Hi everyone, I have been trying to encourage more members on this site, I realize I am the David in the match vs Avcanada. However I don't think of this site as just a pissing match with Avcanada, I created this site to offer an open forum where users where encouraged to express their opinions without threat of censorship.
I hope you enjoy this site and I encourage all of you to spread the word as you will get more out of it as the community grows.
If some of you want to could you start topics or posts on other sites to spread the word, I am not allowed to "promote" my own site.
I need your help
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Tailwind W10
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Well I don't have much experience to offer, and I won't be terribly active here, but here I am nonetheless.
Gerry
Gerry
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Chuck Ellsworth
Joining this site is one of the best things a low time pilot can do Tailwind because there are literally hundreds of years of experience available here to answer virtually any question you may have.
You can start by reading the excellent articles that the Colonel has so graciously written and posted for free because he wants to help the newcomers to aviation.
Just search his Posts and you will find the articles he has posted.
You can start by reading the excellent articles that the Colonel has so graciously written and posted for free because he wants to help the newcomers to aviation.
Just search his Posts and you will find the articles he has posted.
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Tailwind W10
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[quote author=Chuck Ellsworth link=topic=92.msg215#msg215 date=1432335041]
Joining this site is one of the best things a low time pilot can do Tailwind because there are literally hundreds of years of experience available here to answer virtually any question you may have.
You can start by reading the excellent articles that the Colonel has so graciously written and posted for free because he wants to help the newcomers to aviation.
Just search his Posts and you will find the articles he has posted.
[/quote]
Yes, Chuck, I'm well aquainted with the Colonel's writing from "The Other" site. If I may make an observation, and I hope I don't incur his wrath, I find he's a little excessively negative towards having a radio in an aircraft. I hope I'm taking the point that's its a tool to be used but not overly relied upon. I do indeed prefer having the radio, and like the additional situational awareness, although I don't let it stop me from keeping my eyes out the windows hunting for others trying to run into me. :D
Gerry
Joining this site is one of the best things a low time pilot can do Tailwind because there are literally hundreds of years of experience available here to answer virtually any question you may have.
You can start by reading the excellent articles that the Colonel has so graciously written and posted for free because he wants to help the newcomers to aviation.
Just search his Posts and you will find the articles he has posted.
[/quote]
Yes, Chuck, I'm well aquainted with the Colonel's writing from "The Other" site. If I may make an observation, and I hope I don't incur his wrath, I find he's a little excessively negative towards having a radio in an aircraft. I hope I'm taking the point that's its a tool to be used but not overly relied upon. I do indeed prefer having the radio, and like the additional situational awareness, although I don't let it stop me from keeping my eyes out the windows hunting for others trying to run into me. :D
Gerry
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Chuck Ellsworth
Hi again Tailwheel Scudrunner has started a new site where we can come to discuss aviation openly and hopefully we can agree and disagree as adults and thus remain within the bounds of civility.
Another nice thing about this new site those of us who are comfortable with who we are do not hide behind anonymity and we welcome anyone to visit us if they so desire.
The Colonel is one of the most interesting guys here and a few years ago I stopped in to see him on the way across Canada with my friend Bob in his Husky Amphibian.
Our visit was excellent and the Colonel turned out to be exactly what I had expected, friendly, and an excellent pilot who understands the difference between flying skills and B.S.
With that in mind it becomes easier to read his message about radios.
Radios run a distant second or third or fourth to situational awareness.....that is the message he is sending.
Trust me the Colonel understands radios and their importance in the grand scheme of things his message is don't get all caught up in the puppy mill mentality of being Captain Almighty babbling away mindlessly on the radio.
Use your eyes and your brain as the main method to avoid other aircraft...don't be to dependent on the radio.
There Andy...did I get it right?? :) :) :)
Chuck E.
Another nice thing about this new site those of us who are comfortable with who we are do not hide behind anonymity and we welcome anyone to visit us if they so desire.
The Colonel is one of the most interesting guys here and a few years ago I stopped in to see him on the way across Canada with my friend Bob in his Husky Amphibian.
Our visit was excellent and the Colonel turned out to be exactly what I had expected, friendly, and an excellent pilot who understands the difference between flying skills and B.S.
With that in mind it becomes easier to read his message about radios.
Radios run a distant second or third or fourth to situational awareness.....that is the message he is sending.
Trust me the Colonel understands radios and their importance in the grand scheme of things his message is don't get all caught up in the puppy mill mentality of being Captain Almighty babbling away mindlessly on the radio.
