I am missing the radio gene

[Colonel]

I have the math gene.  Got that for sure.

But there are two different kinds of pilots:

1) pilots that just love to talk on the radio
and [i]just won't fucking shut up[/i]

2) pilots like me that hate the fucking thing
and turn it off

I have never understood pilots in group #1.
Their idea of a good flight is completely different
than mine.

My favorite flights are in aircraft with no radios
at all (gasp).  Just me in a rare airplane with buckets
of character, older than I am, with my right hand
on the stick and the left hand on the throttle, looking
outside.  Doesn't get any better than that.

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[GoBoy]

As some of you know , I exclusively fly vintage aircraft.  90% of the time I have no radio on board for all the same reasons that the Colonel stated. When I go flying , its to fly , not listen to Chuck Yeager types yapping to hear themselves . My home base is a Nordo Airpark and its suits me just fine. The only time I have a handheld onboard is if I am doing an air to air photo shoot  , movie work or am flying in an airshow.
No radio , no xponder , no storm scopes, no ipads no GPS . But I do carry my cell phone in case I go down somewhere and I also have a VFR and a road atlas onboard ( the atlas is more useful IMHO)
I am  only 55 but I guess am somewhat of a Dinosaur . I like to be able to hear my engine, keep my head out of the cockpit and enjoy actual flying without all the gadgets

[DeflectionShot]

[quote]No radio , no xponder , no storm scopes, no ipads no GPS . But I do carry my cell phone in case I go down somewhere and I also have a VFR and a road atlas onboard ( the atlas is more useful IMHO)[/quote]

Sounds like heaven...

[Colonel]

Aviation - like motorcycling - is different for everyone.

Some people like yards of colored glass panel and toys,
don't want to look outside, and want to jabber non-stop
on the comm because they think that's what a "real pilot"
does.

Ok, why not just stay at home with a flight simulator and
voip with some other internet sim wizards?  That would
save them $$$ and avoid those pesky x-wind landings.

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[Chris]

Come fly in the Toronto common frequency areas sometime... Non stop 5 minute traffic calls in barely understandable english. After I hear "ummmmm... Any conflicting.. uhhhhhhhhhhh... traffic... ummmmmmm...uhhhhhh.. please" for the 87th time I just mute the radio. Sounds like they're trying to mouth sex their mic some days.

[Colonel]

A few years back I was flying in an airshow at Geneseo NY
south of Rochester.  They had chosen a frequency for airboss
that overlapped with some VFR frequency from Toronto.

It was incredibly embarrassing as a Canadian to hear all
those PPL's around Toronto jabber non-stop about nothing.
They made the frequency unusable.

[i]Real[/i] pilots fly the airplane.

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OMG I lost it at the balloon.

And his GPWS countdowns  :))

[Colonel]

What a guy.

Back when Men were Men and Sheep were Afraid (tm),
this is where a real pilot earned a living:

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I don't see any square yards of colored glass.

I gotta ask you guys with all the fucking colored
glass in the cockpit:

When you're going the wife doggy, do you strap
an iPad to her back so you can watch porn at the
same time?

[Liquid Charlie]

I didn't fly the 70 but the 72 -- that was a pilot's aeroplane . Except for level cruise a lot of the guys I know hand spanked that old girl for almost everything else. To be able to be mid downwind at 300 plus and turn less than a mile final configured for landing was a real rush -- I know I was speeding -- LMFAOOOoooo In Europe ATC would give "free speed" and we would push it to see who initiated the slow down - us or ATC -- yup for us old time 4 bars it was a real fun time flying. They punted me for age but all that remained converted to newer aircraft and the biggest hurdle was mastering the automatics - seems all has reversed now  >:D

[Colonel]

[quote]They punted me for age[/quote]

Reminds me.  Was having lunch yesterday, one of the
kids mentioned his grandfather going out for donuts.

I was trying to figure out how many generations
separated us, because my grandfather died in 1942.