Headset music

"Richard Russell" wrote in message I recommend saving that stuff until
you're old, bold pilots. Fly the plane! Just my $.02.

When you old and bold, pull the speakers out of your flight bag and set them
up on the glareshield. Hook up the MP3 player and crank it up. Led
Zepellin's 'Black Dog' will make a red-eye almost refreshing.

D.

On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 13:47:19 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

That being said, I cannot imagine any circumstance that I would feel
comfortable interjecting music into my brain while I'm flying.

Go fly 1000 miles this weekend. In most spam cans, that will take about
ten hours, give or take.

The first five hours, fly without music. The second five hours, fly with
music.

If, after this experience, you can still make your statement with such
absolute conviction, I will be very surprised.

On our trip home from Sun N Fun, we pulled a 4 hour leg. Our PS Engineering
CD player makes these kinds of flights MUCH more fun, especially with two
kids in the back seats. (Of course, having to listen to Eminem once in a
while was some sort of penance... :-)

Jay,

You missed the point. My major emphasis is on low-time pilots and
students. You are clearly not the target of my advice. Nothing was
stated with absolute conviction (hint: note the word 'I" in the
sentence you quoted. I also stated that this advice was not written
as something that should be construed as "the only way". I stand by
my statements as they apply to students and low-timers. Just out of
curiosity, did you listen to music as a student?

Rich Russell

In article , Richard
Russell wrote:

Just out of curiosity, did you listen to music as a student?

They didn't have headsets and intercoms with music inputs when Jay was
a student. ;-))

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:H1Qhc.2558$aQ6.411038@attbi_s51...

(Of course, having to listen to Eminem once in a
while was some sort of penance... :-)


That's why they invented the "pilot isolate" switch.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)

Jay,

Our PS Engineering
CD player makes these kinds of flights MUCH more fun, especially with two
kids in the back seats. (Of course, having to listen to Eminem once in a
while was some sort of penance... :-)


Don't you have two music inputs, front and back? Don't you have some kind
of portable music player in the household to complement the CD player?
Problem solved.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

Brad Z wrote:

not quite the same as a student pilot solo cross country flight.



I love to listen to music when I'm doing other things. As a software
engineer, car driver, airplane pilot, snow skier, or whatever, music
usually occupies that part of my mind that seems to need "something".
Relief from boredom, emotional enhancement, I don't know. But it really
helps to keep the thought process and/or enjoyment flowing at times.

Having said that, things can go the other way. Sometimes I find myself
distracted from the task at hand and *listening to the music*. Then,
the music is not helping to relieve or enhance the task at hand - it's
actually hindering me. As a new pilot, I won't be listening to music
until I get real confident; and then only during the occasional boring
stretch on an XC.

One other thing: I've also noticed the occasional aural fatigue - I just
get brain-tired from constant sound. Maybe I need to turn it down a bit
on those occasions. :-P Wish the 172's came with a volume control... I
suppose that's what ANR is for.

-Scott

Neil Bratney wrote in message ...
Hello all,

I'm getting set for my second solo cross country in training for my PP.
Looking at my headset, my Lightspeed 30-3G has a port on the ANR box
where I can attach a portable CD player for music. The headset is
supposed to automatically mute the music when comm comes in from the radio.

This sounds like a good idea to enhance my long distance flying
experience, but I'm just concerned that I'm going to miss important ATC
instructions. Or worse, that Omaha Approach is going to get an earful
of Foo Fighters or Pearl Jam when I transmit out to them!

So does anyone have experience with headsets like this? Do they work as
well as advertised? Any tips?

Thanks a ton,
Neil Bratney


If you consider music for the solo xc in the pp course,
I don't want to think what will you try when you have 100 hrs,
maybe a nap in the rear seat while on autopilot ???
Keep your head clear consentrate on the flight,piloting,recalculate
drift,
time your checkpoint,look for traffic,compare ground references to the
sectional chart,checklist your self again and again,check your fuel
burn and
so on,... show a good judgment.
Be safe and you will be around to play with the "aviation toys" long
after
you earn your certificate.

I wonder what your CFI think about it ??

Sometimes I find myself
distracted from the task at hand and *listening to the music*.

I recall once, when I was young and stupid, driving down the road
listening to the car radio while smoking a cigarette and thinking
about something else.
all the best -- Dan Ford
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"Cub Driver" wrote in message
...

Sometimes I find myself
distracted from the task at hand and *listening to the music*.

I recall once, when I was young and stupid, driving down the road
listening to the car radio while smoking a cigarette and thinking
about something else.

Hmmm...sex?

Thanks to all for the advice. I will stash my CD player for a few dozen
more hours and concentrate on details I can work on to become a better
pilot.

Neil