winsor68

I wonder if IS have centre link so they are not too inconvenienced

http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/may/27/story-of-australian-jihadis-overseas-and-on-the-dole-turns-out-to-be-a-furphy?CMP=soc_568

While at times I think john goes a bit far, this sentence of yours intrigued me winsor.Are you implying that they perceived all Australians as bigots or are you implying they were only going to choose bigots to behead?

Interesting to see who strongly defends ISIS. Also interesting to note the original post didn't mention 'Muslims' or 'Islam' but the ISIS defender apparently decided they were one and the same. Hmm... maybe he's right?

Lucky we live in Australia with free speech and the freedom to be a bigot without having our heads cut off

You are a sick bigot John. I don't like extremists from either side. Why don't you go back to somewhere...anywhere..just not here eh?

I am truly honestly surprised to see anyone defending this psychopaths actions. He drowned the dog because it was annoying him... he snapped and lost his xxxt... causing him to hold a sentient creature under the water for an extended period until it was dead. I can't defend that whatsoever. And I am not some softy bleeding heart when it comes to killing animals.

Sun tabloid this morning

" A "Flybe" airline piot has been suspended from duties whilst police investigate an indident whaere it is alleged the pilot was relaxing in his back garden and completely "Lost his temper" due to a small dog yapping continually in his next door neighbour's garden. . . the man commented that this had been going on since he moved in to the property some six months earlier.

 

He allegedly reached over the fence, grabbed the dog and drowned it in a plastic water bucket, immediately regretting what he had done, as he got on extremely well otherwise with his neighbour . .

 

The newspaper suggests that people who lose their temper should not fly passenger aircraft. . ? Oh ? I though pilots were just ordinary people with a bit of special training ? whilst I am dusgusted at what the man did, I would have thought that a genuine apology, an even some form of compensation would be in order,. . .but lose his job ? ?

 

I am a pet lover too, and I would have possibly laid the guy out had he done that to my dog . . .

 

what does the team think ?

 

You DO read some strange things in newspapers. . .!

Zero airspeed? about 26ft per second decent rate can be called airspeed. You will possibly have some roll control as there will be some airflow over the aircraft.

That is bloody beautiful nick...

I think I would do a model of our Sportstar before I would do one of the Skylark. The Skylark's T-tail would be a pain to build and the winglets would have to be made removable or the wing panels would be a pain to transport.Cheers!

I don't share your optimism Winsor. I also don't feel your"creative" is fair comment, either. I've been in at least half a dozen situations where the rapidity of assessment and action required could not be achieved remotely. In the QF Airbus 380, they lost normal radio contact and electrical systems were very damaged. The chances of a successful outcome with that Aircraft was of a low order.. My opinion even if not correct is based on actual happenings that I have been in, personally and at one time it was my business to know other world situations of relevance to flying safety and crew performance. I know things move on but I suggest most airline pilots with a bit of experience would be skeptical of how safe remote control would be.Differentiating with Cargo and Pax is interesting . I don't buy it really as there are a lot of built up areas , with dense populations around airports and a lot of capital and company reputation involved. and valuable cargo may have as high an insurance pay out as pax depending on country. Saving on crew training can be false economy. Even things like brake and tyre wear, fuel consumption pax injury in flight etc can dwarf crew wages differentials as well as diversions and accidents.

The common view they just sit there bored and everything is automatic isn't correct. You have MELs / allowable deficiencies that complicate operations. and things do go wrong during flight at times too with the aircraft and the weather..Nev

Sorry fact hunter if the "creative" disturbs you but I do disagree with your thinking in regard to this issue. That is all. This doesn't discount your experience in the past. I just see a different future.

Pilot error is a convenient excuse of a term that has been complained of by many who have sought better answers over the years Usually the pilot is dead, making it difficult to get his/her version of events. Pilot's don't deliberately set out to make errors, and often when poor performance is determined to be a factor BETTER training is applied or procedures are changed. So was it pilot error?The man /machine interface is not perfect. What is the bloody thing doing now? moment. The three hand altimeter, and using QNH .QFE can be deadly. A QNH error of 10 Mb is 300 feet

You don't really know what happened unless you were there is often true. The more data you have the more likely you are to arrive at a correct answer. CVR.( Cockpit voice) records more than voices. It provides engine ( Power settings) and radio calls PA ,air noises and other possibilities, for analysis. The object of all this cost and activity is prevention of a recurrence. Nev

Which aircraft types are capable of this pilotless flight that some of you think is the answer. Civil passenger carrying not exotic x series aircraft.

BUT...

Compare this to 10 years ago where there were none... and you can see that things can easily and quickly change dramatically...

Take the pilots away and add in a malevolent homicidal ground controller/engineer who is doing the automatic flight path programming.Mass murder by remote control. Wouldn't that be exciting aviation progress!

Actually, the -10 is recommended with either a 210 HP IO-360, or the 260 HP version of the IO-540 Lycoming. Both the -10s built here have IO-540 installed.The main limitation that comes up on the VANS info is the HP for an RV9 or RV9A. VANS say max 160HP, but many builders have used 180HP. In the US, everyone based in the 'high' states uses 180HP. You just need to remember that the Va for an RV9/9A is much lower than for other RV's - around 110 is what they say, but my calculations say it's closer to 98-100....based on the calculation of 2V3.8 x Vs (50). I take a lot of care when negotiating around wx as it's just so easy to allow your speed to increase in an RV.

 

(whoops, sorry - didn't see the last post re HP & 9's)

 

happy days,

Love the paint job. It really looks good.

as long as there is a human up the front, there will always be that fear of death to help ensure the pilot does everything possible to prevent that death.... machines in the past, and just as recently, have happily flown themselves into oblivion..

8 incidents in 35 yrs considering the amount of flights that there are is IMHO not too bad at all. Yes 1 is too many but how many technical/mechanical failures have pilots corrected/compensated for in that time?IMHO a pilot on the plane is a must.

 

Maybe there is a generation coming who would be comfortable with pilotless aircraft, but I don't think everyone will be comfortable with that. A driverless car is totally different and I can certainly see a benifit there but up in the air I like real people

When this had just happened and it was speculated that it was a computer generated upset the big media were clamoring about too much automation on aeroplanes, then overnight they changed the tune to "let's get rid of all humans". I reckon pilots have saved an order of magnitude more people from faulty electronics than the other way around.

A good reason to take the human out of the equation...? ...and the cockpit?

It looked like a Lightwing speed to me...

Maybe the original started with a B ................ :wink:Don't tell scotty I gave you a hint.

More on the Glider theme. Told you Ole is never idle. He calls this the Condor. Guess what it started its life as?