Even though you know it's coming in a general sense- that first time the instructor pulls power and says "where we gonna land?"
flying solo I have had 3 engine failures on single engine planes and a couple on twins in my career. The looking for a place to survive land is ingrained in me. Didn't scratch a plane or person in any, blessed.
NorthernSurveyor, post: 397014, member: 149 wrote: flying solo I have had 3 engine failures on single engine planes and a couple on twins in my career. The looking for a place to survive land is ingrained in me. Didn't scratch a plane or person in any, blessed.
WOW! If I were you I would buy lottery tickets on a regular basis. 😉
Andy Nold, post: 394639, member: 7 wrote: Nope. Nopie nope. No.
JUST got back down from this (okay- 7, not 52). Yes, yessir yes.
A local eatery is run by a guy who likes to fly. It has a plaque on the wall that says something to the effect:
Flying is the second biggest thrill known to man.
Landing is the biggest.
Years ago a dear friend learned I was taking flying lessons and sent me a letter and in it were the words
" I would rather be down here wishing I were up there, than up there wishing I was down here. "
Lamon Miller, post: 397086, member: 553 wrote: Years ago a dear friend learned I was taking flying lessons and sent me a letter and in it were the words
" I would rather be down here wishing I were up there, than up there wishing I was down here. "
My instructor taught me that one. It usually runs through my head when I'm checking the weather and conditions are marginal. It has reminded me to err on the side of caution.
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I got to take a ride on the Ford Tri-Motor today. They wouldn't let my fly it.........probably best since I don't have a tail-dragger or multi-engine rating.
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I got to take a ride on the Ford Tri-Motor today. They wouldn't let my fly it.........probably best since I don't have a tail-dragger or multi-engine rating.
That is truly spectacular!
One of the 8mm home movies passed on to me by my father was an earily 1930's ride he and his dad took in a tri-motor in Alaska to see the scenery. Dad related that before the flight, grandfather gave his wallet to grandmother, "just in case".
A realtor I did a good bit of business recently died in a crash practicing for an air show.
http://wjhnews.com/one-pilot-dies-after-collision-of-two-planes/
If I recall correctly from our last conversation a year or two ago, his plane was a Russian design, Chinese built fighter train or with a Russian radial engine. John and his wife Lizz had flown it all around the U.S. and bought a house in FL with its own hangar.
In 1969 I had my first full time job. The party chief Dave was a flight instructor and owned a Piper J-3. The boss Bill Youngblood had a J-4A the he took me up in. He bought a 4 place plane to take his family along and so was short on cash to make payroll. So my buddy Mike Baker, who I had gotten a job for and I put our money together and with our next week's pay bought the 1939 J-4A for $1300. We took lessons and each soloed once. Then Mike went up on a windy day, had a rough landing and hurt the plane, so I sold him my share. He kept it a few more years. I have always loved driving cars, motorcycles, trucks, motorboats, sailboats, but the plane was the best.
