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Preventing Buffalo II
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wrote 2 years 29 weeks ago
A type rating for the first officer probably would not have prevented this accident. If the first officer did not distract the captain during the critical phase of flight by her conversation, the accident may have been prevented. Proper training trumps hours of towing a banner.
Wag the Tailwheel
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wrote 2 years 12 weeks ago
As a retired 747 captain, it is nice to know that we are still given checkrides from passengers in the back of the airplane. In your vast aviation experience, you must have many hours logged on the 747 since you freely criticize the pilot on the flightdeck. We are all part of the aviation fraternity and as such, I take umbrage with your attack on a fellow aviator. As a reader and subscriber to FLYING, I ask you to use your blog to say positive things about fellow pilots. It does not make you look good saying negative remarks about
professional pilots that might also read your magazine.
Self Regulation
from 747retired
wrote 2 years 19 weeks ago
I believe you need 3 takeoffs and landings in 90 days before you can fly passengers.
Five Surprising Lessons LSA/Sport Pilot Has Taught Us
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wrote 2 years 18 weeks ago
As a retired airline captain with 9 jet type ratings, I do not agree with comment 4 that it can be a challenge to land an LSA, especially those coming from high performance airplanes.I checked out in a REMOS several months ago and I found it approaches and lands like many of the jet airliners I flew for 35 years. The fact that it is so light requires power on until just about touchdown just like most jet airliners. Feel free to watch a 2 minute video of the takeoff and landing of a flight I made with my daughter. It can be found on Youtube at the following:
REMOS Flight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJHnfGaca5k
Why the Coming Pilot Shortage Isn't Creating Lots of New Pilots . . . Yet
from 747retired
wrote 1 year 27 weeks ago
It is not the number of hours that count toward being a professional pilot, it is the quality of training. As a low time civilian pilot, I received outstanding training at my airline, earned 9 jet type ratings and enjoyed a 35 year career doing what I loved to do. The number of hours in a log book is not as important as the quality of training.
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