IFR in the Eastern Mountains

Before showing BEHIND THE GREEN DOOR or DEBBIE DOES DALLAS
to your wife, mother-in-law and the children, you preview
them privately.

If you get a travelogue, show your wife. If you get a
training video, it is for PILOTS and not their spouse.


--
James H. Macklin
ATP,CFI,A&P

"Kobra" wrote in message
. ..
| Flyers,
|
| I am thinking of a flight into Ingalls airport in Hot
Springs, VA this Fall.
| It's elevation is 3,792' and has a 5000+ foot runway. It
is surrounded by
| several washboard-like mountains. Look at the picture on
airnav:
| http://tinyurl.com/yn6hrm Also click on this link to see
a really nice
| hotel near the field: http://tinyurl.com/ygxfez
|
| It all looks like a nice place to see Fall leaves
changing, have a nice meal
| as long as the weather will cooperate. To learn about
this type of flying I
| bought Sporty's new DVD with Richard Collins *IFR in the
Eastern Mountains*.
| I was somewhat disappointed in this DVD.
|
| For one thing Richard Collins has a VERY negative approach
to his writings
| sometimes. For example, he opens his DVD with: ...the
eastern
| mountains...are just as unyielding as the bigger ones out
west and there are
| a lot of accidents in the eastern mountains and even the
relatively small
| mountains of Arkansas have claimed a lot of airplanes."
|
| Geez-uss-gawd!!!! I'm sitting there with my wife (who's
hesitant to fly in
| the mountains) and a friend who wants to fly with me, but
has been a bit
| tentative. Thanks a frickin' bunch Richard...those
comments took a
| non-pilot fence sitter and cemented his feelings of
general aviation in a
| negative light! Now he is convinced that *little
airplanes* are *flying
| aluminum coffins*. That was a bad piece of writing from
an elder mentor of
| our impassioned hobby.
|
| He could have made the same point by saying, "...the
eastern mountains,
| although smaller, still have the same challenges to pilots
as their bigger
| brothers out west. For pilots wanting to visit some of
these beautiful
| higher elevation airports on the east, this program is
designed to teach you
| how to make these IFR flights rewarding, efficient, and
most of all, safe."
|
| Now I'm not asking anyone to blow sunshine up my a$$, but
there's a way to
| make your point without scaring the crap out of their
audience. And writers
| have to understand that pilots aren't the only ones
watching these DVD's.
| Our spouses, children, family, friends and a very
apprehensive general
| public is too.
|
| There are many other examples too: He states, "IFR in the
eastern mountains
| is a place where a lot of pilots fail to measure up...it
is where only one
| little mistake will PUT ALL THE LIGHTS OUT. That is when
my wife walked out
| of the room stating, "we're not going."
|
| Geezz...have some tact and judgment in your writing and
wording!!
|
| Kobra
|
| PS: This was a very bad commercial, but obviously I am
selling the DVD.
| Here is the Ebay link: http://tinyurl.com/ymkrwq
|
|

Jim Macklin wrote:

If you get a travelogue, show your wife. If you get a
training video, it is for PILOTS and not their spouse.

I was thinking the same thing.

--
Peter

Peter R. wrote:
Jim Macklin wrote:

If you get a travelogue, show your wife. If you get a
training video, it is for PILOTS and not their spouse.

I was thinking the same thing.



This is the same reason that talking about upset recovery and emergency
procedures training is best left to pilots, not passengers.

Jim Macklin wrote:
Before showing BEHIND THE GREEN DOOR or DEBBIE DOES DALLAS
to your wife, mother-in-law and the children, you preview
them privately.

If you get a travelogue, show your wife. If you get a
training video, it is for PILOTS and not their spouse.

My thoughts exactly. The OP erred by not screening the DVD before
showing it to non-pilots. Collins generally writes and presents to
pilots, not to the general public. I think his statements are very
appropriate for the intended audience.


Matt