The first airplane I ever flew and in which I soloed was an
early C 150 with a T-pull handle for the starter that was
located in the top center of the panel.

My instructor had me make the first radio call, telling me
what to say. She said, almost 40 years ago, "Hold the mic
close to your mouth, put the little bump against your upper
lip. Say Capital ground, Cessna 3058 Juliet is ready to taxi
from the Capital ramp."
This was before ATIS, so the controller came back with "3058
Junk, taxi to runway 30, wind calm, altimeter 29.85"

I think he knew the airplane.



--
James H. Macklin
ATP,CFI,A&P

"Dave" wrote in message
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|
| "vincent p. norris" wrote in message
| ...
| Mind you I truly do like the beat up 10K hour
| Cessna I rent.
|
| I hope this won't sound offensive, but the Cessna 150
was one of the
| very few airplanes I really didn't enjoy flying. I flew
it because it
| was, at the time, one I could afford.
|
| vince norris
|
| Not offensive at all. It's a beat up ol piece of junk with
about 40,000
| student landings on it. I feel very secure and at home in
that beer can. But
| they make all kinds of planes for those who don't like it.
|
|