by Paul | Oct 13, 2020 | ADSB, Airplanes, Avionics, Radio
Statistics for the past 12 hours Live updated every minute from my Mode-S receiver. If I have time I will create some posts about how I built this. The data comes from a Software Defined Radio receiver with an antenna under my roof in Amsterdam. The receiver is...
by Paul | Sep 14, 2020 | ADSB, Airplanes, Avionics, Covidshit
WTF? → OK let’s do this So the other day I was rudely separated from my audience by world events no recent developments no. Forget it. Anyway, the point is that I’ve been doing this explaining thing for a long time now and posting about it somewhere online...
by Paul | Apr 30, 2020 | Airplanes, Avionics, Jets
Not enough aircraft will be equipped at the original deadline In an interesting but not unexpected move last week (april 22, 2020) the European Commission and EASA published an amendment to Implementing Regulation EU No 1207/2011 that effectively delays the mandatory...
by Paul | Sep 11, 2019 | Airplanes, Jets
Well it’s not exactly brain surgery, is it. But do check out this short...
by Paul | Jul 27, 2019 | Airplanes, Jets
Dusting off the FAA takeoff safety training aid I teach Aircraft Performance for commercial pilots (ATPL) and the question that ALWAYS comes when we talk about V1 is: What if something happens after V1 and the runway is long enough to stop on? The simple answer...
by Paul | Feb 19, 2017 | Airplanes, Jets, Video
Here’s an interesting video that was brought to my attention today by a Captain from India. On Feb 16th 2017, Jet Airways’ flight 9W-118 from Mumbai (India) to London Heathrow failed to make contact with German ATC after being handed over from Bratislava....