Use your eyes and your brain as the main method to avoid other aircraft...don't be to dependent on the radio.
There Andy...did I get it right?? :) :) :)
Chuck E.
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ScudRunner-d95
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[url=Forum/index.php/topic,13.0.html]Forum/index.php/topic,13.0.html[/url]
Here is a link to the thread where Colonel posted links to some of his articles.
I had a PM chat with Tailwind and turns out he is a building an airplane as well, so I look forward to some updates on his progress.
Here is a link to the thread where Colonel posted links to some of his articles.
I had a PM chat with Tailwind and turns out he is a building an airplane as well, so I look forward to some updates on his progress.
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Colonel
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Sounds good to me, Chuck!
The comm radio is a nice toy when it works
but I fear that many people take it far too
seriously. It is the absolute lowest priority
in the cockpit.
I cringe when I see people stop flying the
airplane - at low altitude and low airspeed -
to listen to the comm radio - to transmissions
from distant airports using the same freq!
About then, the comm radio "fails" when
I pull the cb. Time to look outside.
Learning to prioritize in the cockpit is
extraordinarily important. Lots of
distractions.
The comm radio is a nice toy when it works
but I fear that many people take it far too
seriously. It is the absolute lowest priority
in the cockpit.
I cringe when I see people stop flying the
airplane - at low altitude and low airspeed -
to listen to the comm radio - to transmissions
from distant airports using the same freq!
About then, the comm radio "fails" when
I pull the cb. Time to look outside.
Learning to prioritize in the cockpit is
extraordinarily important. Lots of
distractions.
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Chuck Ellsworth
If I were asked to pick which lesson is not taught properly it would be " Attitudes and Movements ".
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Tailwind W10
- Posts: 110
- Joined: Fri May 22, 2015 5:39 pm
[quote author=Colonel link=topic=92.msg225#msg225 date=1432371182]
Sounds good to me, Chuck!
The comm radio is a nice toy when it works
but I fear that many people take it far too
seriously. It is the absolute lowest priority
in the cockpit.
I cringe when I see people stop flying the
airplane - at low altitude and low airspeed -
to listen to the comm radio - to transmissions
from distant airports using the same freq!
About then, the comm radio "fails" when
I pull the cb. Time to look outside.
Learning to prioritize in the cockpit is
extraordinarily important. Lots of
distractions.
[/quote]
Ok, Colonel, that's an explanation I can get behind.
I suppose I've been lucky with the instructors I've had. When they've seen me saturated they've taken over the radio, and now that I'm not often sensory saturated in the cockpit, I am indeed flying first, foremost and always. Even when I've got a nice video game happening on my panel, I'm still mainly looking out the windows. I've trained at both Cooking Lake, and Namao Flying Club, in both cases, when in the air the checklist stays stowed. They talk about things like pre-landing checks being a memory checklist, they've taught it as a flow. The one fly in the ointment is the fellow that trained me for my night rating. He's a pretty good instructor in my opinion, however he's an advocate of ACTPA! At the time I voiced my discontent with him making that call when I was in the cockpit with him, but he liked it. I haven't spoken to him in years, and in that time he's advanced to class 1 and chief instructor, so I hope he's left ACTPA by the wayside.
Gerry
Sounds good to me, Chuck!
The comm radio is a nice toy when it works
but I fear that many people take it far too
seriously. It is the absolute lowest priority
in the cockpit.
I cringe when I see people stop flying the
airplane - at low altitude and low airspeed -
to listen to the comm radio - to transmissions
from distant airports using the same freq!
About then, the comm radio "fails" when
I pull the cb. Time to look outside.
Learning to prioritize in the cockpit is
extraordinarily important. Lots of
distractions.
[/quote]
Ok, Colonel, that's an explanation I can get behind.
I suppose I've been lucky with the instructors I've had. When they've seen me saturated they've taken over the radio, and now that I'm not often sensory saturated in the cockpit, I am indeed flying first, foremost and always. Even when I've got a nice video game happening on my panel, I'm still mainly looking out the windows. I've trained at both Cooking Lake, and Namao Flying Club, in both cases, when in the air the checklist stays stowed. They talk about things like pre-landing checks being a memory checklist, they've taught it as a flow. The one fly in the ointment is the fellow that trained me for my night rating. He's a pretty good instructor in my opinion, however he's an advocate of ACTPA! At the time I voiced my discontent with him making that call when I was in the cockpit with him, but he liked it. I haven't spoken to him in years, and in that time he's advanced to class 1 and chief instructor, so I hope he's left ACTPA by the wayside.
Gerry
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