Types of currency

On Mar 18, 5:25 pm, "Vaughn Simon"
wrote:

Speaking respectfully, stop searching the Internet and get familar with your
FAR/AIM. For today's subject, start at 61.57.

Vaughn

I did. I read the whole thing before posting the topic. I don't fly
gliders, but from what I know, it would be weird to just go out, get
towed up and come right back 3 times for the purpose of landing
currency. I figured there might be some kind of exception for gliders,
considering I couldn't find any mention via a google search of anyone
doing such a thing. Same goes for balloon piloting.

But anyways, the reason I made this post is because I'm working of a
webapp similar to logshare, but with a bit more features and a better
UI. I'm currently working on a routine that determines currency for
each category/class/tailwheel combo one could ever need. I'm trying to
get a feel for what is needed and what is not. Should I waste my time
writing a single-engine Powered Life currency routine? Do those even
exist? What about a multi-engine weight-shift currency routine? Glider
night currency? According to the FAR's it should be needed to fly a
glider at night, but do people even fly gliders at night? Do blimp
pilots need 3 landings at night to take passengers at night?

I've only flown airplanes, so when it comes to "exotic" categories,
I'm clueless. I really wish the FAA would publish somewhere a list of
all recognized categories and classes of aircraft...

buttman wrote in
:


I'm clueless.

I know.

Bertie

I did. I read the whole thing before posting the topic. I don't fly
gliders, but from what I know, it would be weird to just go out, get
towed up and come right back 3 times for the purpose of landing
currency. I figured there might be some kind of exception for gliders,
considering I couldn't find any mention via a google search of anyone
doing such a thing. Same goes for balloon piloting.


The Books says.. category and class...
So as the Good Book Says.. so shall it be..
be current in SEL.. and if you fly your friend down to the glider club for a
soaring flight.. and you are not current in gliders..
you WILL do 3 trips around the pattern solo (or with an instructor), to
complete your three landings in a glider (it is a different category all its
own).. before you take that friend soaring..

no exceptions..

BT
CFIG

"BT" wrote in message
...
...
you WILL do 3 trips around the pattern solo (or with an instructor), to
complete your three landings in a glider (it is a different category all
its own).. before you take that friend soaring..

no exceptions..

It's three Takeoff / landings - not three trips around the pattern. So, I
suspect that you could save a couple tows by doing two touch and go's before
the full stop at the end of the runway, eh?

You touch the main gear down,
you lift the main gear up
You touch the main gear down
and you shake it all around.

Isn't that what it's all about?

--
Geoff
The Sea Hawk at Wow Way d0t Com
remove spaces and make the obvious substitutions to reply by mail
When immigration is outlawed, only outlaws will immigrate.

So, if it's one loooong runway, or on a river in a float plane, can you take
off and land, take off and land and take off and land without going around
the pattern to qualify?

--
Regards, BobF.
"Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe" The Sea Hawk At Wow Way D0t C0m wrote in message
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"BT" wrote in message
...
...
you WILL do 3 trips around the pattern solo (or with an instructor), to
complete your three landings in a glider (it is a different category all
its own).. before you take that friend soaring..

no exceptions..

It's three Takeoff / landings - not three trips around the pattern. So, I
suspect that you could save a couple tows by doing two touch and go's
before the full stop at the end of the runway, eh?

You touch the main gear down,
you lift the main gear up
You touch the main gear down
and you shake it all around.

Isn't that what it's all about?

--
Geoff
The Sea Hawk at Wow Way d0t Com
remove spaces and make the obvious substitutions to reply by mail
When immigration is outlawed, only outlaws will immigrate.

"Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe" The Sea Hawk At Wow Way D0t C0m wrote in message
news:VsmdnW0lIYN9HHzanZ2dnUVZ_oimnZ2d@wideopenwest .com...

It's three Takeoff / landings - not three trips around the pattern. So, I
suspect that you could save a couple tows by doing two touch and go's before
the full stop at the end of the runway, eh?

Since a full stop is only required for a tailwheel airplane, I suppose that
manuver would meet the letter of the regulation. As an alternative, you could
do an auto tow to liftoff and then do a landing straight ahead...repeat.

Vaughn

why certainly.. but only for the Capt..
B

"Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe" The Sea Hawk At Wow Way D0t C0m wrote in message
news:VsmdnW0lIYN9HHzanZ2dnUVZ_oimnZ2d@wideopenwest .com...
"BT" wrote in message
...
...
you WILL do 3 trips around the pattern solo (or with an instructor), to
complete your three landings in a glider (it is a different category all
its own).. before you take that friend soaring..

no exceptions..

It's three Takeoff / landings - not three trips around the pattern. So, I
suspect that you could save a couple tows by doing two touch and go's
before the full stop at the end of the runway, eh?

You touch the main gear down,
you lift the main gear up
You touch the main gear down
and you shake it all around.

Isn't that what it's all about?

--
Geoff
The Sea Hawk at Wow Way d0t Com
remove spaces and make the obvious substitutions to reply by mail
When immigration is outlawed, only outlaws will immigrate.

On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:04:37 -0700 (PDT), buttman
wrote:


I did. I read the whole thing before posting the topic. I don't fly
gliders, but from what I know, it would be weird to just go out, get
towed up and come right back 3 times for the purpose of landing
currency. I figured there might be some kind of exception for gliders,
considering I couldn't find any mention via a google search of anyone
doing such a thing. Same goes for balloon piloting.

3 pattern tows...they tow you to pattern altitude and release. It's
good practice....not just for landing, but for flying the pattern too.

Might ask this over in rec.avaition.soaring...


Don Byrer KJ5KB
Radar Tech & Smilin' Commercial Pilot Guy
Glider & CFI wannabe
kj5kb-at-hotmail.com

"I have slipped the surly bonds of earth; now if I can just land without bending the gear..."
"Watch out for those doves...smack-smack-smack-smack..."

When we used to fly out of a nice grass strip in Issaquah WA, before it
closed, we used to pull out, go to about 300', pull the release, do a 180
and land right back in the opposite direction. In fact when I got my
commercial in a glider, I did almost the same but instead of a simple 180,
it was precede by a 360 to meet the requirements. This may sound low but in
a 126 the problem was "getting down" and stopping. I had to do some serious
slipping on a few of them.

--
Regards, BobF.
"Don Byrer" wrote in message
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On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:04:37 -0700 (PDT), buttman
wrote:


I did. I read the whole thing before posting the topic. I don't fly
gliders, but from what I know, it would be weird to just go out, get
towed up and come right back 3 times for the purpose of landing
currency. I figured there might be some kind of exception for gliders,
considering I couldn't find any mention via a google search of anyone
doing such a thing. Same goes for balloon piloting.

3 pattern tows...they tow you to pattern altitude and release. It's
good practice....not just for landing, but for flying the pattern too.

Might ask this over in rec.avaition.soaring...


Don Byrer KJ5KB
Radar Tech & Smilin' Commercial Pilot Guy
Glider & CFI wannabe
kj5kb-at-hotmail.com

"I have slipped the surly bonds of earth; now if I can just land without
bending the gear..."
"Watch out for those doves...smack-smack-smack-smack..."

On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:04:35 -0700 (PDT), buttman
wrote:

Does anyone know of a comprehensive list somewhere that lays out each
and every category/class combo that the FAA recognizes?


http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text... 1.1.2.1.1.35
§ 61.57 Recent flight experience: Pilot in command.