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CBJSprague24 posted:Somebody operating a Pilatus requiring an ATP, maybe? I know there are a few EAS carriers using PC-12s as their weapon of choice.
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azflyboy posted:From looking through the current ATP Practical Test Standards, it looks like you'd have to do the entire ATP checkride in a single engine airplane, since the FAA doesn't do an "add on" like they do for private and commercial certificates. Two Kings posted:The question is why? What air carrier requires a single engine ATP? If you like to collect ratings though more power to you. The question is why not? Real reason is that I have an aircraft I can use. CBJSprague24 posted:Somebody operating a Pilatus requiring an ATP, maybe? I know there are a few EAS carriers using PC-12s as their weapon of choice. My current job (that I absolutely LOVE) does not require it but who knows what the future holds.
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Apr 24, 2015 21:34
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Two Kings posted:The question is why? What air carrier requires a single engine ATP? If you like to collect ratings though more power to you. Edit: Any float charter, air taxi, medflight?
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Apr 24, 2015 21:50
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SeaborneClink posted:Bush ops in Caravans? Shouldn't need it for medflight. I had a friend get his ATP SES to fly a Caravan though to lessen the insurance.
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Apr 24, 2015 22:29
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SeaborneClink posted:Bush ops in Caravans? Scheduled float operations is mostly twin otters isn't it?
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I more had in mind the Cessna conversion kits, and to be US centric say a hunting or fishing charter in Alaska. Although there's a fleet of 206's that operate scenic and charter flights off of lake union in Seattle. Would you need an ATP to fly those? I assume so since it's for profit.
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Apr 24, 2015 22:58
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Kenmore air even has international scheduled service using single engine sea planes out of Seattle. You must need an ATP for that right?
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Apr 24, 2015 23:09
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You only need an ATP if its a scheduled Part 135, or any Part 121
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Apr 25, 2015 00:05
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There's an air carrier at the end of the L concourse in ORD that I'm assuming operates under 121 or 135 that flies caravans. I have some time to kill there tomorrow, I may walk down there and see if I can ask one of their pilots.
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Apr 25, 2015 17:00
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I prostrate myself before the ghost of Charles Taylor in atonement for having the temerity to write a squawk on a Friday night... in the end I guess the reliability of my localizer indication is not that important in the face of you going home early. So sorry for sprinkling frivolous squawks like that all over the maintenance log while laughing in your face for having to stay at work to do your job while I waltz home from my plush-rear end banker's hours flying feeder freight.
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Apr 25, 2015 18:16
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Is there a web service (like FlightAware or whatever) that would let me search for a flight by aircraft position and time? (I.e I give it lat / lon / time, and it gives me back what flight was closest)?
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Apr 25, 2015 22:52
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Second day of tailwheel training done, logged 2.6 hours and 11ty landings. Getting to the point I feel like I am actually landing the plane vs. just getting lucky. 
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Apr 26, 2015 01:15
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vessbot posted:I prostrate myself before the ghost of Charles Taylor in atonement for having the temerity to write a squawk on a Friday night... in the end I guess the reliability of my localizer indication is not that important in the face of you going home early. So sorry for sprinkling frivolous squawks like that all over the maintenance log while laughing in your face for having to stay at work to do your job while I waltz home from my plush-rear end banker's hours flying feeder freight. Man what a jerk you are! That A&P was right!
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Apr 26, 2015 05:35
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vessbot posted:I prostrate myself before the ghost of Charles Taylor in atonement for having the temerity to write a squawk on a Friday night... in the end I guess the reliability of my localizer indication is not that important in the face of you going home early. So sorry for sprinkling frivolous squawks like that all over the maintenance log while laughing in your face for having to stay at work to do your job while I waltz home from my plush-rear end banker's hours flying feeder freight. Squawk: Localizer needle off MX: Turned on needle
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Apr 26, 2015 06:09
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Last minute road trip to Lakeland for Sun 'N Fun this morning. Report to follow. Possibly terrible pictures.
