Thu Aug 16, 2018 10:47 am
#1631645
I recall this 2008 fatal involving a local Staverton pilot (aircraft shared our hangar at the time) who closed his FP while still airborne:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/worl ... 74786.html
Ability to activate (or close) FP by internet aviation App (eg SD) available to private fliers and small GA aerodromes (eg those for whom NATS made AFPEX too expensive for limited use) would be great. However, is there a safety case for saying that both sorts of message should be sent only by people safely on the ground, eg 'responsible person' (in the jargon used in Canada when I was flying there) who has observed a take-off apparently free from mishap, or who has observed (or has carried out) a safe landing ?
Yes, I am aware that for VFR flights to/from UK airfields without full ATC, failure to close may not necessarily initiate 'overdue' action.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/worl ... 74786.html
Ability to activate (or close) FP by internet aviation App (eg SD) available to private fliers and small GA aerodromes (eg those for whom NATS made AFPEX too expensive for limited use) would be great. However, is there a safety case for saying that both sorts of message should be sent only by people safely on the ground, eg 'responsible person' (in the jargon used in Canada when I was flying there) who has observed a take-off apparently free from mishap, or who has observed (or has carried out) a safe landing ?
Yes, I am aware that for VFR flights to/from UK airfields without full ATC, failure to close may not necessarily initiate 'overdue' action.
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