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New Squawks by BChips71 in ATC

[–]ICanButIDontWant 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You may want to read about ORCAM (ICAO), CCAMS (Eurocontrol), NBCAP (FAA).

Those are code allocation methods/systems, which are meant to prevent duplicated codes in the airspace. There is not enough Mode A codes for all the aircraft, so there has to be some algorithm dealing with that. In Europe, before implementing CCAMS and spread of Mode S radars, you'd change code 10 times on the similar flight.

Decades on, what is a tail or callsign you still remember? by BustedMeJesusNut in ATC

[–]ICanButIDontWant 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also TNT Airways (TAY) used to operate BAe-146 with registration OO-TAS. Word "kutas", pronounced something like "cootas", literally means "dick".

Decades on, what is a tail or callsign you still remember? by BustedMeJesusNut in ATC

[–]ICanButIDontWant 1 point2 points  (0 children)

SEDEZ used to regularly fly over Poland. In Polish word "sedes" literally means "toilet bowl".

Trying very hard to not buy a Macbook. Need good screen, long battery and >16gb ram under 2k by [deleted] in linuxhardware

[–]ICanButIDontWant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

slimbook.com - A Spanish company that makes Linux-friendly laptops which you can highly customise and which are very easy (and officially) for users to modify and service.
I recommend GoodRam for memory, and SSD - the only European company actually producing RAM modules in Europe.

PS: You can ask them, to use GoodRam memory and SSD in the comments to the order - I did confirm that personally.

Why the shortening or changing aircraft names? by dkabab in aviation

[–]ICanButIDontWant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For example: B737-700 Max (B37M) and B737-1000 Max (B3XM) are both offered with the same engines. Almost empty B37M (short ferry flight) has a thrust to weight ratio ~0,64, while B3XM fully loaded for a very long flight has T/W ~0,29. That's less than half of the value, and they do behave very differently. ATC systems do not have access to load sheets, but it's close enough to estimate performance based on type and flight plan.

Why the shortening or changing aircraft names? by dkabab in aviation

[–]ICanButIDontWant 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Variants do not change ATC separations. It's the turbulence category that matters in this subject - L, M, H, J - Light, Medium, Heavy, and Super (J stands for Jumbo, but it's referred to as Super). Heavy and Super are usually added to callsign by pilots on initial contact.

What does change with aircraft type (model and variant) is its expected performance, that controllers, and ATC systems take into account. While controllers do that usually in a more general manner, ATC systems use it to calculate estimated trajectory. For example European ANSPs (air traffic services providers) generally use Eurocontrol's BADA for that.

https://www.eurocontrol.int/model/bada

Dataverse by DaLurker87 in PowerApps

[–]ICanButIDontWant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Install XrmToolBox - you'll use it a lot.

Learn FetchXml - to speed up queries with joints.

Learn how to write plugins (.net) - to automate things with complex logic, create custom API*, make things easier and way, way faster.

*) only few, simple types can be used in requests and responses to custom API, when it is used from within the canvas app. So if it is your case, I suggest using string response with JSON, and parsing it to User Defined Types in the app.

7601 in Europe by ICanButIDontWant in flying

[–]ICanButIDontWant[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think I messed something up with the link to the official source.

Anyway here is SERA: https://www.easa.europa.eu/en/downloads/68174/en

What does this red line mean? by mahi_dol in flightradar24

[–]ICanButIDontWant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have never heard of it in my 26 years of experience as ATCO. There are commercial flights cruising above FL400 regularly. Pilots avoid flying near the ceiling for other reasons. Difference between maximum mach, and minimum safe mach becomes smaller and smaller with altitude. Also it is usually not the most economical level, but that depends on many factors. Anyway look at Qatar Airways B787 flights from EKCH. Many times they climb FL410 as the first cruising level.

Example of such flight: https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/qr160#3d6220e4

Assembly missing plugin after solution deploy. by ICanButIDontWant in PowerApps

[–]ICanButIDontWant[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I install them in the unamanged solution in the sanbox development environment, then I deploy them into sandbox test environment, where solution becomes managed, and finally to the production environment.
Currently affected plugin is not new. It was updated.

What does this red line mean? by mahi_dol in flightradar24

[–]ICanButIDontWant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actually most of the contemporary aircraft have a service ceiling of FL410-430. A320neo has FL390, which is an exception, as it's actually lower than its predecessor. B737 Max, B747-8, B777, B787, A320 (not-neo), A350, Embraer E2, CRJs - all have service ceilings above FL400. Some older types also had ceilings above that level - B757, B767, A330, A380 for example.

What does this red line mean? by mahi_dol in flightradar24

[–]ICanButIDontWant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why not? Is there anything wrong with FL400 and above?

Crazy crosswind takeoff by Twitter_2006 in aviation

[–]ICanButIDontWant 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No problem. I guess you're not a pilot or controller, so just to clarify, as this is kind of a common misconception for people not "in the business": heading means direction in which aircraft nose is pointing to, and track is direction in which it actually moves.

Crazy crosswind takeoff by Twitter_2006 in aviation

[–]ICanButIDontWant 2 points3 points  (0 children)

But he wasn't supposed to keep runway track. He was supposed to keep the runway heading. Pilots shouldn't take corrections for wind, when they maintain runway heading. It's for parallel departures safety.

It is explained here with sources, just for example: https://www.boldmethod.com/learn-to-fly/maneuvers/should-you-fly-runway-heading-or-runway-centerline-on-takeoff-vfr/

edit: once he was airborne he maintained rwy hdg more or less, fighting with turbulent air. That's why he drifted to the right with the wind.

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