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Forum: Private Flying
7th Jul 2011, 13:11
Replies: 27
Views: 4,629
Posted By Rickford

gps trial

Hi Grant,

I'd be pleased to help you out. Timing really flexible. I live in Marlow

Rick Gifford

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Forum: Tech Log
23rd Nov 2010, 17:34
Replies: 10
Views: 1,820
Posted By Rickford

Hi you can get the FAA Handbook off the internet...

Hi you can get the FAA Handbook off the internet as a pdf file for free. It is a good read as is the company IFR book
Forum: Tech Log
17th Nov 2010, 18:02
Replies: 28
Views: 10,806
Posted By Rickford

Thank you Peter, The mind was willing but...

Thank you Peter,

The mind was willing but the body was the other side of a bottle of wine......
Forum: Tech Log
16th Nov 2010, 19:51
Replies: 28
Views: 10,806
Posted By Rickford

Reason for T tail It acts as an end plate...

Reason for T tail

It acts as an end plate for the rudder & thereby improves efficency which means you can have a smaller rudder. Regrefully this is compromised by the need to make the rudder...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
15th Nov 2010, 16:59
Replies: 22
Views: 3,213
Posted By Rickford

Having to teach said equipment & ac can I say ...

Having to teach said equipment & ac can I say

1. Master the G1000 before you try flying in real IFR. It is excellent equipment but really does its best to tempt you away from AVIATE when the world...
Forum: Private Flying
1st Feb 2010, 18:02
Replies: 21
Views: 5,803
Posted By Rickford

Things may have changed recently but as I...

Things may have changed recently but as I understand it the MOD mandate is for RAF stations to always make their facitities available for revenue generating activities unless it seriously impeded...
Forum: Private Flying
1st Feb 2010, 17:45
Replies: 32
Views: 3,976
Posted By Rickford

I'm not aware of any CAA regulation on this but...

I'm not aware of any CAA regulation on this but if you are one of my students you WILL pay duel rate because it is MY license you are flying on and should you enter controlled airspace or crash it...
Forum: Tech Log
6th Jun 2009, 21:22
Replies: 13
Views: 1,463
Posted By Rickford

AS I understood it on an airliner for example the...

AS I understood it on an airliner for example the Mode S starts up in Gnd mode although it may indicate it is being interogated (flashing light) it does not respond. However once airborne it starts...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Feb 2009, 04:20
Replies: 76
Views: 2,116,735
Posted By Rickford

As an ATCO I have had this happen to me several...

As an ATCO I have had this happen to me several times (5-6). Of the 2 major events one involved a stuck transmit frequency where most of the western world were entertained to an amusing dialogue...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
21st Aug 2007, 17:57
Replies: 36
Views: 4,463
Posted By Rickford

PFL - Vital Actions

I introduce PFLS before letting my students go solo and then do two/three glide approaches from various parts of the circuit to various parts of the airfield. To my mind this achieves the following:...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
21st Aug 2007, 15:41
Replies: 189
Views: 61,194
Posted By Rickford

May not a student but.....

Heard recently
Farnborough Radar "G-hows your father did you do any flight planning at Shoreham?"
G-hows your father "Affirm (but in a puzzled tone)"
Farnborough Radar "Did it include flying into...
Forum: ATC Issues
3rd Jul 2007, 21:06
Replies: 1,636
Views: 2,453,468
Posted By Rickford

I was an air traffick controller (airfields,...

I was an air traffick controller (airfields, ships, centres, development centres) and then became a commercial pilot.

In all my aviation experience the only thing I couldn't solve (not that I ever...
Forum: Medical & Health
20th Jun 2007, 14:40
Replies: 2
Views: 922
Posted By Rickford

Regaining Class 1 after cancer surgery

Well the title explains the problem.
Surgical prognoses good & under going chemo but no hair loss which is a pity because they say it grows back and I could do with that!
Any one got any tips on...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Jun 2007, 16:13
Replies: 41
Views: 7,418
Posted By Rickford

Of course you could do something completely...

