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2nd Aug 2016, 16:43

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Squawk [code] "coming down!"

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Posted By Uplinker

I don't speak German, but I think their sentence...

I don't speak German, but I think their sentence construction is 'backwards' compared to English?

So when they respond to an ATC clearance, they sound as though they are giving a command rather...

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23rd Jul 2016, 19:23

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Squawk [code] "coming down!"

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Posted By Uplinker

What is wrong with that? Q "Are you ready?" A...

What is wrong with that? Q "Are you ready?" A "ready on reaching" = No not at the moment, but we will be ready by the time we reach the holding point eg, waiting for engine warm-up time to elapse. In...

Forum: Tech Log

23rd Jul 2016, 19:17

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Squawk [code] "coming down!"

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Posted By Uplinker

Ha ha ! Fair enough, I stand corrected. Put it...

Ha ha ! Fair enough, I stand corrected. Put it down to fatigue or stupidity on my part ! :ok:

(but I guess you meant transgression?)

Forum: Tech Log

21st Jul 2016, 07:54

Replies: 104

Squawk [code] "coming down!"

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Posted By Uplinker

No, I was talking about the actual...

No, I was talking about the actual technicallities of engineering what we used to call "talk through", which is actually fairly simple to achieve and would consist of a box of electronics costing a...

Forum: Tech Log

20th Jul 2016, 17:49

Replies: 104

Squawk [code] "coming down!"

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Posted By Uplinker

That should not cost millions. All that is needed...

That should not cost millions. All that is needed is for the receive audio from each receiver in a group to be fed to every transmitter in a group, along with a PTT signal derived from the presence...

Forum: Tech Log

19th Jul 2016, 11:15

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Squawk [code] "coming down!"

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Posted By Uplinker

Must be bloody annoying I grant you. Trouble...

Must be bloody annoying I grant you.

Trouble is, if ATC keep covering for pilots' mistakes, then eventually the airwaves become saturated.

Not so much of an issue with CPDLC of course, but we...

Forum: Tech Log

18th Jul 2016, 12:20

Replies: 104

Squawk [code] "coming down!"

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Posted By Uplinker

Yes ! A real pain. In some parts of the...

Yes ! A real pain. In some parts of the Caribbean, after every ATC instruction: We read it back and then action it and say to each other in the cockpit "Mach descent 310 blue" "check 310 blue" or...

Forum: Tech Log

12th Jul 2016, 11:24

Replies: 104

Squawk [code] "coming down!"

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Posted By Uplinker

A bit like "Xx center, Acorn three too won comin'...

A bit like "Xx center, Acorn three too won comin' down too too oh passing three won oh smooth" (spoken rapidly as if speaker's hair is on fire)

Probably only sounds cool to the person speaking it....

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