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Post by Bruce on Jul 21, 2011 19:42:37 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 21, 2011 20:03:15 GMT 12
wow Bruce, these shots are great, and finally we get to see some proper shots of CKE airborne. Fantastic. You must be very proud. Great photos too John!
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Post by Kereru on Jul 21, 2011 20:20:32 GMT 12
Well done Bruce, Dave, Andrew and John. I look forward to the magazines.
Cheers
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Post by Damon on Jul 22, 2011 17:25:05 GMT 12
Nice pictures.John King takes really great shots.Quite a master!
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Post by dakman on Jul 22, 2011 18:23:05 GMT 12
Nice to see the pics Bruce a aeroplane in the air is great to see
Hope the test schedule is all ok?
Will you be able to get a few X .Countries in the aircraft soon ?
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Post by Bruce on Jul 22, 2011 18:46:33 GMT 12
Most of the limitations testing has been completed on the aircraft - it was very straight forward with only minor tweaks required. total time to date is approx 12 hours. Dave is checking me out in the aircraft to continue the remainder of the 40hr test period, but this is a bit frustrating due to weather delays. Other than that the main hinderance to progress is my own flying - I'm still getting the landings right! Once I'm checked out the reliability phase will include trips further afield, but only within the test area of 50NM from Hamilton (although I am going to try and get this extended a little as Ardmore is 52NM from Hamilton!)
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 22, 2011 18:52:45 GMT 12
Why fly in nautical miles? It's not a flying boat. ;D
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Post by Bruce on Jul 22, 2011 19:40:09 GMT 12
why Knot..... (international standards - and an Airspeed indicator in knots)
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 22, 2011 21:01:51 GMT 12
Old fangledness. The modern standard is metric, aviation should catch up.  |
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Post by flyjoe180 on Jul 23, 2011 10:23:59 GMT 12
Old fangledness. The modern standard is metric, aviation should catch up. Tell our esteemed American friends  Nice photos Bruce, she looks great in the air. |
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Post by Peter Lewis on Jul 23, 2011 12:12:23 GMT 12
Old fangledness. The modern standard is metric, aviation should catch up. Disagree, unless you can change the size of the world. The nautical mile is a unit of length corresponding approximately to one minute of arc of latitude along any meridian, so all oceanographic and aviation charts work on nautical miles. Wikipedia: "The nautical mile remains in use by sea and air navigators worldwide because of its convenience when working with charts. Most nautical charts are constructed on the Mercator projection whose scale varies by approximately a factor of six from the equator to 80° north or south latitude. It is, therefore, impossible to show a single linear scale for use on charts on scales smaller than about 1/80,000. Since a nautical mile is, for practical navigation, the same as a minute of latitude, it is easy to measure a distance on a chart with dividers, using the latitude scale on the side of the chart directly to the east or west of the distance being measured." |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 23, 2011 12:43:07 GMT 12
Don't worry Peter. I was just having a laugh, that's all.
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Post by philip on Jul 23, 2011 14:41:40 GMT 12
Ahhh but theres no reason why the world can't be made metric. It just needs the thinking to start again. Divide the compass into metric points. 1000 degrees makes a circle. 1 degree of separation at the equator then becomes your new kilometre, that flows on to weights and measures based on 10ths.
The problem is they started metricising(?) at the wrong end of the problem.
And do time as well, divide the day into 1000 minutes, 100 seconds to a minute,
Think of the industry created reprogramming everything
The only thing you can't change is the days in a year
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 23, 2011 17:17:10 GMT 12
I read that the USA was all set to go Metric in the 1970's and the first act that Jimmy Carter did when he became President was scupper the plans. What a git.
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Post by FlyingKiwi on Jul 23, 2011 20:43:38 GMT 12
CKE looks great, hope you make it to Ardmore at some point, would be nice to see it up close.  |
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