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The term 'alpha' come from the Greek letter used to symbolise ang...hen the bar is slowly eased forward (raising the "alpha", or angle of attack) until t...ground. I think some have objected to 'high alpha landings' because of that mis...- Do the CFI's in the U.S. teach "High alpha" as part of your training ?
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- ...The intrigued woman says, “A state-of-the-art watch? What’s so special about it?” The Air Force pilot explains, “It uses alpha waves to talk to me telepathi...
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- ...7, call sign Speedbird 206.Speedbird 206: “Frankfurt, Speedbird 206 clear of active runway.”Ground: “Speedbird 206. Taxi to gate Alpha One-Seven.” The BA 747...
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- Trike Pilot: Tower, Experimental Trike 16Alpha, request priority landing due to my engine running rough. Tower: Trike 16 Alpha you will be number two, behind a B-52 that has one engine shut down. Trike Pilot: “Ah, the dreaded seven-engine approach.”
- ...air time unnecessarily. When spelling a word, use phonetic spelling. You know, Alpha, Bravo, Charlie and so on. Th...
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- Practicing high alpha landing is very important for a trike. High alpha means high angle of attack of the wing. In a trike, it is the position that the control bar is pushed out all the way to the fro...
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- Trike Pilot: Tower, Experimental Trike 16Alpha, request priority landing due to my engine running rough. Tower: Trike 16 Alpha you will be number two, behind a B-52 that has one engine shut down. Trike Pilot: “Ah, the dreaded seven-engine approach.”
Tags: Engine Rough, B-52, Engine Out, Humor, trike pilot, trike alpha, engine, alpha, pilot