Day 1, Green Student, 400hp, First DE...
10-06-2007, 11:40 PM
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whew....
I was thinking it was another "thanks to the airbags I walked away"
No jet pilot here, but I learned to fly gliders before I learned to drive and I've found it somewhat useful even all these years later with this DE stuff - "seat of the pants" feel, "eyes up", and "smoothness".
Glad you had a GREAT day!
I was thinking it was another "thanks to the airbags I walked away"
No jet pilot here, but I learned to fly gliders before I learned to drive and I've found it somewhat useful even all these years later with this DE stuff - "seat of the pants" feel, "eyes up", and "smoothness".
Glad you had a GREAT day!
JK
10-07-2007, 12:03 AM
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I guess there are people out there that won't take 5 years to get to Black.......
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10-07-2007, 08:45 AM
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In my experience, I have found that ex-fighter pilots (and pilots in general) and those with serious motorcyle experience make the best students. I suspect this is because both groups a) are used to speed, b) take activities like this seriously, c) have likely received and are used to coaching/critiques.
10-07-2007, 09:40 AM
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Ha!
Think driving a car is a bit simpler than flying a fighter jet? They've got lots of brain left unused learning HPDE. An "easier" student there could not be.
Fighter pilots (pilots in general), ski racers, motorcycle racers, sailors. Pretty easy to teach them most of the time. They have feel.
Think driving a car is a bit simpler than flying a fighter jet? They've got lots of brain left unused learning HPDE. An "easier" student there could not be.
Fighter pilots (pilots in general), ski racers, motorcycle racers, sailors. Pretty easy to teach them most of the time. They have feel.
10-07-2007, 09:49 AM
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Evidently I haven't had the best pilots then... I've instructed 3 different pilots (2 of them AF fighter types) and they just didn't get it. 1 of them did do well, but it took a day or so, the other 2, I just didn't have any hope at all for them... 
10-07-2007, 11:43 AM
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In my experience, I have found that ex-fighter pilots (and pilots in general) and those with serious motorcyle experience make the best students. I suspect this is because both groups a) are used to speed, b) take activities like this seriously, c) have likely received and are used to coaching/critiques.
10-07-2007, 01:37 PM
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10-07-2007, 02:01 PM
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(yes we turned off stability management system).
