Flying lesson!

[Fitz]

Next vid should be even better since I now have three cameras.

Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26F1RSm1HUQ

[Unisaw]

Very nice!  I subscribed and am looking forward to future videos.

[Fitz]

Very nice!  I subscribed and am looking forward to future videos.

I plan to post something for each lesson. I figure even if I *expletive deleted*ck everything up on a lesson, people can learn from it

[JonnyB]

On my very first flight, I broke off the knob for turning on the transponder. Class D airport; transponder required. The instructor called the tower and got a waiver for our departure and return. No idea what the repair cost them.

jb

[Fly320s]

Looks scary and dangerous.














For the instructor!   

[Fitz]

Looks scary and dangerous.

For the instructor!   

He didn't appreciate when I told him that I wasn't concerned with learning to land... or when I yelled "Allahu Akbar" when ATC gave us a traffic advisory...

[roo_ster]

Fitz...

If i recall you are in the dfw area.  I would suggest you make your way to meacham filed in fort worth where they have a flight museum.  It is the bittyest flight museum i ever visited.  But the absolute best because the volunteers were terrific.  They answered all my kids questions and gave us all an open invitation to come and help wrench on and restore vintage aircraft by the end.  Makes me want to move nearby so my son and daughter would have such a grand opportunity.

[Fitz]

Fitz...

If i recall you are in the dfw area.  I would suggest you make your way to meacham filed in fort worth where they have a flight museum.  It is the bittyest flight museum i ever visited.  But the absolute best because the volunteers were terrific.  They answered all my kids questions and gave us all an open invitation to come and help wrench on and restore vintage aircraft by the end.  Makes me want to move nearby so my son and daughter would have such a grand opportunity.

I'll make sure to check that out! My kid LOVES aviation museums. The flying pancake at love field is her favorite :-D

[RocketMan]

Fitz...

If i recall you are in the dfw area.  I would suggest you make your way to meacham filed in fort worth where they have a flight museum.  It is the bittyest flight museum i ever visited.  But the absolute best because the volunteers were terrific.  They answered all my kids questions and gave us all an open invitation to come and help wrench on and restore vintage aircraft by the end.  Makes me want to move nearby so my son and daughter would have such a grand opportunity.

I heartily endorse the notion of your and your kids wrenching on old airplanes.  If the opportunity arises, grab it.
BTDT, worth every minute.

[Fitz]

I'd like to build something eventually...

[Fly320s]

What airport do you use?

[Fitz]

What airport do you use?

Club is based in Addison. Apparently Mckinney is  the usual choice for pattern work

[230RN]

Wow.  Didn't know you could advance that far in one lesson!  Really enjoyed that.  Could you have maybe zoomed out to see some of the instruments and the controls?  (I know you're getting more cameras to cover this.)

Dumb question:

In the recovery from the stall, is the turning on re-powering due to the sudden engine torque tipping the wings?

Good advice I heard somewhere... "Always fly in the middle of the air, not the top or the bottom."  Always thought that was funny.

Terry, groundlubber.

[Fitz]

Wow.  Didn't know you could advance that far in one lesson!  Really enjoyed that.  Could you have maybe zoomed out to see some of the instruments and the controls?  (I know you're getting more cameras to cover this.)

Dumb question:

In the recovery from the stall, is the turning on re-powering due to the sudden engine torque tipping the wings?

Good advice I heard somewhere... "Always fly in the middle of the air, not the top or the bottom."  Always thought that was funny.

Terry, groundlubber.

  Unfortunately , the perspective you see is all you get on this vid.  I have some ideas about how to get some better views .

 As for the turning, I'm sure that was some of it .  But the bigger part of it was me not being coordinated To begin with I think


Also. Today I passed the written exam

[Fly320s]

 
Also. Today I passed the written exam

100% right, I assume.

[Fly320s]

Club is based in Addison. Apparently Mckinney is  the usual choice for pattern work

I thought it was Addison, based on those exposed-beam hangars on the right side.  Those were the Rockwell hangars way back when.  I got started there then finished at AriBen Aviator.

McKinney has always been the place for air and pattern work. Addison is too busy these days.

[Fitz]

100% right, I assume.

No. I'm terrible at rote memorization type questions and I drew a lot of em. I got an 82

"What part of the FAR covers airspaces"

*expletive deleted*ck i dunno. I will use the index to find it if I ever need it

[Fitz]

This is testing other cams...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5_TAoXF7-I


I don't know that I like the over the shoulder view. May switch that cam back to the nose of the bird.

Thoughts?

LOVE the wing view and cabin views

[Fitz]

Another one. still dinkin around with cams

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PO3cCRTQURM

[Fly320s]

Another one. still dinkin around with cams

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PO3cCRTQURM

You need a bigger plane.

[RocketMan]

Looks like Fitz is having fun.   

"When some people lose an engine, they don't have to turn back as far."  Did he really say that?   Whatever happened to landing straight ahead when the big fan quits?  I thought that was the safest course of action after an engine failure.

[Fly320s]

Looks like Fitz is having fun.   

"When some people lose an engine, they don't have to turn back as far."  Did he really say that?   Whatever happened to landing straight ahead when the big fan quits?  I thought that was the safest course of action after an engine failure.

Depends on what lies straight ahead.  Always be on the lookout for a safe-ish place to land in an emergency.

[RocketMan]

Depends on what lies straight ahead.  Always be on the lookout for a safe-ish place to land in an emergency.

Granted, sometimes a bit of a turn may be necessary to find that safe-ish spot, but to turn back to the airport after the mill quits leads to a stall spin more often than not, doesn't it?

[Fly320s]

Granted, sometimes a bit of a turn may be necessary to find that safe-ish spot, but to turn back to the airport after the mill quits leads to a stall spin more often than not, doesn't it?

No.  Exceeding the critical angle of attack while in uncoordinated flight leads to a stall/spin.  /aerodynamics Nazi.

What happens is a pilot will attempt to make that turn around, realize he is too low or in too wide of a turn and try to tighten the turn.  Then he starts bleeding airspeed, so he lowers the nose.  Then he realizes he is too low and still needs to tighten the turn, so he pulls the nose up, adds bank or too much rudder, and... ta-da!... a one turn spin right into the ground.

[Fitz]

Looks like Fitz is having fun.  

"When some people lose an engine, they don't have to turn back as far."  Did he really say that?    Whatever happened to landing straight ahead when the big fan quits?  I thought that was the safest course of action after an engine failure.

If you note again, he prefaces that with "some people like to turn blah blah blah, so that if they lose an engine they don't have to turn back as far"

He does not advocate making the impossible turn. At all.

Southbound departures from Addison leave precious little. I think the only half decent option is the toll road. If traffic is bad, the impossible turn might be the only good option. I'll have to look at the google earth again.

Also depends on altitude. If I have lots of it by then, I'd try to circle around. Even if I could only make the grass, the displaced threshold, or a taxiway. At 700 agl, i'm looking no further than a 30 degree arc in front of me. Also I read an article about strategic crashing. Fly it until it stops, and use obstacles at the wing to absorb impact, etc.