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  1. Exadios
    I don't believe the hijack or rogue hypothesis. I believe that the pilots turned the plane around after some onboard catastrophe and then expired. The plane would then have continued on course over Sumatra and out into the Indian Ocean.
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    But Malaysian airlines has just negated that article. All that can now be said is that the acars went off between 01:07 and 01:37.
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    It now appears that the last acars message was sent at 01:07. The next message was due at 01:37 but was never received. This means that it was possible that the acars and transponder went off at 01:21 and after the last voice communication at 01:19. This means that some sort of equipment failure is possible. The information about the acars comes from Malaysian airlines.
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    The SATCOM was powered up until at least 08:11 Malaysian time(GMT+8).
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    The problem is that the circuit breakers have to be accessible.
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    The thing I do not understand is why was the only primary radar track from the Malaysian airforce? If nothing else there are a number of civil primary radars in the area over, and to the west of Malaysia which should also pick up partial primary tracks.
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    And interesting article which gives an over view of the SkyLines Web site and how it can score and work with XCSoar for real time tracking.
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    Learning to fly gliders may help you with a CPL. There is a chance that you may be credited some hours. In any case, IMO, every power pilot should be a glider pilot. You can do all the things that you are not allowed to do in a power plane in a glider. And this is not only my opinion Here is an article about a talk given by the safety officer of a European airline. We have some commercial pilots including a few 747 and Airbus captains (its the only time they actually get to fly a plane :) ).
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    Hi. Unfortunately I do not live in your area but there are not many glider pilots on this board so I thought I would answer. The nearest club to you is Sothern Cross Gliding Club. It is important to live as close as possible to your club while learning because you need to spend as much flying time as possible. You can always change clubs once you have learned. Give it a try.
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    These old videos are great. Keep them coming if you have them!
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    I do not know who the RAS or EasyJet are but I endorse the views given in this article.
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    Those of you with an Android platform may be interested in XCSoar. It is equivalent to LK8000. In fact LK8000 is a fork of XCSoar. The home page is here.
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    And I was responding to somebody else. :) But it is beyond doubt that the most prevalent system of ground stations now existing is the current 3G network. And this is likely to be the case for the foreseeable future. For gliding we use FLARM for anti collision although it has been used to locate downed aircraft because each FLARM node records the position of all other visible nodes. The 3G / Skylines system is used for vectoring tugs etc. However it could be used in the aircraft to improve situational awareness etc.
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    Here in the SW of WA we use the 3G network to transmit our positions to a SkyLines Tracking. This is free and reliable. As you say 3G coverage is good.
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    I'm not sure where you get the $6000 figure from. I assume when you are talking about ADSB in because of the GPS receiver requirements for ADSB out. An ADS-B / 1090ES receiver costs about $35. For the rest the software and hardware already exist an are quite mature so I guess I must be missing something.
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    But flight, nav and Web are available in flight already.
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    I do not know what the solution is but I do know one thing: The solution will not involve the disrespecting of kids.
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    Its worse than that. Its for the rich and old. For young people flying an aircraft is as interesting as driving a bus.
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    That's true. I image that this exercise is done close to the ground to give the student the visual and a sense of urgency. Otherwise, with a data logger, the whole exercise can be done at a safe altitude - say 5000' - with a real dead engine.
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    The purpose of the training shown in the video is to practise maintaining control of the plane. Flying is about making decisions. As any pilot who has landed in a paddock will know landing out is far more dangerous than landing on a runway. So the question becomes will the aircraft be above the required glide slope after a 180 degree turn. If yes and the runway is clear and the downwind is not too great then a runway landing is preferred. If the pilot is not sure that these three conditions are met then paddock (or road - parking lot etc) ahead is generally the only decision that can be made.
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    Surely a pilot should not go solo until he / she can handle emergencies.
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    It is something that needs to be learned, if not before the engine fails, then very quickly after. It is this skill that will get the pilot back onto the ground. A power plane without a working engine is nothing more than a glider with poor performance. The speed for straight and level L/D is the speed for best climb. If in doubt fly the speed for best climb at MTOW. Also most operating manuals give a "Max. Glide Speed" (i.e. the speed to be flown to achieve max. distance) which may also be the engine out landing speed. At 45 deg multiply this speed by root(2) (i.e. approx 1.5). The polar varies as the square root of wind loading and so is not so sensitive to weight as you may think. What you seem to be saying in your post is that pilot training is inadequate. Fortunately, as the video shows, this is not universal.
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    The V1 rule is an example of a decision made before to the engine failure that is to be executed after the engine failure. But it is not the only decision to be made. In fact the pilot should be asking him / her self for the whole flight, "If it all goes wrong, what is my course of action?" Actually the whole V1 thing assumes that there is enough engine to get to V2 - and beyond. On singles this may not be the case.
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    The visual in the movie is one that I have seen many times before so I do not find it disturbing. I'm guessing that the crash you are talking of was caused by the pilot making a decision made after the engine failed. The decision made before the failure is the best one and should not be changed. There are some aircraft for which a turn back is never an option. Most Cessnas are in this category.
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