wrote in news:1151471361.849506.135350
@x69g2000cwx.googlegroups.com:

What in your view are the easiest and hardest aspects about flying? I
mean in the phase between takeoff and touchdown, so the obvious
"taxiing" doesn't count

Hardest would be countering windshear on finals or flying IFR through a
storm at low altitude, I'd imagine.

Hoping this thread gets responses

Ramapriya


Well, in my limited time at the controls of a plane, all of
about an hour, the easiest was holding the plane level. Hardest
was holding my lunch down. Hey, it was one of those mock combat
things! Air Combat USA out of Fullerton CA to be exact.

Pulling 4.5 G's was fine. It was when we called knock-it-off
and leveled out that I got sick. By the last engagement I was
feeling better.

When we called fights-on I just flipped that Marchetti over,
pulled back on the stick to the edge of stall, and eventually
drove my opponent into the "ground". It was damned fun. All that
flight simming payed off once I stopped paying homage to the
porcelain god's little brother, the plastic bag.

Oh, flying formation was a tad difficult. The pilot thought I
did pretty good though.

Ahhh...but this was almost 15 years ago....

Brian
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