[LINK] Standards, please! The third coming of electric vehicles

[TKoltai]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ivan Trundle [mailto:ivan at itrundle.com] 
> Sent: Monday, 23 April 2012 7:19 PM
> To: TKoltai
> Cc: 'Ben Elliston'; link at mailman.anu.edu.au; 'jim birch'
> Subject: Re: [LINK] Standards, please! The third coming of 
> electric vehicles
> 
> On 23/04/2012, at 3:26 PM, TKoltai wrote:
> 
> >> As a last resort, in the air, we rely on TCAS.  If I recall
> >> correctly, pilots are always to follow TCAS and never the 
> >> instructions of air traffic control in such situations.
> >> 
> >> Cheers, Ben
> >> 
> > 
> > Well with the current rate of change of Magnetic North, 
> that could be 
> > a problem.
> 
> The main problem is with avoiding collision with the ground, 
> not other aircraft. Vertical separation is always an issue 
> (and with the ground).
> 
> TCAS is now supplemented by ADS-B, which extends beyond the 
> operational limits of TCAS.
> 
> Further note: TCASII is only mandated in RPT (Regular 
> Passenger Transport) of turbine-propelled aircraft with more 
> than 30 passenger seats (or with a maximum take-off weight of 
> 15000kg or above.
> 
> iT

Hehe, that reminds me of many moons ago (82/83), I used to fly coastal
surveillance on weekends to earn pocket money. On departure from DRW one
day the RAAF tower (dual civil/mil tower) asked me (as it was getting
close to dusk) to confirm that I was ILS rated.

I replied in the affirmative. DRW responded, "Wasn't taking about you
Tom, I was asking about the plane..." 

For fans of GCAS... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOF4-n0Eyyc I
uploaded it to YouTube because the reboot time of the GCAS system beats
Apple IOS by 12 seconds... Which I thought was pretty amazing
considering the superhet technology used, (although to be fair, the
valves were "pre-warmed" and it's all analogue...).

For you younger readers... This demonstrates that there's life in them
old barnacles yet...
And, lack of bloatware in operating system start-ups is gooooood.

P.S. Valves are particularly useful after large EMP and Solar Storm
events.

TomK