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RE: Maintaining That Centreline

Since you are a private pilot. How do you maintain the centerline in your <acronym title="Garuda Indonesia">GA</acronym> aircraft? it's the same way. When I went from single engine to multi engine, I kept taxiing/landing left of centerline until I learned/figured out the cues to put me on centerline...

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RE: Update On New San Diego Airport Site Selection

I just looked over the sites selected as potential replacements for Lindbergh... and I'd like to know who the numb-nut is who said March ARB in Riverside would be a suitable replacement.... John Wayne would be closer than Riverside for crying out loud. MCAS Miramar would be a convenient solution, bu...

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RE: Airline Pilots In The Reserves?

Ummm... Totally unrelated, but you can't do 20 years in the Navy and be a civilian air traffic controller unless you did your 20 years in the <acronym title="Air Canada">AC</acronym> rating (May be time to think about conversion?) There is a statutory maximum age you can be to be hired by the FAA as...

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RE: Whats Needed For PPL Written?

And definitely don't forget to bring your CFI's endorsement to take the test. They won't let you take it without it.

Good Luck

Woodreau/KMVL

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RE: Hardcore Hobbyist Built Mock Cockpit 737

You can go to <a href="http://www.projectmagenta.com" target=_blank>http://www.projectmagenta.com</a> to see other people's cockpits. Project Magenta provides the software to do the glass cockpit. Looking at $650 to get the software to drive all the glass panels for the pilot, copilot and the two FM...

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RE: When Did You Get Your First Computer

My first computer was an Atari 800 with 48K, running at 0.77 MHz, 320x240 pixel screen resolution on a television screen and a 300bps modem, with 5-inch floppy drive that stored 180k per disk... My first <acronym title="Air Fiji and Continental Airways (Russian Federation)">PC</acronym> was an IBM <...

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Happy Birthday to the Air Force!

Happy Birthday Air Force!
(US of course)

A bit OT probably but...
You guys aren't too bad looking for 56 years of age...

Woodreau / KMVL

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RE: USN Plane Off Carrier, Into Drink

For what it's worth, just about all but two are released from the hospital. The last two are still in, one for a fractured skull and the other for a fractured limbs (I'm guessing the legs). So hoping for a speedy recovery for the last two. The damage to aircraft was mainly to to the landing gear of ...

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RE: Isabelle - Where Are They Sending The Aircraft

I'll stab at the ship part of the question. Every port has a standing emergency dispersal task organization set up, with assignments published every week. So the organization is already set up in the event the fleet has to sortie. - hurricane, terrorist attack on the country, etc... The commanders a...

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RE: Runway Markings And Stripes

Here are some references for you located on the FAA's website in the Airport Advisory Circulars. The circular you are looking for is <acronym title="Air Canada">AC</acronym> 150/5340-1H Standards for Runway Markings. <a href="http://www2.faa.gov/arp/pdf/Fig1.pdf" target=_blank>http://www2.faa.gov/ar...

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RE: Vail/Eagle, Colorado (EGE) Approach

Unless you're employed by American Airlines and are flying a suitably equipped American aircraft, most people can't fly that particular approach pictured immediately above. My description was based using two (LOC <acronym title="Moscow - Domodedovo (DME / UUDD), Russia">DME</acronym>-C and LOC-B) of...

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RE: Vail/Eagle, Colorado (EGE) Approach

It's not an offset-ILS, instead it's an offset localizer, the difference being an ILS would provide vertical guidance with a glideslope, a localizer does not. It's not offset that much, final approach course is 251, the runway heading is 250. There are two approaches using that particular offset loc...

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RE: Does Anyone Use NOS, Because Jepp Is...

To me it seems that you're basically paying the same price. $30 x 6 or 7 times a year = $180-210. or $200 subscription for a year. The difference is whether you're paying upfront or spread out over a year. But the initial price you buy 2 items: the initial issue and the subscription service. The ren...

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RE: Want To Be An ATP. What Should I Do?

Well you can click on the username and find out your name... This thread's been running a while, so I'm a bit late jumping in here... If y'all do decide on the military route to get to the airline cockpit, just make sure you know what you are really getting yourself into. There's countless other thr...

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RE: DEN 16R

Kind of wondering the same thing myself, a whole package of charts with new approaches for the new runway and revised approaches for the other runways showed up in the mail...

Woodreau / KMVL

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RE: ATC Clearance

You mean like this?

I found this somewhere but I have no idea where it is located on the internet and I have no idea who to credit... (Apologies to the photographer. )

Woodreau / KMVL

[Edited 2003-09-06 00:22:18]

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RE: Longest Flight For A Prop?

Well the absolute longest flight for a prop plane is all the way around the world in (I think) 9 days. Rutan and Yeager in their Voyager aircraft. Took off from Edwards <acronym title="Rome - Griffiss Airpark (AFB) (RME / KRME), USA - New York">AFB</acronym>, landed at Edwards <acronym title="Rome -...

