I give up, after many, many years!

I doubt your statement regarding ptivate pilots.



€The average person does not know how to use a circular slide rule.
The average pilot does, The private pilot must solve wind triangles, a
form of vector analysis, must demonstrate some skill in navigation,
enough gas theory to understand the dynamics of weather systems,
enough physics to know about lapse rates, and so on. The average
person does not. You have not demonstrated that either to the extent a
student pilot must.

Poor Mx. Born with a silver foot in his mouth.


-- aOn May 29, 3:28 pm, Mxsmanic wrote:
Steve Foley writes:
I'm curious to know how you have determined what 'most private pilots know'.

Private pilots are no different from the average person when it comes to
higher mathematics, physics, and gas theory, and the average person doesn't
know much of anything about these things. Therefore most pilots don't know
much of anything about these things, either. Simple logic.

I suspect you don't even know a significant sample.

Not necessary. See above.

Tina writes:

¤The average person does not know how to use a circular slide rule.
The average pilot does, The private pilot must solve wind triangles, a
form of vector analysis, must demonstrate some skill in navigation,
enough gas theory to understand the dynamics of weather systems,
enough physics to know about lapse rates, and so on. The average
person does not.

All of these skills are trivial and largely unrelated to those I mentioned.