Phil Perry

I'M ABOUT TO TAKE PART IN THE GREAT BRADFORD RUN IN THE U K. IT'S

 

NOT AN OFFICIAL RACE, I JUST STAND IN THE CITY CENTRE & SHOUT

 

"ALLAH IS A WANKER" AND THEN OFF WE GO....

 

A GOVERNMENT SURVEY HAS SHOWN THAT 91% OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS COME

 

TO BRITAIN SO THAT THEY CAN SEE THEIR OWN DOCTOR

 

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I'VE JUST FITTED STROBE LIGHTS IN THE BEDROOM. IT MAKES THE WIFE

 

LOOK LIKE SHE'S MOVING DURING SEX.

 

A MUSLIM HAS DIED WHILST TRAINING TO BE A SKYDIVER. THE " BRITISH

 

NATIONAL PARTY SCHOOL OF DIVING" SAID THEY HAD NO IDEA WHY HIS

 

SNORKEL AND FLIPPERS DID NOT OPEN.

 

GOT A NEW JACK RUSSELL PUP TODAY, HE'S MAINLY BLACK AND BROWN WITH

 

JUST A SMALL WHITE AREA. I'VE CALLED HIM LONDON .

 

IF YOU GET AN EMAIL TELLING YOU THAT YOU CAN CATCH SWINE FLU FROM

 

TINS OF HAM THEN DELETE IT. IT'S PROBABLY SPAM.

 

THEY SAY THAT SEX IS THE BEST FORM OF EXERCISE. CORRECT ME IF I'M

 

WRONG BUT I DON'T THINK 2 MINUTES AND 15 SECONDS EVERY 3 MONTHS IS

 

GOING TO SHIFT THIS BEER BELLY.

 

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Notice to all members. . . . Phil Perry has consumed more Barossa valley product than is good for him, and as a result . . .will probably be banned for a while for forwarding unsuitable content. . . .

 

 

Yenn, I appreciate your thinking behind this comment, but by using "Europeans" I was making a distinction between those whose cultural origins are northwest of the Alps and the rest of the wogs, dogs and other undesirables.OME

Don't beat about the bush OME,. . . say what you think bro. . . . .! ( Love it. . .) Phil.

 

 

Surely the technology is there that should a pilot leave the flight deck the parameters of the flight path are locked until the pilot (or second person) returns.The reset procedure requiring two people to unlock it simultaneously.

The "locked" flight path is time locked for say 5 or 10 minutes and then Automatically unlocks. Enough time for the pilot to return.

 

Introducing a trolley dolly isn't real very clever.

 

Alternative Access to ensure a pilot cannot be permanently Locked out via the door has been covered many times here

OK,. . .not a BAD idea,. . . .then someone asks . . . ." What about if there was a sudden emergency, requiring a rapid change of direction / level ? " . . . . . five or ten minutes is a little too long I would suggest,. . . Another worthy poster on this thread, reckoned that he could place an aircraft in a pretty well unrecoverable condition of flight in under thirty seconds. . . . . NEXT IDEA . . . . .?

 

Intrinsically good thinking,. . . . but too many caveats.

 

( BTW. . . I KNOW he won't really do this, . . .otherwise he would not have told us about it. . . )

 

Phil

 

 

They say "Dingo ugly" is when you chew your arm off rather than wake them in the morning. Nev

I don't think we have a natty descriptor phrase in the UK for that described vivble condition Nev,. . .

 

But My Mother said that when the Midwife saw ME,. . .she slapped Mother instead. . . .

 

I started to realise something must be wrong, when it was evident that I was being fed using a catapult . . . .

 

 

Oh Dear,. . . . .I had a look in my old logbooks and it seems I am locationally confused on the Rosella Carpet post,. . . . in the interests of historical thruthfullitude, ( ? ) my mate Pete lived around 15 Nm North East of Warracknabeal. . .! ! ! near a place called Bangerang.

 

The rest of the incident is reasonably accurate though ( ! ! ! )

 

Rainbow was a different story, . . . .but maybe some other time !

 

( Sorry ! ) Phil

 

 

A wise person once said:

 

1. We all love to spend money buying new clothes but we never realize that the best moments in life are enjoyed without clothes.

