For people who never met Lyle, I'd just like to give a little info about
him. He was a "real man's" pilot. In the summer he was a fire bomber, last
in a C-119 with an additional jet engine on the top.

In the winter, he gave his version of an instrument rating. All time was at
night. All time was actual, and the more ice the better. And we had plenty
here in the NW. When a big front would be coming through you would get a
call from Lyle. "meet you at 9PM at the airport, we're going to Oakland.

He loved to turn off the pitot heat and let the airspeed go. Then turn off
the lights and pull out a cigarette and blow smoke in your face. One of his
ice deterrence moves was always fly V-27 down the coast of WA OR and CA. If
you got too much ice you just turned off your transponder and descended out
over the ocean to let it melt. Then climb back onto V-27 and turn the TXP
back on.

This never killed him. He died several years later of natural causes. His
son was the quarterback for the UW Huskies. His favorite saying, "God hates
cowards!" I can still hear him laughing.

Karl
N185KG, Skywagon "curator"

"Bob Gardner" wrote in message
news:Zbwjc.31287$YP5.2464949@attbi_s02...
He told me that several times, tongue in cheek. Really miss that guy.

Bob Gardner

"kage" wrote in message
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My instrument instructor, Lyle Flick---"Flick's Foggy Flying" told me
that
sim time was to be SUBTACTED in one's logbook. This was b4 more advanced
sims, like the Falcon 50EX sim I get into every six months. But I don't
log
that time either, as anything!

Karl