Aircraft Checkout Flights

"john smith" wrote:

Even with an experienced pilot, a complex aircraft will provide a certain
amount of learning curve before achieving proficiency.

The only time I ever got checked out in an unfamiliar aircraft at night, the
alternator failed.

--
Dan
C172RG at BFM

"Dan Luke" wrote

The only time I ever got checked out in an unfamiliar aircraft at night,
the alternator failed.

You must be living right. NOT ! ! ! g

I'll bet you are ready to jump into another one, and do it again, right?
:-)
--
Jim in NC

"Morgans" wrote:

The only time I ever got checked out in an unfamiliar aircraft at night,
the alternator failed.

You must be living right. NOT ! ! ! g

I'll bet you are ready to jump into another one, and do it again, right?

One's enough.

The CFI who checked me out knew beforehand the alt. was flakey and didn't
tell me. As we have seen recently, having a CFI aboard doesn't necessarily
confer any extra safety.

--
Dan
C172RG at BFM

In article ,
"Dan Luke" wrote:

As we have seen recently, having a CFI aboard doesn't necessarily
confer any extra safety.

Having a CFI aboard doesn't necessarily confer *sufficient* extra safety.

--
Bob Noel
Looking for a sig the
lawyers will hate

Having a CFI aboard doesn't necessarily confer *sufficient* extra safety.

It sometimes reduces safety, especially if the pilots suffer "instructor
in command syndrome".

Jose
--
He who laughs, lasts.
for Email, make the obvious change in the address.

Flying a known "flakey" aircraft, day or night isn't wise.
But the battery should keep plenty of juice for the time
required to get back to the airport, as long as the pilot
detects the alternator failure when it happens and takes the
proper actions promptly.

You need NAV lights and a radio is nice to have. You can
crank the gear down in a complex aircraft and turn off
landing lights, radar, autopilots, the stereo, ventilation
fans, etc.

In fact, if the alternator didn't fail, I'd be tempted to
pull the CB on it if the student had not seen what happens.
But a night checkout if carrying the proper flashlights, I
have LED headlights, penlights, full and mini Mag lights
(AA and D) and I carry the LED pen even in the daylight.

A "blindfold" cockpit check may not be a bad idea.


"Dan Luke" wrote in message
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|
| "Morgans" wrote:
|
| The only time I ever got checked out in an unfamiliar
aircraft at night,
| the alternator failed.
|
| You must be living right. NOT ! ! ! g
|
| I'll bet you are ready to jump into another one, and do
it again, right?
|
| One's enough.
|
| The CFI who checked me out knew beforehand the alt. was
flakey and didn't
| tell me. As we have seen recently, having a CFI aboard
doesn't necessarily
| confer any extra safety.
|
| --
| Dan
| C172RG at BFM
|
|

"Morgans" wrote in message
...

"Dan Luke" wrote

The only time I ever got checked out in an unfamiliar aircraft at night,
the alternator failed.

You must be living right. NOT ! ! ! g

I'll bet you are ready to jump into another one, and do it again, right?
:-)
--
Jim in NC



And people wonder how bad maintenance habits are spread or taught to
unsuspecting/knowlageable students/pilots. When I jump in to an unknown
airplane I expect the worst that every thing has not been properly
maintained and is going to fail!!! It don't matter if it's a flight school
or private owner.... If a flight instructor told me the alternator was
flakey I would say then shouldent it be fixed? how much money did you pay to
earn your certificate to lose it becuse you knew somthing was flakey? or
worse yet you knew it was flakey did not say somthing and someone died!