it all reminds me of a tale about a horse drawn zeppelin…….
On 11 Jan 2014, at 12:35 pm, Adam Woolley <[email protected]> wrote: > Don't worry Rolf, this topic will get to team flying & GFA bashing soon - > then Mark Newton will step in, & the cycle will continue... > > I was thinking the same thing..! > > > > WPP > > > On 11 Jan 2014, at 6:49, "rolf a. buelter" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> You people are something. Somebody asks where the convention of turnpopint >> numbers instead of descriptors come from. Fair enough question if it rains >> cats and dogs outside and all other inside activities are exhausted and >> deadly boredom set in. >> Now you're suggesting that use of these numbers brings hell and damnation or >> at the very least makes you crash into the Atlantic or Mt Erebus or >> somewhere or at best loose your tail on take off. I'm surprised that nobody >> doug out the Gimly glider yet and suggests that if we have to use numbers >> they should at least be imperial. >> >> Rolf >> Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2014 09:55:54 +1000 >> To: [email protected] >> From: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Turnpoints >> >> This is the frightening bit: >> >> "the aircraft computer applied vastly less thrust " >> >> Is there something wrong with having the computer work out the power setting >> required and have the flight crew move the throttles to the required setting? >> >> Or having an acceleration monitor with a liftoff prediction once the thing >> starts moving? >> >> Or having flight crew familiar enough with the aircraft to know that the >> thrust setting called for, at a weight you should have some feel for, seems >> wrong? >> >> Mike >> >> >> .At 09:05 AM 10/01/2014, you wrote: >> On 10/01/2014 8:47 AM, [email protected] wrote: >> >> If people wish to continue with using just numbers they should >> revisit the Air NZ accident in Antarctica. Individuals working alone, no >> cross checking and inputting at dark O'clock. Sooner or later you >> will have a very uncomfortable experience. >> I've seen it time and time again even in professional aviation. >> Yes indeed. This one was very close to home, and perilously close to being >> Australia's worst air disaster.   The essential message is in the first >> couple of paragraphs. >> >> tn >> _______________________________________________ >> Aus-soaring mailing list >> [email protected] >> To check or change subscription details, visit: >> http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring >> Borgelt Instruments - design & manufacture of quality soaring >> instrumentation since 1978 >> www.borgeltinstruments.com >> tel: 07 4635 5784 overseas: int+61-7-4635 5784 >> mob: 042835 5784 : int+61-42835 5784 >> P O Box 4607, Toowoomba East, QLD 4350, Australia >> _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list >> [email protected] To check or change subscription details, >> visit:http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring >> _______________________________________________ >> Aus-soaring mailing list >> [email protected] >> To check or change subscription details, visit: >> http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
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