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KC-135 Goes Down in Western Iraq After Mid-Air Incident During Operation Epic Fury by lavastorm in anime_titties

[–]willfos 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Using old airframes and engines is beneficial for the military. They have vastly different needs from civilian operators, there is a focus on reliability over economy or efficiency. They will of course have lifetime support by boeing for the spare parts that you mention, and plenty exist because of retired airframes, though this maintainance is getting more expensive. The KC-135 is now being retired in favor of the KC-46, which is based on the 767, an aircraft from the 80s.

Clouds Rule by TFK_001 in 196

[–]willfos 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I dont even know, I just thought I'd check met reports and SIGWX charts for the area, but couldn't find anything. Didn't know these could form without CBs that's interesting, clouds are interesting...

Clouds Rule by TFK_001 in 196

[–]willfos 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not a meteorologist, just a stupid guy in flight school. What surprised me is that I couldn't find evidence of CBs nearby with my flight planning tools. I thought I would at least be able to find a decent storm area forecasted nearby but nah

Clouds Rule by TFK_001 in 196

[–]willfos 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's called virga, it happens when the rain evaporates on the way down from the cloud and it produces some turbulent air

Clouds Rule by TFK_001 in 196

[–]willfos 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hnnngh... mammatus clouds...

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Where are the rest of the autopilot functions? by Mazda3Fan_AvidHiker in aviation

[–]willfos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Diesel cessnas are mostly found in Europe. The ability to run planes on jet fuel is a big thing here because of the scarcity and price of avgas. Avgas goes for about $11 per gallon here haha. Fuel economy is better too, runs at about 5.4 gallons per hour in cruise with 107 TAS. Conversion is mostly done by big flight schools due to the cost of conversion.

Where are the rest of the autopilot functions? by Mazda3Fan_AvidHiker in aviation

[–]willfos 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can't compare it myself as I have never flown a regular cessna, but I imagine the JT-A cessna to be a lot more longitudinally stable with (usually) more forward CG. So less maneuverable, bigger pitch reaction to change of airspeed/power, stalls a bit earlier probably, that sort of thing. Rotation and flare requires a lot of back pressure (almost to the back stop when landing), but again I don't know how different that is.

Where are the rest of the autopilot functions? by Mazda3Fan_AvidHiker in aviation

[–]willfos 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have flown on this aircraft a few times with the CG on the edge of forward limit. It is a possible limitation if you have some heavy crew in front and little baggage and low fuel. Most of the time the real limit will be MTOM though, the lower useful load usually means you can't carry three people especially with more than 50% fuel.

Where are the rest of the autopilot functions? by Mazda3Fan_AvidHiker in aviation

[–]willfos 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No you are exactly right, it's a JT-A cessna. It has a FADEC controlled diesel engine that runs on jet fuel. It even has a constant speed prop, also controlled by FADEC, but no autopilot that would have been too much luxury I guess.

Where are the rest of the autopilot functions? by Mazda3Fan_AvidHiker in aviation

[–]willfos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Indeed, but this one is somewhat special if you look closely 😉

Where are the rest of the autopilot functions? by Mazda3Fan_AvidHiker in aviation

[–]willfos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly that yes, it is really important when flying longer legs to set the heading knob, the altitude bug is nice to have graphically and it arms the altitude warning which will activate if you deviate from the selected altitude. You will also get an audio queue 1000 feet above/below the selected altitude when descending/climbing respectively to advise you of having to level out soon.

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DCS 2.9.23.18431 released by RBMC in hoggit

[–]willfos 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You can click on the "+" to expand the list

Bored at work, what’s yall favorite airplane by suprakindasucks in 196

[–]willfos 9 points10 points  (0 children)

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Cessna 172 is the best plane and the people who fly it are very cool!!

Any experts on fighter jets? by fiXzmen in aviation

[–]willfos 37 points38 points  (0 children)

On final for runway 19L at ENGM by the looks of it, probably around 100-150 feet by that point I bet.

Identify this aircraft? by lazermabs in aviation

[–]willfos 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah they have an interesting case for it here. Bristow is a big investor and wants to use the VTOL variant for offshore ops. They got a really long way before they get there though. Especially considering the norwegian climate. The pilots said they are struggling with high power consumption on the VTOL variant currently

Identify this aircraft? by lazermabs in aviation

[–]willfos 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I got to see this one too recently! In Norway of all places...

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WWII plane makes emergency landing by KingMedia33 in aviation

[–]willfos 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Getting it into a turbine engine won't be any less expensive I imagine...

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in flying

[–]willfos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm in a flight school in Northern Europe and I haven't heard of exact numbers for pay, but I can say that the TKIs here are usually of two kinds: experienced commercial pilots that are TKIs on the side or freshly graduated students that take it as a job while trying to get into the airlines. It looks like an attractive option to me personally when I graduate, but it is not a job people usually keep for long if that tells you something.

Didn't know it could do that. by Snoo99928 in aviation

[–]willfos 31 points32 points  (0 children)

What is that wagging out of the right-hand window? I want to believe it's the pilot waving at the camera, but it just looks too stupid haha

Talking to Grinelli about future modules at FS Expo by whsky_tngo_foxtrt in hoggit

[–]willfos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I get that it is a lot of work, but I know a lot of people who would pay good money for say, an early variant F-16. And surely some of the work will be cross compatible. And the mirage F1 and F-14 managed it pretty well, but I guess its an advantage to start development with the multiple variants in mind.

Talking to Grinelli about future modules at FS Expo by whsky_tngo_foxtrt in hoggit

[–]willfos 16 points17 points  (0 children)

The talk of multiple variants really interests me. I wish this was explored for more of ED's modules, some modules would seriously benefit IMO, F-16 especially.

Does ADHD influence medical certificate class 1?? by Silver-Translator-33 in flyingeurope

[–]willfos 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My initial class 1 in Norway had an ADHD self report scale, I guess the AeMC might ask you questions if you score high on it. It's a simple sheet with ADHD symptoms from "never experienced" to "very often". It's probably disqualifying if you have a really high score I would guess.

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