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Forum: Rumours & News
17th Sep 2008, 14:58
Replies: 2,686
Views: 1,142,901
Posted By tyro

Maybe slat deployment should be made fully...

Maybe slat deployment should be made fully automatic below some defined speed and/or above a certain AoA. The Tiger Moths I've flown have such slats over which the pilot has no control. I believe...
Forum: Private Flying
9th May 2008, 13:51
Replies: 35
Views: 14,803
Posted By tyro

I used to go along with booking check ride time...

I used to go along with booking check ride time as PuT. This was always at the direction of a club instructor, who needed the P1 time towards his ATPL.

These days we agree when I book a flight...
Forum: Private Flying
1st Dec 2006, 15:35
Replies: 30
Views: 3,636
Posted By tyro

I'm British and I was taught it is called Eire by...

I'm British and I was taught it is called Eire by Miss Harris who was quite good at condescending connotations.
Forum: Private Flying
15th May 2006, 15:30
Replies: 15
Views: 1,291
Posted By tyro

I used an E6B application on a PDA for the PPL...

I used an E6B application on a PDA for the PPL written exams. I never managed to find a reference anywhere specifically allowing or prohibiting its use. So instead I asked the CFI who, in turn,...
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
23rd Nov 2005, 11:34
Replies: 19
Views: 865
Posted By tyro

I don't care about the operating system, but if...

I don't care about the operating system, but if there's any suggestion that I can't use vi then I walk. Life's too short to try and work with editors that have an incomplete understanding of...
Forum: Tech Log
22nd Apr 2005, 10:28
Replies: 12
Views: 1,730
Posted By tyro

"I have a major bug up my ass over two things in...

"I have a major bug up my ass over two things in life."

"The other is people that don't do as they're told!"

Maybe the people you complain of have an equally "major bug up my ass" about being...
Forum: Private Flying
4th Apr 2005, 13:42
Replies: 16
Views: 1,686
Posted By tyro

Article 129(1) of the ANO defines a personal...

Article 129(1) of the ANO defines a personal flying log book as something that it is not necessarily a book at all:

‘Log book’ in the case of ... [a] personal flying log book, includes a record...
Forum: Tech Log
22nd Sep 2004, 08:45
Replies: 24
Views: 4,570
Posted By tyro

So now an airline has figured out how to make...

So now an airline has figured out how to make money out of mobile phones, they are perfectly safe to use on planes after all.
Forum: Private Flying
13th Jul 2004, 15:53
Replies: 40
Views: 4,166
Posted By tyro

Beagle, I can imagine that CHT and EGT...

Beagle,

I can imagine that CHT and EGT meters would make leaning an exact science. However in club planes with neither, how good an approximation is the "lean until it starts to run rough and...
Forum: Private Flying
12th Jul 2004, 13:53
Replies: 40
Views: 4,166
Posted By tyro

I learned leaning last month. Before that, I was...

I learned leaning last month. Before that, I was under the misapprehension, having never asked, that leaning was something that only happened during high altitude cruises.

I had planned a...
Forum: Questions
3rd Jun 2004, 09:48
Replies: 57
Views: 5,294
Posted By tyro

I do agree, the romantic notion that the pilot's...

I do agree, the romantic notion that the pilot's "human authority prevails" is still commonplace in TV shows and movies.

Back in reality however, modern aircraft increasingly treat manual...
Forum: Questions
3rd Jun 2004, 00:16
Replies: 57
Views: 5,294
Posted By tyro

Scroggs, "Machine-based decision making is...

Scroggs,

"Machine-based decision making is not good, generally, and needs to improve greatly before it can be relied upon to replace humans in the three-dimensional airborne environment."

I...
Forum: Questions
28th May 2004, 10:14
Replies: 57
Views: 5,294
Posted By tyro

Tin, Maz, "Ask him how often he reboots his...

Tin, Maz,

"Ask him how often he reboots his PC due to human induced software errors or through situations that the software author didn't conceive."

Hardly a useful example. PC software is...
Forum: Private Flying
6th Mar 2004, 23:47
Replies: 137
Views: 20,959
Posted By tyro

I thought I was the only one. My most dangerous...

I thought I was the only one. My most dangerous cock-ups to date were all in the first few hours of solo consolidation. Here's a few:

Dead-cut instead of throttle back at top of a climb.:ooh:
...
Forum: Private Flying
23rd Jan 2004, 18:17
Replies: 22
Views: 4,167
Posted By tyro

CB My experience has been completely the...