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RE: Your First Real IMC Approach As PIC?

As everyone else has affirmed, finding the approach lights and the runway after breaking out is quite an immense relief. My first approach was almost to minimums. It was only a marine layer that's quite common in Southern California. I was returning from Ontario and arrived at Montgomery around midn...

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RE: 50 States Commemorative Quarter

You can also get the state quarters with the S mint mark (from San Francisco) in addition to the ones with the P and D marks. But the San Francisco minted quarters aren't minted for general circulation. Instead of normal 8% nickel-92% copper composition that are comprised in the circulation quarters...

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RE: Can You Add A Section In Your Logbook?

>>As Learpilot said, you really only need to log time to show that you meet the requirements for a certificate or rating, and to show currency. And to grovel to the insurance companies that you are worthy enough for them to insure you.... Cheers <img src="/discussions/graphics/smile.gif" ALT="...

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RE: Passenger Seats Facing Backwards

The seats on a Navy C-2 Greyhound COD aircraft face backwards. So when you get catapulted off the flight deck, the restraint harnesses hold you in the seat as you get pressed into the harness. The going joke played on newbies is "Close your eyes during the shot, otherwise your eyeballs will pop out....

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RE: Help With Buying A Teleconvertor For Nikon

(Sorry misunderstood the question.)

Cheers
Woodreau / KMVL

[Edited 2003-08-17 08:17:16]

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RE: Places To Live In San Diego....

Pretty much anywhere is close to Coronado. If you are stationed at NASNI, the only problem you'll run into is when the carriers are in port then the traffic across the Coronado Bay Bridge during rush hour will turn the normal 10-15 minute drive into 30-45 minutes, even if you live downtown. I used t...

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RE: Airspace Reform

As the other two people have stated, there is no difference between class G and class E airspace when the weather is good. Only when weather drops below VFR does the class E have an effect. The US changed from its airspace classification to conform to ICAO airspace classification in the early 90's. ...

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RE: Polish Navy Helicopter

er... the Estocin had too many problems for the transfer so Morrison was transferred to Poland instead. All OHP frigates have the corrosion problem no matter where they were based as the hull is steel and the superstructure is aluminum so you get bimetallic corrosion where the two dissimilar metals ...

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RE: H-60 Helicopters

There is a <acronym title="Aeris (France)">SH</acronym>-60R that will be replacing the B and F models. Most will be rebuilds, some new construction from what I hear. I'd imagine that they'd keep a lot of the capabilities of the B model. Cheers <img src="/discussions/graphics/smile.gif" ALT="Sm...

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RE: H-60 Helicopters

There are two versions of the <acronym title="Aeris (France)">SH</acronym>-60 as L-188 has mentioned. The <acronym title="Aeris (France)">SH</acronym>-60B and <acronym title="Aeris (France)">SH</acronym>-60F. The -60B is the more versatile variant of the two. The -60F being more limited and quite us...

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RE: Polish Navy Helicopter

The second Polish OHP frigate was the ex-USS Samuel Eliot Morrison (FFG-13). Originally USS Estocin (FFG-15) was supposed to go over to Poland, but she was in a little too poor of a shape to be transferred. So Morrison's crew was transferred to Estocin (as the Estocin crew was already stood down and...

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RE: Why In Aviation People Use Imperial System?

Well actually ICAO is the organization which publishes an international recommended standard units of measure for aviation. But each country's aviation authority specifies what units will be used in that particular country. The different units of measure between each country can be found in each cou...

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RE: SAR Helicopter Operations

As Bobrayner says, the rotor blades moving thru the air cause the static electricity build up. When the rescue strop / device is lowered by winch, the entire aparatus is at one electrical potential. So when the wince/rescue device is lowered and contacts the ground, it completes the circuit and grou...

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RE: Ever Have Flight Lessons Where Nothing Goes Right?

I'm jumping in a little bit late here... a light twin is a much more complex aircraft than a single engine piston. I thought I wouldn't have hard time flying a twin, but I kept falling behind the aircraft. Everything just happens faster, even faster than the complex single engine. It takes time to g...

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RE: Gliding An Airliner/GA Aircraft With No Engine(s)

I guess I've always just followed the best glide speed published in the POH. I never really sat down and thought about the whole theory of it all. A Cessna 172 published best glide speed is 75 kts. pitch for it then trim out the forces. My instructor would say - just put the trim wheel at full nose ...

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RE: VFR Chart Question--VFR Checkpoints

The VPLHP is the database waypoint identifier for the VFR checkpoint. It's not meant to be pronouncable, and it has no significance to ATC. You're not supposed to use it for communications with ATC. Instead you tell ATC that you're at "Huntington Pier," but if you need to navigate direct to it, you ...

