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Forum: Tech Log
22nd Feb 2013, 11:22
Replies: 1,064
Views: 185,319
Posted By Linktrained

" We have been NU for a while" If the Captain...

" We have been NU for a while"
If the Captain had been told that this was for over 2 minutes... By then it might well have been too late.
PF might not have known. It is difficult to estimate time...
Forum: Tech Log
30th Sep 2012, 17:18
Replies: 1,064
Views: 185,319
Posted By Linktrained

Dozy, Just how much of the range that is...

Dozy,
Just how much of the range that is possible of NU on the THS would be used in a normal cruising flight at altitude ?
You have flown the sim ( with any limitations that may or may not have...
Forum: Tech Log
30th Sep 2012, 12:06
Replies: 1,064
Views: 185,319
Posted By Linktrained

The Captain ( and the other two pilots) may well...

The Captain ( and the other two pilots) may well have seen that the THS was moving, as it does, usually and quite normally, untouched by human hand, but may not have noticed that the direction was...
Forum: Tech Log
30th Sep 2012, 01:07
Replies: 1,064
Views: 185,319
Posted By Linktrained

Dozy #536 As a Rapide Captain ( nowhere for...

Dozy #536
As a Rapide Captain ( nowhere for a F/O to sit !) I had to "sign-out" the 1179 form that my Chief Pilot ( who was also my employer) was "fit to fly in command."
A/Ps on later types...
Forum: Tech Log
23rd Sep 2012, 23:37
Replies: 1,064
Views: 185,319
Posted By Linktrained

In the 1950s and 1960s there were far more...

In the 1950s and 1960s there were far more aircraft accidents as a proportion of the world transport fleets. Many then seemed to have a number of causes or contributing factors, often three or more....
Forum: Tech Log
22nd Sep 2012, 16:11
Replies: 1,064
Views: 185,319
Posted By Linktrained

An Indicator ?

For much of the event the THS was at full NU, IIRC. I believe that this was not commented upon by the crew. It may not be normally scanned even whilst it was within view of all. Is full NU "normal"...
Forum: Tech Log
20th Sep 2012, 14:13
Replies: 1,064
Views: 185,319
Posted By Linktrained

Startled ?

I cannot know whether this was the case :
IF PF had seldom ( if ever) manually flown an A330 - except premeditatedly for a very few minutes after T/O and again, just prior to Landing, both of these...
Forum: Tech Log
10th Sep 2012, 23:09
Replies: 1,064
Views: 185,319
Posted By Linktrained

RR-NDB #336 Quote: " The AS probes...

RR-NDB #336

Quote:

" The AS probes and ADR after the brief " cold" operated PERFECTLY. It was a single occurrence of an intermittent failure well documented earlier."

How was a pilot to...
Forum: Tech Log
4th Sep 2012, 14:06
Replies: 1,064
Views: 185,319
Posted By Linktrained

HN39 Thank you for the corrections on French...

HN39
Thank you for the corrections on French gliding licences. ( I did say "used..." I should have added that this was in the early 1950s. Things change...) I held a Brevet D, there was no question...
Forum: Tech Log
3rd Sep 2012, 16:42
Replies: 1,064
Views: 185,319
Posted By Linktrained

PF was a glider pilot... but it is not clear at...

PF was a glider pilot... but it is not clear at what level. A French Brevet B used to require a flight making two turns before landing. A Brevet C required a longer flight with a gain of height for...
Forum: Tech Log
1st Sep 2012, 23:51
Replies: 1,064
Views: 185,319
Posted By Linktrained

An Emergency Descent, for whatever reason,...

An Emergency Descent, for whatever reason, probably starts at Altitude and at cruising speed. Would "10 or 15 degrees ND pitch" be the kind of pitch which would be appropriate, if an Emergency...
Forum: Tech Log
25th Aug 2012, 17:16
Replies: 1,064
Views: 185,319
Posted By Linktrained

A very much earlier comment, from a couple of...

A very much earlier comment, from a couple of thousand years ago, was:
" Do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing."
Whilst this was related to giving, charity, in aviation...
Forum: Tech Log
25th Aug 2012, 12:56
Replies: 1,064
Views: 185,319
Posted By Linktrained

Mandatory RVSM with its potential lowering of ...

Mandatory RVSM with its potential lowering of the bottom cruising level makes it difficult for pilots to manually handle their aircraft at cruising levels. It ought to be possible for Air Traffic...
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