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Forum: Tech Log

9th Jul 2011, 01:33

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AF 447 Thread no. 4

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Posted By Linktrained

Chris Scott #924 Said "even half the...

Chris Scott #924
Said "even half the possible THS of 13 NU is a frightening thought"
It has also been suggested that the PF may have inadvertently gripped the SS with his fingers gently,...

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6th Jul 2011, 23:44

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AF 447 Thread no. 4

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Posted By Linktrained

ChristiaanJ, #871 I was not proposing that...

ChristiaanJ, #871

I was not proposing that any of "my" sets of data should be used on an aircraft ( even if I knew how to prepare such stuff... I don't !)

Of the cast for the "scenario", two...

Forum: Tech Log

6th Jul 2011, 15:51

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AF 447 Thread no. 4

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Posted By Linktrained

We have seen a number of threads speculating on...

We have seen a number of threads speculating on "how to stall" an AB 330.
Does anyone have access to a suitable simulator to see if or how the Captain might have recovered the aircraft, when he...

Forum: Tech Log

4th Jul 2011, 19:14

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AF 447 Thread no. 4

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Posted By Linktrained

P3s

I was a CRP of sorts or a P3 on Yorks in the 1950s. We had to have 4 on the flight deck for our trooping contract, for 40 Troops and one RAF AQM. After 230 hours as the fourth man, I did my "Legal...

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2nd Jul 2011, 16:28

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AF 447 Thread no. 4

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Posted By Linktrained

Obeisance

I bow to BOAC's response... I was only asking, due to my own inexperience of operating much above M .5 and F/L 25.0. I usually had fans on the wings, which I could see rotate at a reasonable speed...

Forum: Tech Log

2nd Jul 2011, 12:05

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AF 447 Thread no. 4

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Posted By Linktrained

Retired F4's flight deck sounds ideal, just red,...

Retired F4's flight deck sounds ideal, just red, yellow and green actions to worry about. ("simples !") Even I might cope...

AF447's PF was for the time Acting Captain. They had not been able to...

Forum: Tech Log

1st Jul 2011, 22:07

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AF 447 Thread no. 4

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Posted By Linktrained

hand flying

The answers to my query in #544 about hand flying at cruising level appear to be "Not if I can avoid it..."
The PF on AF447 may have seldom hand flown at cruising level. If, and just if, he had...

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30th Jun 2011, 17:26

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AF 447 Thread no. 4

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Posted By Linktrained

Pitch

thanks Grity,

I will modify my two extra A/Hs to flash a warning light if my pitch exceeds say 5 degrees but this should be modified to allow for lower altitudes - and I am trying to manage...

Forum: Tech Log

30th Jun 2011, 14:23

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AF 447 Thread no. 4

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Posted By Linktrained

From my armchair I have had fitted an old battery...

From my armchair I have had fitted an old battery powered A/H on each instrument panel on my own ABs (they are cheap enough for me to have two). Whilst not as accurate as the full glass panel,...

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29th Jun 2011, 18:09

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AF 447 Thread no. 4

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Posted By Linktrained

C of G

Hand flying Yorks, only 60 years ago, when the Captain went aft to where the toilets were situated, as the F/O hand-flying, I found that it was easier to get the aircraft to fly "on the step" with...

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