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Forum: Private Flying
1st Dec 2012, 23:52
Replies: 3
Views: 5,273
Posted By tonyhalsall

Good luck. Cant imagine flying in/around...

Good luck.
Cant imagine flying in/around Cancun/Riviera Maya. If you so need a flying fix, you can get daily flights to Miami from CUN.
Having said that, there is a small airfield near Playa del...
Forum: Private Flying
12th Nov 2012, 06:26
Replies: 60
Views: 13,256
Posted By tonyhalsall

Correct me if I am wrong here but is this not how...

Correct me if I am wrong here but is this not how you learned to fly the early microlights? Before registration and licensing became mandatory you just had to get some ground based advice and off you...
Forum: Private Flying
6th Nov 2012, 22:26
Replies: 45
Views: 8,765
Posted By tonyhalsall

Smugglers mainly use flex wings do they? YOu got...

Smugglers mainly use flex wings do they? YOu got any validation for that claim? Any sources?

Thanks
Forum: Private Flying
16th Sep 2012, 16:15
Replies: 32
Views: 12,347
Posted By tonyhalsall

Silenced by the microlight mafia

Silenced by the microlight mafia
Forum: Private Flying
7th Sep 2012, 06:55
Replies: 52
Views: 12,069
Posted By tonyhalsall

Actually I have a current CAA (M) licence which I...

Actually I have a current CAA (M) licence which I use to fly a group Eurostar microlight. I also have a lapsed NPPL (SSEA) which I have considered revalidating as I would like to buy a Star Streak or...
Forum: Private Flying
6th Sep 2012, 19:37
Replies: 52
Views: 12,069
Posted By tonyhalsall

Very worrying. When I say he should know, I...

Very worrying. When I say he should know, I really mean that he SHOULD know given his position and where he appears and the capacity as an official person of reference.
I would certainly have put...
Forum: Private Flying
6th Sep 2012, 18:52
Replies: 52
Views: 12,069
Posted By tonyhalsall

Migrate to LAA land? Are you sure? See my...

Migrate to LAA land? Are you sure? See my questions below to someone who should know - their answers in bold itallics:

I simply want to fly low performance, lightweight aircraft in daytime VFR...
Forum: Private Flying
6th Sep 2012, 16:57
Replies: 52
Views: 12,069
Posted By tonyhalsall

So quite different to the NPPL SSEA medical then...

So quite different to the NPPL SSEA medical then and I can't see a GP agreeing to do it so cost implications as well :eek:

I understand that an NPPL SSEA will have to migrate to LAPL. Seems there...
Forum: Private Flying
6th Sep 2012, 15:41
Replies: 52
Views: 12,069
Posted By tonyhalsall

As I understand from enquiries made and answers...

As I understand from enquiries made and answers received.....

Holders of the NPPL SSEA will migrate to LAPL sometime before 2015 but the medical requirements will be more rigid than at present and...
Forum: Private Flying
6th Sep 2012, 11:00
Replies: 13
Views: 6,519
Posted By tonyhalsall

Where did you get the information that it was an...

Where did you get the information that it was an APT aircraft? I thought that when I saw the colour scheme but did not want to suggest as much.
Something has resulted in a non survivable impact in...
Forum: Private Flying
25th Aug 2012, 13:53
Replies: 13
Views: 6,519
Posted By tonyhalsall

I noticed your cryptic reference to the colours...

I noticed your cryptic reference to the colours and I also recognise that colour scheme though it is not exclusive to the particular "group."
Forum: Private Flying
25th Aug 2012, 12:28
Replies: 13
Views: 6,519
Posted By tonyhalsall

Is there any more information about this? Not...

Is there any more information about this?
Not sure what you mean by "not flawless" Genghis? As far as I understood this would be the first fatality from an accident involving this type. There are...
Forum: Private Flying
3rd Aug 2011, 15:07
Replies: 13
Views: 1,161
Posted By tonyhalsall

I guess I am relating this to what happened at...

I guess I am relating this to what happened at Barton at the respective heights that certain aircraft manage to achieve by the time they get to the end of 09.

Some of the older types stuggle to...
Forum: Private Flying
3rd Aug 2011, 14:00
Replies: 13
Views: 1,161
Posted By tonyhalsall

I am not talking about engine failures according...

I am not talking about engine failures according to type.

I am taking about the difference between being 4-500 foot above the hazardous area and 200 foot above it - irrespective of age/type.
Forum: Private Flying
3rd Aug 2011, 13:37
Replies: 13
Views: 1,161
Posted By tonyhalsall

Performance capabilities of older generation SEP's

This post has been brought about by the sad accident recently at Barton and observations of the performance oif modern microlights and LSA's compared to older generation C150'/152's PA28 140's...
Forum: Private Flying
22nd Oct 2008, 15:32
Replies: 20
Views: 6,703
Posted By tonyhalsall

...............<<<<<<<<<< Since the Ru in PPRuNe...

...............<<<<<<<<<< Since the Ru in PPRuNe stands for rumour, I'll pass on that I was told today that the aircraft in the fatal crash a few days ago is believed to have "broken up in...
Forum: Private Flying
7th Aug 2007, 15:34
Replies: 130
Views: 29,519
Posted By tonyhalsall

Whirlybird No one is speculating on a...

Whirlybird

No one is speculating on a definitive cause at all

What is good about the speculation is that it is taking into account all possible scenario's which is increasing everyone's...
Forum: Private Flying
7th Aug 2007, 12:52
Replies: 130
Views: 29,519
Posted By tonyhalsall

Comjam - This forum is called the ''Professional...

