tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post8768237404823579198..comments2024-03-13T09:47:40.487+00:00Comments on Cockpit Conversation: On The FrontierAviatrixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-18055771308208486772010-09-04T15:50:22.795+00:002010-09-04T15:50:22.795+00:00Almost everyone here in the midwest uses their han...Almost everyone here in the midwest uses their hand for locating things in Michigan. Turn your left hand palm out and you've got a pretty good map !ADBBingohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01427505381959532783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-34293727927383371622010-09-04T08:05:38.168+00:002010-09-04T08:05:38.168+00:00Washington State: Make a fist with your left hand,...Washington State: Make a fist with your left hand, thumb outside the other fingers. Look onto the inside of your hand. Thumb = Olympic Peninsula.<br />Part where thumb meets index finger = Puget Sound... You get it...<br /><br />Once you have the entire collection, you could do a nice picture (Like one of those kids' pictures with a apple and an A and a bike and a B...).zbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-56198943669487815072010-09-04T05:42:20.427+00:002010-09-04T05:42:20.427+00:003 hours of night flight training, including a cros...3 hours of night flight training, including a cross country of more then 100 nm, and 10 takeoffs and landings to a full stop.A Squarednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-43439735589220115922010-09-04T05:26:05.821+00:002010-09-04T05:26:05.821+00:00The PPL training requires a certain amount of nigh...<i>The PPL training requires a certain amount of night training.</i><br /><br />How much is a certain amount? <br /><br />Canada requires five hours dual night, including I think it was two hours of cross country and five hours solo night, including ten takeoffs and landings, plus ten hours of instrument time. The instrument time can be by day or night, but any given hour can be recorded as instrument or night, not both. There's no flight test, but an instructor's recommendation is required, so if you're navigationally challenged you may need extra time.<br /><br />Canada's night currency requires five night take-offs and landings in the last six months to fly with passengers.Aviatrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-24143699795521360402010-09-04T05:10:06.059+00:002010-09-04T05:10:06.059+00:00What are the US requirements to act as PIC at nigh...<i> What are the US requirements to act as PIC at night? </i><br /><br />Possess a PPL. <br /><br />That's pretty much it. (plus the currency requirements) <br /><br /><br />The PPL training requires a certain amount of night training, and including a night cross country flight. As EchoJuliet said, there's a specific exemption for pilots in Alaska, in which case you have a night flying prohibition specifically listed on your certificate, but aside from that, if you hold a PPL, you are night qualified. I'm not sure what John is referring to but it's been that way for 25 years or so.A Squarednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-73980379777547661392010-09-04T04:57:46.570+00:002010-09-04T04:57:46.570+00:00Echo Juliet, yes, that's exactly what happened...Echo Juliet, yes, that's exactly what happened, I got my PPL in the summer in Alaska, when night conditions were pretty much non-existent, then got the required night training in November IIRC, to get the restriction removed.A Squarednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-52382391862409928242010-09-03T20:58:00.847+00:002010-09-03T20:58:00.847+00:00I don't think Finns are very conserned about s...I don't think Finns are very conserned about swedish speaking minority even though there of course are some quarrels (especially among young people) in the areas where there are a lot of both. What people are mostly complaining about that all Finns have to study Swedish for 3-5 years at school. <br /><br />To me it's just pity that there are so few occasions where to use the language that I would have to make considerable effort to maintain my language skills.Edunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-45195328502057760372010-09-03T16:00:16.643+00:002010-09-03T16:00:16.643+00:00I am guessing the reason that Canada has night fly...I am guessing the reason that Canada has night flying in a specific rating is similar in reason (Part 61.110) to Alaskans ability to get their private with the limitation of "night flying prohibited": Its really hard to find adequate darkness during the summer. One of my friends pulled an all-nighter just to get her night cross country in late August. <br /><br />The next subpart gives exceptions to cross country requirements for pilots based on small islands. <br /><br />With both of these cases, the regulation goes on to say that the pilot has a year to get the limitation lifted, or the pilots license becomes invalid. <br /><br />According to this, I am guessing A squared got his license in Alaska during the summer. Did you just wait till fall to get the restriction lifted? Or am I wrong and you got your certificate under some other regulatory law?Echojuliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14176325221080989545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-1529665519996282142010-09-03T15:28:12.235+00:002010-09-03T15:28:12.235+00:00UK IMC: The training for the Instrument Rating is ...UK IMC: The training for the Instrument Rating is very stringent and costly. Because of this, the UK CAA also issues the IMC Rating, which is a limited form of instrument rating which is a lot simpler to obtain. It allows flight in instrument meteorological conditions but only in certain classes of airspace and with restrictions on conditions for take-off and landing. This is a national rating, meaning it is not ordinarily recognised outside of the UK. (Wikipedia)<br />I've seen "British VMC" defined as "pea soup but away from airways".