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Any O-T Pilots Care to Share what it's Like to Fly a Plane?
Posted on 7/28/17 at 11:39 am
Posted on 7/28/17 at 11:39 am
I'm at PDX watching planes fly by, wasting time for a few more hours. It looks effortless, landing after landing, take off after another. What is it like flying an airliner? a plane of any type? Helicopters?
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Posted on 7/28/17 at 11:41 am to theducks
Flying rotary is like balancing a broomstick on one hand while roller skating on ice after drinking a fifth of Jack. At least that is how it was for me.
Flying small fixed wing is relatively easy. Never flew anything larger than a P-Navajo, so will defer to the big guns on larger craft.
Flying small fixed wing is relatively easy. Never flew anything larger than a P-Navajo, so will defer to the big guns on larger craft.
This post was edited on 7/28/17 at 11:42 am
Posted on 7/28/17 at 11:42 am to theducks
It's like driving a car in the sky.
Posted on 7/28/17 at 11:44 am to theducks
It's really uplifting
Posted on 7/28/17 at 11:44 am to theducks
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What is it like flying an airliner?
Not so bad after the fourth or fifth Jack and Coke.
Posted on 7/28/17 at 11:45 am to theducks
I have a friend who's a retired Marine fighter pilot who now flies as a Senior Pilot for American Airlines.
He says he's now a bus driver.
He says he's now a bus driver.
Posted on 7/28/17 at 11:45 am to LCA131
Will put you on cloud 9...
...or 10, whichever you prefer.
...or 10, whichever you prefer.
Posted on 7/28/17 at 11:46 am to theducks
It's a lot easier when the passengers stop screaming
Posted on 7/28/17 at 11:48 am to theducks
Eh, it has it's ups and downs. 
Posted on 7/28/17 at 11:49 am to JudgeHolden
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JudgeHolden
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Flying rotary is like balancing a broomstick on one hand while roller skating on ice after drinking a fifth of Jack. At least that is how it was for me.
Sounds more difficult than it should be, in 2017 at least.
Posted on 7/28/17 at 11:50 am to soccerfüt
If I could do life over again, I'd try to become a pilot. I guess I'm still young enough to do so. Would take a lot of time and energy to go that route though.
Posted on 7/28/17 at 11:51 am to theducks
Never flew anything bigger than a Turbo Commander, but I love to fly. I lost a little interest after getting my instrument rating so I kind of got away from it and decided I didn't want to do it for a living (which I regret).
But it really is one of the greatest things. I trained in a 172 and the basics aren't really hard. I soloed after 6 hours. I got my private in Gonzales and the flight back home after that accomplishment was one of the greatest feelings of my life.
But it really is one of the greatest things. I trained in a 172 and the basics aren't really hard. I soloed after 6 hours. I got my private in Gonzales and the flight back home after that accomplishment was one of the greatest feelings of my life.
Posted on 7/28/17 at 11:53 am to theducks
Don't ask David Lockard:
The plane that crashed into Lake D'Arbonne Sunday afternoon was removed from the lake early Tuesday.
David Lockard, 73, of Monroe died following the crash. No one else was on board the plane, which departed from the Union Parish Airport in Farmerville on Sunday.
The plane that crashed into Lake D'Arbonne Sunday afternoon was removed from the lake early Tuesday.
David Lockard, 73, of Monroe died following the crash. No one else was on board the plane, which departed from the Union Parish Airport in Farmerville on Sunday.
Posted on 7/28/17 at 11:54 am to theducks
Hours and hours of boredom and a few moments of stark terror.
Posted on 7/28/17 at 11:59 am to JudgeHolden
I have been at the stick of several different fixed wings including a G6 and had no issues.
Ten minutes trying to fly a helicopter (very unsuccessfully) resulted in my only ever air sickness episode. I am in awe of guys who can fly those damn contraptions.
Ten minutes trying to fly a helicopter (very unsuccessfully) resulted in my only ever air sickness episode. I am in awe of guys who can fly those damn contraptions.
Posted on 7/28/17 at 12:05 pm to jbgleason
Is there a general consensus as to which single engine piston driven plane is the most dangerous?
Posted on 7/28/17 at 12:07 pm to theducks
I flew a plane once, in boyscouts. Got my aviation merit badge.
It was awesome, a plane a little bigger than a cessna, i felt like i ruled the world.
That was before i had my drivers license, however, and when i started driving i had the same feeling.
It was awesome, a plane a little bigger than a cessna, i felt like i ruled the world.
That was before i had my drivers license, however, and when i started driving i had the same feeling.
Posted on 7/28/17 at 12:08 pm to holmesbr
I have a friend that is a flight instructor and he let me fly a Cessna one time. It was fun but also kinda scary. Those things are rickety as hell. The one we flew was old as shite too, I think he said it was built in the 70's. I was shocked at hell at how thin the doors were and the windows rolled down like a 1979's Cutless Supreme.
Posted on 7/28/17 at 12:14 pm to supadave3
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Those things are rickety as hell.
Yep. Lots of them were built in the 50's and 60's and still flying. I learned to fly in an early 1960's era Cessna.
Posted on 7/28/17 at 12:17 pm to supadave3
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was shocked at hell at how thin the doors were and the windows rolled down like a 1979's Cutless Supreme.
You arent flying at 35000 feet in those things.
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