 

 

 

2. Having a cold drink on hot day with a few friends is nice, but having a hot friend on a cold night after a few drinks - PRICELESS.

 

 

 

3. Arguing over a girl's bust size is like choosing between Fosters, Victoria Bitter, XXXX & Crown Lager.

 

 

 

Men may state their preferences, but will grab whatever is available.

 

 

 

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4. I have not actually verified this on Google or Wiki, but it sounds legit.

 

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A recent study found that women who carry a little extra weight, live a lot longer than the men who happen to mention it.

 

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If it was your first hunting trip, you did well to hit a charging pig!

Second reply to your remark Marty,. . . I have to add that I am no stranger to firearms, ie I was in an Air Training Corps team for .303 competitions in 1964 and came fifth overall, out of 67 entrants from ATC squadrons UK wide, and got my cross rifles badge for Mum to sew onto my BD in the 300 yard range comps,. . . But this was a very relaxed excercise, in that we were in the prone firing position,. . .and the 1.5 metre square targets we shot at didn't usually run toward you and then rip out your ballsac and eat you . . . If I'd had my beautifully set up Ruger 6mm rifle back then, I could have done a whole lot better with the improved accuracy and much higher muzzle velocity available ( imho )

 

I've got some targets from a handgun comp. in 1985, 25 metre indoor range, .357 rapid fire, meaning that you had to squeeze off six shots in six seconds, the weapon to be held in one hand, not in both like the yanks seem to do. . . I could scan and post these, but I won't because 1) It would make me look like a tosser. . . [ and that is already debateable. .] 2 ) It couldn't be proven, and therefore meaningless. . . .ie no range official signature on the cardboard ( ! ) and 3) . . . .shooting at a piece of card at any range, is completely different to a seriously rapid, . .no time to aim properly or think. . . adrenaline powered. . . quickshot at a wild animal out in the boondocks.

 

Just putting it all into perspective. PS I used .357 and .44 factory ammo,. . .! too uncomfortable and absolutely pointless for indoor ranges, . . .who needs 1440 Ft/lb of energy just killing a bit of defenceless cardboard ? not only this, but the large recoil of the .44 meant that it was really difficult to return to a bead on the target, and made rapid shooting very difficult. . . so I used to refill my own cartridges with a lighter target load. Sold all the paraphernalia now, but there's a new rifle club operating not far from here, so I may well go and join that and see how much I've forgotted. . . . .

 

Phil

 

 

That is the way I see it happening. They are there to provide access to the other pilot or in this case, prevent a lockout.

Well Geoff,. . .That's probably Govt. thinking anyway,. . .assuming they have actually carefully THOUGHT about it with some serious technical advice, and not just knee-jerked in a cynical attempt to placate public opinion without first looking into what would REALLY be required for a non-pilot to "provide access" . . . to make things appear to the travelling public that it is all OK now. . . .

 

If cabin staff members are to ensure the return of the "other" pilot, short of leaving the door open,. . . then would this not require all of them to undergo training on the type of aircraft, so that they would have at least the first part of ANY idea at all how the cockpit locking system actually worked on that type of aircraft ? This will be quite a difficult problem to solve in the short term, as it is a lot more complex than it first seems I think. . . . as has been said before,. . .a suicidal pilot could place a large RPT aircraft into a fairly non-recoverable flight condition in a very short time. . . .

 

Not trying to detract from the value of your post in any way mate,. . .Just wondering . . .

 

Cheers. . . . Phil

 

 

If it was your first hunting trip, you did well to hit a charging pig!

Flippin 'Eck Marty,. . . it was just a really lucky one,. . .( not that it did any good ! ) I'd watched my mate Billy take aim at the pig whilst it was minding it's own business snuffling around on the deck for whatever it is that pigs snuffle for,. . . . I had the rifle cocked already, . . .as I'd been warned that these things can suddenly appear out of the scrub and you've got to be quick ! ! . . . I was only given very basic info prior to the hunting trip, and didn't realy know what to expect,. . .the idea was to bag one and take it home and have a hog roast,. . . we ended up with pub food instead. . .

