A 737/500 down in Indonesia ?

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Originally Posted by superquag

Oh well, if you insist... Actually it's more of a comment on the way flying / Piloting has evolved, from 'Flying' the aircraft, to....'Managing' the Systems. Feet on the Footrests & Fingers feeling joystick are first to sense impending doom. Pilot "feeels" connected, whereas changing heading by twiddling a knob...and 'commanding' your Auto-Pilot COMPUTER to sort out bank angle/attitude/rudder/power balance... leaves you at arms length, metaphorically and literally. That shrt time delay in noticing...and getting a grip on things... can make the difference between a fright and a....

Basically, too many computer literate nerds displacing those with ability, gift, interest & passion to.... FLY

My $2.00 worth

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What the old guys call 'seat of your pants' flying.

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Originally Posted by Tins

Is it one of those funny 'strips' that are attached to the wing? I first saw that on a DH60. Reckon the Auster is more modern than that. Could be wrong.

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Well, my Auster had a perfectly conventional pitot tube and ASI, with a second tube below the pitot with a pointed plug on the end of it and small holes in the side to provide a static source. Except for this one time with the wasps, the only issues I ever had with the Auster were the occasion when all the fluid leaked out of the compass, and when one of the landing gear bungees broke. But I only had it for a couple of years, then traded it on a Cessna 180 when I moved to PNG.

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Originally Posted by JDNSW

Well, my Auster had a perfectly conventional pitot tube and ASI, with a second tube below the pitot with a pointed plug on the end of it and small holes in the side to provide a static source.

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So, it WAS more modern. Thought so....[bigwhistle]

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Originally Posted by JDNSW

Except for this one time with the wasps, the only issues I ever had with the Auster were the occasion when all the fluid leaked out of the compass,

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Is that like blinker fluid?[bigsmile1] Just kidding.

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Originally Posted by JDNSW

and when one of the landing gear bungees broke. But I only had it for a couple of years, then traded it on a Cessna 180 when I moved to PNG.

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Only ever flew one Cessna, a 150 Aerobat. Fun little thing, but for some reason I preferred the low wing of the Pipers.

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Only ever flew one Cessna, a 150 Aerobat. Fun little thing, but for some reason I preferred the low wing of the Pipers.

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I have even done a cross country flight from Lilydale to Dubbo and back in a 150 - on the return trip the wind was so strong that I had to land and refuel twice!

The 180 was a bit different though - apart from a markedly higher cruise speed, it was fun being able to climb out of the circuit area (1500'AGL) by the end of the strip on quite modest airfields (pilot only at least).

Indonesian diver says Sriwijaya plane search almost impossible with jet obliterated, SE Asia News & Top Stories - The Straits Times

https://youtu.be/fbLT-NeBstg

That was a pretty good description of the system and non-normals. What he said was right about downgrading or removing the automation, especially if unsure of what the problem might be...