Things to do as a private pilot ?

I joined pilotsharetheride.com. I have been up once with a local pilot I met
through it. I don't see it as a reputation problem. I don't get spam through
it or anything like that. Pilots share information and you can look up other
local pilots that just want to go up and share the expense.

One recommendation I would make is when you first meet the other pilot that
you show each other your logbooks this way you know what kind of experience
each have. You are meeting someone for the first time and they can say they
have a couple of hundred hours but really low landing counts. Also, this may
not be a long time pilot or CFI you go up with and they may not know the
airport that you plan to go up in so you need to work closely together with
planning. Try to meet the other pilot for the first time before you go up
with them too if you don't them well.

-Jonathan

wrote in message
ps.com...
Since my family is not thrilled by the idea of flying in a small plane,
and I get bored flying solo, I am wondering what other venues there are
for a (VFR) pilot to fly people around. Basically I am looking for
excuses to do scenic flights within a 100 NM radius of San Diego.
CAP and Angel Flights sound rather stressful. Does
pilotsharetheride.com have a good reputation? Any other ideas ?

by (Paul Tomblin) Jun 16, 2006 at 04:38 PM


In a previous article, "Kingfish" said:
B A R R Y wrote:
I was heading to Nashua (KASH) this week, and I go to Keene and
Laconia on a regular basis. I'll offer him a ride! G

Skylune - email me directly if you're interested!

That'll get you banned from RAP G

Not if he kicks Skylune out of the plane at 10,000 feet



Sheesh. When I'm not even around to defend myself. ;-)

Wouldn't that violate an FAR? Oh yeah, I forgot that they are not
enforced.

Skylune wrote:

Sheesh. When I'm not even around to defend myself. ;-)

Wouldn't that violate an FAR?


What? To offer you a ride? =8^)

Remember, it wasn't my idea to kick you out, only to offer a free
sightseeing ride.

by B A R R Y Jun 19, 2006 at 02:32 PM


Skylune wrote:

Sheesh. When I'm not even around to defend myself. ;-)

Wouldn't that violate an FAR?


What? To offer you a ride? =8^)

Remember, it wasn't my idea to kick you out, only to offer a free
sightseeing ride



Sorry Barry. I should have responded to the other poster who wanted to
toss me out of his plane. ;-).

Thanx for offer, but I have been up often enough to know what the world
looks like from a few thousand feet up.

In a previous article, "Skylune" said:
by (Paul Tomblin) Jun 16, 2006 at 04:38 PM
In a previous article, "Kingfish" said:
B A R R Y wrote:
I was heading to Nashua (KASH) this week, and I go to Keene and
Laconia on a regular basis. I'll offer him a ride! G

Skylune - email me directly if you're interested!

That'll get you banned from RAP G

Not if he kicks Skylune out of the plane at 10,000 feet



Sheesh. When I'm not even around to defend myself. ;-)

Wouldn't that violate an FAR? Oh yeah, I forgot that they are not
enforced.

The FARs allow throwing objects out the plane as long as you take care not
to hurt anybody on the ground.


--
Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/
I've long believed that a large amount of our current technology was invented
by SF writers, and remained fiction until some geek read it and thought "I
know how to build that". -- Andrew Dalgleish

Timmay wrote:
I may be way off, since I have never done it, but how stressful can
angel flights be?

Only as stressful typically as the pilot makes it (and no, I am not
talking about his/her piloting skills G).

New AF pilots put the stress on themselves. They feel pressure to make
a flight because "the patient is counting on me." They worry about
EVERYTHING. Most of all, I've found, they worry about interacting with
the patient. They envision:

Pilot: Good morning.
Passenger: What's so good about it... I'm dying!

Pilot: Have a nice day.
Passenger: If I live that long.

That's why "blood runs" (flights to deliver unprocessed blood to the
blood banks) is so popular with newbie AF pilots - no small talk
required. G

The truth is, all that pressure is strictly self-imposed. The
passengers know that any flight, even commercial, may be canceled or
delayed with weather or equipment problems. And as for their
"condition" - frankly, I've never met a patient who wasn't a LOT more
comfortable with their medical condition than the pilot was.

After the first flight or two, the pilot learns to relax, enjoy the
flight, and enjoy the company of a passenger who often has lots of
interesting stories to tell.

James Knox
AF-SC

by (Paul Tomblin) Jun 19, 2006 at 02:50 PM



The FARs allow throwing objects out the plane as long as you take care
not
to hurt anybody on the ground.



Uh, ok. Perhaps this is something the AOPA is attempting to have changed?
That way, if parts start to fly off old planes, there will be no
violation? Its part of their attack on the FAA proposed study of
airworthiness of old planes (complete coverage in av news, with EAA
disagreeing with The Destroyer, btw....)?

Skylune wrote:

Uh, ok. Perhaps this is something the AOPA is attempting to have changed?
That way, if parts start to fly off old planes, there will be no
violation? Its part of their attack on the FAA proposed study of
airworthiness of old planes (complete coverage in av news, with EAA
disagreeing with The Destroyer, btw....)?

Ya know Loon, even if you don't agree with every position an
association takes on an issue, if they advocate for you, you're almost
obliged to support them. As a firearms owner I don't agree with every
position the NRA takes, but nobody else is sticking up for my right to
continue to own guns. Same reasoning applies to AOPA.

BTW, if you're greatly concerned about airworthiness of old planes,
(and parts falling off) I hope you didn't fly NWA out to California.
Their DC-9 fleet was mostly built in the late 60's ; )

by "Kingfish" Jun 19, 2006 at 11:32 AM



Ya know Loon, even if you don't agree with every position an
association takes on an issue, if they advocate for you, you're almost
obliged to support them. As a firearms owner I don't agree with every
position the NRA takes, but nobody else is sticking up for my right to
continue to own guns. Same reasoning applies to AOPA.




I and my Mossberg do not belong to the NRA. I think they are extremists,
and I feel no obligation to have them advocate on my behalf. But at least
they don't try to extort tax money like the "NRA of the Sky" does.

And no, I don't worry about stuff falling off of planes (small or
commercial -- like the gross blue ice.) I just list it as one of the
myriad things that AOPA is "opposing, taking on, standing up to...."

by "Kingfish" Jun 19, 2006 at 11:32 AM



Oh, I flew American to LA LA Land. Nice flight. I flew NW from MHT to
Detoit about a month ago (stayed in Dearborn at an awesome hotel near the
Ford HQ). Not a bad flight, but the plane definitely looked worn.....
(And they no longer let you tune in to ATC on the headset: I usually
enjoy that...)