Aviation BS and Photo Thread

You do fly in a frozen tundra.
Glad you caught it.

 

...^^^... Doing your "Solo" I think is the high point in a flying career ... first time that you really make your own life & death decisions in an aircraft.

I was very young when I did my Solo and I remember that I pretended the IP was with me all through that flight.

I also remembering talking to myself to double check things.

If you can get through your Solo ... the rest is a piece of cake (just don't ever take anything for granted ... I still double check everything).

Congrats ...

 

...^^^... Good pre-flight catch ...

I wonder if that is a manufacturing defect or a cold weather problem ... or both ?

 

Weather plus wear. It's not common to find but it's common enough that people won't freak out.

 

It was supposed to be 45 minutes from Lubbock to Dallas....1.5 hours later and we had to divert due to minimum fuel. What a day.

 

I was thankful to be solo because my IP loved to stress people out with "in flight emergencies". His go to was to pop the passenger door open during takeoff and make you prioritize and problem solve. Turns out a 172 can in fact fly with a door cracked and it wont fall out of the sky while you make your departure.

 

Haven't been in here for a while. But now I am. As an unprofessional, I have nothing useful to add.

 

That's just wake turbulence...

 

You probably already know this but be cautious landing in ruts like that with a crosswind.

 

I miss doing A&P work, but i dont miss corporate america where $ is king not quality of work.
Now i work job to job, just making ends meet.

 

Well at least you are consistent, I'll give ya that.

 

That looks so fun

 

Got the ol flight physical next week. Yaaay
Still jumping off perfectly good mountains but starting training to fly our Dragonfly tug and aerotow. I put the ‘mental’ in experimental..

https://youtu.be/jW-7IIZBz1Q

 

I love hang gliding! This was 2 years ago and is the first and only time I've done it.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BeYCPmsAtVw/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

 

I’ve been flying 20 years, freakin LOVE it. Working on my tandem rating this summer so I can take passengers up with me and pray they dont puke on the back of my head

 

I want to get my glider rating and get into paragliding after nursing school.

 

Noooooo! Not the parapanties! I trained in it last summer and, aside from the gear being conveniently small and light compared to my 16ft 55lb glider, theres something about praying your aircraft stays inflated the whole time that put me off.

 

My other girls.

 

V-22's playing around out in the desert of California