 

 

That surprises me Phil, because we've had quite a lot of cases over the years where unskilled pilots have made it into the cloud, perhaps due to instrument training, but have run into a mast or hill because they hadn't been taught the necessary skills to flight plan for IMC, from having a wider lowest safe altitude corridor to let down procedures, missed approach procedures etc.Our Night VFR rating used to be on the bucket list for just about all Private Pilots, but the realisation set in that it was probably more likely to cause accidents than save them, and it's not as popular today as flight planning for a landing before last light.

Bang on Turbo . . . . Controlled Flight Into Terrain. . . . . as I said before, the IMC rating ALLOWS a pilot to negotiate SOME cloud enroute, but NOT to PLAN a flight with the certain knowledge that he will have to fly through cloud, ie, flight planning an IMC flight.

 

Both the departure and destination airfields MUST be VMC, with suitable alternates planned, in order to make the flight a legal one. . . . . STRETCHING this limited rating is almost always the prime cause where an aircraft flies into terrain at low level ( or any level for that matter ) It just keeps on happening. . . . . . . Proper IFR flights use LSALT . . .an IMC rating holder doesn't have to. . . . recipe for bad outcomes ?

 

Phil

 

 

I believe the markings may come in useful for hospital use.

Assuming you don't spill the damn thing whilst you are crashing throught the trees. . . . .

 

 

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Marty,. . . why oh why would you need a pee bottle which detailed the pee quantity with markings on the side of the bottle. . . .d'you think the accident investigators are perverts ? ? ? ?

 

 

One worthy poster mentioned a "larger calibre" for pigs ( razorbacks). . . . .I had an interesting experience with one of those animals near Wheelbar Bridge once apon a time, when a great big piggy came charging after my mate, who had just hit the thing with his .303 rifle, but it didn't seem to flinch.

 

He departed up the nearest tree, and thing came straight for me. . .I shot it in the head with my 3030 Winchester ( John Wayne special ! ) and it went down, but then it then got up again, and continued in my direction, whereupon I also opted for a tree. These things are really hard to kill it would appear. . . . I can only imagine that the projectile struck his skull at a shallow angle, and didn''t actually penetrate. . . . Geez,. . .what calibre would I have needed to have put the thing down with one shot I wonder ? ? ? this chappie was approximately 350 -400 pounds, this would have been somewhat like being hit by a medium sized motorbike, but with teeth and a bad attitude. . . . this was my first, and last hunting trip BTW. . . .

 

 

Tamworth last year and the year before had a spate (spelling?) of gun thefts,

Mo sweat Mate,.. . .SPATE is good,. . . you Could have used "Abundance" or if you wanted to appear REALLY eddificationalized,. . ."Surfeit" "Spate" is usually employed by the media to describe a Quantity of events, with a negative or derogatory slant. . . . Spelling was A1., I'm proud of you . . .and so will Dazza be ( ! ) my additional comments refer to thesaurusness. . . .!

 

Fil.

 

 

This is a question I have wanted to ask about the IMC.Instrument flying is the battle between the mind and the instrument so to maintain the IMC dose the pilot have to do a review or ongoing training to maintain that skill set?

Hiya Tucano. . . .the UK IMC rating has to be revalidated every 25 months with a reval checkride with an instructor. THIS IS NOT A FLIGHT TEST . . .just a one hour flight, to make certain that you are still sharp enough to hold the rating. There is no other cost involved ( at the moment ! ) other than the hire of the aircraft plus the instructor. . . . . I personally have never taken this rating, having held a full Instrument rating for many years, but which has now lapsed, due to reasons of cost and other things. . . . but I can tell you that originally, I thought that the IMC rating was a good idea,.. but following several accidents, over the last five years, I've decided that perhaps I was wrong, and that those who achieve the IMC rating take far too many risks with the lives of their passengers. . .and this has been proved by the statistics. . . . .This is one of the " I told you so" things that I'm not happy about.

 

If you want to fly recrational aircraft . . .then DO THAT.. . . .if you really feel the need to fly ANYWHERE, ANYTIME in crap weather,. . .then your ONLY sensible route is an INSTRUMENT RATING. . .and you only use this in a fully equipped aircraft, and operate it under full IFR procedures. There's no middle ground to this. I NEVER took my kids or Wife on any trips where instrument flying was required,. . .this was easy, as my Wife refuses to fly with me anyway, and never has,. . .but I think you know what I'm getting at,. . .unless you are flying for commercial gain, in an approved aircraft type with all the kit available, . . .then forget it. It's not fun, and it's not clever to think you can do it in a recreational aircraft,. . .they are not designed for it.

