Classic British Flight Sim

Yup! If you look at the checklist, Safety valve needs to be open for engine start, and closed on the taxi checks. (DMs Checklist and the AA one). If you leave it open, as the aircraft pressurises, it just dumps the air overboard - end result - no pressurization

Nigel C

I usually set the cabin altitude at about 20% (6,600 ft for FL330) of the cruising level on pre-flight. Wind it down to destination airfield elevation at top of descent. Works fine for me.

NigeC

I did my Air Cadet gliding course on these very machines at RAF Sealand.

Ahhhh! Memories

Nige C

Nah.........He's in Florida. Last I heard, he'd gone to Tampa with the kids!

Time they got a new ground movements controller???????? :drinkers:

Then if there's nothing against it, I'll do it!

As I work in commercial aviation real world, I do try and keep my FS stuff as close to that as possible.

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Fuel Policy and tankering Real World requirements from EU-OPS as follows: Ball park example figs for 1-11 and assuming a fuel burn of 2500kg/hr Start and taxi allowance..........200kg Trip Fuel (MAN-GLA).............2300kg 5% route contingency..............115kg Alternate Fuel(EGPH/EDI).........750...

Set up on pre-flight checks, so shouldn't be. Plus rubber jungle dropping out down the back-end with self-loading freight screaming "We're all gonna die", usually followed by press headlines along the lines of "Jet in Terror Plunge!". Crew would normally monitor that the cabin wa...

I remember as a kid going to visit friends of the family in Stroud, not too far away from Kemble. We used to pop up their and watch 'The Arrows' practising. Across the far side were quite a few Argosies awaiting disposal. 2 Gnats had a head-to-head mid-air there whilst practising the Synchro-Pair ro...

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