A question to Brad...

[omarza]

Brad... Thanks alot for the thorough answer... appreciate it. I will definately change my climb and decent procedures to match yours... tweaking slightly
for the 727.

I didnt mention that I reduced thrust (approx 55% N1) on my decent (approaching the 10,000 feet) and changed pitch slightly as well. What made me
extremelty uncomfortable was not knowing if I did the right thing to use the speedbrakes and then switch to flaps (wrongly)... I kept the option of
gear as my 3rd option (wrongly) and my method not as thorough... I think instinct told me im doing something wrong and therefore felt uncomfortable.
I'll also start around 14,000 feet as well as I can see that I'll get penalized heavilly when I start using it with FsP. Now I'll be able to apply
the right procedures with comfort.. thanks.

Hope I dont bore you but a quick history / background of me... and maybe some interesting stuff... or on the other hand maybe very boring stuff..

I grew up in an aviation family... my father (Highly qualified, GR1 Instructor etc) had his own aircraft import/export company ... I learnt to fly in
a piper tripacer and flew alot of single, multi engine aircraft (piston) as I had great opportunities unlike most. Believe it or not... I could fly
before I could drive BUT never got my licence... always told my father ill get my licence later as I always flew with him and there was no rush. All
changed in 1982 when my father was killed in a mid-air... I was in my final year at school. A Merlin flew into his Piper Navajo from behind... the
pilot of the Merlin was faulted 7 times during that flight in the accident investigation... Pilot of the Navajo couldnt be faulted in any way. But so
changed my career of aviation into something slightly different. I now develop systems (my own IT company) for aviation for a couple of countries
aviation authorities (SA, Namibia, Zim)... with our main systems running being the Pilot Licencing, Accident/Incident and Aircrew Examination being
used for CP, IR, ATP, Instructors... content for examinations etc of course comes from my friend... very knowledgable... ATPL Aeroplane and CPL
Helicopter etc... he also used to calibrate most of the ILS approaches in southern parts of Africa. I also have alot of other friends connected in
aviation... one btw is also a pilot on 737's for SAA... another were a pilot for SWISS Air but is back in SA... and i'm the odd one out...

Another one of my friends died in a DC3 accident... he was the captain on the flight. They were a couple of hours behind schedule as the aircraft was
in for maintenance and also had an full power check on the engines by the maintenance engineers. Apparently on the DC3 you have to trim up all the
way to keep the tail on the ground during the full power test.. The DC3 was signed off and behind schedule they went... and maybe because they were
in a hurry or for whatever reason they slipped up and failed to check the trim before take-off. DC3 took of and shot into their air 1/3 way down the
runway... stalled and crashed. He was killed but luckilly the co-pilot survived.

Anycase thats my rough background... and therefore with times I might have a good knowledge on certain topics (areas) and at other times I might be
clueless... and sometimes I have just enough knowledge for it to be dangerous

I also know enough people in aviation industry to know when someone knows what they are talking about and when to be careful about what
one says... and as a compliment I could see from day one from your posts that you are very knowledgable and I might pop a question every now and then if its ok.

Otto



Post Edited ( 08-23-05 21:09 )