Of course you could do something completely different like 30 years in the RAF Air Trafficking. PVR at 50 and blow your gratuity in flying training and become a commercial pilot. Worked for me.
On a...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
6th Apr 2007, 19:47
Replies: 2
Views: 1,432
Posted By Rickford

Kloe, Spinning. You do it on the JAR FI course...

Kloe,
Spinning. You do it on the JAR FI course and the 140 is probably better than the 172 asr Cessna did a very good job with the 172 as you can recover from all but the most aggressive wing drop...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
21st Mar 2007, 18:20
Replies: 189
Views: 61,194
Posted By Rickford

In the days before I became an instructor I was...

In the days before I became an instructor I was an air trafficker.
Now cast your minds back to the days when we had an airforce and RAF Finningley daily dispatched flottilas of Varsity aircraft in...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
18th Mar 2007, 23:18
Replies: 15
Views: 6,353
Posted By Rickford

I was involved in taking G-Huey to Leicester...

I was involved in taking G-Huey to Leicester Square for a Royal Film Premier and as a consequence meet,entirely by chance, her previous Sqn Cdr. Spoke to him about previous posts and he thought it...
Forum: Flight Testing
11th Mar 2007, 05:15
Replies: 47
Views: 19,336
Posted By Rickford

I seem to recall that the SU or the Mig (or...

I seem to recall that the SU or the Mig (or possibly both) had a large red button which when pressed would restore the ac back to straight & level flight regardless of where the pilot "lost" control...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
10th Mar 2007, 16:44
Replies: 1
Views: 786
Posted By Rickford

You could try contacting Greg Haggerty at West...

You could try contacting Greg Haggerty at West London Aero Club. He is a NZ instructor and a JAR Examiner. Might be able to help 01628 823272
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Feb 2007, 20:32
Replies: 171
Views: 45,972
Posted By Rickford

I have read this thread with some interest as...

I have read this thread with some interest as once I was a military ATCO, before I became responsible for developing some of Diddly Dee's systems and then the finance of some them before retiring and...
Forum: ATC Issues
25th Feb 2007, 14:18
Replies: 1,636
Views: 2,453,468
Posted By Rickford

Many years ago I was being checked out on the...

Many years ago I was being checked out on the Seaford Military position at LATCC. I had under my control a formation of 8 USAF F4s which I was trying to hand to the French Military (those that have...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
23rd May 2006, 18:56
Replies: 2
Views: 776
Posted By Rickford

I'm not the best person to advise you as I am ex...

I'm not the best person to advise you as I am ex airforce 30 years and can now instruct for the joy of it rather than the monetary compensations. However, I live in a world of wannabes and of those...
Forum: Private Flying
2nd Dec 2005, 21:25
Replies: 24
Views: 2,998
Posted By Rickford

A stop watch you can interpret QUICKLY &...

A stop watch you can interpret QUICKLY & ACCURATELY and then not confuse when you reset!

If you want a clock work watch buyt the expensive one they are all the samre for seconds but reading the...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
2nd Dec 2005, 20:52
Replies: 80
Views: 17,528
Posted By Rickford

long time ago before I met aeroplanes I had met...

long time ago before I met aeroplanes I had met Physics and chemistry and alot of it from an atmospheric view point so I support:

The POH with adaptation to the current circumstances.

There...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
16th Feb 2005, 16:01
Replies: 3
Views: 825
Posted By Rickford

Naples Air Centre

I trained there about 5 years ago and they were very good. The area is very good for abinitio plane handling as there is open airspece close at hand along with several uncontrolled airfields nearby...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
16th Jan 2004, 18:43
Replies: 263
Views: 93,905
Posted By Rickford

Used to see lots of "personalised" registrations...

Used to see lots of "personalised" registrations on the radar at LATCC.

When BA introduced the shuttle we used to display them as BASH+flt letters which cause much mirth with Echo Mike and Echo...
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