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Forum: Rumours & News
31st Jan 2024, 01:46
Replies: 39
Views: 20,029
Posted By n5296s

From many years of experience as pax at LHR, I've...

From many years of experience as pax at LHR, I've come to the conclusion that there is some clever software somewhere to ensure that no matter where you are going to and from, there is always at...
Forum: Rotorheads
13th Jan 2024, 10:34
Replies: 23
Views: 5,146
Posted By n5296s

Helicopters use 22/04 (04 that day) with a...

Helicopters use 22/04 (04 that day) with a traffic pattern out over the sea, so their flight was normal pattern work. If they were practising autos, they wouldn't have started there. And the...
Forum: Rotorheads
13th Jan 2024, 07:55
Replies: 23
Views: 5,146
Posted By n5296s

I don't follow. Have they made seconds longer...

I don't follow. Have they made seconds longer since 1985? You still have <2 seconds to realise what has happened, get your hand back on the collective if you happen to be tuning radios etc, and get...
Forum: Rotorheads
12th Jan 2024, 19:33
Replies: 23
Views: 5,146
Posted By n5296s

No, routine R22 bashing. Practically all my...

No, routine R22 bashing. Practically all my helicopter time is on R44s, which are very nice flying machines - despised primarily by those whose turbine flying time is paid for by someone else.

But...
Forum: Rotorheads
12th Jan 2024, 09:23
Replies: 23
Views: 5,146
Posted By n5296s

R22 down at Cannes

An R22 crashed into the sea just off Cannes yesterday afternoon, killing the instructor and student on board. I'd watched it take off a few minutes earlier. An eye-witness, who happened to be a...
Forum: Rumours & News
2nd Nov 2023, 09:47
Replies: 51
Views: 23,466
Posted By n5296s

Don't know about airlines, but in my industry...

Don't know about airlines, but in my industry (IT/tech) if all you say is "I can confirm that XXX was employed by us from ... to..." then that can and will be glossed as "don't touch this person with...
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Feb 2023, 15:57
Replies: 40
Views: 13,914
Posted By n5296s

The trouble is that no matter how hard you try,...

The trouble is that no matter how hard you try, you don't really know how this physical infrastructure is configured. You buy from two separate suppliers etc. You can still have bad surprises.
...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Nov 2022, 16:53
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,129,854
Posted By n5296s

Stremousov is no more (see below from the...

Stremousov is no more (see below from the Guardian). Seems to be an amazing coincidence, must be more to it. Good riddance anyway.

A few hours after Kirill Stremousov, the Russian-appointed deputy...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Jul 2022, 13:07
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,129,854
Posted By n5296s

Not to mention, would you really want to be one...

Not to mention, would you really want to be one of the crew laying steel plates, even over just the current damage, knowing that the HIMARS have a precision of a few metres?
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
13th May 2022, 21:24
Replies: 126
Views: 37,292
Posted By n5296s

I'm just a private pilot for my own amusement,...

I'm just a private pilot for my own amusement, but I know several French airline pilot wannabees. All of them have spent serious money getting a "frozen ATPL" - I don't know how much but I guess the...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th May 2022, 13:07
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,129,854
Posted By n5296s

Of course they can. They are already claiming...

Of course they can. They are already claiming that Ukraine is full of Nazis who are genociding the Russian speakers. This would be a pretty minor addition. They claim anything they want, and...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th May 2022, 11:05
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,129,854
Posted By n5296s

So it looks, sadly, as though the story about...

So it looks, sadly, as though the story about Admiral Maskarov wasn't true. There's nothing about it on the mainstream media (CNN, BBC, Guardian) - the BBC had an item but it seems to have...
Forum: Rumours & News
5th May 2022, 15:32
Replies: 604
Views: 1,071,160
Posted By n5296s

Short answer: yes Longer answer: and it...

Short answer: yes

Longer answer: and it isn't easy. I worked with a company that does the satellite internet connection for a major US operator, and saw the antenna system with the covers off. The...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Apr 2022, 09:22
Replies: 444
Views: 179,679
Posted By n5296s

I can't help feeling that as soon as someone...

I can't help feeling that as soon as someone starts to ask questions of the whereabouts of their son/husband/whatever, they probably get a visit from the FSB strongly recommending that they desist.
Forum: Rotorheads
15th Feb 2022, 17:08
Replies: 1,615
Views: 1,864,977
Posted By n5296s

So to finish the story... flew an R44 today. What...

So to finish the story... flew an R44 today. What a pleasure! I know people say a lot of bad things about Robbos, but compared to the G2 it is a dream to fly. It was a super flight too, all along the...
Forum: Rotorheads
3rd Feb 2022, 10:20
Replies: 1,615
Views: 1,864,977
Posted By n5296s

Thanks all for the feedback and comments. Glad...

Thanks all for the feedback and comments. Glad I'm not the only one to feel his way.

For the record, we were on half tanks and about 100 lbs under gross. Given it takes 98% power for a 5 foot...
Forum: Rotorheads
2nd Feb 2022, 10:20
Replies: 1,615
Views: 1,864,977
Posted By n5296s

tl;dr: not impressed with the G2. I finally...

tl;dr: not impressed with the G2.

I finally decided to get back into shape with helicopters, after a long pause due to my move from California to France. I had about 150 hours of R44 (and 2000...
Forum: Private Flying
28th Oct 2021, 17:20
Replies: 61
Views: 12,722
Posted By n5296s

Nonsense. Most (all afaik despite the best/worst...

