Would anyone have any advice on what is the best formatt to study for the
Canadian Instrument Rating,, at the present time, I used to hold a vallid

Instrument rating and studied from the Pulse and Fostair, book, which was
the binder type and would also like to know if any one in Canada can tell
me where to purchase the latest addition of this study book,
I appreciate any help and advice you can give,

                                               Peter Stanton
                                               SAINT JOHN, N.B. CANADA

A Message from the
National Air Traffic Controllers Association
MEBA/NMU, AFL-CIO   (NATCA)

ARE THE SKIES SAFE?

FACT:  For decades, Americans have claimed the safest skies in the world.
Unfortunately,
we may soon lose that luxury.  The U.S. air traffic control system – which
keeps your plane
separated from all others in the sky – is falling into the technological
dark
ages.  Air traffic
controllers, who are all Federal Aviation Administration employees,
currently
work the system
with outdated, unreliable equipment.  While the rest of the world has
moved
to sophisticated
computers, the U.S. air traffic control system still depends on vacuum
tube
era equipment.

CONSEQUENCES:  Frequent radar breakdowns, random communications outages,
and
a
lower standard of safety for the flying public.

FACT:  Though air traffic has increased by 30 percent since the early
1980′s,
the air traffic
control system has fewer controllers today than a decade ago.

CONSEQUENCES:  Air traffic controller staffing at numerous facilities
across
the country is
stretched shockingly thin, causing great stress on controllers and the air
traffic control system.

FACT:  Some Members of Congress want to make the wrong move by fully
privatizing the air
traffic control system – passing off government’s responsibility to
guarantee
the public’s safety
in the skies.

CONSEQUENCES:  A private corporation would jeopardize safety due to the
fierce bottom-line pressures to hold costs down.  

It is time for Congress to make real and meaningful improvement in the air
traffic control system
by instituting changes within the government structure.  Your ticket tax
funds the system, so you
have the right to demand that Congress fulfill its responsibility.

CONGRESS SHOULD:

  Equip the system with state of the art technology;
  Provide sufficient staffing levels with flexible personnel movement; and
  Ensure necessary funding so safety is never compromised.

This nation’s 15,000 air traffic controllers are concerned about your
safety.
If you are too,
please mail the attached letter to your Members of Congress.  Tell them
you
demand they fulfill
government’s responsibility to improve our aging air traffic control
system –
without selling it
off!

Fraternally,

Michael Putzier, NCE-1
NATCA Central Region Vice President

==========================================================================
=

The Honorable ____________________
United States Senate
Washington, DC.  20510

Dear Senator __________________,

Our nation’s air traffic control system is suffering from an alarming
state
of
technological decay and under staffing, and desperately needs your help to
repair it.
Crippling budget, equipment procurement, and personnel regulations are
threatening the U.S.’s claim to the safest skies in the world.

Please ensure my safety as an airline passenger by keeping the air traffic
control
system within government, but eliminating the cumbersome equipment
procurement
and personnel regulations that hamper the system’s ability to operate as
safely as it
should.

I urge you to take the following steps:

  Reject full privatization of the ir traffic control system, because that
would only
  pit my safety against pressures to reduce costs;

  Maintain a system within government with reformed equipment procurement
  and personnel rules, and;

  Take the aviation trust fund off budget.

Sincerely,

____________________

The Honorable ____________________
United States House of Representatives
Washington, DC.  20515

Dear Representative _______________,

Our nation’s air traffic control system is suffering from an alarming
state
of
technological decay and under staffing, and desperately needs your help to
repair it.
Crippling budget, equipment procurement, and personnel regulations are
threatening the U.S.’s claim to the safest skies in the world.

Please ensure my safety as an airline passenger by keeping the air traffic
control
system within government, but eliminating the cumbersome equipment
procurement
and personnel regulations that hamper the system’s ability to operate as
safely as it
should.

I urge you to take the following steps:

  Reject full privatization of the ir traffic control system, because that
would only
  pit my safety against pressures to reduce costs;

  Maintain a system within government with reformed equipment procurement
  and personnel rules, and;

  Take the aviation trust fund off budget.

