knowledge test results coming back to haunt you

Recently, chris priest" "cp3[remove-this-part]68202
posted:

G.R. Patterson III wrote:


chris priest wrote:

On the flip side, when you are doing a
cross country, you *can* afford to skip writing down your time en
route between checkpoints in your flight log if you are preoccupied
with your VOR receiver failing.


Actually, if your VOR appears to be in the process of going TU, it's
*more* important that you have accurate times recorded. You're
likely to be reduced to pure pilotage soon, and if you don't know
how long ago you passed your last waypoint, that's going to be more
difficult (and perhaps impossible).

George Patterson
If you want to know God's opinion of money, just look at the
people he gives it to.

Sorry, that was just a quick and dirty example. Lets then assume this
pilot's plane has GPS equipped.

And, you think that makes matters different somehow?

Look. Let's make it simpler. Your arguments amount to saying that the
knowledge test information is optional. That's a preposterous notion, and
an indication that you really should spend more time studying than arguing
here.

The point isn't to score well, it's to master the information critical to
flying an aircraft. Guess what happens when you do that? You'll score well
on the test, too. And, if you don't master the critical information, it's
not likely that you'll turn out to be much of a pilot, much less a career
pilot.

So, just make up your mind as to where you want to be.

Neil

Neil Gould wrote:


The point isn't to score well, it's to master the information critical to
flying an aircraft. Guess what happens when you do that? You'll score well
on the test, too. And, if you don't master the critical information, it's
not likely that you'll turn out to be much of a pilot, much less a career
pilot.

Yeah and it's absolutely critical that you understand which way the
compass initially swings when starting a turn. So much of the
knoweledge test is pure crap.

If you want to fare well during a no-gyro approach in IMC in a plane that
has no GPS, yeah probably.


Newps wrote in
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Neil Gould wrote:


The point isn't to score well, it's to master the information critical
to flying an aircraft. Guess what happens when you do that? You'll
score well on the test, too. And, if you don't master the critical
information, it's not likely that you'll turn out to be much of a
pilot, much less a career pilot.

Yeah and it's absolutely critical that you understand which way the
compass initially swings when starting a turn. So much of the
knoweledge test is pure crap.

Judah wrote in message . ..

If you want to fare well during a no-gyro approach in IMC in a plane that
has no GPS, yeah probably.


Actually, in my 172 the only rule about the compass that's any use is,
"if the plane is in anything other than straight-and-level, the
compass is lying."

Let's be fair. The OP is a bratty, whiny kid who needs to improve his
attitude towards book-larnin' in general, but the written test isn't
all that great a device either. Glad I learned how to read a 2-needle
RMI, I see those all the time. Of course, no suggestion at all how to
use a handheld GPS to your benefit in the event of a vacuum failure
(possible) or electrical failure (likely) in the soup. Here we have a
incredibly useful tool that every pilot can afford, and yet there's a
wall of silence about its use because it's not approved.

On the Garmin 195 I've seen, it will show you the key parts of the
instrument approach, but it won't automatically slew the view to
heading-up because they want to discourage you from using it to fly
the approach. And the new nice Lowrance units I read won't show a
simulated glideslope on an instrument approach, even though they're
WAAS-equipped and so ought to be moderately accurate. OK, it's not
approved and the database may not be current, but when my electrical
system s&@!s the bed in actual, I'll be glad to know that the system
is set up to protect Garmin's ass instead of mine.

Anyway!

Best,
-cwk.

Newps wrote in
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Neil Gould wrote:


The point isn't to score well, it's to master the information
critical to flying an aircraft. Guess what happens when you do that?
You'll score well on the test, too. And, if you don't master the
critical information, it's not likely that you'll turn out to be much
of a pilot, much less a career pilot.

Yeah and it's absolutely critical that you understand which way the
compass initially swings when starting a turn. So much of the
knoweledge test is pure crap.


Not all questions may be useful for flying, but I wouldn't necessarily call
it pure crap. In my instructing career I have seen a strong correlation
between flying skills and test scores. This is not because the written test
is a good indicator of aviation knowledge, but because the students who
strive to score high also strive do perform well in all aspects of flying.