...and I bet not ONE of the featured pilots have a 107!

[Nick450]

I hold a CPL and have a 107.

[isthisdave]

Originally Posted by ShiftKnob

Pilots have the most glorified job there is....

< radio static over voice communication ala Apollo 13 Houston Mission Control...>

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh....Houston...?..<static>...Mission Control here..Go Nobby....<static>...Ahhhhh..Yeah....Houston...Ahh...we've got an opinion here....yep..it's definitely an opinion.......<static>......

[flyboyike]

I, of course, sadly no longer own a 107.

[Digmenow]

^^^
You, of course, were sadly who this thread was directed at.

There will be an Ears related thread next month.

Or sometime.

[Ears]

Originally Posted by Digmenow

^^^
You, of course, were sadly who this thread was directed at.

There will be an Ears related thread next month.

Or sometime.

Oh Goody...! I just can't wait.



PS I never tried to get a license... I just "barn-stormed" for a few years in my teen youth...

Cessna 170A
Cessna 170B
7EAC Champion
Engineering Research COUPE
Citabria
etc...

[Digmenow]

Testing...is this mike on?

Dang...the test didn't work.


...and it would seem that I owe someone a dedication thread.

[Skylaw]

Originally Posted by ScottinSoCal

It's probably good that I'm not a pilot because there's obviously a lot I don't know about it. That flight violates pretty much everything I think I know about the way flight works on a fixed-wing aircraft.

No - I have seen fixed wing props and jets do just about everything the B-29 model did (except the spins - most jets don't come out of spins very well, but props do). But, your would not do those maneuvers in a real B-29; most of them would seriously overstress it, causing catastrophic structural failure inflight.

I loved the X-1 launch - even though the actual X-1 was carried tucked into and beneath the bomb bay, and not under the wing. Nonetheless, some serious modeler's skills at work there.

-A 107 driver and retired pilot. Yeah, what's with that?

[Nascar Fan]

Spin recovery, something they didn't teach in flight school (part 141). I learned the hard way. I was acting a fool with my new ticket and had a friend that wanted to go into a stall. I had done this dozen's of times without any problems. They teach stalls and recovery in this school. This time the little plane stalled and fell over to one side and into a spin. I never did this again and never will. I had about 3K feet to learn alot.

[CavallinoRed]

Originally Posted by Nascar Fan

Check out this airplane video, it is cool.
http://users.skynet.be/fa926657/files/B29.wmv

Sadly they recently crashed the B-29 model.

[flyboyike]

Originally Posted by Nascar Fan

Spin recovery, something they didn't teach in flight school (part 141).

Actually, they do, just not early on. It's part of the CFI curriculum.