Another Cirrus Down

Is there a way to get a weather report from that location/time?

After looking at the pic my thought was that there are too many
senseless crashes resulting in death. I suspect that in many it is
pilot error and I have no idea how you instill in pilots common sense
or a way to suppress "get home-itis."

I also wonder if the Cirrus parachute system gives some pilots a false
sense of security.

So for the student pilots reading this...don't do stupid things.

Ron Lee

On 12/13/2005 08:26, Ron Lee wrote:

Is there a way to get a weather report from that location/time?

After looking at the pic my thought was that there are too many
senseless crashes resulting in death. I suspect that in many it is
pilot error and I have no idea how you instill in pilots common sense
or a way to suppress "get home-itis."

I also wonder if the Cirrus parachute system gives some pilots a false
sense of security.

So for the student pilots reading this...don't do stupid things.

.... that would be all pilots ;-)

and it's good advice.


Ron Lee


--
Mark Hansen, PP-ASEL, Instrument Airplane
Sacramento, CA

So for the student pilots reading this...don't do stupid things.

... that would be all pilots ;-)


An unsafe pilot is one who no longer considers him/herself to be a student.

"JohnH" wrote
An unsafe pilot is one who no longer considers him/herself to be a
student.

Well, I sure as hell don't consider myself to still be a student.
Not after 20,000+ flight hours.

Bob Moore
ATP B-707 B-727 L-188
Flight Instructor Airplane/Instrument Airplane
USN S-2F P-2V P-3B
PanAm (retired)

Aw, c'mon. There must be SOMEthing out there you don't know. 8)
And that would make you a student!

Or was what my Air Force Pilot Dad said about Navy pilots correct?
(real big grin)

(He was a pilot back in the 40s through 60s. He had many stories, some
of which I learned from in later years after I got my own license. A
couple of his best, scariest, funniest stories did happen to involve
navy pilots.
Later I went into the navy myself {forced in by the draft} While I
absolutely hated the navy, I did have to admit one thing with no
reluctance. Every time my Dad took off, he came home to the same or
similar airport. When the navy carrier pilots came home, the ship had
moved, was pointed some other direction, was changing in altitude
during the landing, and grade wasn't stable either. And to top it off,
the strip was really, really short. ANY pilot has to respect THOSE
guys.)

wrote:
Aw, c'mon. There must be SOMEthing out there you don't know. 8)
And that would make you a student!

Not so. By definition, students are studying a topic.

George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to
your slightly older self.

"George Patterson" wrote in message
news:7IMnf.13821$Ea6.4550@trnddc08...
Not so. By definition, students are studying a topic.

By which definition?

At least one online definition (American Heritage Dictionary) includes as
one possible definition of a "student" the simple phrase "An attentive
observer".

Personally, I think anyone who claims to still be learning (possibly through
attentive observation ) can consider themselves to be a "student". The
obvious corallary is that someone who claims not to be a "student" is
someone who has given up learning.

Pete

When the navy carrier pilots came home, the ship had
moved, was pointed some other direction, was changing in altitude
during the landing, and grade wasn't stable either.

Oh come on, those guys never had to land with a crosswind - how hard
can that be? G

Now if they had to do all that WITHOUT arresting cables then I'd be
impressed..

wrote:
ade wasn't stable either.

Oh come on, those guys never had to land with a crosswind - how hard
can that be? G


Good thing, too! Have you noticed on a carrier how close the TOWER is
to the LANDING STRIP??? 8O

On land, the only thing that close is the new housing development. But
then, that's not humorous....

Oh come on, those guys never had to land with a crosswind - how hard
can that be? G

Now if they had to do all that WITHOUT arresting cables then I'd be
impressed..

Perhaps they could do like they tried with the C-130, and the JATO bottles
pointed backwards.

Hey wait a minute. If it worked would they be called JATOAL?
--
Jim in NC