Knowing when you are overflying something

I look out the window.

Mxsmanic wrote in
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Maxwell writes:

Do you really think there are certified pilots around here trying to
figure out how to tell when they are over something.

Sometimes I wonder if there are any pilots here at all.

Bwawhahwhahwh!

Like you'd know the difference.


Berti e

Mxsmanic wrote in
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Maxwell writes:

What difference does that make junior?

If the aircraft is not designed for aerobatic flight, inverted flight is
reckless. I wouldn't want a reckless flight instructor.

You don;t want to fly so you don't want a flight instructor at all,
fjukkwit.


Bertie

Fly an ultralight with no floor, and look straight down.

Martha

"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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How do you know when you are exactly overflying a specific spot on the
ground?
It's it just a matter of knowing your particular aircraft, or are there
tricks
that can help to determine this? I know you can look off the tip of your
wing
to see if you're abeam something (such as a runway), but how can you tell
when
you're right over something? I presume there's no way to look straight
down
from most aircraft, and it seems like the view over the nose is often
several
miles away.

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"Alan Gerber" wrote in message
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In rec.aviation.student Jim Stewart wrote:
Otherwise, here's a tip that works EVERY time:

If you're with a CFI, and he pulls the power to simulate an engine-out
condition, then it is absolutely guaranteed that you're over a runway
or something very similar to one.

My experience is that it's right behind me...

You know, this hardly ever happened to me for most of my training. My
pre-solo pattern work involved losing the engine abeam the numbers quite a
few times, but almost everything after that was over a field or something.

When it happened on my checkride, I was kind of surprised that there was
an actual runway down there.

... Alan
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Alan Gerber
PP-ASEL
gerber AT panix DOT com

Whereas examiners tend to be old instructors, this reminds me of the "Cat
and Duck" theory.

Peter g

Maxwell wrote:

I can understand your feelings, and just noticed the whole thread is
cross posted any way.

It would be a lot better question for the sim groups.

Agreed

wrote:
On Apr 18, 1:40 pm, Mxsmanic wrote:

How do you know when you are exactly overflying a specific spot on the ground?


For VFR pilots:

If you can see the ground, it's easy.

If you can't see the ground (night), and you don't have a GPS, you
trust your navigation log.

Otherwise, here's a tip that works EVERY time:

If you're with a CFI, and he pulls the power to simulate an engine-out
condition, then it is absolutely guaranteed that you're over a runway
or something very similar to one.



Kev


Probably DIRECTLY over a runway so that you can't see it.

Mxsmanic wrote:
How do you know when you are exactly overflying a specific spot on
the ground? It's it just a matter of knowing your particular
aircraft, or are there tricks that can help to determine this? I
know you can look off the tip of your wing to see if you're abeam
something (such as a runway), but how can you tell when you're right
over something? I presume there's no way to look straight down from
most aircraft, and it seems like the view over the nose is often
several miles away.

Got to spot view, or simply hit keyboard #5 for the down view
hth moron

"C J Campbell" wrote in message
news:2007041813510751816-christophercampbell@hotmailcom...
On 2007-04-18 12:02:54 -0700, Erik said:

Maxwell wrote:
"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
...

How do you know when you are exactly overflying a specific spot on the
ground?
It's it just a matter of knowing your particular aircraft, or are there
tricks
that can help to determine this? I know you can look off the tip of
your wing
to see if you're abeam something (such as a runway), but how can you
tell when
you're right over something? I presume there's no way to look straight
down
from most aircraft, and it seems like the view over the nose is often
several
miles away.



Why would a pilot care?


You don't want to pelt noncombatants with errant golf balls!

A golf ball (or anything else) doesn't drop straight down. You have to
release it before you reach your target as it continues to move forward at
the speed of the aircraft.

Damn good stuff snipped...



Not that I have done this or given it much thought. :-)

--
Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor


Our EAA chapter has a blue tarp that we use as a target for "flour
bombing".
Actually we use gypsum in an ice cream bag. The tarp remains unscathed after
many years of use. In fact, standing directly on the aim point might be the
safest spot.

Al G

Mxsmanic wrote in
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Why not? You can never be too aware of your situation.


Look at what's talking.


Bertie