Air NZ Q400

[Ex ANZ Eng]

Just cant stop flying the Q400, starting to get the hang of it.
The FMC is a lot different to the 737 ones, and being a typical bloke, reading the guides is only a last resort....
So here are some snaps from Hamilton to Napier.





















Cheers
Phil

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (Ex ANZ Eng @ Apr 30 2013,4:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

and being a typical bloke, reading the guides is only a last resort....

Strange .. the reading thing , Marty drop of a book the other day .. hav'nt fully read it about really soaked in many facts but searched for other details ... I'll get back and post about the book later fact is we with a simulation (a top notch turn the button and switch on type) ... the book gets thrown out the door ... Phil , Like me .. not typical .. just a Real Bloke !

[Ex ANZ Eng]

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ May 5 2013,5:23 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Strange .. the reading thing , Marty drop of a book the other day .. hav'nt fully read it about really soaked in many facts but searched for other details ... I'll get back and post about the book later fact is we with a simulation (a top notch turn the button and switch on type) ... the book gets thrown out the door ... Phil , Like me .. not typical .. just a Real Bloke !

nah Ian, as they you too say, it's flying by the 'seat of your pants'......

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (Ex ANZ Eng @ Apr 30 2013,6:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

nah Ian, as they you too say, it's flying by the 'seat of your pants'......

Seat of the pants , Exactly !

One other book Marty gave was the "Battle of the Bulge" .. now with the that in hand .. "Band of Brothers" now lets read .. and YIP , Capt Richard Winters of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment is in their with the read . ..... Go the Army Training Manuals

[SA227]

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The FMC is a lot different to the 737 ones, and being a typical bloke, reading the guides is only a last resort[/quote]

Ahhh the Universal FMS. Yep, took me 2 days on my Citation course at Flight Safety to work out how to use that box from hell

[Ex ANZ Eng]

QUOTE (SA227 @ May 5 2013,8:00 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Ahhh the Universal FMS. Yep, took me 2 days on my Citation course at Flight Safety to work out how to use that box from hell

I like to think of it as 'I can fly IFR and not get lost in cloud box'.....