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Apr 26, 2015 11:27
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MrYenko posted:Last minute road trip to Lakeland for Sun 'N Fun this morning. Report to follow. Possibly terrible pictures. You missed the Breitling Jet Team, which was an interesting addition. Beautiful graceful jet formation flying, sort of a ballet to the Thunderbird's break dancing. 
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fordan posted:You missed the Breitling Jet Team, which was an interesting addition. Beautiful graceful jet formation flying, sort of a ballet to the Thunderbird's break dancing. Ya, lots of static displays were leaving as we were getting here, too. Sunday is leaving day.  Brighter side: the FSDO guys let us up on the upper deck of their office for the airshow. Working for the man has its perks. 
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Apr 26, 2015 20:51
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MrYenko posted:Brighter side: the FSDO guys let us up on the upper deck of their office for the airshow. Working for the man has its perks. I got to watch an air show at AFW - Fort Worth Alliance Airport from the roof of the control tower once, because of such perks. There's an attic hatch on the ceiling of the control tower cab that gets you access to the roof. Best view at the airport.
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cross post from AI Heres a random video dump of ones I took this week on a det. We did a lot of expeditionary refueling which in an of itself is the most boring poo poo ever but it means you get to hang around cool helicopters that don't have big fuel tanks like H-1's. Here's a video of one entering our pattern. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1oJSwHdlR8 Here he is coming in for the pattern. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLKySpsZRA0 I did a fly over of some podunk raceway in my home town. South Boston Speedway if anyone is interested in seeing how podunk it is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqGXeG6ZkGg Cool thing is my parents got some video from the ground of it. My dads a huge aviation nerd so it was extra awesome for him https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAYvZDGjIlI Bonus points, I had some photography marines in the back to snap a bunch of sweet photos.  
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Ospreys are the tightest poo poo, I live next to quantico and love seeing them doing extremely low passes over my house. Sometimes it looks like I can jump and give the pilot a hi-five.
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Apr 27, 2015 03:39
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MrYenko posted:Ya, lots of static displays were leaving as we were getting here, too. Sunday is leaving day. The plus side is that this may have saved me from an impulse purchase consisting of roughly 2/3 of what my house costed. I held off on visiting Paradise City until Sunday around noon and the Evolution Trike folks were too busy packing up and getting ready to fly all the way back to Zephyrhills (15nm from Lakeland) to answer questions about the Revo WSC Trike (like why I'd buy a new aircraft without ADS-B out in 2015).
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Apr 27, 2015 03:43
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fordan posted:The plus side is that this may have saved me from an impulse purchase consisting of roughly 2/3 of what my house costed. I held off on visiting Paradise City until Sunday around noon and the Evolution Trike folks were too busy packing up and getting ready to fly all the way back to Zephyrhills (15nm from Lakeland) to answer questions about the Revo WSC Trike (like why I'd buy a new aircraft without ADS-B out in 2015). The wording of the current ADS-B proposal would exempt ultralights, since it only requires ADS-B in airspace that already requires a transponder, and the FAA is going to exempt aircraft that weren't originally certified with electrical systems, so I'd assume that since ultralights are never certified at all, they're probably exempt as well.
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azflyboy posted:The wording of the current ADS-B proposal would exempt ultralights, since it only requires ADS-B in airspace that already requires a transponder, and the FAA is going to exempt aircraft that weren't originally certified with electrical systems, so I'd assume that since ultralights are never certified at all, they're probably exempt as well. To use a motorcycle analogy, the Revo is the Gold Wing of trikes. It isn't even close to meeting the Part 103 ultralight limitations on weight, fuel or speed. It's certified as either a Special Light Sport Aircraft or Experimental Light Sport Aircraft under the LSA consensus process. It does have an electrical system and an optional Mode C transponder.  And being in the northeast, avoiding Mode C veils is pretty challenging, so a transponder (and eventually ADS-B) isn't really optional. And God help me if I wanted to use my secret decoder ring to fly down to College Park in the Washington DC FRZ.
