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- Tue Jun 14, 2011 9:47 pm
- Forum: Other Topics
- Topic: Chile Volcanic Ash
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1715
Re: Chile Volcanic Ash
It's getting into the jetstream which is doing all the work and moving it this way! The first cloud is nearly gone and risen by about 6,000ft now... but a second cloud is inbound and that is much lower at FL150... so really promises to cause havoc! Most operations are back to normal for the time bei...
- Sun Jun 12, 2011 4:52 am
- Forum: Other Topics
- Topic: Chile Volcanic Ash
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1715
Chile Volcanic Ash
Is now 2/3rds of the way around the planet and causing havoc here and in NZ. From 0900z all major Australian carriers have suspended operations from Melbourne Intl and Avalon Intl in Victoria, Launceston and Hobart Intl in Tasmania. NZ is virtually shut down as the cloud covers the entirety of the c...
- Sat Jun 11, 2011 12:18 am
- Forum: Aircraft Ownership
- Topic: Not selling - yet. . . Just looking for feedback
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8940
Re: Not selling - yet. . . Just looking for feedback
I think they are still too busy fixing up the last lot we bought!
Must be good money in building submarines then!
your country might get another airplane in the country!
Must be good money in building submarines then!

- Sat Jun 11, 2011 12:16 am
- Forum: Other Topics
- Topic: ATPL-theory (JAA) = Passed
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1065
Re: ATPL-theory (JAA) = Passed
Well done! The ATPL theory is no mean feat!
I still proudly remember the day I passed the last exam... and quietly swore to myself that I'd never enter that testing centre ever again!
I still proudly remember the day I passed the last exam... and quietly swore to myself that I'd never enter that testing centre ever again!
- Sat Jun 04, 2011 10:54 pm
- Forum: Listener Mail
- Topic: Lasers at KORD
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1360
Re: Lasers at KORD
Down under we generally have at least one a week in each capital city. People (normally teenagers) with no brains or lives. On the up side there has been at least two Police Helicopters that have been lased and they have landed nearby and given chase to the morons... at least one arrest that I'm awa...
- Mon May 30, 2011 10:06 pm
- Forum: Listener Mail
- Topic: Alaska Airlines ditches paper flight manuals for iPads
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1162
Re: Alaska Airlines ditches paper flight manuals for iPads
I'm just waiting for the day we hear "Ahh approach... can you read us the details from that approach plate, our iPads just died!"
- Mon May 30, 2011 9:58 pm
- Forum: Listener Mail
- Topic: Air France 447 Debris Found Underwater
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4962
Re: Air France 447 Debris Found Underwater
From what I remember of swept wing aerodynamics the tips stall first which actually pushes the nose further up. The airspeed being invalid (as well as the AoA at times) put the aircraft into 'Alternate' law, in which the normal 'Alpha Floor' protections are not available. In 'Normal' law the Airbus ...
- Mon May 30, 2011 9:24 pm
- Forum: OFLotW
- Topic: And this kids, is why you land ASAP when you feel unwell
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1479
Re: And this kids, is why you land ASAP when you feel unwell
WTF indeed, whilst good that all ended well, he caused considerable grief when he entered the Adelaide terminal area unannounced. Depending on the runway in use at the time thats either a popular departure or arrival track to/from the east!
- Wed May 25, 2011 4:05 am
- Forum: Aircraft Ownership
- Topic: Not selling - yet. . . Just looking for feedback
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8940
Re: Not selling - yet. . . Just looking for feedback
You know if I was looking to buy my own ship, for that price (and the mighty Aussie Dollar!) I'd be investigating... it would look good with a VH- registration! Its certainly MUCH better decked out than the last PA32 I sat in the back of which had the ORIGINAL 1960's era dash and avionics to boot! N...
- Mon May 09, 2011 3:41 am
- Forum: Other Topics
- Topic: R-22 Gator find!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1304
Re: R-22 Gator find!
Nice work... Turbo-cam and all!
But there's one good reason I wouldn't be doing that... Gators gunna have the last laugh if something happens and you end up in the drink! But give me a twin...
But there's one good reason I wouldn't be doing that... Gators gunna have the last laugh if something happens and you end up in the drink! But give me a twin...