 

Enjoy your flying for what it is.

 

Kind regards from your mate Phil ( ! ) survivor of many stupid decisions,. . .but fortunately still alive to tell the tale. . . .

 

 

Rose

 

Apparently the best season on decades for budgies in Central Australia. I've seen them swarming like bees in their tens of thousands. It's a really beautiful sight.

ROSELLAS. . . . . . I once visited an old friend who lived in a Victorian town called Rainbow,. . . .I had a great day with the guy and his Wife, we met on the convict ship "RMS Ellinis" a Greek liner which imported us from Pommieland in 1972. . .shared the same dining table in the Ship's restaurant, . . .always said we'd keep in touch blah blah blah. . . . anyway,. . .

 

My mate Peter Barnett arranged for me to fly into a farmenr's field just outside of the town,. . .he said it was a bit small, but it turned out to have a run a bit bigger than Tullamarine's main strip. . . . I landed in VH-EJM, a virtually brand new ( bollox, it was about 3 years old,. . .) aircraft that I had decided to purchase, in a syndicate with eight other victims,. .er, I mean . . .people. Theere were TWO pilots in this proposed syndicate. . . . anyway, I digress,. . . . Peter collected me from the field in his Ute, and I had a really nice day with him and his Missus Ruby,. . .had dinner at the local hotel ( pub ) and finally it was time for me to get going,. .. you know how quickly night seems to fall in Australia,. . .Geez,.. . .there's no "Twilight" Like we used to have in the UK,. . .no,. . .it just GETS BLOODY DARK really fast,. . .and I had about 3 hours before this was going to happen, and I'd got to go to work on the Monday morning. . . .!

 

ANYWAY. . . to the point of my post ( you KNEW I'd get there in the end. . .didn't you ? ) I said my goodbyes, did my ground checks, and fired up the Cessna,. . .since the field was so huge, . . .I didn't bother taxying to the one end,. . .I just said. . .Byeeee. . .and fired it up. . .as I had literally just lifted off the grass,. . a bloody great cloud of something iridescant blue lifted of the ground in front of me like a great big carpet, and I was momentarily stunned,. . .so much so, that I pulled the throttle back a bit, and relaxed my back pressure on the yoke . . .OOPS. . .WRONG ! ! ! ( I later found that the Carpet of birds were locally known as Rosellas. . .a type of Parrot ? ? ? I dunno. . .) ? ? ? ? Just at that moment, a bloody great removals van,. . . bigger than anything I'd ever seen, emerged on the road at the left end of the strip out of a copse of trees, and . . . .well,. . .If I said I ONLY JUST MISSED HITTING IT. . . I would not be lying to you. . . .I think it was down to centimetres, not inches. . .

 

I literally slammed the throttle all the way in, and yanked the 172 into a hard right turn, and I thought I'd clipped the hedge at the end,. . .when I got back to Berwick, I found no green bits on the wingtip. . . .

 

Ah well,. . .another flight survived. I Didn't buy the aeroplane in the end,. . .some bloke came in and offered more than our syndicate, so we missed it. . .just for the record, we had offered $22,000 . . .If we'd known someone else wanted the damn thing we could have easily upped it a bit. . . .Ce la vie. . . .

 

 

I must just add a rider to the last post,. . .In the UK, we have an IMC rating,. . . . this is a course consisting of fifteen hours of training to fly on instruments. This is NOT. . .an INSTRUMENT RATING . . .that will take a lot longer to achieve.

 

But, at least it IS a start,. . .it allows pilots to fly through cloud EN ROUTE, But not to PLAN a flight KNOWING that there will be cloud en route. . .

 

And explains how to carry out radio navigation to get to where you are going,. . . .but NOT instrument approach procedure. It also means that, if the airfield you are going to is below VFR minimums,then you ARE NOT ALLOWED TO ATTEMPT A LANDING THERE, and must proceed to an alternate which is within VFR minima.

