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Mutley Eugenius

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  • Birthday 14/07/1970

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  1. Here's another one. A preflight safety briefing that's more fun than the usual... I will rotate at 60 today. If the engine cuts out on the way, If I still have some tarmac I'll just pull the power back and brake once I'm on the runway. If I'm airborne when my engine goes, I'll kill power and bring down the nose. If the fence is still far, We'll come down where we are and with flaps I'll touch down where I chose. If it dies while my glide-range won't yield, and I can't make it back to the field, find a park with no trees within thirty degrees kill all power, and fuel should be sealed.
  2. Glad you're enjoying it - I am too. I crack myself up sometimes. I may have some more soon.
  3. No haiku, I can't speak japanese. But here's a fun fable for pilots who should master radio technique. Not that this has ever happened, of course! A new pilot came to Moorabbin, and found ATC constantly gabbin'. He turned off his COM, squawked 'My radio's gone', and landed with peace in his cabin. But the possible chance of collision was increased by his silly decision. Other planes in the circuit now had to rework it. He'd messed up their pattern division. And once he got down on the field, and his radio was suddenly healed, the CASA man said "ATC was misled!" Now his license is being repealed. So beware of the havoc you're wreaking if you fly in Class D without speaking. Learn the radio procedure your instructor will feed ya, and get on the mic without freaking! Thank god for the Irish! Mutley Eugenius
  4. Yeah, but they can do it a lot faster than I can, and as we know, clean configuration commercial craft can create considerable conical currents. My old CFI flew behind a 747 a little too soon in s 172, and the twist was so violent that it cracked the windshield from the right wingroot all the way across to the nose. I'm not scared of it, I just think I'll wait till its time comes and I have gotten a lot more accustomed to towers in general. Plus, I don't fancy spending my fuel and engine-time money on taxiways that are longer than all of Moorabbin's runways combined. Not to mention the exorbitant landing and parking fees!
  5. Yes you're right, there will be differences for each locale, and that's the beauty of those VPGs from CASA. I really like them. I won't be flying in Class C for some time (measured in years, unfotunately). But I think I would be inclined to experience Class C for more than just 9 hours (which is how much I logged at Moorabbin before writing that) before I felt game to do anything so detailed. There is quite a lot more to it to know, I'm sure. But I like to maintain that nothing is impossible, where I am concerned. Maybe I'll fly in Class C next week, who knows?!
  6. Yes, sadly even with my own ASIC I wouldn't be able to get a tower tour. Shame.
  7. Yeah, your probably right. But every Airspace Classes document I've seen has some mnemonics, and although I have the classes down now, I didn't have them all down so well before I started doing this. So I thought I'd share it as an educational tool. It's not a full and complete rundown of every one of them, but it may help a bit for some.
  8. Youbetcha! God, I hope I'm not wasting my intelligence. I'll be worrying about that a lot now.
  9. I'm trying to figure out what you mean, Nev... Tone my IQ down, or turn it up?
  10. Australian Airspace Assignment Alliteration Class A = Almost anything anywhere above 18 angels altitude AMSL, and also alternate areas and altitudes as advised. Any access above announced altitude automatically advocates acquisition of absolute ATC authorization, and above all, assumes an adequately approved aircraft. All accelerations approved. ATC alerts all aircraft about avoiding any adjoining aircraft as appropriate, avoiding any accidents anywhere around ATC antenna area. And adjacent afar areas, airmen actively avoid all alternate aircraft. Alert: atmospheric attributes aloft are adept at attenuating awareness and affect an airman's accurate altitude, attitude, and area ascertainment abilies. Class B = Basically biggest busiest Boeing base built, bounded by broad blue band. Big businesses boasting big budgets. Bulky behemoths boldly blasting by; beginners borrowing Beechchrafts, Barons & Bonanzas better beware before being blown broadside by British Airways backblast! Better Be on Best behaviour before breaching border. Basically, 'B' block best be bypassed by being below & beyond boundary. But breathe better, Big Brother Britain basically banished 'B'. Class C = City center, chiefly catering cross-continental commercial carriers. Class C comprises concentric cantilevered cylinders, containing consistent communication & coordination coverage. Corridors conveying commercial craft constantly converge causing congestion. Controllers command continuous course correction & counter-collision coordination. Current clearances & complete clearance compliance compulsory. Common call channel contains constant chatter; consequently, correct call-sign & conversational conduct crucial. Craft captains & copilots can contact controller concerning 'clear of cloud' clearance. Cessna & Cherokee crews could consider circuit chances continuously challenging, compromised, or completely cancelled, considering clean configuration commercial craft can create considerable conical currents. Careful! Check circulars containing current cautions. Class D = Decent domestic destination, doubtlessly distractingly dense. Diagram depicts dotted diameter/dimension demarcation. Dedicated directors dictate directions, distances & demand diligent duplex-dialog. Definite do's & dont's during drop-in (disapproval does denotes delay), descent, downwind, dual-drilling and departing. Do due duties directly - don't delay. Decontrolled daily during darkness denoting different designation? Dunno. Depends. Class E = Everywhere else each earlier explanation effectively excludes, except ensuing entries... Class F = Federal flight fellows forget 'F', finding further forms futile. Class G = Generally graded 'Go Guys, Go!' Gas guzzlers, gyrocopters & gliders galore. Government granted ground guidance gone. Garmin glass gear's great; GPS gives good general guess. Get GrandDad's Grumman Goose going & growling, give gas, gear-up & go great guns! Happily handcrafted to hang in hangars & halls, hopefully it helps. Mutley Eugenius.
  11. No wuckers fellas, Wait till you see my next one on how to remember Airspace Classifications!
  12. That's fascinating, about WWII. The bike technique is awesome, because if the block is crowded, as mine sometimes is, there are things that distract you that you have to handle, be aware of, and get back to your routine. You have to look left, center, right on every turn, and you can 'follow red Toyota on early downwind', fit into the traffic pattern and everything. I'v even had to go-around, because that kid from next door was standing in the middle of the rroad.
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