I take it PP was flying it?Yes and I was talking about electrifying them
Took this in Karratha at sunrise a few weeks ago. I’m shore it will be dulled by this website but gee it’s lovely and sharp in the original. Image Unavailable, Please Login
OLIO. I was supposed to go back to Perth on 11 May. But various maintenance issues have meant they’ve been waiting for parts from Switzerland ever since then, and I’m “on hold” until it’s sorted. Latest word is next few days. In the meantime I’m playing golf and ensuring there are adequate supplies of scotch here at home.
From the “Money doesn’t equal brains” files... http://www.flyingmag.com/story/news/ntsb-reports-the-complete-story/
The scariest thing is these are the people you share the circuit area with....I’ll be in Wellcamp Toowoomba in just over a week...It’s a CTAF and when you leave controlled Airspace at 8500 feet in a big wide body jet it’s very uncomfortable being around small slow aircraft and a lot of them are learning to fly....
Only for 2 hours Jon unfortunately....They just fill the jet full of fresh produce and then off to Hongkong....
Absolutely. By far the scariest thing about my time in Perth was that RFDS operates out of Jandakot there. That is an extremely busy training airport with lots of very slow aircraft in the circuit constantly, as well as VFR lighties joining from all over the place. Trying to fit a high performance jet into that environment is no fun at all.
Sounds like my walkaround Minus kicking the tyres, the pressures don't matter, I'll be in the air (hopefully) shortly
No plan required for circuit training. Generally there’ll be something in the system if the aircraft is going away from the airport environment. The problem is you’ve got large numbers of aircraft buzzing around at 60-100kt with students at the controls so they are not necessarily exactly where they should be or think they are. There’s no radar control at the airport so everything relies on people looking out and seeing each other (the tower controllers are doing exactly that). Stick a jet into that environment that climbs at 200kt and 4-5000ft/min and it is very nerve wracking. I was always very happy to be handed over to the Perth departure controller and be out of there. Arrival was not so bad. The jet can go surprisingly slow and you’ve got more time to look out and see other aircraft.
100% Steve...The problem with slowing a big jet down you end up with such a high nose attitude and you can’t see anything below you...
Long time since I've washed aircraft but d othey have "avoidance modes " to keep aircraft apart or is that the prime objective of the ATC ?
The aircraft has a traffic alert and collision avoidance system. It's not uncommon to hear "Traffic! Traffic!" just after takeoff at Jandakot because they have parallel runway ops, so more often than not there'll be a training aircraft very close by but using the other runway (so you pray that they stay on their side of the circuit!). It's up to the tower to keep an eye on where everyone is and let you know of potential traffic so you know where to look. The rest is up to you. It works fine when everyone has similar performance and visibility.