 

A LOT of pilots in the UK take the IMC rating, ( which is not recognised in the rest of Europe BTW ) but a lot of them think that this is the be all and end all of aviation, and of course , . . .it isn't. It is NOT a CHEAP instrument rating at all,. . .there is a lot more to that than 15 hours of easy training. . . . .

 

Most light aircraft pilots also don't seem to realise that,. . .if you fly in cloud, you are more likely to encounter ICING conditions, than when you fly in the clear air. Now, most rented single engined light aircraft in the UK are not fitted with de-icing equipment. . . . and as most of you probably know, Iciung can happen with terrifying swiftness in some instances, . . .and if not immediatley recognised can result in the rapid build up of ice on struts and various airframe parts, plus control surfaces freezing as well. . . . ., which isn't nice.

 

If you decide to take your brand shiny new IMC rating, . . .load up your frineds to take a trip to France for lunch, . . .and end up passing thorough a lot of Stratocumulus cloud enroute, . . .you may well find that the forecast icing level of 3,000 feet. . . .( which you OBVIOUSLY asked the met man for before you left. . .! ) is bollox, since you are flying at 4500 feet, and still getting a significant ice build up on your airframe ? ? ? ? ? In some cloud decks, , Particularly StratoCu in the UK, the freezing point finds it's OWN level, and it doesn't matter what the MET guy said, . . .you are freezing up mate. . . . this is when the panic starts to set in,. . . . and pilots will change altitude very rapidly to get out of the cloud, and end up over stressing the airframe, possibly tumbling the gyro in the process, and. . . .fill in your own end to that. . . .it's happened on Hundreds of occasions.

 

I've written several articles on the subject of the IMC rating over the past 20 years or so,. . .but I always get brickbats.

 

If you want to fly in ANY WEATHER no matter what,. . . then pay out the money,. . .do the training,. . .and get an INSTRUMENT RATING. Then make certain that your aircraft is equipped with reaonalble de-ice boots on the wings, and prop de-ice as well,. . . . then,. . .with a biot of good fortune,. . .you can take your family anywhere, in the sure knowledge that you will PROBABLY get there alive, with no particular trauma enroute.

 

In the meantime, I am afraid we will be discussing reports about those who didn't. . . . . . .

 

Sorry to sound so fatalistic,. . .but there it is.

 

Phil

 

 

 

I really hope that forum members don't mind, or are not offended in any way when I post pictures of those who have died in aircraft accidents.

 

I do it because I think it is important to see the human side of aircraft crashes, which usually don't figure in the cold, hard statistics you see about aircraft incidents. This couple, along with their six year old Son were involved in the accident on Jan 3rd 2015 when their Alpi Pioneer aircraft crashed in heavily timbered country whilst trying to land at Popham Airfield, in Hampshire UK,. . .after the pilot had decided he wasn't going to make it home to Wellesbourne airfield ( His home base ) in really crappy weather, on his flight home from a family holiday on the Isle of Wight. If you look at these locations on google earth you will see that the didn't get very far. Now, I have NO IDEA if the pilot was IMC or Instrument rated,. . . . we'll have to wait for the AAIB eport for that,. . .but.. if he was trying to land at an airfield not far from his point of origin, then this casts some doubt. In the meantime, their terrified little 6 year old Son, fighting for his life in intensive care, probably doesn't know that his Mum and Dad no longer exist. . . .

 

But whatever ?. . .we'll have to wait for the report. But it seems to me that pilots seem to do this with frightening regularity in this country, . . .ie, bugger the weather forecast,. . .we've really GOT to get back today, cause I've got a meeting. . . .and then all these other people have a chat and discuss the results of his fatal decision on social media. . . .

 

 

A light aircraft stalled and spun before crashing near the M1 killing the pilot and a passenger, a report has found.

 

Pilot John Gill, 70, and Alan Eaves, 76, died when the Cessna F150 plunged into a field near Junction 26 at Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, last June.

 

The Air Accident Investigation Branch said the aircraft stalled and spun, most likely due to an engine problem which "could not be determined" possibly resulting in the pilot becoming distracted and losing control of the aircraft”.