Sincerely,

____________________

Dehavilland and Canadiar aircraft pilots and engineers(mechanics)
needed immediately for international contracts.
Contact SimTrain Aviation Technology
Toronto , Canada
tel / fax  519-756-6434 or email to David Anstett
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Our price of $95.00 is the lowest in the country for models of this
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A friend who is an avid pilot has asked me to find out if anyone knows the
author and title of a recent book about a man who flies a restored biplane
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Please respond to "gra…@cs.wustl.edu"
thanks

In article <3p7nuf$58…@perth.DIALix.oz.au>,

Howard Jones <how…@perth.DIALix.oz.au> wrote:
>the quality of posts in r.a.piloting seems to have hit an all time
>low lately.

>The nose wheel in a 152 is not connected to the rudders…..if you really
>believe this then all I can say is that your brains are definately not
>connected to your feet (or much else)

EXCUSE ME???  I quote from the 152 POH, "Use the steerable nose wheel.."
How do you control the steerable nose wheel if not by the rudder pedals?
I’ve only got 100 or so hours in 152′s, but nearly 1000 in Cessna
aircraft, and all the ones I’ve piloted have steerable nosewheels
(150/152/172/177/182/206/210/310)…and all were controlled by the
rudder pedals…which are connected to the rudders AND the nose wheel.

Now there is a linkage to make the nosewheel stay centered when it is
fully extended or retracted, and this does effectively decouple the
nosewheel from the rudders – but then that’s NOT when I depend on
the nosewheel steering, I reserve that for ground operations.

Wanna think about that statement a bit more??

–
Alan L. Peterman                                 (503)-684-1984 hm & work
a…@qiclab.scn.rain.com                               Tigard, Oregon 97224
As I get older the days seem longer and the years seem shorter!

Army Chinook helicopter from Fort Hood, Texas, crashed April 24, 1995, killing
all five crew members aboard. Aircraft was from B Company, 2d Battalion, 158th
Aviation Regiment on a post maintenance test flight.  Crashed near Florence
Texas, about 25 miles south of Ft. Hood.  Pilot and one of four crewmen were
female.  Witnesses said they heard a loud pop and then saw the aircraft break
into three large pieces before falling to the ground. Weather was clear, sunny
and mild.  Debris scattered over 40 acres.  I’ve got some questions maybe
someone out there can answer?

There have been groundings of Chinooks before, and some bad accidents, but
this aircraft was recently remanufactured. What could possibly cause a helo to
break up in mid air like that?
What could cause such a popping sound?
Does anyone know what the terrain is like there, flat, hilly, populated,
deserted?
The FAA is also investigating. Is that unusual?

In article <3p6mki$…@ixnews1.ix.netcom.com>, dbl…@ix.netcom.com (Doug Blair) says:

>Years ago I heard of a study (presumably by the FAA?) that said if a
>pilot makes an error, the odds of making an additional error go up
>seven-fold. Hence the need for checklists, routines, education,
>practice, etc.

>Can anyone confirm this study, include its results, or come up with the
>source?

   There certainly have been studies of this sort; the Air Force has for
   years experimented to find the psychological factors affecting crew
   performance under stress.  

   I think you are refering to the "snowball" effect- where a cognitive
   impairment ("getting your head in a funnel") distracts you to the point
   of inattention to other critical parameters.

   Classic instance:  Flight 401 (the L-1011 Everglades crash), where a
   nosewheel downlock indicator failed to light. The crew pulled the lamp
   and then got all discombobulated when they kept trying to re-insert it
   incorrectly.  Meanwhile they had bumped off the altitude hold setting
   on the autopilot and didn’t notice it until they saw the water a few
   feet below….

Hi NetSurfer Pilots!!!!

I would like to know if there is anywhere on the net, where you can download the
accident and incident reports.

I have come to the conclution that it is better to read about other peoples mistakes,
and learn from them, than aquiering expiriance from own mistakes.
And this way you have a greater chance of surviving, on top of it all…..

THANKS IN ADVANCE

Please mail me on t…@post.akp.dtu.dk