Pilots and driving

I remember a discussion recently whether pilots are safer drivers. I
believed that to be true until recently. As a pilot, I tend to look up at
the sky while driving, particularly if an airplane is flying. The other day
I was looking up at the clouds to figure out which direction the wind was
blowing. The car in front of me made a sudden stop. You guessed it. I ran
into that car. This would not have happened had I not been a pilot
distracted by the sky. This is my first auto-incident ever, in twenty years
of driving. I guess that still makes me a safe driver, but not as safe as I
thought I was.

Remember. . .even while taxiing, ALWAYS FLY THE CAR!

"Mark" wrote in message ...
Remember. . .even while taxiing, ALWAYS FLY THE CAR!

In all seriousness, very true!

Most pilots are at least occasionally obliged to push their planes'
performance envelopes even just a little- stalls, short field, etc. On
the other hand the average driver has no idea what he or his car is
really capable of, good or bad.

-cwk.

Andrew Sarangan wrote:
I remember a discussion recently whether pilots are safer drivers. I
believed that to be true until recently. As a pilot, I tend to look up at
the sky while driving, particularly if an airplane is flying. The other day
I was looking up at the clouds to figure out which direction the wind was
blowing. The car in front of me made a sudden stop. You guessed it. I ran
into that car. This would not have happened had I not been a pilot
distracted by the sky. This is my first auto-incident ever, in twenty years
of driving. I guess that still makes me a safe driver, but not as safe as I
thought I was.


On the commercial end of things, the pager can often get you into
trouble when you're rushing to the airport.

I find that when I'm not gazing at the sky, my situational awareness is
much better than before I learned to fly.

"Ender" wrote in message
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I find that when I'm not gazing at the sky, my situational awareness
is
much better than before I learned to fly.


Charlie Brown and the gang from "Peanuts" were all lying on a hillside
one sunny day staring at the sky trying to make objects out of the
Cumulus clouds.
Linus said, "In that one over there, I see the Spartans hovering over
the valley at the battle of Thermopylae . I see ten thousand Greeks
charging into the valley and the glittering light is shining off the
points of their spears as they advance. Look over there....I see Moses
parting the Red Sea as thousands of chariots chase him and are devoured
by the returning mountainous waves of angry water.
What do YOU see Charlie Brown?"

"Well..........I'm not absolutely certain mind you, but in that one over
there.....I THINK I see a cat!"

Dudley Henriques
International Fighter Pilots Fellowship
Commercial Pilot/ CFI Retired

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Just to be fair to my hero Charles Shultz!
As it actually appeared in the strip.

"LUCY: If you use your imagination, you can see lots of things in the
cloud formations...what do you think you see, Linus?

LINUS: Well, those clouds up there look to me like the map of the
British Honduras on the Caribbean...that cloud up there looks a little
like the profile of Thomas Eakins, the famous painter and sculptor...and
that group of clouds over there gives me the impression of the stoning
of Stephen...I can see the Apostle Paul standing there to one side....

LUCY: Uh huh....that's very good....what do you see in the clouds,
Charlie Brown?

CHARLIE BROWN (growing alarmed): Well, I was going to say I saw a
ducky and a horsie, but I changed my mind!"

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Just to be fair to my hero Charles Shultz!
As it actually appeared in the strip.


The late Mr. Schulz was honored with an airport:

Charles M. Schulz - Sonoma County (STS)

Of course his flying dog, still very much alive, only got an intersection:

SNUPY

ak.

"Adam K." wrote in message

Of course his flying dog, still very much alive, only got an intersection:

SNUPY

Thanks for sharing that. What a worthy legacy. Have a great day!

-c

In Wisconsin, there is a MOA called Snoopy.

John

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