A foreign machine appears overhead, and the pilot talks an incomprehensible language. He...
Forum: Private Flying
11th Jan 2006, 18:37
Replies: 10
Views: 1,381
Posted By MikeGodsell

Re: Airworthiness directives

Kolibear

If you fly a French aircraft the ADs are listed here.www.gsac.fr
Look initially under emergency ADs (CNs)
Then under manufacturer of the aircraft eg. Apex and then the manufacturers...
Forum: Private Flying
17th Nov 2005, 16:57
Replies: 8
Views: 1,370
Posted By MikeGodsell

Genghis It is possible to obtain copies of...

Genghis

It is possible to obtain copies of Conference PROCEEDINGS from Eurospan Tel: 020 7240 0856 Fax: 020 7379 0609 e-mail [email protected]

Could you answer a query about these...
Forum: Private Flying
15th Nov 2005, 12:19
Replies: 4
Views: 1,067
Posted By MikeGodsell

Left hand-right hand? oops!

Flying right hand seat as pax in a friends Europa. He was doing the flying and I was enjoying the view.
On long final my friend suggested I might like to do the landing.
Perfectly set up for...
Forum: Private Flying
27th Oct 2005, 11:04
Replies: 8
Views: 1,370
Posted By MikeGodsell

Genghis See "Inquiry into the CAA" ...

Genghis

See "Inquiry into the CAA" particularly David Roberts' post.

EASA regulation 1592/2002 part 21 ARC (airworthiness renewal certificate) and particularly the draft Part M of EU regs...
Forum: Private Flying
26th Oct 2005, 21:51
Replies: 19
Views: 2,047
Posted By MikeGodsell

The ARC (airworthiness renewal certificate) could...

The ARC (airworthiness renewal certificate) could provide just the flexibility in light aeroplane maintenance that I had in mind.

My wish list would be for any EASA aircraft, to be able to renew...
Forum: Private Flying
23rd Oct 2005, 10:15
Replies: 21
Views: 3,829
Posted By MikeGodsell

Hmmm.. I have been a bit critical of...

Hmmm..

I have been a bit critical of gliders, and the possibility of bumping into one on route in my ATL. Seems like a good time to turn up at a gliding club with a more humble attitude, and ask...
Forum: Private Flying
23rd Oct 2005, 09:45
Replies: 19
Views: 2,047
Posted By MikeGodsell

Thanks David. Can you post addresses of EAS,...

Thanks David.

Can you post addresses of EAS, and R Ae C both for my and others use.

I would be glad to give what help I can, and wish you well in your negotiations.

MG
Forum: Private Flying
22nd Oct 2005, 16:51
Replies: 19
Views: 2,047
Posted By MikeGodsell

Dont' know if this offering will be of any use,...

Dont' know if this offering will be of any use, its how I feel and I have sent it to the committee.

In considering the function & purpose of the CAA, it would be useful to make a comparison...
Forum: Private Flying
1st Oct 2005, 22:35
Replies: 60
Views: 8,205
Posted By MikeGodsell

Try the French aviation mags for a comparison. ...

Try the French aviation mags for a comparison.

I love the way they rubbish the politicians / regulations / burocrats etc See the editorial by Bernard Chabbert in June edition of 'Aviasport' :...
Forum: Rumours & News
28th Jul 2005, 15:18
Replies: 357
Views: 89,814
Posted By MikeGodsell

Some time in the future. A catastropic engine...

Some time in the future.
A catastropic engine failure on a BA airbus, resulting in total loss.
The investigation finds that the First Officer, a Mrs Starmer, had been trained by BA but had not...
Forum: Private Flying
24th Jul 2005, 13:20
Replies: 52
Views: 6,500
Posted By MikeGodsell

Wirlygig, Ha Ha. This has been debated al...

Wirlygig, Ha Ha.

This has been debated al length and with much heat! on Rumours & News.

What seems to have come out of that debate is:
An airline pilots job is not the same as an office job,...
Forum: Private Flying
24th Jul 2005, 10:16
Replies: 52
Views: 6,500
Posted By MikeGodsell

I know this thread is a light hearted bit of...

I know this thread is a light hearted bit of banter. But on a serious note, spare a thought for those female airline pilots whose reputations have been rubbished by Jessica (Judas) Sharmer. The...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Jul 2005, 23:26
Replies: 357
Views: 89,814
Posted By MikeGodsell

So lets see: She trains as an airline pilot @...

So lets see: She trains as an airline pilot @ approx 60,000 cost to BA. She does just enough flying to find and marry a suitable BA captain. Promptly becomes pregnant and stops work on full pay....
Forum: Private Flying
24th Jun 2005, 11:30
Replies: 84
Views: 12,547
Posted By MikeGodsell

Whirly the way you describe the feelings and...