 

The probable primary cause was "a partial loss of engine power", the report found.

 

Mr Gill, from Belper, Derbyshire, and Mr Eaves, from Selston, Nottinghamshire, both held pilot licences.

 

They were members of the Merlin Flying Club at Hucknall from where they had taken off on the day of the crash on 14 June.

 

Several drivers on the M1, including one with a dashboard camera, provided eyewitness evidence of the aircraft's last moments to the investigators.

 

These showed the aircraft flew straight for about eight seconds after turning onto final approach to the runway before suddenly starting a left turn and then rolling sharply to the left and entering a "vertical rotating descent".

 

 

 

Mr Google indicates this one happened three months ago on January 3rd.Is there still no more information about it? What kind of plane is it? Looks like some kind of homebuilt judging by the nosewheel(?) which looks like a plastic very light industrial wheel of the wheelbarrow genre. With three PoB, do UK regs allow for homebuilts with more than two seats?

The Jabiru 4 seater is quoted as an "Allowable" kit buid in the UK, according to the LAA. . . . .

 

 

Sorry about that one guys,. . .I got a call about it from a registration spotter bloke who told me it had happened on April 3rd. He is normally a bit better than this. . . . I shall not make that mistake again. Thank you for the information, I normally vet these reports a heck of a lot more prior to posting. The AAIB treport will normally take around 18 months before release,. . .but I'll post it when available.

 

No more significant information on the PA28 incident in Argyll at the moment, other than that two hill walkers saw the aircraft from different positions descending at a very steep angle whilst they were walking not far from the site of the crash. Both persons saying that the weather at the time was "Awful" with very low cloud and mist, along with light rain.

 

Phil

 

 

Thanks for the feedback. Its nice to hear that someone listens..Btw your wife is supportive of you listening to aviation podcasts in the car! Wow your very lucky.

 

The foxbat sure is a nice aircraft. It gets off the ground in no time and in the hands of a skilled pilot it Has quite the short landing roll. The view from the cockpit also cant be beaten!

 

Enjoy it and happy birthday!

Problem will be. . .finding a S K I L L E D pilot ? My mate Bryon, ( user of this forum ) just missed meeting me at my airfield yesterday ( I was on funeral duties ) I arranged a fly for him, BUT. . .the guy had to go home at noon and couldn't wait any longer and so Bryon didn't get a flight. . .There were other blokes around, but I didn't want him flying with anyone else who may have been around at the time,. . . . . I won't say more, but I think you'll get the drift about SKILLED PILOTS. . . . . .!

 

 

Welcome Hieway66.My wife and I spent some time last year after Oshkosh tracking down as much of Hiway 66 as we could. tons of fun.

By the way I know bugger all about aviation, I'm a beginner too.

Hey Mod. . . . .I know Budgerigar all about aviation too, and I've got 8700 hours not learning anything. . . . . . .

 

 

A six year old boy is currently critically injured in hospital following a crash in which both his parents died.

 

The aircraft has not been identified, but was flown by a 50 yr old businessman, with his Wife and young Son as passengers. Both adults were found dead at the scene, which was attended within ten minutes.

 

The accident occurred in very bad weather in woodland just adjacent to Popham airfield in Hampshire, although the aircraft was not based there, having originated it's flight on the Isle of Wight.

 

No more solid info yet, nor any press speculation ( thankfully ) AAIB were on site very quickly.

 

 

 

I saw a TV advert by one of the anti - gun lobbies in the USA recently, one one of those programmes showing various commercials from all over the world. . . it was actually very well done, showing various national flags full screen, with the voiceover saying " In xxxxxxxx this year,. . .there were seven people killed by handguns. Then seven holes appeard in the flag accompanied by sound effects. . they got to the Union Flag and said that in Britain this year, Five people were killed by handguns. . .bang bang. .etc. . . .this went on through some European national flags, then the Aussie one . . half a dozen deaths etc. . .ending up with the stars and stripes.

 

"In America this year, four thousand four hundred etc, etc. . . then the flag disappeared in a hail of bullet holes, leaving just a tattered bit of stripe hanging from the pole. . .!! The punchline was "God Bless America ". . . . Very graphic I thought, but they'll never beat the NRA !