Comjam - This forum is called the ''Professional Pilots Rumour Network'' Ok so in this section most of us are amatuers but it is still a rumour network.
Why would you not want to speculate?
There...
Forum: Private Flying
20th Jun 2007, 11:48
Replies: 5
Views: 1,064
Posted By tonyhalsall

A two stroke helicopter !! Strewth

A two stroke helicopter !!

Strewth
Forum: Private Flying
7th Jun 2007, 11:42
Replies: 59
Views: 10,715
Posted By tonyhalsall

1/2 the cost to train in 1/2 the cost to hire ...

1/2 the cost to train in
1/2 the cost to hire
1/2 or more even to buy one
1/4 the cost to maintain "
Plus the landing fees are cheaper and they sip unleaded instead of guzzling £££Avgas.
Are you...
Forum: Private Flying
5th Jun 2007, 08:56
Replies: 9
Views: 1,422
Posted By tonyhalsall

AFORS is a great resource for selling aircraft -...

AFORS is a great resource for selling aircraft - I have sold three on there over the last few years at Prices of £7,500, £15,000 + £40,000.

Oh and its FREE so there is absolutely no reason not to...
Forum: Private Flying
30th May 2007, 20:15
Replies: 57
Views: 5,397
Posted By tonyhalsall

If all else fails.............. Just make sure...

If all else fails..............
Just make sure that you are on the ground before you hit something, it is invariably safer to hit something at ground speed than air speed.
Forum: Private Flying
27th Apr 2007, 11:37
Replies: 6
Views: 1,638
Posted By tonyhalsall

This has to be a wind up post Shirley??

This has to be a wind up post Shirley??
Forum: Private Flying
11th Feb 2007, 08:45
Replies: 34
Views: 3,381
Posted By tonyhalsall

Hang on a minute - this has all got a bit...

Hang on a minute - this has all got a bit complicated has iot not ??

The question was that ATC control was retained throughout the exercise - out of the zone and then back in again - so where is...
Forum: Private Flying
10th Feb 2007, 08:35
Replies: 34
Views: 3,381
Posted By tonyhalsall

Sounds to me that you are retaining your ATC...

Sounds to me that you are retaining your ATC approach (or Tower) coverage throughout the exercise so I don't think that you are 'assuming' anything - you have been under the control of ATC throughout...
Forum: Private Flying
8th Feb 2007, 10:17
Replies: 6
Views: 838
Posted By tonyhalsall

Shameless Bump

Shameless Bump
Forum: Private Flying
7th Feb 2007, 13:01
Replies: 6
Views: 838
Posted By tonyhalsall

Mode S Petition

Not sure if it has been mentioned before - but even if it has - it must be worth another plug.
No one on this forum has any excuse NOT to sign. Its easy. ...
Forum: Private Flying
27th Dec 2006, 15:12
Replies: 37
Views: 11,241
Posted By tonyhalsall

What a fantastic 'solution' - and even if it in't...

What a fantastic 'solution' - and even if it in't - what a great idea anyway.

Just heard that one of the guys at a local Club that is notorious for getting claggy and saturated has invested in a...
Forum: Private Flying
21st Dec 2006, 12:23
Replies: 20
Views: 3,227
Posted By tonyhalsall

I am struggling to visualise what I actually do...

I am struggling to visualise what I actually do and I do it almost all of the time cos the field I now fly from has only one runway.................

I tend to fly 'by feel' and (I think!!) I feel...
Forum: Private Flying
21st Dec 2006, 11:36
Replies: 20
Views: 3,227
Posted By tonyhalsall

I think I am a bit confused now. Surely if...

I think I am a bit confused now.

Surely if the approach is to be at least relatively stable the approach will have to be 'wing down.' I just can't visualise a flat crabbing approach with wings...
Forum: Private Flying
19th Dec 2006, 11:29
Replies: 37
Views: 11,241
Posted By tonyhalsall

Actually, I am going to suggest this very thing...

Actually, I am going to suggest this very thing to our farmer. The 'runway' (ha ha) strip already has a down slope and I thought that the most cost effective drainage solution would be to 'ditch'...
Forum: Private Flying
17th Dec 2006, 10:26
Replies: 37
Views: 11,241
Posted By tonyhalsall

I am not sure that it is the grass which is the...

I am not sure that it is the grass which is the problem - more what is underneath.
The last ice age is the culprit for the whole of Northern England having an almost impermeable boulder clay sub...
Forum: Private Flying
15th Dec 2006, 13:49
Replies: 13
Views: 2,269
Posted By tonyhalsall

Yes I went solo. Had to get my licence endorsed,...

Yes I went solo. Had to get my licence endorsed, have a Spanish medical and check flight and then rented whenever I wanted. Unfortunately, this was in the early 1990's with a CAA licence so neither...
Forum: Private Flying
15th Dec 2006, 08:28
Replies: 13
Views: 2,269
Posted By tonyhalsall

I rented from there some years ago (early...

I rented from there some years ago (early 1990's). The runway is quite short and paved and directly underneath the extended centre line of LPA.
If I recall the circuit was quite low and at the time...
Forum: Private Flying
13th Dec 2006, 16:11
Replies: 29
Views: 3,963
Posted By tonyhalsall

EASA is proposing a standardised Europe wide...

EASA is proposing a standardised Europe wide Recreational Private Pilots Licence RPPL and it is based on the NPPL.
In the brave new world suggested by EASA the RPPL would be recognised in all...
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