Whirly the way you describe the feelings and emotions that we all experience when flying is just Great! Its the self discovery bit that is part of the deal, and one of the reasons for aviating....
Forum: Rumours & News
2nd May 2005, 10:05
Replies: 357
Views: 89,814
Posted By MikeGodsell

My BALPA membership is cancelled from today. ...

My BALPA membership is cancelled from today.

Should I or any member of my family travel by BA airbus, we will off-load ourselves in the unlikely event of the aircraft being flown by Jessica...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Apr 2005, 17:12
Replies: 498
Views: 107,002
Posted By MikeGodsell

I flew with the first female pilots in BA. They...

I flew with the first female pilots in BA. They were a determined bunch who had gone through all kinds of s…t to get there. At the time I was freshly divorced, and heavily into misogyny, but they...
Forum: Rumours & News
23rd Apr 2005, 09:40
Replies: 498
Views: 107,002
Posted By MikeGodsell

If BALPA intend to defend this con-artist at the...

If BALPA intend to defend this con-artist at the appeal, then I for one will cancel my subscription.

Even BALPA seems to have been infiltrated by female practitioners of idiotic political...
Forum: Private Flying
21st Apr 2005, 11:28
Replies: 22
Views: 3,288
Posted By MikeGodsell

Just to bring this thread to a conclusion. The...

Just to bring this thread to a conclusion. The engineers at my local field are researching non-destructive ways of checking for Lexan / Perspex. So as to be forwarned in an emergency.

But I...
Forum: Private Flying
18th Apr 2005, 23:12
Replies: 22
Views: 3,288
Posted By MikeGodsell

The report which got me interested in this...

The report which got me interested in this potential problem, is on page 74 of May "Pilot" mag, in Safety matters. It's just possible that all those worthy bodies CAA, JAA, PFA, BMAA, not to forget...
Forum: Private Flying
17th Apr 2005, 15:40
Replies: 22
Views: 3,288
Posted By MikeGodsell

Hmm... My Robin ATL has an upwards opening...

Hmm...

My Robin ATL has an upwards opening lexan bubble canopy.
Perhaps the adrenaline rush would give the strength to fight my way out if upsidedown in a field. But trial attacks on a test piece...
Forum: Private Flying
17th Apr 2005, 09:01
Replies: 22
Views: 3,288
Posted By MikeGodsell

Escape from overturned low-wing VLA type aircraft.

Just when I had a fit of the "vapours" under control!

The AAIB are concerned that evacuation from overturned low-wing aircraft like Europa, Tri-Kis, ATL, etc., would be very difficult without...
Forum: Private Flying
6th Apr 2005, 13:36
Replies: 43
Views: 5,901
Posted By MikeGodsell

Wow…I am going to duck out of this for a while. ...

Wow…I am going to duck out of this for a while. Too many undeserved compliments, and besides I need to keep a few stories to pay for my beer!

This thread started with my query on when is the...
Forum: Private Flying
5th Apr 2005, 14:20
Replies: 43
Views: 5,901
Posted By MikeGodsell

I guess we are getting a bit off thread here now,...

I guess we are getting a bit off thread here now, but so be it...

HEINZ 57
It was the middle of the “Cold War”, late summer 1967; I was a very young RAF flight engineer on a Shackleton Mk 3...
Forum: Private Flying
4th Apr 2005, 19:57
Replies: 43
Views: 5,901
Posted By MikeGodsell

Whirlybird - for your wisdom. Windy - for the...

Whirlybird - for your wisdom.
Windy - for the Cones.
Genghis the Eng - for one spanner to another.
Broomstick, Circuitbasher, Dub Trub, Flying-Dutch, Fireflybob, Floppylink, Flikroll,...
Forum: Private Flying
1st Apr 2005, 19:08
Replies: 43
Views: 5,901
Posted By MikeGodsell

It was a warm, humid evening and the spectacular...

It was a warm, humid evening and the spectacular tropical sunset usually seen from this part of South America was missing. In it’s place a dark and menacing low overcast rolled in from the sea to...
Forum: Private Flying
31st Mar 2005, 20:19
Replies: 43
Views: 5,901
Posted By MikeGodsell

Oh Oh! what a selfindulgent winge-pot I turned...

Oh Oh! what a selfindulgent winge-pot I turned out to be! :O

But many thanks all of you for indulging my fit of the vapours, and your heartening responses.

Flying does get into the blood, and...
Forum: Private Flying
30th Mar 2005, 22:23
Replies: 43
Views: 5,901
Posted By MikeGodsell

When is the "right time" to quit flying?

Help! When is the “right time” to quit flying?

Flying is what I do…..or have done?

40 years and 11,200 hours as Flt Eng & Pilot on big jets big pistons, and little ones.

RAF colleagues...
Showing results 1 to 35 of 46
 
Page 1 of 2
1
2


 
Forum Jump

Contact Us - Archive - Advertising - Cookie Policy - Privacy Statement - Terms of Service

Copyright © 2024 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Use of this site indicates your consent to the Terms of Use.