Nonsense. Most (all afaik despite the best/worst efforts of some) countries in Europe allow it too. it's very hard not to, given ICAO rules - you have to be able to fly an XXX-registered aircraft...
Forum: Private Flying
7th Feb 2021, 01:58
Replies: 30
Views: 5,507
Posted By n5296s

My 2¢ for what it's worth. I learned in the US so...

My 2¢ for what it's worth. I learned in the US so not directly comparable, at one of the busiest small airports in the world (Palo Alto) - on a fine Saturday morning, being number 5 to land is...
Forum: Medical & Health
6th Feb 2021, 02:05
Replies: 15
Views: 9,414
Posted By n5296s

Did the Moderna (in California) on Weds. Arm...

Did the Moderna (in California) on Weds. Arm still a bit sore but absolutely no other negative effects. My wife also. I guess ymmv.
Forum: Private Flying
6th Jan 2021, 00:52
Replies: 19
Views: 3,221
Posted By n5296s

Well yes, there's no such thing as a "night...

Well yes, there's no such thing as a "night rating" in FAA land. You can't get a PPL without night training (except in Alaska). But I'm sure I have all of the things mentioned under (ii), so my...
Forum: Private Flying
5th Jan 2021, 18:26
Replies: 19
Views: 3,221
Posted By n5296s

So if you have logged the experience shown,...

So if you have logged the experience shown, flying on an FAA license, then what do you need to do for the EASA PPL night rating other than present this information? It would be impossible to get an...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
8th Oct 2020, 20:39
Replies: 178
Views: 56,745
Posted By n5296s

The nose section (up to the first partition, with...

The nose section (up to the first partition, with an external staircase) of an ex-United 747 is preserved at San Carlos, just south of SFO. That includes a typical mid-90s first class cabin. When my...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
8th Oct 2020, 16:16
Replies: 178
Views: 56,745
Posted By n5296s

They'll be seriously missed in this household....

They'll be seriously missed in this household. The upper deck in Club Class was like being in a private jet. My wife - who has flown BA enough to be Gold For Life - always asked for and always got...
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Sep 2020, 15:07
Replies: 129
Views: 49,230
Posted By n5296s

I'm 99.99...% sure that I had "it" back in...

I'm 99.99...% sure that I had "it" back in December before it was fashionable, caught most likely on a flight from HKG to HND (6 hours or so iirc). I was in biz class. I could have caught it at the...
Forum: Private Flying
21st Sep 2020, 21:04
Replies: 81
Views: 31,212
Posted By n5296s

I've generally been very lucky with my...

I've generally been very lucky with my instructors - mostly high time and therefore confident in their ability to save anything the student does wrong. One of them, who used to run his school/FBO,...
Forum: Private Flying
9th Jul 2020, 07:02
Replies: 38
Views: 4,631
Posted By n5296s

Maybe I wasn't very clear. That's from a...

Maybe I wasn't very clear. That's from a deliberately flattened spin, using the prop to pick the nose up at the entry and then holding it there with power. I don't know what "abused control usage"...
Forum: Private Flying
8th Jul 2020, 17:04
Replies: 38
Views: 4,631
Posted By n5296s

It's certainly true that different types recover...

It's certainly true that different types recover differently. I've done dozens, maybe over a hundred, spins in the Pitts S2C. It is a pussy cat to recover. Opposite rudder, relax the stick, and it's...
Forum: Space Flight and Operations
22nd Jun 2020, 00:03
Replies: 265
Views: 31,685
Posted By n5296s

Any system that depends on accurately receiving...

Any system that depends on accurately receiving nanowatts of power from outer space is vulnerable to jamming. And any system which involves one-to-many communication with millions of receivers cannot...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
22nd May 2020, 06:47
Replies: 2
Views: 2,516
Posted By n5296s

Saw a BA 787 on the ground at SFO yesterday -...

Saw a BA 787 on the ground at SFO yesterday - unusually on the "wrong" (Star Alliance) side of the airport, I guess they've closed half the terminal. Seemed very strange flying past KSFO, I was the...
Forum: Rumours & News
3rd Apr 2020, 16:49
Replies: 42
Views: 19,091
Posted By n5296s

Sure, and I should have invested every cent I...

Sure, and I should have invested every cent I have in Google the day it IPOed. It would have required exactly the same ability to foretell the future. The first information that there MIGHT be a...
Forum: Private Flying
2nd Apr 2020, 18:43
Replies: 70
Views: 12,828
Posted By n5296s

The Pitts I used to fly regularly comes down at...

The Pitts I used to fly regularly comes down at about 2000 fpm power off, which is how I was taught to land it. Yes, it is. You have about a 0.25 second window to flare if you don't want either to...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
20th Mar 2020, 17:45
Replies: 633
Views: 610,876
Posted By n5296s

+1 for Tacho, well +0.5 anyway. imo it's a good...

+1 for Tacho, well +0.5 anyway. imo it's a good idea to have a bit of social distancing etc to slow down the spread, to give the medical system time to prepare a bit and to get a bit more...
Forum: Private Flying
15th Mar 2020, 15:45
Replies: 9
Views: 2,027
Posted By n5296s

You'd know if you did from the iron and aluminium...

You'd know if you did from the iron and aluminium vapour coming out of the cowling. Your toes would probably be quite warm too.

I agree with Alpine Flyer. I can tell you that the factory engine...
Forum: Rotorheads
19th Feb 2020, 19:32
Replies: 756
Views: 899,893
Posted By n5296s

I agree 100% with the principle, but the problem...

I agree 100% with the principle, but the problem is that most civilian heli training is done in R22/R44, including IR, and while the R44 (at least) can be fully equipped for IFR, it can't legally be...
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