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RE: Air Froce For Comercial Training

And after 10 years of service, you're already 1/2 way to retirement ... only 10 more years to get a 50% paycheck every month for the rest of your life. And at 41/42 years old, there's still time to pick up another career.

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RE: Parallel Runway Operations

Also in the same link if you go to the Airman's Information Manual under chapter 5, 5-4-12 thru 5-4-16 discusses the parallel/simultaneous instrument approaches to parallel runways, the separation requirements are greater when you go below VFR minimums. Looking thru the 7110.65 I can find the VFR mi...

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RE: What Form Is The APU...

(On a modern airliner) It runs on the same fuel that the engines use. Now on a ship the APU can be used to provide emergency propulsion in the even the ship's main engines are taken out of action, say by a missile or something like that. It can pull a frigate thru the water at 3-4kts. It has other u...

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RE: Has Anyone Been In A Full-motion Flight Simulator?

The F-14 simulator was well used, you could see the worn panels. The visuals were in color, but not FS98 or FS2002 quality. Things were blocky But you could make out types of aircraft and the runway environment. The carrier was recognizable as a carrier. I noticed that there was a separate projector...

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RE: United States Merchant Marine.....

The merchant marine is not a military branch of service and are not affiliated with any military service. I would say it's a collective term for all civilian mariners with a US merchant marine document (equivalent to a airman's certificate) It's kind of funny because of all the mariner's I've talked...

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RE: UHF Direction Navigation

At least on the US side of the house, VHF navaids didn't provide the level of performance the military required. So the military developed TACAN vice the civilian VOR navaids. TACAN provides azimuth and distance, whereas VORs only provide azimuth. When a VOR is paired with a <acronym title="Moscow -...

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RE: ILS And Navigation Questions

I guess I'll give it a shot and add to the confusion... If the procedure is labeled ILS/<acronym title="Moscow - Domodedovo (DME / UUDD), Russia">DME</acronym>, then you are required to have equipment to receive the ILS localizer/glideslope and <acronym title="Moscow - Domodedovo (DME / UUDD), Russi...

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RE: Has Anyone Been In A Full-motion Flight Simulator?

Well it's OBE with MidnightMike's offer of $99 for 30 minutes in Long Beach... But ... ATOP, Inc is offering a 2-day 737 intro course for $435 at Continental's Flight training facility. It's not affillated with Continental, the company just uses Continental's facilities. You get 10 hours ground trai...

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RE: Usaf "Airliners"

The Navy C-40A's were purchased to replace the Navy's C-9A's I think 4 are based in Fort Worth (pretty sure about this) and 2 are in Willow Grove? (more iffy about this) Navy Reserve squadron <acronym title="TACV C Verde Airlines">VR</acronym>-57 flies the ones in Fort Worth. The other two are flown...

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RE: U.S. Helicopter Crash In Sicily

I'm a bit befuddled with the fascination in US military aircraft crashes, but the one in Sicily was a Navy <acronym title="Malaysia Airlines">MH</acronym>-53E, BuNo 163068, which crashed returning to the field during a training mission. The Marine Corps also lost an <acronym title="Avianca (Colombia...

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RE: U.S. Forces In Liberia

Well as you can see from the pictures the helos are operated by a company called ICI under contract to the US govt...

Cheers
Woodreau/KMVL

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RE: ILS Y

I guess I'll venture since no one has bitten. Although in Kodiak's case, this explanation doesn't make any sense. When there are two same type approaches to the same runway, e.g. two ILS approaches to the same runway, they differentiate them by using a letter starting from the end of the alphabet wo...

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RE: Dubya And Air Force One At MIA Monday

I don't know if anyone's tried this. But check the NOTAMs for the effective times for the TFR's which follow the president and Air Force One. AF1 and President are supposed to arrive during the timeframe of the NOTAM. Like for the time when he visited San Diego for the ride out to the Abraham Lincol...

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RE: F-14s At LGA (pictures)

Basically naval aviators don't flare. - it would take up too much of that 700-foot runway they're trying to put it down on. Plus the Navy aircraft are built for the extra shock and forces associated with no flare landings. Try this with an F-15 or F-16 and I'll venture to guess you'd probably put th...

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RE: How Old Is Too Old?

You know the B-52's will be over 90 years old when they are scheduled for retirement at 2035/2040.

Cheers
Woodreau / KMVL

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RE: How Many Aircraft In A Group/Squadron Ect

<a href="http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/index.html" target=_blank>http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/index.html</a> has a pretty good breakdown of the organization of US military aviation units. Different services have different philospohies on what a wing, group, and squad...

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RE: Five Hours In BOS!

Just so your brother-in-law won't offend any locals, the subway is called the "T" The last time I was in Boston, the locals I talked to scoffed at me when I asked them were the metro/subway station was... "Subway? Where are you from? Do you mean T stop?...." Cheers <img src="/discussions/graph...

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