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That's a safe way to learn, Rob. What kind of RC planes are you flying? I used to fly big gas free flights when I was a kid. I wish you good...
Thanks Guys.
Charlie, the instructor was making a point that APPARENTairspeed can kill you. Only actual airspeed is what you should fly by. Down wind low to...
Charlie, I wasn't encouraging any student to do spins below 3000 ft. I'm saying that it is possible to recover if you use the right procedures and...
You lucky guy!
1200 feet is plenty of altitude to recover from a spin if the corrct procedures are used in something like a 172 or a Cub or a Stearman or even a...
Good thinking , Rob. Forget the glass markers and learn how and when to use rudder. It can be your friend. I have seen too many spamcanners fly (...
That's jes' what I was going to say but those other guys beat me to it. A hundred years ago when I was a student, I learned " rudder" but before...
Ah yes, I remember seeing you on a condo job somewhere in West Seattle walking a wiggly exterior wall about 60 feet up while you were carrying a...
Having kids to think about changed my flying style but it didn't ruin my enjoyment of it.
I heartily agree with you , Corey. The key is to make damn sure the ignition is OFF first. Treat the prop as HOT and use safe technique in pulling...
Nothing much to discuss about being afraid of heights. I'm the same way even though I did a bit of mountain climbing on Mt. Rainier and working in...
I have been monitoring the chat about aircraft preferences and what you will do during and after training. I enjoyed some brief time in a Mooney...
I can understand someone not wanting to hand-prop an airplane. The propeller can be deadly if it isn't addressed correctly. I grew up with it and...
After reading the AOG thread and how it digressed into hand propping airplanes, I just had to go back several years to when I started flying, or...
I neverthought about MEL's and such. I have only had experience with the more dramatic causes of rendering an aircraft AOG but being short of an...
Thank you, Paul. I worked for Boeing for 40+ years and was associated in many ways with flight test and training. It is true that people including...
It stands for Aircraft On Ground. Usually due to extreme damage that requires repair in place. Boeing has an AOG crew that is second to none when...
I guess I sounded like a crabbed landing was the accepted wasy to land a large tricycled gear airliner. I don't fly these things like you do and...
Invented by Desault to do lofting on their fighters. Boeing expanded it and improved it to do everything but birth control. I used it 16 years ago...
