A Red-Letter Day in Iowa

Jay Honeck wrote:
I'd bet that you and Mary are looking forward to the day that
Rebecca will conquer the sky on her own ;-)

Well, the jury is still out on Bec. Some days she's adamantly ANTI-
flying, while the next day she's flying the Kiwi, and truly enjoying
it.

I suppose that's the definition of a 13-year-old girl, isn't it?

;-)

Now that her brother is garnering all this attention, she's kinda
perked up about flying again... I hope she shows an interest, but we
don't believe in pushing, so we'll just have to wait and see....

I'm a little late jumping in here to say congrats on his solo. My bet is he
has his IR rating before you do.

Hey, my instructor did stalls with me on my intro ride!

There's something to be said for the draw that knowing you can make the
plane start and stop flying at will. It can help "seal the deal", and
make a prospective student more confident that they could indeed
complete the training.

True, if you can stomach stalls on your first lesson, you are probably
truly ready to fly.

However, if we're trying to make flying accessible, scaring the crap
out of prospective students (AKA: "Customers") on their first flight
is a pretty dumb thing for a CFI to do.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:
Let the world know that on this day, Monday, August 13, 2007, at 11:30
AM CDT, our son, Joseph John Honeck, III did successfully solo fly a
1973 Cessna 150L, tail number N11435, to three successful takeoffs
(and, thankfully, landings) at Iowa City Municipal Airport.

To say that he is (and we are) busting with pride would be an
understatement of epic proportions. He's worked hard to get this far,
and has earned this milestone -- I suspect his feet may soon be
touching the ground!

See pix and video he http://www.alexisparkinn.com/2007_joes_solo!.htm
--
Jay & Mary Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Hey Jay,
Are you ready for the inevitable question: Hey Dad, can I borrow the
plane tonight? I've got a hot date.

Hey Jay,
Are you ready for the inevitable question: Hey Dad, can I borrow the
plane tonight? I've got a hot date.

NO.

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

They didn't cut his shirt? I got the back cut out of mine, and we
went to the restaurant that way, to celebrate with oysters.

I've put the shirt back together, but I made sure the cut-out shows.


On Aug 14, 7:37 am, Jay Honeck wrote:
Even though it's been almost 40 years since my first solo, I still remember
the thrill. But, they didn't give ME a T-shirt when I did mine

Well, they don't exactly give you a shirt. As with mine (and my
wife's), you provide the shirt, and the CFI draws/writes the date,
location,and anything else they might want to add (wind?) on the
shirt.

My CFI drew a guy (God? Zeus?) blowing wind down on my little
airplane, cuz I soloed on a fairly windy day, along with the N number,
airport, and date. Mary's is "just the facts", while Joe's has a few
artistic elements.

Depends on the CFI, I suppose.

In East Troy, where I learned to fly, your shirt went up on the FBO
wall, and you didn't get it back until you got your ticket. This was
a good incentive to finish! They don't do that here in Iowa City --
you just take your shirt with you.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

On Aug 14, 4:29 pm, "Steve Foley" wrote:
I think that was the instructors mistake. When I did my training, the six
laps came the last session before the open water certification dive. I
remember a few people really struggling for those six laps, but after eight
weeks, they weren't about to give up.

Sort of like doing stalls on an intro ride, don't you think?

Knowing how to swim should be the prerequisite to scuba diving
but I agreed that asking students to do 6 laps (600 meters) was a bit
too much. Our scuba instructor happened to be a college professor, we
learned quite a bit from him but his style of teaching was unsuitable
to some new recreational divers.

One of our flight instructors was also a college professor with
similar demanding style of teaching. One day while hanging around the
airport, we chatted with a prospective student before and after his
introductory flight. It was quite disheartening to see the replacement
of enthusiasm with apprehension. In an hour of flight, this stern
instructor gave him a sampling of all phases of flight including steep
turn, slow flights and stalls! We never saw the poor guy back at the
airport again.

With a sample of one in each case, I can not draw the conclusion
that college professors don't make good instructors. However, in
these two examples, it was obvious the 'fire hose' stype of teaching
were not suitable for newbies.

Hai Longworth

HarruMPH.

{;-)

Jim




With a sample of one in each case, I can not draw the conclusion
that college professors don't make good instructors.

With a sample of one in each case, I can not draw the conclusion
that college professors don't make good instructors. However, in
these two examples, it was obvious the 'fire hose' stype of teaching
were not suitable for newbies.

Hai Longworth

It's the difference in doing and telling others how to do it.

jf

On Aug 15, 10:15 am, Jay Honeck wrote:
Hey Jay,
Are you ready for the inevitable question: Hey Dad, can I borrow the
plane tonight? I've got a hot date.

NO.

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Sounds like you're ready to me. Keep practicing that NO.

John

NO.

;-)
Sounds like you're ready to me. Keep practicing that NO.

Heh. I'm the father of two teenagers. Practically my entire
vocabulary consists of the word "NO"...

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"