tim arnot
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I'm sure I'll get intimately acquainted with that, er, arrestor cliff... :shock:
I do get worried when people talk about cheese, even in quotes. I had a lot of trouble in another VA with mutant cheese sarnies. Somehow, behind the bar they mutated into a vicious lifeform. If they got into the crisps (caribou flavour were the worst), they'd multiply like wildfire, and nobody would be safe. We lost several good pilots that way. In Oz, they'd even have a go at the crocs! :shock: Nobody stayed around long enough to figure a way to eradicate them (although nuking the site from Space was suggested...)
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Nice photos. :D
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You might also consider joining VATSIM for online R/T practice. You don't say what part of the world you're in, but certainly where I am, FS ATC is totally unrealistic. VATSIM tends to offer the correct procedures and protocols, and because you're interacting with other people, is a great help in learning the radio ropes.
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Based solely on excerpts I've read in the occasional issue of Computer Pilot that I've picked up on my travels (it's not widely available in the UK, except at certain "under the counter" establishments...), Mike Ray's books are a very good read. If I were into tubes, they'd be high on my want list.
I have Burkhard's traffic (it's the one with or without "My" in front, I can never remember). It doesn't do realistic schedules, but instead paints a wash over a broad canvas (IYSWIM). My experience of working my way up South America, stopping at small regionals, is they don't get served, or their one plane a day arrives at a different time. I think that if you want your AI scheduling to be anally accurate, you need to look at UT.
I've never gotten into helicopters. At least I have, but I've never gotten off the ground. At least I have, but I've never gotten the hang of unusual attitude recovery within the first two seconds of flight. Maybe someone knows a good heli tutorial for ham-fisted numpties...
I got the FSGenesis birthday offer (dunno if it's still running, but it has been "extended one more week" for at least three months!) Exceptional value, and the DVDs arrived in about 10 days, which included a bank holiday. I can print my own pretty picture for a box... :wink:
"Sandmann and Patch".... Sounds like a cartoon show! :lol:
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A couple there I'm not familiar with. I'm sorry I haven't a clue is normally broadcast on my way home from work, and I literally have to pull over and listen - if I kept driving I'd have an accident, I'm laughing so much!
Another old show you might look out for is Much Binding in the Marsh. It was said to be based - in name at least - on RAF Moreton-in-Marsh. The base is sadly long closed, although its bones are still very much visible, and formed the ground feature about which much of my RW pilot training (literally) revolved!
Bingo fuel; returning to fridge...
Pip pip!
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Nah, tailgunners drink lager shandy! :lol:
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White man came across the sea
In an XL2 from Liberty
He killed his engine, killed his speed
Inbound to Emma for his own need
Winds fought him hard winds fought him well
Out on the plains wind gave him hell*
But many clouds too much for me
Oh will I ever be out of IMC?
Flying through dustclouds and barren wastes
Thermalling over the plains
Chasing the airspeed down to the ground
Flight plan abandoned again
Cleared through the bravo remain on your track
Women and children and luggage in back
Run to the hills; run for your lives....
What ho, chaps!
Okay, don't run; walk - Estimated time of arrival is approximately one download after EmmaX is released, so there's plenty of time Of course, I'll be flying in from some improbable place - Nepal, Peru or somesuch. I was last seen somewhere in the Amazon jungle a couple of weeks ago. SAR were alerted but couldn't be bothered once they realised I had my patent Jet Propelled Guided Ballistic NAAFI** (portable operations centre, maintenance unit, purveyor of the legendary NAAFI tea, and Spitfire ale "No Fokker comes close" on tap. Also sells postcards and stamps.)
Pip pip!
Smudger :lol:
* Something to do with beans. probably.
** Set up and operational at the point of impact within 30 seconds
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Which reminds me of one of my all time favourite ATC gags
Tower: "TWA 2341, for noise abatement turn right 45 Degrees."
TWA 2341: "Center, we are at 35,000 feet. How much noise can we make up here?"
Tower: "Sir, have you ever heard the noise a 747 makes when it hits a 727?"
