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Forum: Tech Log
20th Sep 2013, 19:12
Replies: 1,033
Views: 503,553
Posted By flarepilot

749 connie...did you happen to know the crew lost...

749 connie...did you happen to know the crew lost in the libyan raid? I went to college with the weapons systems officer.
Forum: Tech Log
17th Sep 2013, 20:00
Replies: 1,033
Views: 503,553
Posted By flarepilot

lonewolf I truly doubt you taught anyone I...

lonewolf

I truly doubt you taught anyone I know how to fly. I'd almost bet that I got my com/cfi before you.

and dear lonewolf...if you are at 701' and the wx is 1000' and 3, the conditions...
Forum: Tech Log
17th Sep 2013, 19:25
Replies: 1,033
Views: 503,553
Posted By flarepilot

A squared, thanks for explaining the obvious to...

A squared, thanks for explaining the obvious to lonewolf...obvious to a professional aviator...I salute you and thanks that I don't have to answer it myself.

AND someone pointed out RADAR REQUIRED...
Forum: Tech Log
15th Sep 2013, 18:03
Replies: 1,033
Views: 503,553
Posted By flarepilot

I've read this thread from page one. So much...

I've read this thread from page one.

So much information, so little wisdom.


Change things is the cry...old ways don't work.

Pilots screw up? Or are they lead down the garden path to...
Forum: Tech Log
13th Sep 2013, 19:38
Replies: 1,033
Views: 503,553
Posted By flarepilot

Were landing lights found on?

wondering if landing lights were on during this apch? and to clarify I mean the airplane's landing lights not runway lights (for those not in the USA).

anyone know the position the switches in...
Forum: Tech Log
13th Sep 2013, 00:54
Replies: 1,033
Views: 503,553
Posted By flarepilot

I've recalled a number of airports with warnings...

I've recalled a number of airports with warnings on approach plates...something like: CAUTION, do not mistake freeway lights for runway lights.

sure you have seen something like this...
Forum: Tech Log
12th Sep 2013, 13:36
Replies: 1,033
Views: 503,553
Posted By flarepilot

reason for call: runway in sight 1. pilot...

reason for call: runway in sight

1. pilot thought runway was in sight

2. pilot heard sink rate alarm and said what he said a thousand times before in a pavlovian response.

3. pilots lied...
Forum: Tech Log
8th Sep 2013, 13:38
Replies: 1,033
Views: 503,553
Posted By flarepilot

when gadgets fail. many years ago (over...

when gadgets fail.

many years ago (over thirty), I had complete RNAV charts for the USA...enroute and approach.

I'm sure you all remember the old RNAV systems, so I won't explain them here.
...
Forum: Tech Log
8th Sep 2013, 02:38
Replies: 1,033
Views: 503,553
Posted By flarepilot

aterpster agree...if you are flying a...

aterpster

agree...if you are flying a localizer on an HSI always put in the front course.

there is an odd sort of departure out of roanoke...flew with a nice guy navy p3 guy and he didn't know...
Forum: Tech Log
6th Sep 2013, 14:09
Replies: 1,033
Views: 503,553
Posted By flarepilot

cappn blog disagree...you may have read that...

cappn blog

disagree...you may have read that the autothrottles were armed but not engaged...speed would not have been maintained unless the biological pilots had acted
Forum: Tech Log
6th Sep 2013, 00:20
Replies: 1,033
Views: 503,553
Posted By flarepilot

Back in the day, I used a number of tricks to...

Back in the day, I used a number of tricks to back off an MDA and timing to make a visual descent point.

I would explain how easy it was and how well it worked...plus using 5 times your...
Forum: Tech Log
5th Sep 2013, 14:39
Replies: 1,033
Views: 503,553
Posted By flarepilot

there are known problems in flying...the art ,...

there are known problems in flying...the art , repeat art of flying demands that we know where the traps are.

before I learned to fly, and that was over 38 years ago, ALPA requested that all jet...
Forum: Tech Log
2nd Sep 2013, 22:53
Replies: 1,033
Views: 503,553
Posted By flarepilot

tubby I would just add to that: visual...

tubby

I would just add to that: visual miscues leading pilots to believe they were OK to descend to the runway.

I've flown to BHM quite a bit and always found it an ODD sort of airport...a bit...
Forum: Tech Log
2nd Sep 2013, 19:16
Replies: 1,033
Views: 503,553
Posted By flarepilot

if they were flying the loc/dme apch, why has...

if they were flying the loc/dme apch, why has there been so much mention of RNAV and everything else, GPS etc.

it seems to me that you level off at MDA and either see the runway or not...if not ,...
Forum: Tech Log
2nd Sep 2013, 13:38
Replies: 1,033
Views: 503,553
Posted By flarepilot

HAS the NtSB RELEASED FACTUAL DATA AS TO KNOW IF...

HAS the NtSB RELEASED FACTUAL DATA AS TO KNOW IF THE PLANE WAS MAKING THE loc/DME APCH OR THE RNAV APCH?

I think all the gadgets in the world really don't make for a better approach than a loc/dme...
Forum: Tech Log
31st Aug 2013, 22:35
Replies: 1,033
Views: 503,553
Posted By flarepilot

PJ2 WOW...that's a great story...and I...

PJ2

WOW...that's a great story...and I believe you.

The odd thing about modern aviation is that many methods were made for the mind and not the box.
Forum: Tech Log
31st Aug 2013, 13:28
Replies: 1,033
Views: 503,553
Posted By flarepilot

landing flap and three...

landing flap and three green...wow...brilliant...KISS (keep it simple stupid).

descend to arrive at the MDA prior to missed approach point and look out window...see runway and proceed visually.
...
Forum: Tech Log
14th Aug 2013, 22:19
Replies: 1,033
Views: 503,553
Posted By flarepilot

dear A4 OTS means OUT of Service.

dear A4

OTS means OUT of Service.
Forum: Tech Log
14th Aug 2013, 19:12
Replies: 1,033
Views: 503,553
Posted By flarepilot

just read the altimeter setting and it was not...

just read the altimeter setting and it was not too far off standard, so I am thinking it wasn't altimetry...29.97 is close enough to 29.92 that it shouldn't have caused the crash...
Forum: Tech Log
14th Aug 2013, 18:40
Replies: 1,033
Views: 503,553
Posted By flarepilot

000

an earlier post of mine offered a GUESS as to what happened. it has been called inane among other things.

a cloud deck at 700' agl on a localizer dme approach that gets you to 600' is a bit...
Forum: Tech Log
14th Aug 2013, 13:36
Replies: 1,033
Views: 503,553
Posted By flarepilot

IF memory serves, birmingham is a special airport...

IF memory serves, birmingham is a special airport (among 16 others) in the US that have special concerns mainly due to terrain.

invite others to double check...don't have my jepps with me
...
Forum: Tech Log
14th Aug 2013, 13:24
Replies: 1,033
Views: 503,553
Posted By flarepilot

yes, its a guess, say again GUESS: non...

yes, its a guess, say again GUESS:

non precision approach, night or semi night conditions , wondering if they had the runway in sight and lost it in low scud, or somehow decieved by low hanging...
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