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![]() NW_PILOT wrote: I do have a few willing instructors but I would have to depart with 6 gallons of fuel and still be slightly over gross. That's an hour in a 150. Can you reach a practice area, do a few spins, and return in half an hour? George Patterson I prefer Heaven for climate but Hell for company. |
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Ummmm...are you looking for a CFI to do some spin training? Do you have
your own aircraft? This whole thread seems to have been diluted to the point I can't understand it or who is saying what to who! I am in central Oregon at present, have done literally thousands of spins as an instructor in a variety of aircraft. What are you trying to do? Would be happy to help if I can. Ol Shy & bashful p.s. I am not free but cost effective |
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![]() "tony roberts" wrote in message news:nospam-573A93.22324626022005@shawnews... In article . com, wrote: Ummmm...are you looking for a CFI to do some spin training? Do you have your own aircraft? This whole thread seems to have been diluted to the point I can't understand it or who is saying what to who! As I read it, this thread is about trying to talk NWPILOT out of going up on his own, without any instruction, and practicing spins, If I am wrong I apologise to anyone that I may have offended, If I am right then I can only say that this is a really dumb thread, and that NWPILOT should give his head a shake and rethink this whole thing. You do NOT go practice spins, regardless of any excuses, by anyone, Tony C-GICE Tony, It's just a thought I probably will not do it. Just ****es me off that instructors will deny instruction to people unless you rent the flight schools airplanes or will be willing to go over gross with min fuel. |
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Hey
We can go up with short fuel, do the spins, then you can practice a for real dead stick landing! No big deal except for the paperwork if it gets screwed up........ggg ;)... |
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There's also the insurance issue. I don't think you can expect
an instructor to get in a privately owned airplane unless they are "named insured" on the owner's insurance policy and the policy provides a level of coverage that the instructor is comfortable with. (If I was the instructor, I would also want to know the aircraft's maintenance history, etc.) As for the 6gal/over gross, I found that comment confusing. (Unless either this individual or all the instructors they've talked to are big, heavy types, I would think that the W&B would be ok with 6gal in the tanks, which would be ok for a 45min spin trip, I'd think?) Doing intentional spins when outside the utility W&B limits is definitely a no no. (The W&B for typical 150s around here would allow student+instructor+6gal, unless the student and/or instructor are pretty darn heavy.) And I'll add my name to the "don't try the first spins on your own" list, rick |
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Let me see if I have this straight.
You, minimum fuel, and an instructor are over gross for your plane. You are not willing to fly under these conditions. You are ****ed off at the instructor for these reasons. What, specifically, do you expect the instructor to do about this? "NW_PILOT" wrote in message ... Tony, It's just a thought I probably will not do it. Just ****es me off that instructors will deny instruction to people unless you rent the flight schools airplanes or will be willing to go over gross with min fuel. |
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![]() "Steve Foley" wrote in message news:735Vd.88525$QS5.21384@trndny06... Let me see if I have this straight. You, minimum fuel, and an instructor are over gross for your plane. You are not willing to fly under these conditions. You are ****ed off at the instructor for these reasons. What, specifically, do you expect the instructor to do about this? It's just NW pilot; you can't expect him to be rational, either. -- Jim in NC |
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![]() Steve Foley wrote: What, specifically, do you expect the instructor to do about this? Go on a diet? :-) George Patterson I prefer Heaven for climate but Hell for company. |
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