<br /><br />My verification word looks like Russian...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-67103690548801756032010-09-03T14:45:06.185+00:002010-09-03T14:45:06.185+00:00US requirements for PIC at night are a PPL or bett...US requirements for PIC at night are a PPL or better ( light sport or recreational are day VFR only ) or student pilot solo, with instructor endorsement.<br /><br />To carry passengers, you need 3 take-off and full stop landings at night within 30 days in the same category, class and type, if applicable.<br /><br />There are no night licensing requirements ( other than a night dual x/c for the PPL ) and many private pilots just don't fly at night. In many ways this is wise, at least until the IR.<br /><br />There are, of course, complications and exceptions.. in particular, one for commercial pilots without the instrument rating, who can only carry passengers within 50 miles of their departure point in the daytime.<br /><br />--studying, always studyingSarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09991660841701835065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-12531974723048526522010-09-03T12:59:47.261+00:002010-09-03T12:59:47.261+00:00Not quite a hand signal but nevertheless a linguis...Not quite a hand signal but nevertheless a linguistic and cultural link between the human body and a state: In Australia when you talk about a woman's "map of Tassie" you are referring to Tasmania and its similarity in shape to a woman's patch of pubic hair...Critical Alphahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16907258677958422214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-46677248815048221672010-09-03T10:25:34.415+00:002010-09-03T10:25:34.415+00:00It's been a while, and I'm sure the rules ...It's been a while, and I'm sure the rules have changed, but I recall that when I was initally licensed, and on subsequent BFRs, I simply flew with an instructor at night over some distance (BVY to PWM was popular here), landed, and returned. Then I was "signed off" for solo night flight. It was not automatic upon passing my PPL flight test.John Lennertonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05924844964753141338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-71621312973014609252010-09-03T07:54:13.993+00:002010-09-03T07:54:13.993+00:00Oh and we don't have "logbook endorsement...Oh and we don't have "logbook endorsements." You're not obliged to allow any messy-writing instructor to scrawl in your log book in Canada. The pilot keeps her own records, and if you are approved for a new rating, whether by experience, recommendation or flight test, you send in paperwork to Transport Canada. You used to get a new licence, but now you get a new sticker for your licence booklet. Ooh, stickers! They aren't sparkly though.Aviatrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-57331010695581747722010-09-03T07:51:19.927+00:002010-09-03T07:51:19.927+00:00What are the US requirements to act as PIC at nigh...What are the US requirements to act as PIC at night?Aviatrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-28872313761376318092010-09-03T07:49:47.831+00:002010-09-03T07:49:47.831+00:00From the CARs:
"high-performance aeroplane&q...From the CARs:<br /><br />"high-performance aeroplane", with respect to a rating, means<br /><br />(a) an aeroplane that is specified in the minimum flight crew document as requiring only one pilot and that has a maximum speed (Vne) of 250 KIAS or greater or a stall speed (Vso) of 80 KIAS or greater, or<br /><br />(b) an amateur-built aeroplane that has a wing loading greater than that specified in section 549.103 of the Airworthiness Manual; (avion à hautes performances)<br /><br />That is, it goes like a bat out of hell, has to be landed faster than most training airplanes can fly, or turns into kleenex in a steep turn. You can see why I laughed at the C185!Aviatrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-79058148721506554092010-09-03T07:39:08.099+00:002010-09-03T07:39:08.099+00:00We have more differences such as the night rating ...<i> We have more differences such as the night rating </i><br /><br />When i initially received my pilot certificate, I didn't have night flying privilegesA Squarednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-76747845370725032472010-09-03T07:37:05.667+00:002010-09-03T07:37:05.667+00:00OK, I'll bite, what does "High performanc...OK, I'll bite, what does "High performance" mean in Canada?<br /><br />It ain't a rating though in the US, it's a one time endorsement in your logbook.A Squarednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-894245095019613412010-09-03T06:40:12.007+00:002010-09-03T06:40:12.007+00:00In Canada when I got my licence you were required ...In Canada when I got my licence you were required to demonstrate a spin and recovery on the private and commercial flight test, and I know of no multi-engine airplanes that are certified for spins. You were allowed to provide a separate airplane for the spin than for the rest of the ride, but at some point you would have to be able to fly the spin-capable aircraft. When I stopped instructing the spin was only on the commercial flight test, but the same logic applies. <br /><br />Once you have a commercial licence in Canada you may fly commercially in any airplane your licence covers (seaplane/wheelplane single/multi) but you probably need a separate type rating, pilot proficiency check or company training. Likewise an instructor rating entitles you to instruct on anything you are qualified on, with certain minimum experience levels, such as 50 hours on seaplanes to give seaplane ratings, and ten hours on type to teach multi-ratings.