hate temperature inversions!!!

[z987k]

yeah but they teach it like you die, end of story, no debating after 30mins at fl180.

 

[feedthebear]

They happen all the time here in Salt Lake City. I actually enjoy them because I live above the thermocline and it becomes nice, clear, and unseasonally warm at my house.

 

[Yuri_Rage]

Since we're talking pilot stuff, I thought I'd show you what I found in an old wallet the other day. It's probably the among the weirdest tickets you'll see:

The fact that I haven't updated to the new style with a photo shows you how often I actually use these ratings (nearly zero). Nearly all of my experience has been with the military, hence the lack of a single engine rating.

 

[Yuri_Rage]

yeah but they teach it like you die, end of story, no debating after 30mins at fl180.

They tend to preach a bit of doom and gloom...and I guess so am I. You just have to be careful, that's all.

 

[shafferpilot]

They tend to preach a bit of doom and gloom...and I guess so am I. You just have to be careful, that's all.

That doom and gloom isn't coming from nowhere. Too many lives have been lost, so they exagerate in order to scare you into being REALLY careful. In my case the scare tactic is working

 

[Flyin' Lion]

I remember when I saw an article in AOPA that the FAA had come out with new licenses (Orvill and Wilbur on the back) and got all excited. I called a buddy of mine after paying my two dollars online and his unimpressed reply: "I've had mine for over a year." That's the story of my life, a day late and a dollar short.


Slightly , Yuri, 68"? That picture of you breating fire, you look like a giant.

Since we're talking pilot stuff, I thought I'd show you what I found in an old wallet the other day. It's probably the among the weirdest tickets you'll see:

The fact that I haven't updated to the new style with a photo shows you how often I actually use these ratings (nearly zero). Nearly all of my experience has been with the military, hence the lack of a single engine rating.

 

[BrewBrain]

My regular instructor is a bit older than that. BUT when I just need a checkout, I get the new guy. Which is fine (and cheaper). I have yet to have any instructor at this school that wasn't competent. Really I'm just whining about having to pay someone to babysit me.

Ditto that. I've broken in a few green instructors. They've all been good. And they still love what they do

 

[Yuri_Rage]

Slightly , Yuri, 68"? That picture of you breathing fire, you look like a giant.

I'm really not that tall...it's just a good pic.

 

[BrewBrain]

Some folks begin experiencing hypoxic symptoms as low as 8,000', especially if they're acclimated to a near sea-level environment. Don't mess around with hypoxia. If you're feeling dizzy, you need to descend (or use supplemental O2) NOW!

I live at sea level and I got a bit hypoxic on my mountain checkout flight at only around 10K feet MSL. We were riding thremals up at Lake Tahoe trying to get a C172 up over 10K on a very warm day. Never again in the mountains with that thing in the summer, I swear. I don't remember what the density altitude was, but it was up there.

We weren't all that high, really, but it wasn't motion sickness. My feet and ankles started to tingle and my lips started feeling heavy. I just didn't feel well at all. Best lesson I ever had in the airplane.

 

[Flyin' Lion]

That's one thing I liked about towing banners, I could fly all weekend from Michigan to Ohio or Chicago and never go above 1,000 AGL.


I've done almost every job you can do in a single engine, but banner towing was the most fun.