Engine instruments green, airspeed is alive
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Congrats Lindley.
I've always loved the ideal of flying and planes, but I'll be damned if you could drag me on a plane
I've always loved the ideal of flying and planes, but I'll be damned if you could drag me on a plane
So, work for one of the major airlines thenCongrats, Lindley.Now you just need to find an old cargo plane, hire a group of eccentric misfits and start taking on questionable jobs.
I want a video game that features a jkladis/Lindley dogfight!
Congratulations
It's something I've thought about trying for. Perhaps one day.
It's something I've thought about trying for. Perhaps one day.
May you walk away from all your landings.
Hell with the 182, you need something quaint. Maybe a 150 taildragger. But better make sure you add the STOL kit to it.
Well, the 150s and 152s are certainly a lot *cheaper* than most of the other options, buying-wise. So one might not be a bad option for time-building. However, for actually getting anywhere, they're far too slow.
Welcome to the family of airmen (and women). Got my ticket in Sept. 1974 and collected 890 hours and an instrumenty rating along the way. Best advice I can offer - never be embarrassed to turn aroung and go back where you started from. Continuing into adverse conditions can be the worst decision you'll ever regret.
One thing that's struck me is how quick people are to say "return to starting point". Sure, that's a good option if your route is well and truly blocked by weather, but that usually won't happen if you've done your preflight planning well.
It seems to me that at the first sign of difficulty, you should call Flight Watch and get their opinion about the weather ahead. If it's problematic but transient, just find the closest airport, set down, and wait it out. Only think about turning around entirely if it's going to be there for a while.
It seems to me that at the first sign of difficulty, you should call Flight Watch and get their opinion about the weather ahead. If it's problematic but transient, just find the closest airport, set down, and wait it out. Only think about turning around entirely if it's going to be there for a while.
Very unlikely, heard a story once about a single engine crash, and how the occupants where arranged and dressed. Not good.
But on the turn around thing, it's not that you have to go back. Just don't force the destination. You have a plane after all, the destinations are nearly limitless...
But on the turn around thing, it's not that you have to go back. Just don't force the destination. You have a plane after all, the destinations are nearly limitless...
Agreed. You can't truly understand the nature of get-there-itis until it's sitting on your shoulder. I think because, like a devil, its temptations vary from person to person.
I once experienced a night electrical failure when going between Chicago and BWI and turned around to put down in PIT, with equipment following me in. It was a business flight (self-travel). A senior pilot asked me calmly "If you were doing this for yourself, would you have started off at night?" I realized then the devil got me that evening. Not with weather, like normal, but with the hazards of single engine night. I was within 50 miles of the DC ADIZ and probably without a transpoder.
Just maintain reasonable expectations. Something to consider when going for your commercial long cross country flights or when you dare go into IMC.
I once experienced a night electrical failure when going between Chicago and BWI and turned around to put down in PIT, with equipment following me in. It was a business flight (self-travel). A senior pilot asked me calmly "If you were doing this for yourself, would you have started off at night?" I realized then the devil got me that evening. Not with weather, like normal, but with the hazards of single engine night. I was within 50 miles of the DC ADIZ and probably without a transpoder.
Just maintain reasonable expectations. Something to consider when going for your commercial long cross country flights or when you dare go into IMC.
Hell with the 182, you need something quaint. Maybe a 150 taildragger. But better make sure you add the STOL kit to it.
Well, the 150s and 152s are certainly a lot *cheaper* than most of the other options, buying-wise. So one might not be a bad option for time-building. However, for actually getting anywhere, they're far too slow.
Oh i never said you'd get there fast....
It would just be quaint.. Nice and slow...Similar threads
