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Rickety Cricket posted:So Captain and FO displays operate on independent AHRS systems? Is the ADC the same? CA and FO have independent AHRS and ADC. In the event that something fails you can turn a knob that makes both CA/FO displays display data from AHRS/ADC 1/2 as appropriate. There is also a standby instrument that uses it's own small display, an internal AHRS, and a 3rd isolated pitot static system. (Knobs can be seeing immediately "above" the landing gear manual extension handle.) 
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What's that photo of? The orange panels especially look... rather bodged.
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Oct 28, 2015 10:40
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Oct 28, 2015 11:13
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The Ferret King posted:The air traffic system in the U.S. is largely pavement-limited. So, any opportunity to use more pavement is a welcome one. Just have to stagger everything to prevent the obvious meet-in-the-middle of the runways risks. Topically, fog is big pain for San Francisco as you lose your parallel runways, etc.
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Oct 28, 2015 13:30
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Brovine posted:What's that photo of? The orange panels especially look... rather bodged. A good guess with the CRJ: Bombardier CRJ-700 (CL-600-2C10) Flight test aircraft That orange crap is for the test pilots. Gotta test deep stalls yo. quote:Kansas, August 16, 2000 I like the EVENT button. It probably just makes a spike in a log so that the pilot can reference to engineers when the plane did something weird.
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Oct 28, 2015 13:42
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Oct 28, 2015 22:23
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0toShifty posted:I like the EVENT button. It probably just makes a spike in a log so that the pilot can reference to engineers when the plane did something weird. We have one of those on the T-45 and it does exactly that.
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Oct 28, 2015 22:57
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0toShifty posted:A good guess with the CRJ: The Q400 also has an event button (that does exactly what you described), except the airplane has enough reliability issues that pushing it is part of our normal climb checklist, and we also have about a dozen other "that's not supposed to do that" items that require pushing of the event marker.
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Oct 28, 2015 23:16
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In vaguely related news, apparently Bombardier is hemorrhaging money at a furious rate and the government of Quebec propped it up to the tune of $1 billion, so we all get to eventually experience the magnificence that is the C-Series.
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Am I the only person that gets annoyed hearing/reading GA pilots talking and referencing "the mission" when talking about their airplanes and needs? Example, what plane fits the "mission" of flying their kids and family to and fro. I mean, I know what the definition is and it fits, it just irks me.
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Oct 30, 2015 19:00
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Tide posted:Am I the only person that gets annoyed hearing/reading GA pilots talking and referencing "the mission" when talking about their airplanes and needs? Example, what plane fits the "mission" of flying their kids and family to and fro. I mean, I know what the definition is and it fits, it just irks me. There's a chain of FBOs called "TAC Air" That ship has sailed. Er, plane has pushed back?
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Oct 30, 2015 19:12
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hobbesmaster posted:There's a chain of FBOs called "TAC Air" TAC Air is an American chain of fixed-base operators operated by Truman Arnold Companies. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/TAC_Air e: at centennial they always have Oreos
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Tide posted:Am I the only person that gets annoyed hearing/reading GA pilots talking and referencing "the mission" when talking about their airplanes and needs? Example, what plane fits the "mission" of flying their kids and family to and fro. I mean, I know what the definition is and it fits, it just irks me. Defining what capabilities you need is really important when you buy something. Look up the definition of a mission statement and tell me it does accurately describe what people do when looking to buy a plane. But feel free to be irked.
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Oct 30, 2015 22:36
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helno posted:Defining what capabilities you need is really important when you buy something. Mission: synonyms are : assignment, expedition, journey, trip, undertaking Don't understand the irkness
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Oct 31, 2015 00:11
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Been applying at various flight schools around the area and they're all like nah, we're not hiring right now, because it's almost winter. 
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Storms throughout Texas over the past couple days have caused a lot of severe flooding. The air traffic control tower/approach control at Austin Bergstrom International flooded yesterday and had to be evacuated. The ATC facility handles an area about 40NM around Austin and is closed until repairs can be made. Houston Center, which doesn't have radar coverage to the ground in Austin, has taken over approach functions. The lack of radar severely restricts efficiency so the delays and cancellations are mounting. Without a tower, AUS becomes nearly a 1 in 1 out operation, which is a far slower pace than normal. The FAA is transporting a temporary tower from Kansas City, which will help a little bit. These are collapsible tower structures that can be trailered to any location and are fitted with portable tranceivers. No clue how long the approach control will remain inoperative. Water damage will surely be complicated to fix. Link below to a news story, but I think I covered most of it above: http://www.kvue.com/story/news/local/2015/10/30/flooding-damages-air-traffic-control-abia/74893954/
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Oct 31, 2015 18:24
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Ugh, I'm glad I wont be flying near that. That time the nutjob burned down Chicago Center I had to file an ASAP for to a TCAS resolution advisory due to ATC running us around like headless chickens.