<br /><br />For example, my licence said "All single and multi-engine non-high performance land and sea aeroplanes" before I had ever flown a multi-engine seaplane. I did my multi rating on a wheel plane and my float rating on a single.<br /><br />("High performance" means a different thing in Canada, which I found out when I laughed at an American who was doing his "high performance" rating in a C185. He was insulted, but I'm still laughing. High performance? On a good day you can get it off the water and over the trees).<br /><br />We have more differences such as the night rating--automatically included in an American licence and the rare VFR-OTT rating. <br /><br />Now someone explain me up the British IMC versus IFR rating again. That one boggles my mind every time.Aviatrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-69275446823190646592010-09-03T06:13:09.135+00:002010-09-03T06:13:09.135+00:00Commercial is a license and Multi is a rating in t...Commercial is a license and Multi is a rating in the US as well. However, when you take your Comm, checkride, you only get commercial privileges in the class and category of the aircraft in which you took the checkride. If you take your commercial checkride in a multi engine airplane, you only have Comm privileges in Multi engine aircraft. You still only have private pilot privileges in single engine airplanes. (assuming you had a SE rating on your private certificate before you took the Comm Checkride)<br />Along the same lines, I only hold ATP privileges for Multi engine airplanes. My other ratings are at the Comm level.<br /><br />It is also entirely possible to do all of your training from hour one in a multi-engine airplane. Not necessarily advisable, but certainly possible.<br /><br /><br />A third way you might end up with a commercial pilot certificate without Comm SE privileges, is through the Military. In the US, Military pilots may be issueda civil pilot certificate on the basis of their military competency. Frequently this is a commercial pilot certificate with a multi engine rating only. Depending on your career and branch of service, you may have spent very little time in a single engine airplane. A friend of mine has only a very few hours in a t-41 (C-172) other than those few screening flights, his training began in the T-37, a twin engine jet. <br /><br /> <br /><br />None of this this true in Canada?A Squarednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-50462564681978186002010-09-03T03:53:34.938+00:002010-09-03T03:53:34.938+00:00Terrible typos in that one, sorry. I've fixed ...Terrible typos in that one, sorry. I've fixed two of the theirs and an it's. I really do know English.Aviatrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-6146274927503520282010-09-03T03:01:20.328+00:002010-09-03T03:01:20.328+00:00Tyler (and Anonymous), those are awesome. I'm ...<b>Tyler</b> (and Anonymous), those are awesome. I'm surprised this is the first time I've met any of these.<br /><br /><b>Unwise Owl</b>: That's what you get for living on an island. You need some borders. But I understand that Australia does have a few healthy aboriginal languages in the Northern Territory and Torres Islands. I guess there's not much of a pidgin developing there, as there is such a status difference between the languages, and most speakers of the lower status language already have a good command of the higher status one.Aviatrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-433679934595919582010-09-03T02:42:55.293+00:002010-09-03T02:42:55.293+00:00Texans show it much like the alaska trick, except ...Texans show it much like the alaska trick, except with the index finger pointed up (<a href="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQH6Dmtm9mmu0T9AKzvVKb5KhwdC6GvKJVaa8jIHqJCwxALVdk&t=1&usg=__rxTeZFtTaxRk9rTkxLjqRtv7vHE=" rel="nofollow">Map of Texas</a>). Massachusetts residents (Bay Staters, to be technical) represent Cape Cod as a flexed arm (<a href="http://www.nature.nps.gov/geology/parks/caco/images/caco_sat.jpg" rel="nofollow">Map of Cape Cod</a>), and San Francisco can be shown as your right thumb, with the golden gate bridge extending from the tip of your nail and the space between your thumb and the rest of your hand representing the bay: <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=san+francisco,+ca&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=San+Francisco,+California&gl=us&ei=cl6ATL_aLIWKlwehxNnDDw&ved=0CCcQ8gEwAA&ll=37.775057,-122.419281&spn=0.585068,1.234589&z=10" rel="nofollow"> San Francisco map</a>TgardnerHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14415712955890457930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-15723723562178086242010-09-03T01:49:00.322+00:002010-09-03T01:49:00.322+00:00I'm amazed by the mix of languages, too. Moder...I'm amazed by the mix of languages, too. Modern Australia has a very "speak English or stay at home" kind of attitude that I've always found grating. That said, we have a history of adapting foreign words into Australian English, too.<br />I love these little examples of Russian American English, though.UnwiseOwlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09466448988499591715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-80328593783042876282010-09-03T01:16:06.752+00:002010-09-03T01:16:06.752+00:00Michiganders are always using their left hand to r...Michiganders are always using their left hand to represent the Lower Penunsula. I've never heard of the Alaska trick before.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com