First Flight - Just Finished!

Brian,
I still think that the use of a recorder or perhaps an IPod hook up would
cut your training costs from 25 or 30 percent by enabling you to review
everything that is said and happens.
Gene Whitt

Agreed. I've been listening to ATC feeds from www.liveatc.net all day,
writing down terminology, and catching various instructions given from
towers to crew. I don't know if recording would save me any money, but
I do think it would help to be able to review communications after a
flight. I'm probably going to steal my wifes iPod next time I go up! ;-)

On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 01:20:59 GMT, Ricky Summersett
wrote in
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Must Bryan only subscribe to this false view of God
(a product of our intellect) to have had the experience he had?

Was not the aircraft that carried Bryan aloft the product of man's
intellect?

Hey Bryan

Congrats on the first of many "firsts" -

First Solo
First Cross Country
First Night FLight
First Passenger
First Argument with some of us

Welcome to the family my new brother.

Don

Sounds great Bryan. The first flight is a very cool experience. I was
surprised when I did mine how much of the flying I was able to do.

In order to really get the complete student experience though, you
really need to spend hours in a ratted out old C-150 or C-172. That
way, when you get in to the Katana, you'll have an even greater
appreciation for flying new vs. old hardware. :-) I remember getting
into a two year old C-172 for the first time. Still had the new
interior smell and...cup holders! It was a very comfortable
plane...good thing since it was what my brother and I flew on our first
trek to Oshkosh.


--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL-IA Student
Arrow N2104T

"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth
with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there
you will always long to return"
- Leonardo Da Vinci

(Remove the obvious from address to reply via e-mail)

Don wrote of future firsts for new student pilot Bryan ...
First Argument with some of us

I recommend as a good argument starter, "High wing airplanes are superior to
low wing airplanes."

It's true, you know.

Jon

You know, not to feed the flames, but the Katana did seem pretty
unstable - not dangerously unstable mind you, but very sports-car-ish.

Of course, I've never flown a high wing, so I really don't know what
I'm talking about here!

Congrats and welcome. I'm a software engineer too and when I learned
to fly I realized something interesting to me, perhaps to you too.

In software we're required to always be learning new stuff, pretty much
constantly. But, we never have to actually remember all the details
continuously. After all, there's always reference books and the web
for that!

However in an airplane if you gotta know it, you really gotta know it!
All the way - not something to look up. There's no pause button. Or,
for that matter there's no reboot in case of crash either.

Also, knowledge in aviation is often exercised while doing something
else. Distractions happen. (Your instructor will simulate these later
in your training.) It's also more physical and exercised by your hands
and feet.

But, your background in software will be useful. You're used to
learning and used to technical detail.

Best of luck with your training, keep us posted!

-Malcolm

I fly a piper warrior, and find it superior to the cessna 172.

--
John Huthmaker
PPL-SEL P-28-161

http://www.cogentnetworking.com
"Bryan Porter" wrote in message
oups.com...
You know, not to feed the flames, but the Katana did seem pretty
unstable - not dangerously unstable mind you, but very sports-car-ish.

Of course, I've never flown a high wing, so I really don't know what
I'm talking about here!

"Jon Woellhaf" wrote in message

I recommend as a good argument starter, "High wing airplanes are superior
to low wing airplanes."

It's true, you know.

Jon...... Pandora. Pandora...... Jon.

Jon, put the cover back on the damned box and give it back to her.

NOW!!!!

:-)