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MrYenko posted:Was talking to a Riddle DA40 the other night, and he unabled a climb to 7000. I came back around a couple minutes later and asked him about it; Apparently Riddle policy is no flights above 5000msl at night. What the actual gently caress? This is kind of strange considering their AZ campus has a field elevation of 5045'.
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KodiakRS posted:This is kind of strange considering their AZ campus has a field elevation of 5045'. My thoughts exactly.
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May 7, 2018 15:16
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hobbesmaster posted:If that was the concern shouldn't the limit be 10,000 ft? It's worse at night and I've heard of people having issues as low as 7000ft. 5000ft is pretty conservative and probably not necessary but I see where their minds are.
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May 7, 2018 15:59
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Is it allowed to land an airplane somewhere that's not specifically a runway? I know if you're in an ultralight you're ok to land in open areas (that arent considered congested), but with my PPL and just in a regular airplane is that something which is allowed? Don't have any specific plans to do something like this, I was just curious. Say I knew someone who owned a giant field, clear of any obstructions nearby, and I knew it was suitable for a soft field landing, is that something which is allowed or not? I don't remember seeing anything that allowed or prohibited that kind of thing. Nuggan fucked around with this message at 18:53 on May 7, 2018 |
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May 7, 2018 18:33
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There is no FAR expressly prohibiting it under part 91 however there is always 91.13 (careless and reckless operation) so if the FAA decides they don't like what you're doing they can always tag you with that. In addition your insurance/rental policy probably prohibits it and it may violate local/state laws depending on where you are. Other than that, it should be ok. Just make sure you know what you're doing, even a "small" paved runway is going to be a lot bigger than most places you're thinking of landing.
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May 7, 2018 19:39
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I'm pretty sure there is (or at least used to be) something in either the Pilots Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge or the Airplane Flying Handbook that mentions pilots should consider using supplemental oxygen above 5000ft at night, so maybe that's where Riddle got the limitation from. When I used to work for UND, their standardization manual for a Cessna 172 was well past 300 pages, so large part 141 schools love unnessicarily complicating things because it "prepares students for the airlines".
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May 8, 2018 08:46
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azflyboy posted:I'm pretty sure there is (or at least used to be) something in either the Pilots Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge or the Airplane Flying Handbook that mentions pilots should consider using supplemental oxygen above 5000ft at night, so maybe that's where Riddle got the limitation from. I live in Colorado. Maybe I should use oxygen for my drive home tonight.
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May 8, 2018 16:53
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Cessna posted:I live in Colorado. Yeah, we have the same guidance in Canada and similarly it's not modified for people who live at high altitudes already. Obviously just living at 4000 or 5000' MSL isn't enough to fully eliminate the effects of air density at altitude, but the fact that there's no allowance for it at all is equally stupid. Seems like it should be an area for further research.
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May 8, 2018 17:14
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Sure, I just think it's funny... I got my Pvt Pilot in California, in the Bay Area. My home field had an elevation of 4' MSL, and you had to take a "mountain checkout" if you were going to land on a field over 2000' MSL. Now I live in Colorado, where the closest field with a 2000' MSL is in the next state over...
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May 8, 2018 22:05
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Cessna posted:Sure, I just think it's funny... You would need to be going really really fast and probably wouldn’t survive to make it to 2000ft here, so their math checks.
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May 9, 2018 04:52
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Cessna posted:Sure, I just think it's funny... We do the same thing in the Seattle area if you want to go up to the many mountain airports that exist in the Cascades. I think it's more just telling people that high density altitudes exist, sometimes, and you should do your TO/LDG distance calculations and not go if the wind is really strong. Speaking of mountain airports and strong wind: https://twitter.com/NWSReno/status/809494733961760768 RNO UUA/ OV RNO 5NW / TM 1855 / FL085 / TP DH8D / RM LLWS +/- 10KTS ON SHORT FINAL 085-SFC DURD. ROTOR ACTION. AIRCRAFT ALMOST ROLLED AT 085 i bet the ground crew had a fun time cleaning up the plane after that one
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May 9, 2018 05:28
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The altitude range and location of that PIREP make it really hard to imagine where this aircraft was exactly when this happened. 5 miles Northwest of the airport on "short" final at 8500ft (~4000ft AGL)?
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May 9, 2018 11:35
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KRNO is the only time I’ve gotten the red WINDSHEAR annunciator. V1. Vr... ... Vr... ... Wuh oh! We didn’t have a lot of wing in the LR60 but we had power for days, so it was just a matter of flying it just like you’re training, chill out and you’re good.
