More War stories,

They checked an individual, with no prior flying time, out in a P-80
in about 10 hours in a comedy of errors at Willie in early 50's.

If people are really interested, I'll tell the story but will take me
a while to type an abbreviated version in.

Big John
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On Thu, 2 Feb 2006 14:19:59 -0800, "Bob Gardner"
wrote:

Japan Airlines used to train in Bonanzas/King Airs in Napa, CA. No accidents
that I am aware of. For all I know they still do.

Bob Gardner

wrote in message
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Marco Leon mmleon(at)yahoo.com wrote:
It sounds like they're doing primary training in a Bonanza. Isn't that
asking for trouble?

Marco

That was my first thought, too.

It's been said you can't attach a lot of significance to any particular
number because every pilot is different; nevertheless, a student pilot
soloing a Bonanza with just over 40 hours ... most of us are thinking
the same thing.