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fordan posted:And being in the northeast, avoiding Mode C veils is pretty challenging, so a transponder (and eventually ADS-B) isn't really optional. And God help me if I wanted to use my secret decoder ring to fly down to College Park in the Washington DC FRZ. They seem to have trouble noticing ultralights in the DC FRZ.
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hobbesmaster posted:They seem to have trouble noticing ultralights in the DC FRZ. Good point. Although I suspect that little incident will speed up the testing and preparation of the aerostats with look-down radar they have at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds.
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fordan posted:Good point. Although I suspect that little incident will speed up the testing and preparation of the aerostats with look-down radar they have at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds. I'm based out of KMTN, that blimp is tethered about 10 miles away, it's almost on top of us. I've spotted it from the ground as far away as BWI
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Could a look down radar really tell apart an ultra light 20 ft above the ground traveling 30-50 mph from a flock of birds or a car? I imagine anyone that could answer would not be allowed to answer it in public but usually the way look downs work is by looking for fast moving stuff against the static terrain. I would think that an ultralight would blend in to the noise.
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hobbesmaster posted:Could a look down radar really tell apart an ultra light 20 ft above the ground traveling 30-50 mph from a flock of birds or a car? I imagine anyone that could answer would not be allowed to answer it in public but usually the way look downs work is by looking for fast moving stuff against the static terrain. I would think that an ultralight would blend in to the noise. If its powerful enough, with a good enough computer system, and a competent operator. Sure.
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fordan posted:Experimental Light Sport Aircraft under the LSA That puts you into the experimental world and would let you get ADS-B cheaper than the current crop of certified solutions. Many people facing large bills for new transponders are pretty pissed that experimentals can run the cheaper non-TSO transponders while they have to fork out for certified hardware.
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Is it possible the 2020 mandate will be pushed back?
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No idea - But My A&P told me this addon box was the way to go. http://www.l-3lynx.com/ Personally, I'm interested in the Stratus. But, I have a GARMIN 330 already...Upgrade to Extended Squitter or buy new....... Decisions. Thinking Garmin 330ES plus Garmin 430W with this lynx thing should cover me ADBS-Out and ADBS-In!
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helno posted:That puts you into the experimental world and would let you get ADS-B cheaper than the current crop of certified solutions. I could never see myself owning anything other than an EAB aircraft, certified planes are just wallet rape. e.pilot fucked around with this message at 05:50 on Apr 28, 2015 |
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e.pilot posted:I could never see myself owning anything other than an EAB aircraft, certified planes are just wallet rape. That means you can never fly in IMC, right?
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You can get an experimental IFR certified. https://www.eaa.org/en/eaa/aviation...-ifr-operations
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DNova posted:That means you can never fly in IMC, right? Just can't carry passengers/cargo for compensation. e.pilot fucked around with this message at 23:56 on Apr 28, 2015 |
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A day in the life... http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/passenger-booted-egypt-manchester-flight-armed-9116980
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hjp766 posted:A day in the life... It's funny when tourists misbehave in places like Cuba, Mexico, Egypt, and other vacation destinations where you REALLY don't want to go to jail. Jesus, they must be stupid.
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PT6A posted:It's funny when tourists misbehave in places like Cuba, Mexico, Egypt, and other vacation destinations where you REALLY don't want to go to jail. Jesus, they must be stupid. Best bit his wife got off with him and his brother who stayed on told one of the crew he knew that he had all the cash and cards so they got off with nothing... Clever. And it put us in discretion on a Level 2 Exemption!
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DNova posted:That means you can never fly in IMC, right? Just the opposite. You can get incredibly capable avionics that work seamlessly with an autopilot for a fraction of the cost. Many Experimentals have instrument panels that would make a regional airline pilot jealous.
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hjp766 posted:And it put us in discretion on a Level 2 Exemption! What's that mean?
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