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Apr 1, 2005, 6:11am

Good evening/morning/ Afternoon. I doubt you all are interested, but a
change of pace. For you's who dont know, I am an aspiring Pilot. I have
been in flight training for the bast 5 months (taking my time) and
should be, if everything goes well, liscenced on May 16. My next flight,
on April 11, will be my first cross country, with my instructor, and on
the 11th, I do the same, but solo (on my own). I am a bit over half way
complete getting the required 50 hours logged flight time, and will be
flying lots more in the next month to get the last 22 hours I need. Wish
me luck! ( I'll keep you all posted)

this is fo rmy Private liscence, and after that I will be working on my
comercial, which requires 150 hours training. Cheers!

Bean!

Apr 1, 2005, 6:13am

Good luck on your triangulation, the roads are great if you are in the
UK...:-)



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Apr 1, 2005, 8:11am

Kewl Beaner!! May God go with you. I'm sure you'll be a great pilot.
;-"D


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Apr 1, 2005, 9:37am

Here's a little story for you DaBean. My older brother took up flying school
and I remember him going through all those things you just mentioned above.
The day after he got his license he, my mother(who bless her soul was scared
to death even flying in a commercial plane), my little brother and myself
all went up into the air with him in some type of little prop plane similar
to the ones you have shown us pictures. We flew around a bit on a perfect
day but one problem...I noticed my brother was not comfortable. He seemed
worried or something. There was something about him that just didn't seem
right. So I asked him is everything ok? and eek... he reply's guess what, I
say what, he says in a very calm voice "the flaps of this plane are not
working." O NO..and if you could have seen our faces and my mother was
almost ready to pass out right there and now. He says let me radio in and
see what I should do.

In the mean time all kinds of horrible thoughts are running through our
minds. My hands were shaken and I was gripping Moms and my little brothers
so tight I almost hurt them at even the thought of crashing. My mother was
practically in another world as if her soul had already departed this world.
So he decides he must land right away and it would be softer to land in the
huge BEAN field next to the landing strip instead of the tarmac.

He comes down very gently and off we go brushing with all the BEANS that
some poor farmer was sure to be upset about but who cares we were alive. The
plane comes to rest. This was in the country and nobody was around so my
brother decides he has to get the plane back on the tarmac. If you could
have seen the BEANS all over the plane. I mean it was painted green and all
of us panting in relief like swoosh. We were very relieved to be on the
ground. It was such an experience for us that from that day on my mother
begged, pleaded and demanded my brother to never fly again. To this day he
has never piloted a plane again. True Story

Apr 1, 2005, 1:36pm

Yikes thats scarey! Well, Thats part of training, hgow to land
flapless.. tho I never have.. You just have to slip in.. that is fly the
plane somewhat sideways to increase the drag until you are ready to
land. Sounds easire said then done i'm sure.. but in crosswind landings,
thats pretty well what you end up doing to keep straight (angle into the
wind and fly sideways a bit).

Thats quite unfortunate he never flew again, but then again that must
have been a horrid experience, his first flight >.<

Bean!

FYI: LoL about capital BEAN throughout your story!

Apr 1, 2005, 5:12pm

Scarey story HF, one to tell the grandchildren! lol

Good Luck Bean on your solo when you have it, Im sure its the sorta thing
your relax into once your up there ;)

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Apr 1, 2005, 9:21pm

I've flown solo before, jsut doing circuits (takeoff and landing for an
hour) and doin a bit out in the training area (stalls, slowflight etc..)
But I havnt een done a cross country at all yet >.< Cant wait.
Bean!



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Apr 1, 2005, 9:32pm

VERY cool, Bean!! Good luck and Godspeed.

I hope you have a better sense of direction than Lord of the Pies. He was
flying world wide in a simulator. He asked me what that big open space is
just East of Chicago. I told him we like to refer to it as Lake Michigan.

ROFL He meant to say WEST!!! ; )

~ TS

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