CB
My experience has been completely the opposite: I've hardly ever left the circuit without calling a LARS unit for at least FIS. (Most of my flying has been within coverage of Brize Norton or...
Forum: Private Flying
15th Jan 2004, 19:38
Replies: 12
Views: 4,850
Posted By tyro

TC_LTN I don't doubt such a big structure is...

TC_LTN

I don't doubt such a big structure is lit to the limited extent required by law for close-up collision avoidance. What I'm thinking of is something eye-catching at a distance such as, for...
Forum: Private Flying
15th Jan 2004, 17:44
Replies: 12
Views: 4,850
Posted By tyro

Speaking as an " inept PPL without GPS" I'd...

Speaking as an " inept PPL without GPS" I'd like to see all my favourite landmarks lit as navigational aids. First on my list for installation a big strobe would be the Kingsclere mast near...
Forum: Private Flying
29th Nov 2003, 00:55
Replies: 10
Views: 1,018
Posted By tyro

RR: " So, if civilian night is when the sun is 6...

RR: " So, if civilian night is when the sun is 6 degrees below the horizon, that means 24 minutes after the sun sunk below the horizon. Half an hour is near as dammit to that, perhaps this is the...
Forum: Private Flying
1st Oct 2003, 23:52
Replies: 17
Views: 2,956
Posted By tyro

Dexter256, Were you told who prohibited it...

Dexter256,

Were you told who prohibited it in the UK? Transair and other suppliers were still selling it earlier this afternoon. I'm interested as it's my computer of choice.
Forum: Questions
27th Sep 2003, 01:40
Replies: 14
Views: 1,910
Posted By tyro

Gingernut, "I'd be a little careful in...

Gingernut,

"I'd be a little careful in making the assumption that recievers cannot interfere with other recievers."

So would I, and I pay for my flying by designing gory digital bits of mobile...
Forum: Private Flying
10th Sep 2003, 18:00
Replies: 17
Views: 2,956
Posted By tyro

Well I don't know about the mechanical E6B, but...

Well I don't know about the mechanical E6B, but the E6B application on my Palm does metric and Imperial conversion for all units, including litres and both types of gallon.

I can imagine that...
Forum: Private Flying
8th Aug 2003, 18:03
Replies: 46
Views: 5,025
Posted By tyro

Assuming for a moment, that there's enough of me...

Assuming for a moment, that there's enough of me (the PIC) left to be interviewed following an accident, what's to stop any potentially self-incriminatory statements made to the AAIB being used...
Forum: Private Flying
1st Aug 2003, 19:03
Replies: 21
Views: 2,878
Posted By tyro

I used to get quite worried seeing spark plug...

I used to get quite worried seeing spark plug leads with worn braids at he plug end. However it didn't seem to bother those instructors I've mentioned it to.

Does anyone know whether the braid...
Forum: Private Flying
1st Aug 2003, 01:28
Replies: 80
Views: 8,701
Posted By tyro

Westy, I too hate the idea of personal data...

Westy,

I too hate the idea of personal data being publicly available. All that would be required would be the minimum to associate your means of identification with the record of your flying...
Forum: Private Flying
30th Jul 2003, 18:38
Replies: 80
Views: 8,701
Posted By tyro

Andrew, Flower, I can't think of a reason...

Andrew, Flower,

I can't think of a reason why a paper licence is needed at all. An online inquiry to the CAA would be a much cheaper and more reliable method of establishing a person's flying...
Forum: Private Flying
11th Jul 2003, 22:14
Replies: 6
Views: 620
Posted By tyro

I did my PPL at WW and would second FFF's...

I did my PPL at WW and would second FFF's comments.

As some compensation for not being the cheapest, they did field sufficiently large a fleet that I never missed a lesson for want of a...
Forum: Private Flying
7th Jul 2003, 21:24
Replies: 18
Views: 1,207
Posted By tyro

Posted my PPL application on 31st May (with a...

Posted my PPL application on 31st May (with a photocopy of my passport). The licence duly arrived by special delivery 19 days later.

It seems that the CAA's service and procedures are both quite...
Forum: Private Flying
3rd Jun 2003, 18:32
Replies: 31
Views: 4,047
Posted By tyro

MP It wasn't a mild-mannered little green...

MP

It wasn't a mild-mannered little green frog at all. Did you see the line it was attaching to G-DB? It wanted to be aerotoad.
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