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Oct 31, 2015 19:21
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When you're deaf, blind, and dumb, things get bad in a hurry. We lost all radios for half our facility a few weeks ago, and the area is too far away for portable transceivers to work. Some construction crew cut a data line or something. It was a great day to be off.
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The Ferret King posted:The FAA is transporting a temporary tower from Kansas City, which will help a little bit. These are collapsible tower structures that can be trailered to any location and are fitted with portable tranceivers. Does it look anything like Nantucket's temporary tower? This thing.... wow.....
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Oct 31, 2015 21:15
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The truck hauling the portable tower broke down 80 miles from Austin.
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AWSEFT posted:Does it look anything like Nantucket's temporary tower? This thing.... wow..... Yes that's the sort of thing. I've never seen them elevated on containers like that. They are usually flat on the ground for emergency situations, and stuff like airshows at non towered airports. two_beer_bishes posted:The truck hauling the portable tower broke down 80 miles from Austin. Oh my god, hahaha. Where'd you hear that?
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e.pilot posted:Been applying at various flight schools around the area and they're all like nah, we're not hiring right now, because it's almost winter. Come to the East Coast. We're hurting
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The Ferret King posted:Storms throughout Texas over the past couple days have caused a lot of severe flooding. In theory, my area takes over T75(STL approach) in the event they go down. It would not be pretty. I don't even want to imagine it.
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I ended up cutting the 2 hours of the flooding at Bergstrom down to about 8min. It starts with a ground stop and ends when they requested someone contact the national guard and to bring high water rescue equipment. https://soundcloud.com/epicdistraction/kaus2-oct-30-2015-1430z-1600z
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A Cirrus went down today and the parachute kept it intact: http://www.4029tv.com/news/fire-department-plane-down-near-fayetteville-high-school/36229208 Someone caught it on video at the bottom of that news article.
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Well obviously he wouldn't have crashed if he didn't have an airframe parachute. 
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First time poster in this thread... First off, thanks for the first post. Lots of good info there, and I've enjoyed reading it. My main question - I'm in a stable career now in IT and I'm 31 years old. I'm considering changing careers and becoming a pilot. It seems like I could spend a few years as PP before making the cutover, but is it worth it? Has anyone seen someone become a commercial pilot who is a geriatric like me?
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dexter6 posted:First time poster in this thread... Get your private and fly for fun unless you really hate having money.
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dexter6 posted:First time poster in this thread... I'm literally in the process of doing exactly this, except I was 28 (30 now) when I started.
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AWSEFT posted:Haven't seen an airplane take itself off yet and only a few can competently autoland. Two pilots is really about redundancy, every system in the plane has a backup (and sometimes another backup). Plus, its a lot easier to catch a mistake when there is two of you. The Locator posted:Every once in a while, the organic flight system controller ceases to function and the secondary organic backup system needs to take over. KodiakRS posted:Brace for wall of What about the possibility of remote piloting? I assume that currently a remote control subsystem would be yet another thing that would break & fail in thunderstorms; and the liability costs would heavily offset the savings of allowing one skilled pilot to fly multiple planes at once. Do you think this is accurate? Thanks & cheers! GHOST EDIT: I'm not a systems engineer or a STARTUP LORD looking for new fields to automate or anything. Just interested in The Future and finding out how long until the robots come for my job too!
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Ryanair tried to talk Boeing into making newer 737s able to be flown with one pilot a few years ago. No sale.
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Have successfully sold the idea to the boss (wife) that buying a plane is better than renting. It is a good day.
