Well, I'm sure the followers of this may not be still around. Things are much better now, but I've realized that working full time and flight lessons just don't really work out. I'm still wanting to finish this, but it will probably have to wait a few years until I get my sabbatical so I can fly full time for five weeks.
Sometimes, plans have to put be put on hold, but the dream remains to chase it, and chase it I shall.
The blog about learning to fly and random other assorted bits.
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- 13 Nov 2007 - First Flight
Next Scheduled Flight
15 Feb 2008 2400Z (1600 PST)
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Phonetic Alphabet
In military and flight operations some letters sound the same, such as c and z (unless you're north of the border or across the pond where you say "zed"). So, a phonetic alphabet is used.
Alpha November
Bravo Oscar
Charlie Papa
Delta Quebec
Echo Romeo
Foxtrot Sierra
Golf Tango
Hotel Uniform
India Victor
Juliet Whiskey
Kilo X-ray
Lima Yankee
Mike Zulu
Alpha November
Bravo Oscar
Charlie Papa
Delta Quebec
Echo Romeo
Foxtrot Sierra
Golf Tango
Hotel Uniform
India Victor
Juliet Whiskey
Kilo X-ray
Lima Yankee
Mike Zulu
24 Hour Clock Conversions
To convert from 12 hour to 24 hour time do the following:
Midnight to Noon = Remove the : and add a zero before single digits. 1:00 AM becomes 0100 10:00AM becomes 1000.
After 12PM add 12 to the time and remove the :. 3:00PM becomes 1500.
For noon, just remove the : (1200). For Midnight it is technically 2400 right at midnight but become 0000 one second after. However, it is usually just written as 0000.
Pronunciation is first two numbers followed by hundred. 1000 is one-zero-hundred. 0100 is zero-one hundred. 0000 is zero hundred. 1300 is one-three hundred. It is also OK to say "thirteen hundred", "oh-one hundred" or "ten hundred", but for clarity it is often said in what I call "long form".
Midnight to Noon = Remove the : and add a zero before single digits. 1:00 AM becomes 0100 10:00AM becomes 1000.
After 12PM add 12 to the time and remove the :. 3:00PM becomes 1500.
For noon, just remove the : (1200). For Midnight it is technically 2400 right at midnight but become 0000 one second after. However, it is usually just written as 0000.
Pronunciation is first two numbers followed by hundred. 1000 is one-zero-hundred. 0100 is zero-one hundred. 0000 is zero hundred. 1300 is one-three hundred. It is also OK to say "thirteen hundred", "oh-one hundred" or "ten hundred", but for clarity it is often said in what I call "long form".
Jargon
I am going to spewing jargon as I learn it, some I already know and I'm sure it will end up being typed without explanation so I'm going to write a little list here for your reference because I'm nice like that.
ADI - Attitude Deviation Indicator (how far off straight and level the plane is)
FBO - Fixed Base Operator or Fixed Base of Operations (airport service center)
FL - Flight level (FL250 = 25,000 feet). T2A will never get to FL altitudes but the B-52 surely did.
IFR - Instrument Flight Rules (flying based on instruments versus visual references)
IMC - Instrument Meteorological Conditions
KIAS - knots indicated airspeed
MX - mission
VFR - Visual Flight Rules (non-instrument flying)
VMC - Visual Meteorological Conditions
WX - weather
Z - Zulu time (GMT) for Pacific time it's local time +8 (+7 during Daylight Savings Time).
ADI - Attitude Deviation Indicator (how far off straight and level the plane is)
FBO - Fixed Base Operator or Fixed Base of Operations (airport service center)
FL - Flight level (FL250 = 25,000 feet). T2A will never get to FL altitudes but the B-52 surely did.
IFR - Instrument Flight Rules (flying based on instruments versus visual references)
IMC - Instrument Meteorological Conditions
KIAS - knots indicated airspeed
MX - mission
VFR - Visual Flight Rules (non-instrument flying)
VMC - Visual Meteorological Conditions
WX - weather
Z - Zulu time (GMT) for Pacific time it's local time +8 (+7 during Daylight Savings Time).
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