Dear Group, Has anybody some experiences with flight tests carrying heavy asymmetric loads in preparation for separation tests? I would be interested in: - test profiles (What individual tests were conducted during the mission?) - required / desired / useful parameter - number of flights -...

Is my recollection correct? If so, is it true of all helicopters or just some? yes. no.

"Peter" wrote in message ... I have the FAR/AIM 2005 and while this should be in there somewhere, I can't find it. The rule I am looking for is that an "instrument rating" is required to operate an N registered...

Some friends of mine are obsessed with the idea of buying weather balloons, filling them with helium, attaching them to a harness (with probably about -3 to -5 lbs of net lift) and jumping up into the air. If anyone has info on both the feasibility (with implicit danger) and cost of such an...

I need qty 1 of Unison p/n 9048205-302 in serviceable, as-removed or new/new surplus condition.

I've just got a couple of questions regading a future career as a pilot, probably beginning after university (Biology). First of all, I would like to know if ethnicity would pose any barrier to becoming an airline pilot. All the yahoos that initiated the 9/11 disasters seem to have cast a shadow...

Somebody explain this one to me. DXR (Danburry, CT) lists: Pattern altitude: 1701 ft. MSL TPA FOR JET ACFT 1743 AGL The field elevation is 458. I'm cool with the higher than normal TPA (there's some big hills right next to the airport), but I don't understand where they got the strange...

On Thu, 19 May 2005 19:20:48 +0100, Peter wrote: Hi, Someone has lost the red "disconnect" button onmy KFC225 autopilot. Honeywell want a lot of money for a whole new switch. Would anyone know who makes this switch? It looks like a standard pushbutton switch, with a button about 9mm...

During my instrument training I was told that if you have an IFR certified GPS, it had to be updated if you were using it for IFR Flight. You can use it VFR even if it hasn't been updated Charlie Peter wrote: I've been told that if one's GPS is an IFR approved unit (KLN94B in my case) and it's...

Hey, I was applying for a job as an ATCO, and have been given an invitation to the selection day, however on the application form there was lots of questions about vision - whether your short or long sighted etc, but nothing about colour blindness. I have perfect vision except for a slight...

I just stumbled across a picture on the web of a 747 that has a 5th engine mounted between the fuselage and inboard left engine, neatly under the wing. The photo's caption states that it is a Qantas 747 carrying an extra engine for a sister ship. It was referred to as "a Vpod configuration." I...

Which ultralight engine is consider to be the best for aerotrikes (hang-glider with engine)? Most common name I can find is Rotax from Bombardier, but I've heard for many alternatives like Hirth, BMW, Kawasaki, Harley-Davidson...

There's an AP report in the NY Times about Air Force 2 getting a TCAS RA recently: http://nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Cheney-Plane.html In summary: "A military plane carrying Vice President Dick Cheney came within almost half a mile of a small private plane over Bridgeport, Conn., this...

Hello hope it's the right place to ask, I don't know if anyone finds it strange why ex-Soviet aircraft are rarely exported to the West, even though they are known for being cheap and easy to operate. I assume there's a good reason I just don't know it! I used to assume it was partly due to...

I'm a plane spotter. No, I don't wear an anorak (it's more like a wind breaker) and write down the registration numbers or anything like that. But I do look up every time I hear an airliner passing over. GA planes and fighters are fine, but to me there's something special about a jet airliner....

http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Print.aspx?NewsId=11169 Miniature jet engines could power cellphones Engineers have moved a step closer to batch producing miniaturised, jet engine-based generators from a single stack of bonded silicon wafers. These chip-based ?microengines? could one day...

Was that you waving the other day? In article , wrote: I live in Newark (south-east side of San Francisco Bay), and small plane noise is driving me crazy. All day long, especially on the weekends, small private...

"Peter" wrote in message ... Hi, I fly a TB20 and a friend who has the same one with a Shadin air data computer tells me that he normally gets (say 160 ktas, 10k feet, ISA) a TAT value of about 3 degC higher than that...

I just got finished a 777 Tokyo trip with the most meticulous, cautious captain I've seen in years. He (and earlier another American pilot) recently got caught up in Lakeway's New Millenium version of a rural southern speedtrap. My guy landed in daylight, having been giving sightseeing rides...

Aircoupe Alon A2 with C90 engine with two props, one 48" pitch and the other 52". It doesn't make the static runup RPM minimums with either one, for instance the 48" prop should be 2225 to 2325 rpm, I averaged out to 2162 rpm. Likewise the 52" prop falls short 100 rpm or more. Three years ago...