kansasskydiver 0 #26 December 19, 2003 doh... i'd be interested to see what fedex's website says when you try to track the packages lol Departed Oakland... never arrived memphis...<--- See look, pink dolphins DO exist! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FunBobby 0 #27 December 19, 2003 Quote Magnetic to the nearest 10 degrees. When the isogonic lines change enough, they have to re-number the runway. Derek Makes sense to make them magnetic, too. Wind direction from the tower is always in magnetic; almost every aircraft will have some sort of magnetic compass, but not all will have the capability to align their compasses to TRUE north. That would kind of be a bummer if you're shooting approach in bad weather in high crosswinds to a runway in a region where the magvar is more than 10 degrees.... Blue skies - FunBobby Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FunBobby 0 #28 December 19, 2003 QuoteI just want to know what Navy qualifications require STUDING? I'm going to good-naturedly assume that remark was made in jest. FunBobby Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bshl 0 #29 December 19, 2003 And whuffos ask why we jump out of "perfectly good" airplanes. I'll bet that one was perfectly good before the landing gear collapsed... Blue skies and happy landings! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
michaelmullins 81 #30 December 20, 2003 QuoteQuote Magnetic to the nearest 10 degrees. When the isogonic lines change enough, they have to re-number the runway. Derek Makes sense to make them magnetic, too. Wind direction from the tower is always in magnetic; almost every aircraft will have some sort of magnetic compass, but not all will have the capability to align their compasses to TRUE north. That would kind of be a bummer if you're shooting approach in bad weather in high crosswinds to a runway in a region where the magvar is more than 10 degrees.... Blue skies - It does not matter what the runway is numbered. The exact, and current, actual magnetic heading of the runway is always available on the airport diagram of the instrument approach procedures. Runway numbers can be arbitrary. Example: DFW due to the multitude of parallel runways numbers its runways 36L, 36R, 35L, 35C, and 35R. All these runways are exactly parallel and all have an exact magnetic heading of 355 degrees. Houston George Bush Intercontinental has parallel runways numbered 27, 26L, and 26R, all exactly 265 degrees. Mike Mullins Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nightjumps 1 #31 December 20, 2003 Since you want to be tested, I have one for you: 1. What is the name of the "line" where magnetic north is the same as true north. 2. This line only crosses a land mass in three places (I "think" that's right). What are they? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
beej 0 #32 December 20, 2003 agonic line? ---------------------------------------------------- If the shit fits - wear it (blues brothers)-- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aeromobile 0 #33 December 20, 2003 Quotedoh... i'd be interested to see what fedex's website says when you try to track the packages lol Departed Oakland... never arrived memphis... It arrived MEM. Its out there on the runway. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pick 0 #34 December 20, 2003 QuoteI've never heard of a MD-10 and thought is was a mistake and actually a DC-10 or MD-11. I have learned something today. Thank you. Does this mean I can open the Johnnie Walker now? Open it. IIRC, some of 'em have a third leg, all MD-11's do, some DC-10's do.......then there's the glass cockpit.........or the winglets......only McD.......er........Boeing knows for sure........ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nightjumps 1 #35 December 20, 2003 Quoteagonic line First question correct. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
beej 0 #36 December 20, 2003 beer! one i think is florida... ---------------------------------------------------- If the shit fits - wear it (blues brothers)-- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nightjumps 1 #37 December 20, 2003 Quoteone i think is florida.. Nope Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lizard 0 #38 December 20, 2003 QuoteQuoteI've never heard of a MD-10 and thought is was a mistake and actually a DC-10 or MD-11. I have learned something today. Thank you. Does this mean I can open the Johnnie Walker now? Open it. IIRC, some of 'em have a third leg, all MD-11's do, some DC-10's do.......then there's the glass cockpit.........or the winglets......only McD.......er........Boeing knows for sure........Aircraft are so confusing now....some come down the the serial # as to what it actually is. MODs and so forth, I don't even try to keep up anymore. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FunBobby 0 #39 December 21, 2003 Okay, so I don't know as much about runway numbers as much as some other pilots in this thread. Of course, for the past year or so, most of my landings have been on a runway (can you call it that?) that has never been in the same spot when I touched down; it also has a tendency to change its angles of pitch and roll and even its heading, even with aircraft on final. It's also short! It's scary as shit to land on at night, too. It looks like this on final on a good day: (see attached) Try swooping that! FunBobby Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pick 0 #40 December 21, 2003 QuoteOkay, so I don't know as much about runway numbers as much as some other pilots in this thread. Of course, for the past year or so, most of my landings have been on a runway (can you call it that?) that has never been in the same spot when I touched down; it also has a tendency to change its angles of pitch and roll and even its heading, even with aircraft on final. It's also short! It's scary as shit to land on at night, too. It looks like this on final on a good day: (see attached) Try swooping that! I guess you can be forgiven. Our runways generally aren't running away from us while we're trying to land on 'em either........and they don't generally move while we're gone. Do you ever get the feeling that somebody's trying to tell you something? You know, like the story about parents moving away while the kids are at school......... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lizard 0 #41 December 21, 2003 Ive thought about becoming a pilot. The airline puts us through the sim and all that crap to better understand the systems. I can program the FMS, take off and fly anywhere, but I can't land the damn thing. Every time I try to land, I crash. The sim is the best place to do it though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