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froward posted:What about the possibility of remote piloting? I assume that currently a remote control subsystem would be yet another thing that would break & fail in thunderstorms; and the liability costs would heavily offset the savings of allowing one skilled pilot to fly multiple planes at once. Do you think this is accurate? The VAST majority of drones are already remote piloted, there are only a few that are fully autonomous. I have no clue how ground->drone communication is done or what happens when communication is interrupted. Having said that, remote piloting passenger flights is still probably a long way off although mostly for economic reasons rather than technical limitations. The economic advantage of drones is that you don't have to carry all the things necessary to keep humans alive at 36,000' which saves a BUNCH of weight and complexity. This is OK for the military where you're passengers are bombs and cameras but not so much when you have to carry a few hundred passengers. The only cost savings is the few hundred LBS you save on each flight by moving the pilots and all their necessary equipment to the ground somewhere, which is probably offset somewhat by the cost of the ground-> drone communication system. Cargo carriers on the other hand will probably start to be automatically/remotley piloted within the next few decades. TL;DR Remotely piloted airliners are technically, but not economically, feasible. Tide posted:Have successfully sold the idea to the boss (wife) that buying a plane is better than renting. dexter6 posted:It seems like I could spend a few years as PP before making the cutover, but is it worth it? Short answer: No Long answer: Noooooooooooooooooo Non Comedy Answer: Your initial training will cost $50,000 on the very VERY low end. Realistically you're looking at $75k-$100K and 1-2 years if you're working a full time job on the side. That will give you about 300 hours. Assuming you want to become an airline pilot, you need 1500 hours to get your ATP so you either need to pay for the time (Another $100K) or get some sort of a non-airline commercial pilot gig which usually pay very little and can be difficult to find. So you do that for a few years and finally get to the airlines, it's taken you at least 3 years and cost more than a house but you've finally made it...to another horrible job. Starting airline pilots make roughly $25k-$30k their fist year and ~$35k for a few years after that. Those numbers are not typos. Hopefully you can upgrade to captain, based entirely on company seniority, or get hired by a major airline within a few years. In the meantime you'll be spending 300+ hours away from home a month which is roughly double that of a normal 9-5 job, have an insane sleep schedule (LOL circadian rhythm), and will probably end up divorcing your spouse. Of course anything like a terrorist attack, economic downturn, gas price surge, ect will bring your career progression to a screeching halt and possibly result in you losing your job. You're also going to die early. TL;DR Look at the thread title.
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Tide posted:Have successfully sold the idea to the boss (wife) that buying a plane is better than renting. Great news, What are you looking at?
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Not looking at anything fancy. PA28 or something like that. Warrior II. Maybe a Mooney.KodiakRS posted:I'm sorry to hear about your impending bankruptcy and divorce. Haha, no doubt. She's for it, though, once I showed her the numbers. What we're spending a month on rental could easily pay for a plane that we own. She's wanting to get her PPL as well. I'm not against getting a partner, though. Stipulation is that we have to sell our rental house, which will provide the purchase price and 'well that's more expensive than I thought'  inevitable repair and maintenance costs. I don't really want to sell the rental house as it provides a nice side income but I don't want to finance a plane either. Hell, I don't know if I could finance a 25-30 year old money pit. I'm pretty sure I could get a loan, but nah. If I have one thing going for me is that one of my best friends is an A&P, so that will help out a bit.Tide fucked around with this message at 22:22 on Nov 5, 2015 |
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Selling an appreciating income generating asset to buy a depreciating money sucking pit sounds like a great financial decision.
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INTJ Mastermind posted:Selling an appreciating income generating asset to buy a depreciating money sucking pit sounds like a great financial decision. So it tossing money down the airplane rental well. Hell, getting my PPL and then going for IFR, etc isn't the greatest financial decision. Plus it's not like the rental doesn't have its own costs in the near future (roof, probably an AC, etc). Tide fucked around with this message at 22:54 on Nov 5, 2015 |
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INTJ Mastermind posted:Selling an appreciating income generating asset to buy a depreciating money sucking pit sounds like a great financial decision. If the money-sucking pit replaces an even deeper money-sucking pit (frequent aircraft rentals) to make up the difference, then maybe. There has to be a break-even level, or else literally no one would rent aircraft out at the prices that they do. I still have my doubts it's a wise financial decision, mind you (3F rule and all that). EDIT: And, yeah, no part of aviation has ever been a wise financial decision, so there's that...
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The rental property basically pays for airplane rental costs we incur. So, it's break even, sometimes not. I just hate the feeling that I'm throwing money away on a rental. I would rather NOT sell the property and just wait a bit longer to buy a plane. Hell, I won't be buying one in the next 6 months to a year anyway. The house is rented and the lease won't be up until May. And they may exercise an lease option for another 6 months. I can't do anything until they are out anyway. Not a bad position to be in financially, I'll admit. Realistically, in three...maaaaaaybe two years depending on how much I cut some frivolous expenses and get really aggressive in saving...I could have the cash to buy a plane outright based on the budget I'm looking at spending ($40-50K). Then let the house pay for the aviation expenses. Sell the house, obviously, gets me more plane and more reserve.
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