I presume its similar in the US, but accepting an ATC service here has the force of a legally binding contract. So in the following (slightly simplified) conversation
"Thames Radar, G-ABCD request radar advisory"
"G-CD Radar advisory service, squawk 1234"
"Radar advisory service, 1234, G-CD"
the ATC offer and your readback are effectively signatures on a contract in which ATC agrees to give you vectors to avoid conflicting traffic, and you agree to follow them. (which also means a RAS is only available to IFR traffic, since you could easily be vectored into a cloud)
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Well, I guess he's never filed with Eurocontrol!I think the guy I was talking to on the other forum is under the impression that you get the route you file no matter whatWithin the last fortnight, there was an incident where a couple of glider pilots were 'scratching' (I think that's the term) right over an IAP, completely oblivious to the chaos they were causing... :roll:
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If not, Shylock had the right idea... we'll take it in flesh (although £600k at £1 = 1lb, she'd better be very obese! :lol: )
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Congratulations! :D 8)
So, will you keep going and get your licence?
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You should see the frame rates... :lol:
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Fuel plus Ts & Ps.
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It is, a TB10 :D
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We get most of the ex-hurricanes this time of year. Mostly they're pretty well spent, but sometimes they have a bit of a sting in the tail ('Gordon' came through this weekend, giving us 75kt gusting winds in the South West of the country, and 'Helene' is due later in the week). Anyhow, the forcast for today was pretty miserable, so I didn't expect to get up in the air.
But... Sometimes the forecasters get it completely wrong! After the morning mists had cleared, we had a lovely sunny day, very little wind and some interesting cloud formations. So I had to get a fix... (pics are courtesy of my passenger) :)
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Pictures were taken by my friend Xavier, however- that is not my expertise. :D
Try to think of the button on the camera as being PrtScn.... :wink: :lol:
Much of the South East quadrant of England, where I normally fly, is under a Class A ceiling, often as low as 2500ft, so it's quite rare to get above (say) 2300! Thus, to me, just your story of flying at 7500 (yet alone 9500) is exotic by itself! In fact the highest I've ever managed was 6500 (actually FL65 because our transition altitude is 3000ft), and that was crossing the Channel to the Cherbourg Peninsula in France!
Speaking of which, the entire South coast of France has a VFR corridor at >=500ft - <=1000ft just off the coast. Gets mighty interesting in the East, where the Alps descend into the sea and the only land is above you...!
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Sounds like a very good trip; thanks for sharing both the write up and the piccies. 8)
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Well done! :D Remember, it's just a licence to learn....
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Sweet 8)
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Wellesbourne's nice - I did my first solo there in 2004. They have AFIS rather than A/G or ATC, and a cafe that'll put you over max weight for sure! :lol: They also have a little museum that's well worth a poke around, but it's only open on Sundays.
Oh, and there's a Vulcan parked by the 18 hold!
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Shame you have to go to licensed airfields while training, otherwise you could stop off and say hi - I'm at Enstone, just up the road! However I did my night rating at Kidlington (no lights at Enstone). You need to be aware of D129 (Weston on the Green), just north east of the ATZ: it's frequently active with meat bombers to FL120. Also, the main runway is quite narrow - just 18m, so you need to be accurate :wink: Other than that, it's a rather soulless place, to be frank!
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Congratulations! You've now done something very few others have done :D
Well done, Captain. 8)
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Interesting, I'd love to hear how you get on. I got to have a poke around an Avidyne equipped Arrow a couple of weeks ago (although i didn't get to fly in it), and I'm hoping to have a go in an SR20 at the end of this month.
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I can say it's just as busy on a Monday... and a Tuesday.. :lol: The pilots briefing room is through that blue door to the left of the check-in (oh, and their OLIVIA terminal doesn't work!)
It was also quite amusing to get three customs guys and the full X-Ray scan for just the two of us!
We considered Deauville, but it was not so flexible for us regarding customs. Incidentally, I met up with Pete Dodds (who I've known for some years) at Avranches, and he's doing a write-up for Computer Pilot, comparing real vs sim. (He managed to get out on the Sunday, flying low level to Jersey, and then filing IFR once in UK airspace. Oh for an IMC rating!)
Run to the hills......
in Emma Field Flying Club
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In which we find a Columbia, and find Colombia... :) A small glitch has appeared in the Guided NAAFI deployment programme; Specifically, the Seek_Open_Space routine decided to deploy onto a sand bar. Not normally a problem, but it's in the middle of the Rio Negro, and surrounded by angry piranha! We're having to draft in a corps of the Royal Engineers to sling across a rope bridge, otherwise, by the time we reach the bar we won't have enough fingers to lift the glass!
Pp pip!
Smudge