The Perils of Being A Celebrity Pilot

I know for a fact that he got a 73 on his instrument written, taken in Olive
Branch, MS.

I was there the day he took it.


"C Kingsbury" wrote in message
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Bust your altitude and it makes the papers (or the Drudge Report, in this
case):

http://www.wokr13.tv/entertainment/s...35C-E98C-4449-
B718-22EEF76AE40A

Morgan Freeman was flying into TEB (in a turbine I presume since he says
he
was coming down to 3000 from FL210) and it appears he got his clearance
confused with the approach procedure which had a step-down at 2000. I
presume he'll be back in the air again soon after some remedial training.

-cwk.

Maule Driver ) wrote:

I'm guessing that at Teterboro, one would typically be
vectored and stepped down to intercept final. But that's just a guess.

Not based on my experiences in a Bonanza there over the summer. If
weather allowed, Teterboro would often use the VOR/DME-A approach (which
reads like it might have been the approach in use during Freeman's'
flight).

http://204.108.4.16/d-tpp/0412/00890VDA.PDF

NY Approach would vector aircraft to WANES at 3,000 ft, then clear the
aircraft for the approach at that point. Once cleared, obviously, the
aircraft was able to descend at the pilot's discretion upon crossing
WANES to 2,500.

When issuing the approach clearance, NY approach (again, based on
several flight into there over the summer) would often throw in an
additional requirement for smaller aircraft to cross CLIFO (the FAF) at
1,500, whereas the jet aircraft would receive the restriction to cross
CLIFO at 2,000.

--
Peter

On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 09:59:02 -0600, "CenturyTel"
wrote:

I know for a fact that he got a 73 on his instrument written, taken in Olive
Branch, MS.

Nice, that's a classy post.

"Nathan Young" wrote in message
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On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 09:59:02 -0600, "CenturyTel"
wrote:

I know for a fact that he got a 73 on his instrument written, taken in
Olive
Branch, MS.

Nice, that's a classy post.

Well said.

Guess the price of celebrity is the loss of privacy.

I wonder what are the three dimensions involved in holding altitude? Seems
like there's only one involved.

"Ben Jackson" wrote in message
news:4iqtd.157266$5K2.123276@attbi_s03...
In article ,
wrote:

The actor explains, "I'm being censored by the FAA and they're going
to ground me. The hardest thing about flying is holding altitude. It's
a three-dimensional effort."

I hope that's a transcription error and he said he was being _censured_
by the FAA.

--
Ben Jackson

http://www.ben.com/

wrote:
Given that any resemblance of the written to actual instrument flying
is mere coincidence, I'd say he was probably off to a fine start.

Hell, he wasted 3 points!

"CenturyTel" wrote in message
...
I know for a fact that he got a 73 on his instrument written, taken in Olive Branch, MS.

I was there the day he took it.

And how long ago was that?

Jeremy Lew wrote:

I wonder what are the three dimensions involved in holding altitude? Seems
like there's only one involved.

Plus two for geographical location. You have to be able
to control all three to stay at a legal altitude for the
airspace you are in.
CV