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May 9, 2018 14:41
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Well I certainly can't see any problems or, uh, giant glaring flaws with this plan! https://www.bizjournals.com/triad/news/2018/05/09/uber-flying-taxis.html
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May 9, 2018 16:38
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The Ferret King posted:The altitude range and location of that PIREP make it really hard to imagine where this aircraft was exactly when this happened. That’s normally where the planes turn downwind to base there, and it’s where it rolled. There was also wind shear from approximately that point to touchdown.
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May 9, 2018 16:42
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e.pilot posted:You would need to be going really really fast and probably wouldn’t survive to make it to 2000ft here, so their math checks. Huh - for what it's worth, I also went to Metro. (I'm not a pro- pilot, just private, never flown anything bigger than a C-182.)
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Cessna posted:Huh - for what it's worth, I also went to Metro. Aviation major?
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e.pilot posted:Aviation major? No, flying is just a hobby/weekend pastime for me.
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Cessna posted:No, flying is just a hobby/weekend pastime for me. Doing it the right way I see.
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e.pilot posted:Doing it the right way I see. I wish I could downvote this
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Rickety Cricket posted:I wish I could downvote this 
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May 11, 2018 00:21
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There is an open house happening at the local airport tomorrow so I dragged my project plane out and put the wings on today. First time this has been in one piece in over 10 years. 
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helno posted:There is an open house happening at the local airport tomorrow so I dragged my project plane out and put the wings on today. Looks cool. Time to get it air worthy. This thread is one year old and somehow not rated.
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May 22, 2018 17:28
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I have magic powers when it comes to Transport Canada. Whenever I phone them to ask about licensing issues they should've taken care of weeks ago, it somehow manages to be mere hours before they receive the application in question. Three times in a row! I mean, wow, that's spooky! 
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May 22, 2018 22:44
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AWSEFT posted:Looks cool. Time to get it air worthy. I just taught myself how to vote on the mobile app.
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May 22, 2018 22:52
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http://www.wesh.com/article/officers-rescue-infant-family-from-car-crash-on-camera/20901576 That's the third crash in Volusia County, FL (home of Daytona and ERAU) in the last couple months. Two of them, led off by the ERAU Arrow, were fatal.
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May 24, 2018 23:55
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Ok I got the official offer for an upgrade within my company and, after some negotiating, accepted today. Gonna be SIC on a Falcon 50, they’re gonna PIC type me first thing and I’ll make captain after a year or so (just need a few hundred more hours.) They’re also cool with a salary that’s a little higher than what my initial goal was. This is a good day for me. 
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May 25, 2018 23:58
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Rolo posted:Ok I got the official offer for an upgrade within my company and, after some negotiating, accepted today. Congrats. Maybe you’ll be able to save for retirement now!
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May 26, 2018 01:02
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Animal posted:Congrats. Maybe you’ll be able to save for retirement now! Or I could get a Mercedes and just drive it into the Grand Canyon when I turn 65. Lower-Middle class decisions!
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May 26, 2018 01:54
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Rolo posted:Ok I got the official offer for an upgrade within my company and, after some negotiating, accepted today. Congrats!! 
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Attention flight instructions: When becoming frustrated by a Chinese students' poor English skills, do not attempt to perform a "do it yourself deportation", since that is apparently frowned upon. https://www.washingtonpost.com/amph...ina-police-say/
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azflyboy posted:Attention flight instructions: When becoming frustrated by a Chinese students' poor English skills, do not attempt to perform a "do it yourself deportation", since that is apparently frowned upon. This story is everything I dreamed it would be based on your description.
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May 28, 2018 22:57
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azflyboy posted:Attention flight instructions: When becoming frustrated by a Chinese students' poor English skills, do not attempt to perform a "do it yourself deportation", since that is apparently frowned upon. Not all heroes wear capes.
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Groda posted:Not all heroes wear capes. To the Cessna mobile!
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Just lol if your flight school doesn't have at least one Chinese instructor with good English skills on staff to bitch them out in their native language and then insist that they learn English properly. I love watching that process happen, it's like Christmas!
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The next time dispatch wonders why I want enough fuel to go around the line of thunderstorms instead of sneaking through a gap I'm just going to show them these two pictures from last night:   Edit: Just to clarify neither I, nor the airline I work for, were involved in this flight. KodiakRS fucked around with this message at 14:48 on Jun 5, 2018 |
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Is there something wrong with that airplane? I've got a Maintenance Officer over here who says it'll probably just buff out and be fine.
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KodiakRS posted:The next time dispatch wonders why I want enough fuel to go around the line of thunderstorms instead of sneaking through a gap I'm just going to show them these two pictures from last night: I'm going to get 8x10 color glossy prints of these with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one explaining what each one is, and post them all over our TMU.
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Jun 4, 2018 18:22
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Jesus. Just really large hail I assume?
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PT6A posted:Jesus. Not sure how big it was but at 400+ knots true airspeed even pea size hail can do some serious damage. I don't even want to know what those engine fanblades look like after that.
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