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Author: PTPT
Date: May 16, 2008 21:19
On May 15, 7:49 pm, "Coffee, Tea or Flames"
wrote:
> Angry flight attendant charged with setting fire on plane
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> FARGO, North Dakota (AP) -- A flight attendant angry about his work
> route smuggled a lighter aboard an airplane and set a fire in a
> bathroom, forcing an emergency landing, authorities said Thursday.
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> The Compass Airlines flight carrying 72 passengers and four crew
> members landed safely in Fargo on May 7 after smoke filled the back.
> No injuries were reported. The plane was flying from Minneapolis to
> Regina, Saskatchewan, authorities said.
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> Eder Rojas, 19, appeared in court Thursday, following his arrest a day
> earlier in Minneapolis, and was ordered held without bail, prosecutors
> said. The charge of setting fire aboard a civil aircraft carries a
> maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.
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> His public defender did not return a phone call seeking comment.
> Assistant U.S. Attorney Lynn Jordheim, who is prosecuting the case in ...
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Author: johnjohn
Date: May 16, 2008 20:39
I have a Pilot Avionics PA400-3BL that needs to have the cable
replaced. Anyone have a suggestion on where to buy a replacement
cable or where to send it for repairs? Unless I overlooked it, their
website doesn't list any replacement parts or a repair service.
Thanks,
John
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Author: atliebatlieb
Date: May 16, 2008 19:29
Knocked out a couple of approaches today in IMC conditions. Was cut
short due to a vacuum system problem (note, not the pump).
Ceilings 1500 at KJAN and 1400 on my approach into KMBO.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCvDb3mCAf8
Just after entering the clouds, saw my attitude indicator show an
extraordinary pitch up. Quick scan of my airspeed and VSI did not
confirm. Since I was IMC decided to continue approach and just work
my partial panel skills. Turning back wasn't an option.
In the full scheme of things, no big deal.
Camera was placed on glare shield for the outside view since I didn't
have a passenger It would have been nice to capture the
instrumentation discrepancies if anything for others to see it happen
under real conditions .but somebody had to man the shop and reaching
for the camera myself was not an option in IMC..
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Author: Ron LeeRon Lee
Date: May 16, 2008 19:17
I am looking for a GPS instrument approach at an airport in the USA
where the airport buildings are closer to the runway than required by
TERPS(?).
Operational restrictions due to buildings are fine.
Ron Lee
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Author: Vaughn SimonVaughn Simon
Date: May 16, 2008 18:19
"Alan" wrote in message
news:tl5s24l9f1m2efdbjlk2csihnluab17816@4ax.com...> How well do aircraft hold a bank angle during a turn? In other words,
> once it's banking at say, 30 degrees at cruising altitude, will it
> hold that same angle indefinitely, or will it tend to slowly come out
> of it and right itself, and how slowly.
There is a third possibility. Google the term "overbanking tendency".
Vaughn
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Author: Robert MooreRobert Moore
Date: May 16, 2008 18:11
Alan wrote
> How well do aircraft hold a bank angle during a turn?
From the FAA Airplane Flying Handbook:
For purposes of this discussion, turns are divided into
three classes: shallow turns, medium turns, and steep
turns.
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Author: MxsmanicMxsmanic
Date: May 16, 2008 17:24
Alan writes:
> But when I fly on MFSF
> (gulp, I hate to bring it up, it seems to be a real sore point in this
> group) one of my main gripes is that most planes the moment you let go
> of the joystick or the aileron keys they straighten themselves up
> right away.
That depends on which aircraft model you are using. The default aircraft, as
a general rule, are less realistic than add-on aircraft; sometimes the
differences are striking. The basic sim is fundamentally capable of more than
the default aircraft provide, even if it is hardly perfect.
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Author:
Date: May 16, 2008 17:23
"Alan" wrote in message
news:tl5s24l9f1m2efdbjlk2csihnluab17816@4ax.com...> How well do aircraft hold a bank angle during a turn? In other words,
> once it's banking at say, 30 degrees at cruising altitude, will it
> hold that same angle indefinitely, or will it tend to slowly come out
> of it and right itself, and how slowly. Often when I'm flying I sit
> behind the wing and watch the aileron. It moves when the aircraft
> starts turning but once it's achieved its bank angle it seems to stay
> there with no aileron input until it's time to straighten it and then
> the aileron moves in the opposite direction. But when I fly on MFSF
> (gulp, I hate to bring it up, it seems to be a real sore point in this
> group) one of my main gripes is that most planes the moment you let...
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Author: gattgatt
Date: May 16, 2008 11:47
Here's a learning opportunity involving the effects of hangars on
crosswind correction, as well as soft-field operations. I used to rent
this aircraft and noticed that it disappeared from the flight line last
summer.
" 14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation...
Aircraft: Cessna 172M, registration: NXXXX
Injuries: 1 Uninjured.
During the takeoff roll in a 30 degree crosswind of about 12 knots, the
aircraft passed on the leeward side of a number of hangars of varying
size. As the aircraft passed through the area where the wind was blocked
by the individual hangars into areas where the wind was not blocked, the
student pilot failed to adequately compensate for the resultant change
in wind velocity and direction. As the student pilot continued the
takeoff, the aircraft departed the side of the runway, impacted a
taxiway exit sign, and entered into an area of wet, soft ground. The
student pilot then pulled the power to idle and applied "full brakes."
The nose gear then dug into the terrain and ultimately collapsed. There
were no anomalies found in the rudder or nose wheel steering systems.
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