Long x-country...

Have they really gone back to that insanity of requiring logbook signatures
at landing airports on cross countries; or is this just his particular
instructor?

Really? I didn't know this wasn't a common rule.

Every FBO around here has their own special stamper, with "I certify
that __________ did fly into ________ solo" that they use on every
student's logbook...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:
Have they really gone back to that insanity of requiring logbook signatures
at landing airports on cross countries; or is this just his particular
instructor?


Really? I didn't know this wasn't a common rule.

Every FBO around here has their own special stamper, with "I certify
that __________ did fly into ________ solo" that they use on every
student's logbook...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

It's a throwback, but a fun one. The solo student gets a big welcome
and congrats from whoever is there, but now with many airports with
minimal coverage it can be hard to find someone.

Margy

It's a throwback, but a fun one. The solo student gets a big welcome
and congrats from whoever is there, but now with many airports with
minimal coverage it can be hard to find someone.

It worries me that these rites of passage are apparently becoming rare
in parts of the country. These are important things that we shouldn't
allow to die.

Tearing off the shirt of a solo pilot is apparently not the tradition
it once was, either, but our little family now has three of those very
special mementos hanging on our wall. The solo stamps/signatures in
my logbook (and the feeling of being "welcomed to the club" at every
airport I visited as a student) trigger wonderful memories, and served
to give me more incentive to actually finish up the private.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Back in the day" I remember, on one occasion, having to walk 1/2 mile to
the nearest farm house to get a signature for my long cc. The housewife I
encountered was familiar with the procedure as apparently I hadn't been the
first to present her with the request. She was as happy to sign it as I was
proud of asking her. We both knew I had accomplished something.

There are several reasons this tradition should continue, whether required
by the feds or not. It gets the pilot out of the airplane and forces him to
encounter the local pilots and public. They learn about the layout of the
fbo, fuel systems, and services available. All of which they may need some
day or worse, some dark night when that night time roughness develops.

Without exception, I know of no pilot that would hesitate to scribe his name
and a short congrats in a fledgling's log book. I've signed several and
I'll admit most where because I initiated the conversation and asked to sign
their logbook. Part of an instructors job is to expose their student to the
world of aviation that exists outside his local airport. The FAA
requirements afford the instructor ample opportunity but the instructor
should know how to take advantage of those situations. People are aviation.
Airports and airplanes are simply their tools. Ask your student to have
his/her logbook signed. You never know who he/she may encounter or what
they may learn.

Jim

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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It's a throwback, but a fun one. The solo student gets a big welcome
and congrats from whoever is there, but now with many airports with
minimal coverage it can be hard to find someone.

It worries me that these rites of passage are apparently becoming rare
in parts of the country. These are important things that we shouldn't
allow to die.

Tearing off the shirt of a solo pilot is apparently not the tradition
it once was, either, but our little family now has three of those very
special mementos hanging on our wall. The solo stamps/signatures in
my logbook (and the feeling of being "welcomed to the club" at every
airport I visited as a student) trigger wonderful memories, and served
to give me more incentive to actually finish up the private.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"