Pilots and driving

"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message link.net...
"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
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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.

Right after my checkride, I noticed that my car didn't seem to have as much
pep as it used to. I realized that I was driving exactly at the speed
limit. Every time I passed a speed sign, my brain would register it
unconsciously and I would set the speedometer exactly to the number. It was
spooky.

Of course, it didn't last. Now my brain unconsciously tries to set the
speedometer to the IAS it's used to seeing in the plane

--

Roger Long

"Andrew Sarangan" wrote in message

You guessed it. I ran into that car.

Look on the bright side! You avoided a mid-air collision. :
Glad you're safe.
-=c

Andrew Sarangan wrote in message .158...
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.

My sister claims she'd much rather fly than drive with me.....
--
Gene Seibel
Hangar 131 - http://pad39a.com/gene/plane.html
Because I fly, I envy no one.

"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

"Roger Long" wrote in message
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Right after my checkride, I noticed that my car didn't seem to have as
much
pep as it used to. I realized that I was driving exactly at the speed
limit. Every time I passed a speed sign, my brain would register it
unconsciously and I would set the speedometer exactly to the number. It
was
spooky.

Of course, it didn't last. Now my brain unconsciously tries to set the
speedometer to the IAS it's used to seeing in the plane

I know what you mean. After I got an aerobatic ride in a Delfin L-29 at
Lydd, I drove back to London. On the M20, at what I thought was a normal
cruise setting on the gas, I looked down and realized I was bowling along at
98mph. In a Ford Focus.

Of course I adjusted the needle to the exact 100. I suppose there were no
cameras working that day.

-- David Brooks

(Kees Mies) wrote in message . com...
You are just like me, a very safe driver as long there is nothing to
see up there.
I always get the remark "I'am not afraid to fly with you, the driving
to the airport that is really scary".

Aha! Perhaps this where the old saying came from that "The drive to
the airport is much more dangerous than the actual flying".... not
from statistics, but from spouses and friends riding with the pilot
driving a car!

"Roger Long" wrote in message . ..

limit. Every time I passed a speed sign, my brain would register it
unconsciously and I would set the speedometer exactly to the number. It was
spooky.

And to think people consider it unsafe to be driving, tuning the
radio, folding a map, and talking on your cellphone all at the same
time. And in most of the country you don't even have holds to worry
about (up here in Boston we call them "rotaries").

-cwk.

"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.

In Wisconsin, there is a MOA called Snoopy.

John