Agree with all that was said above. I'll add that in VFR conditions with east flow, they've generally been able to avoid 10R arrivals except for at peak times - this is preferable due to the extensive taxi time for a 10R arrival to get to the terminal complex. I'll also add that you can accurately p...
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Jump to postAlthough the standard flow (from my experience) for a north arrival sequenced into the south complex arrivals would tend to be an extended right downwind with a base turn through the north complex final, this is certainly used as well, especially during times of heavy traffic from the northeast (RII...
Jump to postThe fact of the matter is.. if <i>I</i> was the captain of the flight, there's no way that passenger would have set foot on my airplane. Safety does play a role here, folks. Some peoples' inability to accept responsibility for the fact that their actions endanger their own safety (such as being grav...
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Jump to postI've been working with a pair of Telex 50Ds for a year now, I'm quite well satisfied... they are durable as hell, and they're still the quietest headset out there. A big factor for me was the good passive rating, because those Boses are pretty terrible with the <acronym title="Antwerp - Deurne (ANR ...
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Jump to postA nice layer of black paint on the runway does wonders to get ice to go away, even when its -40 outside.
-Meister
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Jump to postThis last one is pretty much driving me up the wall... I thought I might get a point... but.. alas, confusion.
Meister
Technically any on-road diesel engine made after 2007 cannot run jet fuel, as is it not 'ultra low sulfur' and thus will theoretically clog the federally mandated exhaust particulate trap. However, knowing a thing or two about how the exhaust filter works, I'm about 95% certain that clogging shouldn...
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Jump to postI think the aircraft we have currently filling this market segment most directly would be the enormously successful Pilatus <acronym title="Air Fiji and Continental Airways (Russian Federation)">PC</acronym>-12. Compare fuel burns, speeds, cabin volumes, and you will see the 2 aircraft are very clos...
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Jump to postQuick question, not sure how many light airplane guys we have out there, but I figured this is driving me up a damn wall and here might be a good place to get an answer. What turns off the landing gear pump in a Piper Seneca <acronym title="Business Air (United Kingdom)">II</acronym> (1978 PA34-200T...
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Jump to postWell, lemme see... I'm at 330 for the last year, with 25 in the last month, but it has been kind of a slow summer flying-wise, so I'd imagine I would probably be over 400 for the year if I wasn't doing crazy things like being on call to fly into thunderstorms.
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Jump to postAs an instructor, you're quite likely acting as PIC, and if the students are under the hood, then you are most definitely acting as PIC.
You would need to be current to act as PIC.
So, yes, you would need to be current.
-Meister
... and had it been a Cirrus, it would have been gently deposited to the side of a mountain, where the occupants would have surely frozen to death under their rather un-insulative parachute.
-Meister
The school I work for recently had need to move several Piper Warriors, Arrows, and a Seminole from Hawaii. The Warriors and Arrow were crated, the Seminole got auxiliary tanks and was flown to California in one shot.
-Meister
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Jump to postThey were optional equipment, to be used in the generation of chemtrails
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Jump to postAh! Now the photog. choice and the most popular have switched sides! Mass confusion everywhere! Could we maybe stick with something instead of changing every two weeks? I liked it the old way, frankly, and I guess I see the point about exposure, but now there is going to be even more confusion over ...
Jump to postI'm with the rest of you, It doesn't add anything to the page.
-Meister
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Jump to postGuys, thanks for the support. We certainly appreciate it in Grand Forks, it's been a long week. Anyone in the area that is interested, there will be a memorial service at 1pm on Saturday 10/27 at the Chester Fritz Auditorium. As for the UND accident record, well, the numbers speak for themselves, so...
Jump to postThe story is also available here: <a href="http://www.grandforksherald.com/articles/index.cfm?id=54860§ion=homepage" target=_blank>http://www.grandforksherald.com/arti...es/index.cfm?id=54860§ion=homepage</a> and updates will be published as they are available at the Grand Forks Herald's site: <a hr...
Jump to postI was checking out Pilot Reports prior to going flying a few years back and ran across a PIREP of Extreme turbulence from a B737 somewhere in Arizona, I don't know exactly what it said, but I recall the Remarks section at the end being to the effect of: <acronym title="Air Moldova International">RM<...
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Jump to postThat would be what happens when the frame rate of the camera matches the rpm of the rotor blades. Fairly spectacular effect, though.
-Meister
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Jump to postSo I'm teaching IFR x-c procedures the other day and my student asks me if we have to have a transponder operating at all times when we are IFR. Now, clearly, if the aircraft was certified with a transponder, then we have to have one and it has to be operating, as per 14 <acronym title="Caen - Carpi...
Jump to postThanks - fixed the forward/back thing, brain fart on my part
Good to know I wasn't crazy.
-Meister