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Forum: Tech Log
25th Aug 2011, 16:03
Replies: 3,435
Views: 1,673,561
Posted By stepwilk

Not quite the same thing, but remember Cessna's...

Not quite the same thing, but remember Cessna's "Drive it up, drive it back down" advertising campaign of the 1950/'60s?
Forum: Tech Log
24th Aug 2011, 02:08
Replies: 3,435
Views: 1,673,561
Posted By stepwilk

160 pages in, and this should have been said--and...

160 pages in, and this should have been said--and of course has been any number of times--maybe 150 pages ago and this thread closed. Deal with it.
Forum: Tech Log
21st Aug 2011, 15:53
Replies: 3,435
Views: 1,673,561
Posted By stepwilk

So why did I ever bother practicing...

So why did I ever bother practicing speedle/needle/airball? I could have just phoned it in as an "instrumentation problem."
Forum: Tech Log
18th Aug 2011, 00:02
Replies: 3,435
Views: 1,673,561
Posted By stepwilk

Ah, yes the posters who have never, ever been on...

Ah, yes the posters who have never, ever been on a flight deck can tell us what it sounds like, what it feels like, what it looks like, how flightcrew member interact...incredibly helpful! Thank you...
Forum: Tech Log
17th Aug 2011, 14:19
Replies: 3,435
Views: 1,673,561
Posted By stepwilk

I'm sure that after 150-odd pages of opinions,...

I'm sure that after 150-odd pages of opinions, there will be more than enough available to decry this excellent article, but the author, Peter Garrison--an occasional poster here--has, I think, done...
Forum: Tech Log
16th Aug 2011, 14:12
Replies: 3,435
Views: 1,673,561
Posted By stepwilk

Nah, not possible. Actually, the Strike Finder...

Nah, not possible. Actually, the Strike Finder was preceded by the Stormscope, as I remember, and they were both a big deal/new invention when I was at Flying Magazine in the mid-1970s. Penny was...
Forum: Tech Log
14th Aug 2011, 01:08
Replies: 3,435
Views: 1,673,561
Posted By stepwilk

Ever used one? Somehow I doubt it.

Ever used one? Somehow I doubt it.
Forum: Tech Log
13th Aug 2011, 23:38
Replies: 3,435
Views: 1,673,561
Posted By stepwilk

The ones I've flown, you "fly the needle," or...

The ones I've flown, you "fly the needle," or lights, or indicator bar. In other words, If the needle/bar is slowly heading upward on the panel instrument, deeper into the yellow band and toward the...
Forum: Tech Log
4th Aug 2011, 21:23
Replies: 3,435
Views: 1,673,561
Posted By stepwilk

Oh, yeah, that'll do it...sort of like my...

Oh, yeah, that'll do it...sort of like my half-hour of CPR training three years ago. "Where do the hands go, again?"
Forum: Tech Log
27th Jul 2011, 22:50
Replies: 3,435
Views: 1,673,561
Posted By stepwilk

As I'm sure you both know, Dr. (and writer) Atul...

As I'm sure you both know, Dr. (and writer) Atul Gawande's work has been important in this regard.
Forum: Tech Log
26th Jul 2011, 11:12
Replies: 3,435
Views: 1,673,561
Posted By stepwilk

For a Cessna 172 pilot, this is "experienced." ...

For a Cessna 172 pilot, this is "experienced." For an air-transport pilot, not.
Forum: Tech Log
16th Jun 2011, 18:36
Replies: 3,435
Views: 1,673,561
Posted By stepwilk

You're missing the fact that "swapping places" on...

You're missing the fact that "swapping places" on a flight deck in the middle of turbulence and an extreme flight-control situation isn't quite the same as moving from the sofa to a Barcalounger in a...
Forum: Tech Log
15th Jun 2011, 17:12
Replies: 3,435
Views: 1,673,561
Posted By stepwilk

Sort of the air-transport version of the Cirrus...

Sort of the air-transport version of the Cirrus SR-20/22 BRS parachute, then...
Forum: Tech Log
13th Jun 2011, 16:14
Replies: 3,435
Views: 1,673,561
Posted By stepwilk

Hard to imagine that you've even read many posts,...

Hard to imagine that you've even read many posts, much less every one...
Forum: Tech Log
11th Jun 2011, 14:38
Replies: 3,435
Views: 1,673,561
Posted By stepwilk

golfyahnkeesierra makes it plain why modern...

golfyahnkeesierra makes it plain why modern "airmen" sometimes know nothing about airmanship. Just because his electric airplane's power levers stay in the climb detent, he thinks "You pull back to...
Forum: Tech Log
10th Jun 2011, 16:32
Replies: 3,435
Views: 1,673,561
Posted By stepwilk

Could we move this thread to Good Housekeeping...

Could we move this thread to Good Housekeeping Magazine's website, maybe, or Rolling Stone's? It is of no more value on an aviation forum.
Forum: Tech Log
3rd Jun 2011, 06:10
Replies: 3,435
Views: 1,673,561
Posted By stepwilk

Not at all. It's just that 1/after over 1,350...

Not at all. It's just that 1/after over 1,350 posts, anybody coming relatively fresh to the subject simply hasn't the time to read them all, so the same questions get asked and theorizations get...
Forum: Tech Log
2nd Jun 2011, 22:42
Replies: 3,435
Views: 1,673,561
Posted By stepwilk

At this point, 67 pages in, the thread is random...

At this point, 67 pages in, the thread is random noise.
Forum: Tech Log
31st May 2011, 22:52
Replies: 3,435
Views: 1,673,561
Posted By stepwilk

I think most of us figured it out a long time ago.

I think most of us figured it out a long time ago.
Forum: Tech Log
31st May 2011, 14:24
Replies: 3,435
Views: 1,673,561
Posted By stepwilk

Elledan, the Dutch news site is wrong. To be...

Elledan, the Dutch news site is wrong. To be sure of climbing over an ITCZ "lightning storm," the AF flight crew would have to have assumed they might well have to climb as high as 55,000 feet or...
Forum: Tech Log
30th May 2011, 15:36
Replies: 3,435
Views: 1,673,561
Posted By stepwilk

Unless I missed it, nobody seems to have...

Unless I missed it, nobody seems to have mentioned that the original worst-case theory--that the airplane flew into the mother and father of all ITCZ thunderstorms because it was radar-blanked by a...
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