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Author: Lisa SmithLisa Smith
Date: Aug 12, 2011 05:02
An airplane has its right front seat belt broken. Is it legal to fly,
assuming nobody is sitting in the right front seat? I say no, others
say yes.
The reason I say no is that 14 CFR 91.213 (d)(2)(i) says that it is only
legal to fly with inoperative equipment if the that equipment is not
part of the VFR day type certification. I believe that seatbelts ARE
required for type certification by Part 23 (or its CAA predecessor).
Others say it is ok to defer to the next regularly scheduled inspection,
as long as nobody sits in the seat with the broken seatbelt.
Who's right?
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Author: brian whatcottbrian whatcott
Date: Aug 12, 2011 01:05
On 5/31/2011 12:36 PM, The Ohio State Vest wrote:
...
I don't have problems with people wanting to put forward their political
preference.
But really! The stench! The ugly stench?
Better find a viable candidate before pulling this kinda stunt!
And it's just possible that a piloting interest group is not the best
place for this [expletive deleted] stuff....
Brian Whatcott
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Date: Aug 11, 2011 10:45
cavelltodd;777799 Wrote:
> Hey everybody! This is my first post. Got a question...
>
> Say you're an American pilot flying to Germany. What language is used
> when communicating with the tower? Does the American pilot have to be
> able to speak the language of the country they are flying to? Maybe this
> is a stupid question but I've always wondered how that works.
English must do! For as we know, it is the international language.
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addage5228FC8
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Author: Copter SixCopter Six
Date: Aug 10, 2011 09:03
On 5/31/2011 12:36 PM, The Ohio State Vest wrote:
> According to the Globe, “The repercussions of Adams’ stunning disclosure
> could bring Obama’s presidency to an untimely and disastrous end.”
>
Man-o-Man... I hope not. Then jokin'Joe would be president. :(
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Copter Six
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Author: Copter SixCopter Six
Date: Aug 10, 2011 08:57
On 6/4/2011 8:54 AM, Jer wrote:
> For the reader's convenience, I'll cut to the chase: NO PLANE STRUCK
> THE WORLD TRADE CENTER TOWERS ON 9/11! (And Oprah Winfrey has some
> explaining to do; see lower down!)
>
> A relatively minor, low speed incident caused damage to the A380
> wing, YET THE WINGS, RIGHT TO THE WING TIPS, OF ALUMINUM BOEING
> 767's (the planes of flights AA11 and UA175 on 9/11) which
> supposedly struck the WTC Twin Towers just seem to slice through
> the external STEEL framework like a hot knife going through
> butter! THAT STEEL SHOULD HAVE OFFERED VIRTUALLY *NO* "GIVE!"
>
>
There were those that scoffed at the idea that a piece of foam
insulation the size of a small briefcase that broke off from the Space
Shuttle Columbia external tank could damage the leading edge of the left
wing breaking those thermal tiles. Of course they were proven wrong.
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Copter Six
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Author: matt13matt13
Date: Jul 11, 2011 06:37
On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 13:56:45 -0700 (PDT), Nellis Gilgal wrote:
> Goodbye space shuttle
> Though I never flew you at all
> You had the power to soar yourself
> where others merely crawled
*BWAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA*
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Author: Mike RhodesMike Rhodes
Date: Jul 8, 2011 06:46
On Thu, 07 Jul 2011 04:06:13 -0500, Mike Rhodes
earthlink.net> wrote:
>
Thank you for your replies.
It was surprising that no one answered the "do any keep current?"
question. I expected most replies to be specific to that, and they
would be affirmative. Ground track maneuvers might be thought fun by
some. But news groups are not used for such casual yea/nay answers
any more.
Ground track maneuvers do force monitoring of instruments while
keeping one's head outside. And thinking ahead of what they should
read. But so do climbing turns. It is my belief that spins on final
have been directly influenced by ground track maneuvers. Distractions
(as mentioned by Johnson) would not encourage a pilot to pull on the
yoke to tighten the turn at such an inopportune time.
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Author: Andrew GideonAndrew Gideon
Date: Jul 7, 2011 21:32
On Thu, 07 Jul 2011 04:06:13 -0500, Mike Rhodes wrote:
> One maneuver may be appropriate, but there is too much concentration on
> GMT in training. Do any of you keep current?
Ignoring the educational benefit, which others covered, you seem to be
missing something important. These maneuvers are *fun*.
If I've a little free time and no need for something else, I'll go into
the practice area and lazy-8, spiral up and down, try something that's
less tough to fly than it is to spell, or even just do steep turns,
trying to catch my own wake. Sure, there are benefits. And I call it
"practice".
But it's really just having fun. If it's not fun, then why fly?
- Andrew
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Author: Dudley HenriquesDudley Henriques
Date: Jul 7, 2011 18:33
On Jul 7, 5:06 am, Mike Rhodes earthlink.net> wrote:> Ground Track Maneuvers?
>
> Why do them?
>
> There are no maneuvers in flying that resemble GTM other than GTM.
>
> Are pilots being taught how to buzz their neighbor's house with
> precision? Or just building time?
>
> Because of its importance there was much concern in this newbe the
> first time I heard of a stall to crash (with the expected fatalites)
> as the pilot was turning to final. Why did he do that? The pilot may
> have used simple reflex actions of treating the airport as a GTM. He
> had been taught (or taught himself) to wrestle with the aircraft for a
> precision track during GTM, and instinctively thinking accuracy on his
> approach to landing. Instead, stall speed, low altitude and
> low-angled turns should've been his prime concerns.
>
> I have a small aviation library, including David Frazier's "ABC'S of ...
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Date: Jul 7, 2011 17:41
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