Mooney In Power Lines
12-09-2022, 08:05 PM
#31
Disinterested Third Party
Joined APC: Jun 2012
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Originally Posted by TiredSoul
I taught Wilbur Wright how to fly.
You wouldn't want Orville on your record. The guy crashed a lot. That, and between he and his brother, falsely took credit for first in flight, and single-handedly managed to hold back the progress of aviation in the USA for nearly a decade and a half while the world shot forward.
Wilbur was really good at folding paper cranes, anyway, and nobody could match drapes and furniture like he. Some say it was really his forte. We shall never know.
I can remember when an autopilot was a thick rubber band snapped between the control yokes of a light airplane. Worked pretty good, too.
12-10-2022, 06:46 AM
#33
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Posts: 6,003
Originally Posted by TiredSoul
I signed off Icarus for his first solo….
yeah forgot the limitations.
yeah forgot the limitations.
I had Kai Kawus, whom, despite multiple efforts, I refused to sign off. His solo attempt was illegal, which earned him the nickname, "foolish king." All the locals called him "dumb ass," though mostly behind his back.
Back in those days, flight instructing was a tough way to make a living. I had to take a second job as a pastry chef, making Baklava. Sweet side deal stomping olives on the weekends, though. Great for the feet.
12-10-2022, 10:48 AM
#35
Occasional box hauler
Joined APC: Jan 2018
Posts: 1,676
This thread certainly developed better than most crash threads. Total agreement with most of the analysis so far. Single pilot IFR in a minimally equipped bug smasher is no place to be knocking the rust off of marginal piloting skills. The good news is this guy will be alive to read everyone telling him he should find a new hobby.
12-10-2022, 02:12 PM
#37
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Feb 2006
Position: B-737NG preferably in first class with a glass of champagne and caviar
Posts: 5,903
Originally Posted by TiredSoul
We should have a beer one of these days.
Hoegaarden in sufficient quantities makes me philosophical.
Hoegaarden in sufficient quantities makes me philosophical.
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