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Forum: Rumours & News
16th Jan 2013, 14:05
Replies: 266
Views: 118,066
Posted By plt_aeroeng

Li-ion 787 certification special condition

The FAA issued a Special Condition for the use of li-ion batteries on the 787. Boeing made several design provisions for control of fire and smoke spread.

Recent incidents suggest these may not...
Forum: Tech Log
15th Jun 2011, 15:20
Replies: 8
Views: 10,016
Posted By plt_aeroeng

Memory is a little fuzzy, but my recollection...

Memory is a little fuzzy, but my recollection from the 60s was that in precision radar controlled approaches, 1/2 rate turns were expected once on final approach.

Another use for 1/2 rate turns...
Forum: Tech Log
26th Jan 2011, 20:30
Replies: 51
Views: 91,531
Posted By plt_aeroeng

Postscript: Winter starting required huge...

Postscript:

Winter starting required huge amounts of prime, which led to exhaust flames up to 20 feet long. This led to some complacency about flame on start up. One pilot of my acquaintance had...
Forum: Tech Log
26th Jan 2011, 20:24
Replies: 51
Views: 91,531
Posted By plt_aeroeng

Starting large radials

In the dim past I flew a 4 engine a/c which had Wright R3350 engines, which are similar to those on the P47. The R3350 had oil seals in the supercharger which did not seal properly until there was...
Forum: Rotorheads
20th May 2010, 21:23
Replies: 6
Views: 15,993
Posted By plt_aeroeng

A good source for diagrams of the H-60...

A good source for diagrams of the H-60 transmission is the patent for the internal arrangement of the S-92 transmission. (It also shows the internal arrangement of the S-92 transmission, not...
Forum: Rumours & News
3rd Feb 2010, 19:53
Replies: 2,015
Views: 715,905
Posted By plt_aeroeng

Basic Airmanship

Precept said at 0255Z on 3 Feb:

"The pilots of this flight never intended to crash and be killed when their aircraft impacted the ground. I believe they were most likely proficient aviators; and,...
Forum: Flight Testing
26th Aug 2009, 21:29
Replies: 13
Views: 5,080
Posted By plt_aeroeng

This thread is really a tech log discussion, not...

This thread is really a tech log discussion, not testing. Interesting nevertheless, though.

I think John T didn't emphasize Cd curve enough.

While I didn't fly the 727, my recollection of the...
Forum: Flight Testing
8th Apr 2009, 20:21
Replies: 23
Views: 13,920
Posted By plt_aeroeng

Rotor Brake Application Nr

SP, a slight amplification of your longer post on the subject.

As I am sure you are aware, types rated for naval shipboard applications have an emergency stop mode in that in an urgent situation...
Forum: Rotorheads
24th Aug 2008, 14:16
Replies: 5
Views: 1,581
Posted By plt_aeroeng

Blackhawk9, You can find an image showing...

Blackhawk9,

You can find an image showing the proposed stores carriage stub at

MH-92 Maritime Helicopter (http://www.sikorsky.com/sik/products/military/super_hawk/h92_troop_asw.asp)

It...
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Jun 2008, 22:12
Replies: 53
Views: 23,249
Posted By plt_aeroeng

Cockpit Video

There have been several posters in this thread objecting to cockpit video on privacy grounds.

That is nonsense.

Airline pilots are in a monitored environment. There is no justification for...
Forum: Rotorheads
1st Jun 2008, 14:52
Replies: 305
Views: 85,656
Posted By plt_aeroeng

SAS Less - /CH53K

SASLess:

Although the CH-53 may be available by 2012 (0r 2015, if it follows the pattern of Sikorsky's reported progress on the H-92), it could have some difficulty landing on the decks of small...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Feb 2008, 16:21
Replies: 147
Views: 78,993
Posted By plt_aeroeng

Talking IL76 vs. Nimrod

I've watched this video and the thread with a chuckle and some interest.

As a comparison, many years ago I was in Gibraltar, and one day watched a Nimrod depart for a 10 hour mission. The runway...
Forum: Rotorheads
16th Mar 2007, 19:16
Replies: 25
Views: 4,008
Posted By plt_aeroeng

Nick has fairly accurately captured the essence...

Nick has fairly accurately captured the essence of the differences between civil and military certification.
There are some examples of crossing between the two categories.
Lockheed, for example,...
Forum: Tech Log
2nd Oct 2006, 18:57
Replies: 0
Views: 1,256
Posted By plt_aeroeng

Thumbs up A380 Pilot Report

Aviation Daily has posted a pilot report for the A380.
at
http://www.aviationnow.com/avnow/news/channel_comm_story.jsp?id=news/aw100206p1.xml
It appears that the giant is a reasonably comfortable...
Forum: Canada
10th Aug 2006, 16:11
Replies: 44
Views: 11,328
Posted By plt_aeroeng

PM Arrogance

It seems to me that the technical rationale for the rule, while a valid discussion on its own, is not the only primary issue here. Rather, it is the difficulty VIP flight crews have in exercising...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
3rd Jan 2006, 21:50
Replies: 47
Views: 6,257
Posted By plt_aeroeng

Re: Denied Boarding by Air Canada after showing up on time -- then charged $400 to rebook

Another example of the "new" Air Canada and its attitudes. (I note that an AC pilot complained in the Canada forum that there is staff bitterness that they all took big pay cuts, yet management is...
Forum: Rotorheads
3rd Jan 2006, 21:22
Replies: 15
Views: 2,722
Posted By plt_aeroeng

Question Re: CH 53 "Upgrade"

Why so long (5+ years) till first flight? And then only four years to IOC, so all the support work will be compressed into a mad scramble.

