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Hamilton Fly-in 20th and 21st of March 2010

Hamilton Fly-in 20th and 21st of March 2010

Hamilton Aero club hosted a fly-in for its 50th anniversary in conjunction with the Sir Reginald Ansett Transport Museum. Over the weekend several aircraft from BAC attended the festivities, including PMZ, Dave Addison in TIM, and Ted Hardcastle in KVV as well as Russell Spong in the Jabiru....

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Vale – Derek Cooper 23/05/1946 – 12/05/2010

Vale – Derek Cooper 23/05/1946 – 12/05/2010

We were all very sorry to hear about the passing away of Derek Cooper on May 12th 2010 ...

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Club welcomes New Instructor

The club is delighted to welcome Luke Newell to the team.  A lot of the members will already know Luke as he trained for his PPL and NVFR Rating here at the club...more

Wind Speed


Result can be either Knots or MPH based on consistent entry of the same designation.
Enter   Ground Speed
Enter   True Airspeed
Enter   Course
Enter   Heading
Calculated Wind Speed =

Runway Crosswinds

Enter    Runway Compass Heading
Enter    Wind (From) Compass Direction
Enter    Wind Speed In Knots or MPH
Calculated    Crosswind In Knots or MPH From
Calculated    Forward Ground Speed In Knots or MPH

Density Altitude

Enter   Pressure Altitude (Ft)
Enter   Actual Temperature F C
Calculated Density Altitude =

Wind Direction


Result can be either Knots or MPH based on consistent entry of the same designation.
Enter   Ground Speed
Enter   True Airspeed
Enter   Course
Enter   Heading
Calculated Wind Direction =

Heading, Ground Speed, And Wind Correction Angle


Result can be either Knots or MPH based on consistent entry of the same designation.
Enter   Wind Speed
Enter   Wind Direction
Enter   True Airspeed
Enter   Course
Calculated   Heading
Calculated   Ground Speed
Calculated   Wind Correction Angle

Course, Ground Speed, And Wind Correction Angle


Result can be either Knots or MPH based on consistent entry of the same designation.
Enter   Wind Speed
Enter   Wind Direction
Enter   True Airspeed
Enter   Heading
Calculated   Course
Calculated   Ground Speed
Calculated   Wind Correction Angle

Wind Chill


Wind chill cannot be accurately calculated for outside air temperatures (OAT) greater that 50 F (10 C) and wind speeds less than 4 MPH (3.5 Knots).
Enter   Temperature (OAT) F C
Enter   Wind MPH Knots
Calculated Wind Chill = F or C

Heat Index


Determine the heat index from the outside air temperature (OAT) and Relative Humidity.
Enter   Temperature (OAT) F C
Enter   % Relative Humidity
Calculated Heat Index = F or C

Dewpoint


Calculate the Dewpoint from the outside air temperature (OAT) and Relative Humidity
Enter   Temperature (OAT) F C
Enter   % Relative Humidity
Calculated Dewpoint = F C

Relative Humidity


Calculate the Relative Humidity from the outside air temperature (OAT) and Dewpoint
Enter   Temperature (OAT) F C
Enter   Dewpoint F C
Calculated Relative Humidity =  %

Pressure Conversion


Convert Millibars to Inches of Mercury and Inches of Mercury to Millibars
Enter   Millibars Inches Mercury
Converted Barometric Pressure =

True Airspeed (TAS or KTAS)


Result can be either Knots or MPH based on consistent entry of the same designation. The formula is (IAS) + (.02 x MSL / 1000).
Enter   Indicated Airspeed
Enter   MSL Altitude
Calculated True Airpeed =