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I forgot to mention the difference that you might sense when your instructor isn't aboard if he is a big guy. I had a bit of trouble on my solo...
Mark has said the correct thing, Rob. Focus and concentrate on what you have to do. Eliminate everything else and focus on what has to be done....
We here in the beautiful Pacific Northwest have a collection of vintage flying machines unlike any other. Paul Allen ( of Microsoft fame) has...
Since I have never been the PIC of a jet i can't compare anything. I have ridden in a big jet on test flights and passenger flights. So, I get my...
Look closely at the blades on the forward most prop in the 4 oclock and 10 oclock postion. The curved edge is the advancining part of the blade....
That's good and accurate advice, Charlie. I have a son who has flown everything you can think of and he still can't get a job with a big airline....
Looking at this thing from the front, the forward set of blades would produce thrust if they rotated counter clockwise, the aft set would then...
I'm wondering where the radiator is because those two engines will require a lot of area for the coolant. Could you email those pics to me so I...
My kid, Dana, had a similar start as did your son but he never went on to fly. He used to get in the back of our airplane and fly it home from the...
That thing looks absolutely SPOOKY ! I agree about the wing. They can design and build spars to take plenty of loading but I hope that it is a...
I thought that you were presenting one of your computer generated jokes for a minute but the more I studied the picture, I could see that it is...
YEAH ! Those are the ones! I always eat those when the FFA is checkin' things. If it gits too bad I'll have to switch to them Jellybellies. Still...
Charlie, you make this game a lot of fun. If the FFA says at least, AT LEAST 100nm ( whatever nm means) they MEAN IT. So, you gotta do 100nms. Is...
I always crack up ( Laughing) at George Goble's description of his accident while he was taxiing a B-24 and ran into the airplane ahead of him. He...
Airplanes aren't cars when they have some 15 or 16 feet of wing on each side and you just have to learn to stay wide and "When in doubt, GET OUT."...
i figur that all the thangs peepel is seein' is from them austernots from walkin' on the moon. They jes caint do that no more. It messes up the...
You are correct, Corey. I never meant that one should disregard the panel scan as part of the flying regimen but when there is an instructor with...
Yu mus be right cuz yu are thu ony wun who antsered. I seen thu blak hellacoppers flyin in after to chek on us.
Look at that first word. FLYING. That's what you are learning to do, not reading those funny clocks that never give you the same time when you...
As with most of the beautiful airplanes, the originals were adulterated in the process of improving their performance. The Spitfire was gradually...