It doesn't appear to include anything Sikorsky doesn't...
Forum: Rotorheads
15th Oct 2005, 14:05
Replies: 196
Views: 36,703
Posted By plt_aeroeng

Question Wire Strike Protection - opinions solicited

Wire cutter systems have been getting more penetration (sorry for the pun) in recent years, although they still aren't considered standard fit on helicopters which may be vulnerable to flying into...
Forum: Tech Log
22nd Aug 2005, 21:59
Replies: 17
Views: 4,220
Posted By plt_aeroeng

Decision Height was generally used for the...

Decision Height was generally used for the definition of the criteria for aborting, i.e. initiating missed approach, during an approach with vertical guidance, i.e. when on a glide slope. The FAA...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Jun 2005, 22:35
Replies: 11
Views: 4,701
Posted By plt_aeroeng

Times have changed. When I started...

Times have changed.

When I started operational flying in the dim distant past, accident rates had come down dramatically over the previous decade. Nevertheless, during my early years, between the...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th May 2005, 23:57
Replies: 322
Views: 74,325
Posted By plt_aeroeng

Well then, the relationship between FAR 129,...

Well then, the relationship between FAR 129, which governs operations by foreign air carriers in the US, and FAR 121 is contained in:

“Sec. 129.19

Air traffic rules and procedures.

(a) Each...
Forum: Rotorheads
16th Feb 2005, 01:04
Replies: 2,002
Views: 663,648
Posted By plt_aeroeng

self deployment vs. big hauler

Flt Safety

Some years ago, at the time when a C130 crashed at Alert (lat 80N+), I was associated with the then current effort to buy EH101s for Canadian SAR. We were considering whether to urge...
Forum: Rotorheads
16th Feb 2005, 01:04
Replies: 601
Views: 78,931
Posted By plt_aeroeng

self deployment vs. big hauler

Flt Safety

Some years ago, at the time when a C130 crashed at Alert (lat 80N+), I was associated with the then current effort to buy EH101s for Canadian SAR. We were considering whether to urge...
Forum: Questions
4th Jan 2005, 21:13
Replies: 9
Views: 2,421
Posted By plt_aeroeng

VLAD “surely if you depressurise at FL600+...

VLAD

“surely if you depressurise at FL600+ you are all for it anyway” I agree.

From my memory of aeromedical training, the partial pressure of blood is equal to a pressure altitude of about...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Dec 2004, 20:34
Replies: 82
Views: 22,159
Posted By plt_aeroeng

As a Canadian ex-maritime patrol pilot and...

As a Canadian ex-maritime patrol pilot and aerospace engineer who had some peripheral involvement with RMPA and BAe during the solicitation of interest phase, I wish MRA4 the best.

I also agree...
Forum: Tech Log
22nd Nov 2004, 22:06
Replies: 46
Views: 9,662
Posted By plt_aeroeng

411A, That's almost but not entirely...

411A,

That's almost but not entirely accurate. I flew one of those old 4 engine piston transports (Wright R3350 turbo compounds), albeit a military one for which range was more important than...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
21st Nov 2004, 18:55
Replies: 8
Views: 7,218
Posted By plt_aeroeng

Just last week I was telling a sweet young thing...

Just last week I was telling a sweet young thing who was terrified of her first ever flight, which was to be on a CRJ, that although they have been flying for some years and there are 1000 or so...
Forum: Questions
20th Nov 2004, 18:51
Replies: 21
Views: 9,378
Posted By plt_aeroeng

I personally have only needed to perform circling...

I personally have only needed to perform circling approaches in anger a few times. Each time, I came to the opinion that unless the circling minima are near to VFR, they are an invitation to...
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Nov 2004, 21:22
Replies: 632
Views: 164,388
Posted By plt_aeroeng

L Zuckerman - Astonishing claim that the...

L Zuckerman -

Astonishing claim that the Sikorsky offering is closer to the delivery configuration than the US101 offering.

From an outsider's point of view, it would appear that it takes much...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Nov 2004, 01:15
Replies: 12
Views: 2,437
Posted By plt_aeroeng

fac51: Some years ago, during Typhoon...

fac51: Some years ago, during Typhoon definition, I was touring DERA Farnborough and watched a man in the loop simulation of a many to many air combat over the channel. My host commented that their...
Forum: Rotorheads
1st Nov 2004, 20:39
Replies: 196
Views: 36,703
Posted By plt_aeroeng

I was going to suggest that wire cutter systems...

I was going to suggest that wire cutter systems should be mandated for all new helos, which is a belief that I hold, but:

After reflection, wire cutters are probably not applicable to this...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Oct 2004, 01:12
Replies: 146
Views: 60,134
Posted By plt_aeroeng

Gumbi: After rereading the report, I agree...

Gumbi:

After rereading the report, I agree with you: the crew did do a 360 before landing (P 8), and thus did handle their descent profile well.

In any case, I had no real issues with their...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Oct 2004, 00:41
Replies: 146
Views: 60,134
Posted By plt_aeroeng

For Mac: You are being overly kind to the...

For Mac:

You are being overly kind to the crew. After reading all 103 pp. of the report, my conclusion is that the Portuguese are also being overly kind.

To begin, one of my old instructors...
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Oct 2004, 02:00
Replies: 16
Views: 6,513
Posted By plt_aeroeng

Responding to Nick's comment about the A-1 in...

Responding to Nick's comment about the A-1 in 'Nam, I recall some of us talking to a Spad driver at the time and he told us that on one occasion he was acting as a forward air controller for some...
Forum: Canada
28th Sep 2004, 16:05
Replies: 4
Views: 2,536
Posted By plt_aeroeng

Just back from a holiday and saw this. I met...

Just back from a holiday and saw this.

I met him when he was an Air Commodore overseeing the RMC and I was a cadet.

All were impressed by him then, and even more when we heard his history.

A...
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