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Reply #15 - May 2^nd, 2005 at 10:06pm

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Well Boss_Blue Angels you have me thinking now

When I first started Grass Roots Flying it was with a retired Squadron Leader.
On the walk around he stopped me and looked me right in the eye and said: "Doug, learn something new every day no matter how insignificant it may seem at the time".
As my career developed in a positive way from Grass Roots Flying>Bush Flying>Military Aviation>Commercial Aviation and at long last back to Grass Roots Flying I remembered his words and have tried to do what he said.
If I could pass anything on to you it would be what he said to me

By your post I can see your on the correct heading.
Something to think about, when pilots go to parties we stand around and talk for hours about aircraft, flying experiences, close calls and maybe even women Grin

Grin

LOL. When you retire you will find yourself standing around the BAR B Q exchanging cooking recipes. Wink

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Oh and that Squadron Leader, on my first solo after 4.9 hours of dual, he dropped out of the Moth after our first touch and go of the day, yelled in my ear..."Take her up for at least six touch and goes...May God Go With You and I Don't Envy God" and he walked away.
He was a real old Buggar sometimes...God Rest His Soul.

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

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Reply #16 - May 14^th, 2005 at 10:37pm

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What I've learned... hmm...

-If the controller tells you to extend downwind for traffic, and you don't have traffic in site to gauge when it's ok to turn base.... you can have the controller call base for you instead of creating a stressful situation of being on a collision course with another aircraft!

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Reply #17 - May 16^th, 2005 at 3:41pm

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Ive had only one lesson (yesterday, and Im still smiling), but one big thing that I learned, or rather realized is: An airplane is not some gloriouse magic carpet, its a vehicle. The one I was in was old, dirty, dinged here and there, and had bird crap on the elevater. It just made it seem more real to me.

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Aircraft are naturally beautiful because form follows function. -TB

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Reply #18 - May 16^th, 2005 at 5:31pm

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Ive had only one lesson (yesterday, and Im still smiling), but one big thing that I learned, or rather realized is: An airplane is not some gloriouse magic carpet, its a vehicle. The one I was in was old, dirty, dinged here and there, and had bird crap on the elevater. It just made it seem more real to me.

That's good- you should be aware of the airplane as a mechanical device, and take nothing for granted. However, when you solo, it'll turn into a magic carpet again... Grin

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Reply #19 - May 29^th, 2005 at 9:27am

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That's good- you should be aware of the airplane as a mechanical device, and take nothing for granted. However, when you solo, it'll turn into a magic carpet again... Grin

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Hell - it turns into a ruddy Spitfire!

There I was; a bundle of 18-yr-old twitching nerves pushing the throttle in all by my lonely for the first time.
Got up, set climb and all of a sudden I'm going "DUMM DE DAAA DA DA DA DAAA DAAA DAAA DAAA...." (Off we go, into the Wild Blue yonder, instrumental version. Grin

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)

Don't bother that the little Cessna was about as close to a Spit as a go-kart is to a Porsche. Don't bother that I was white-knucking the yoke with one hand and choking hell out of the throttle (yes; throttling it...) with the other. Buzz Buerling was taking off to fight the Nazis!
(Of course; reality hit when Buzz Buerling realized he'd have to turn sooner or later... Grin

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Reply #20 - May 31^st, 2005 at 11:08pm

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Remember, the PTT switch is for the radio, not the guns
("Who's the idiot making machine gun noises on the radio?")
Grin

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Reply #21 - Jun 1^st, 2005 at 7:03am

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Remember, the PTT switch is for the radio, not the guns

Grin

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The PTT switch is a multifuction device. When the pilot is in normal mode, it's a PTT switch, when someone's in his sights, its the gun button!

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Reply #22 - Jun 2^nd, 2005 at 7:57am

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"You'll never get rich working for an airline."

Cheesy

Maybe that's true in the US where the kid working at Taco Bell earns more than a pilot, but in the UK Ryanair pilots start at £70,000 and can hit £100,000 (Ryanair is a low cost airline so can you imagine what British Airways pilots earn??) - it's a pretty lucrative career so it's more than worth the £5,000 needed for a PPL JAR (the basic entry qualification for Ryanair's training course).

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Reply #23 - Jun 2^nd, 2005 at 6:12pm

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You can make lots of money working for an airline in the US-you just have to be working for a long time, and you have to be on some mid to big sized equipment.

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Reply #24 - Jun 7^th, 2005 at 3:17pm

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Stay away from the propeller Cheesy

Cheesy

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Reply #25 - Jun 14^th, 2005 at 4:24pm

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Stay away from the propeller Cheesy

Cheesy

Hope you didn't learn that the hard way... do people call you "Lefty?"
Cheesy

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Reply #26 - Jul 1^st, 2005 at 5:00am

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Ive had only one lesson (yesterday, and Im still smiling), but one big thing that I learned, or rather realized is: An airplane is not some gloriouse magic carpet, its a vehicle. The one I was in was old, dirty, dinged here and there, and had bird crap on the elevater. It just made it seem more real to me.

Good for you! I had my first lesson last week. Also was the first time I flew, ever! So I'm up in the air for the first time in my live and I get to hold the controlls on my own! It was a small piper cup and a bit old too. I definately know what you mean...
-I learned lots of things, the most important being:
Always stay focussed! (Even if it's a little hard because you want to look outside with a big smile on your face)
-Make sure your seat is in the right position
Man, I learned this the hard way!! I was glad when the instructor took over after 10 minutes!
-Don't hold the controlls like you would hold your girl when she's feeling cold Grin

Grin

Let the plane do her little dances... It's fine as long as you keep your altitude and get where you're going.
-Don't fly on your instruments unless you have to. It's better to look out of the front window and concentrate on one point and the height of the horizon and feel what the plane is doing. Only use the instruments to check what you're doing. (It was a big difference compared to flightsimming Grin

Grin

You can't feel the plane in FS and you have to use the instruments all the time)

Somehow I feel that you guys already knew all this Tongue

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Reply #27 - Jul 13^th, 2005 at 3:38am

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Never take a chance.

Well, I believe taking chances can be advantageous in most cases...even in aviation.

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Reply #28 - Jul 16^th, 2005 at 10:24pm

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Well, I believe taking chances can be advantageous in most cases...even in aviation.

For business purposes, yes. The actual flying part of aviation? NEVER.

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Reply #29 - Jul 16^th, 2005 at 11:42pm

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Well, I consider flying in itself as taking a chance. Obviously its a wise idea to never put yourself or someone else in a dangerous situation. Never be a cocky, gung ho, I know it all pilot, because if you don't know your limitations, you will learn stuff the hard way. The idea is, know what your doing.

Cheers,
RB

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