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Who knew wearing the hat was so important?
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Good god... You can see right there at 1:02 where they turn their lights on. Man, that is terrifying. Cessna fucked around with this message at 17:33 on May 4, 2018 |
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May 4, 2018 17:31
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azflyboy posted:I'm pretty sure there is (or at least used to be) something in either the Pilots Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge or the Airplane Flying Handbook that mentions pilots should consider using supplemental oxygen above 5000ft at night, so maybe that's where Riddle got the limitation from. I live in Colorado. Maybe I should use oxygen for my drive home tonight.
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May 8, 2018 16:53
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Sure, I just think it's funny... I got my Pvt Pilot in California, in the Bay Area. My home field had an elevation of 4' MSL, and you had to take a "mountain checkout" if you were going to land on a field over 2000' MSL. Now I live in Colorado, where the closest field with a 2000' MSL is in the next state over...
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May 8, 2018 22:05
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e.pilot posted:You would need to be going really really fast and probably wouldn’t survive to make it to 2000ft here, so their math checks. Huh - for what it's worth, I also went to Metro. (I'm not a pro- pilot, just private, never flown anything bigger than a C-182.)
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May 9, 2018 19:15
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e.pilot posted:Aviation major? No, flying is just a hobby/weekend pastime for me.
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May 9, 2018 21:51
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Sagebrush posted:Apparently the airspace down in the Florida swamps is a leeetle less complicated than that over the Bay Area. I learned to fly in the Bay Area (KSQL, first solo out of HAF). It was a challenging environment for a student pilot. Now I fly in Colorado, and everything feels so... empty.
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Jul 7, 2018 03:58
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overdesigned posted:My dad, a literal lifelong pilot, has, after a stroke and 2 years learning to walk/everything else again, gotten his BasicMed, completed his BFR, and soloed the family 140. Outstanding!
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Jul 12, 2018 16:01
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So if someone fails a checkride like that is it pretty much the end of their flying career?
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Sep 6, 2018 17:18
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azflyboy posted:The regional I work for had someone get 90% of the way through the interview process before anyone realized the guy had zero flight time in actual airplanes. 
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Sep 7, 2018 18:13
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Sagebrush posted:I took this picture on approach to KRHV a few months ago, when they were resurfacing everything: Huh, I learned to fly out of San Carlos, I flew to that airport as a student pilot.
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Oct 16, 2018 18:07
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Anyone mind answering what is probably a really dumb question? I'm a private pilot. I've never flown anything bigger than a C-182. I got my license when I lived in California, then moved to Colorado. Colorado has weird weather that can change quite quickly. We'll go from calm and clear to OMG hailstorm in a matter of minutes. I try to take this into account when I'm planning a flight. I check the weather and always - always - plan for alternatives. What if I can't make it back to my home field? What if I'm out somewhere and get stuck? What if the airport I'm planning to land at has huge gusty crosswinds? But, again, I'm a private pilot. I'm not flying on someone else's schedule. If I get stuck I call the place where I rented the plane and tell them I'm not going to make it back that day and maybe call my work and tell them I might not make it in on Monday morning. So how do those of you who fly the big planes handle a situation like this? Last weekend Denver/DIA had some crazy weather. Clear skies, then gusty winds, then clear skies, then hail. I understand that you've got a lot more information on the weather, but then again I don't think the airport closed or diverted any flights. What do you do if you're scheduled to come in and land but find out there might be hail on the way down? This is probably a silly question, but again, my experience with aviation is probably very, very different from yours if you're getting paid for it.
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May 29, 2019 15:20
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Another dumb question from someone who has never flown anything bigger than a C-182, if you don't mind. How do those of you who fly big planes pre-flight? Do you actually walk around the aircraft, or is that something a mechanic does?
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Jun 13, 2019 17:45
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Rickety Cricket posted:Yes we still do walk arounds. We don't do the nitty gritty GA stuff, we don't check oil and don't sump fuel. It's more of a general condition inspection. How are the tires and brakes? How are the fan blades in the engine? Did we hit any birds? Any obvious dents in the airplane that don't belong? Cracked lenses. Things of that nature. Thanks for the answer, that's good to hear. I don't recall seeing a pilot getting out and walking around an aircraft while waiting for a flight, let alone trying to move the rudder to check the hinges like you would in a C-182, but I'm glad you still do it.
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Jun 14, 2019 15:30
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Two Kings posted:Dr. Gleim is a real person? And alive? I figured he was like Mavis Beacon. Or John and Martha King. They're not real, right? RIGHT?
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Jul 11, 2019 18:35
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hobbesmaster posted:This rules tbh. Should be standard phraseology. Yes.
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Apr 21, 2020 20:08
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If the Enterprise burns 17 gallons of antimatter in 2hrs 35mins how much antimatter are they burning per hour?
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Jun 18, 2020 17:19
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Aviation Megathread: If money were no object, I would
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Sep 3, 2020 15:31
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Sagebrush posted:How do banner-towing planes take off and land? Do they just start with the banner lying on the ground behind the plane and drag it along the (presumably grass) runway, or do they winch it in somehow? What dangers do you have to be aware of in those operations? The planes have a hook, like a tail-hook. They take off, then circle around, fly low, and snag the banner, hoping that they don't screw up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLNC9w1j6HQ
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Sep 7, 2020 05:47
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e.pilot posted:You couldn’t pay me enough to go back into the military.
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Jan 10, 2022 19:01
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vessbot posted:Another fun fact, France (the torchbearers of Western civilization) used the Paris Meridian and didn't give in to the Greenwich one, all the way until shortly before WWI. This was a plot-point in a Tintin comic: 
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Jan 31, 2022 19:13
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Passenger with no flying experience lands plane: Link.
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May 12, 2022 15:20
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A C-172 vs. two F-15s. Seems fair.
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CBJSprague24 posted:Southwest just reduced their hiring to 500 turbine preferred. 300 hours in a Cessna 172, Imma put in a resume.
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