When SWOs fly...the PSW story

[MIDNJAC]

Isn't she supposed to go in, wait the requisite two to three hours and then be told that it's too windy?

You forget about the part where you spend the next 4 hours on standby....

 

[ea6bflyr]

You forget about the part where you spend the next 4 hours on standby....

We give you standby, because we know you're not going to study NATOPS at home or the beach.

-ea6bflyr

 

[phrogpilot73]

Didn't want to jinx her, but PSW has completed her first two lessons this weekend! She slipped the surly bonds of earth in this monster yesterday and today:

And she's got a logbook with 2.3 hours in it!

 

[bbf7b2]

2.3 hours in the first two lessons??

Talk about sensory overload

 

[nittany03]

That's OK, if she didn't depart the Cessna attempting a power-off stall her first time out, she's doing better than I did my first flight in IFS.

 

[ea6bflyr]

I completed my first 2 lessons this weekend too....11.8 hours....should be signed off Tuesday....

(And I have a SWO pin too.....)

Now you are just bragging.

-ea6bflyr

 

[HAL Pilot]

Now you are just bragging.

-ea6bflyr

Was it too much mentioning I had a SWO pin?

Seriously - good to see PSW joining the club.

 

[ea6bflyr]

Sorry Hal, I forgot to metion "smiles in effect" for the previous post.

Congrats to PSW! Once you learn to fly, then you have to master the radios, then be able to break out a sectional without losing any altitude. Stay safe up there.

-ea6bflyr

 

[Gatordev]

Congrats to PSW! Once you learn to fly, then you have to master the radios, then be able to break out a sectional without losing any altitude. Stay safe up there.

-ea6bflyr

Years ago when Apollo 13 came out, there was a Press Club event w/ Tom Hanks and Jim Lovell (among others). The whole thing is really entertaining, but if you follow this link and skip to 49:38, you'll see how a true aviator flies:

http://www.c-spanarchives.org/libra...t_video_info&products_id=66353-1&showVid=true

 

[Gatordev]

She with the English degree can't spell "headache"

Nor "taxiing."

 

[nittany03]

then be able to break out a sectional without losing any altitude.
-ea6bflyr

Trim is your friend.