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Originally Posted by VeryTnA
Is the following true?
There are BOLD pilots and there are OLD pilots, but no OLD BOLD pilots.
This is a famous adage in the flying world and springs from truth. I remember being told when I got my private license, "This is a license to learn." Very true.
As you go along, you do some stupid things and if you're lucky they start forming your bag of experience. If you're unlucky...well, there's another flying quote from the 1930s attributed to Captain A.G. Lamplugh :
"Aviation in itself is not inherently dangerous. But to an even greater degree than the sea, it is terribly unforgiving of any carelessness, incapacity or neglect."
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Flying is hours of boredom separated by seconds of pure terror.
Yes, I've been bored on a plane but I've never experience the sheer terror. I've had some instances where my sphincter tightened, but it was never terror. I'll post a good one later today about a complete engine failure I had in a single engine plane while flying in clouds over mountains.
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There are three things a pilot can't use;
Fuel on the ground.
Altitude above you.
Runway behind you.
I've heard this as "...the altitude above you, the runway behind you and the fuel you left behind."
All true. Better to be at 10,000' when the engine fails than to be down at 100' buzzing your girlfriend's house. Making a takeoff from an intersection on a runway might not seem like a good idea when the trees at the end of the runway begin to fill your windscreen on the takeoff roll. And, of course, fuel just means more options if the weather goes bad.
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Did I mention, I can fly the crap out of a C-150? I've got a few stores, but mine pale in comparision.
W0X0F, this goes down as the best non-poker thread in 2+2 history! ! ! Maybe I'm a bit bias. Please keep us updated with interesting stories from future flights.
Hey thanks.