747-400 questions

I was not talking of the PPL, I was talking Light Sport Pilot.

The PPL should not be ruled out. I don't see any FAA regulation that says
you
must have depth perception in order to fly. Depth perception only works
for a
distance of 60 feet or so, anyway, and if you're within 60 feet of another
aircraft, you have more serious problems than vision correction to worry
about.

Be careful.. ever fail an FAA Medical and you cannot do Light Sport
Pilot.

Why not?

Please be advised that, although our favorite Troll appears to be correct in
this case, he NEVER obtains or reads complete documents. Therefore, his
imformation is gained from the excerpts posted by other contributors,
frequently (as in this case) postings earlier in the same conversation!

POSTING BY MXSMANIC IS FOR ENTERTAINMENT ONLY !!!!

If you have, or suspect, any condition which might affect your medical
certification, discuss it with an AME before you "start the clock" with an
application, have a verbal discussion with your local Safety Program
Coordinator for Flight Standards, or *better still*, call AOPA and make full
use of your membership.

Your AOPA membership would be a good value is all you received was the
magazine. However, the combination of advocacy and advice make one of the
best bargains anywhere!

Peter

JB writes:

When I first opened up N4W's picture of the Alaskan peaks, I said to
myself "Wow!...just breathtaking!". When I opened up your faux
picture of McKinley, I said to myself "How boring". CGI will NEVER
take the place of real life.

As I've said, it's a flight simulation, not a scenery simulation.

--
Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.

No, there was no paper work on this test. He just told me that I wouldn't
pass it. No again, I really dont know if he was an FAA AME. But it
seemed
to me at that time many years ago that he knew what he was talking about
so
I never did question him. From what I've seen about poor eye site and
some
one eyed Pilots maybe I do stand a chance for going to more information
and
trying again. I'll look into it in my neck of the woods.

Yes, I can drive a car. Also, I drive a 4X4 pickup and plow the snow
without hitting or tearing up anything in site. LOL Although some of my
co-workers have torn up other cars. LOL.

Thank you all, and you've given me more hope of possibly getting my PPL.

Not4wood

OK, in that case you have a current medical (your driver's license) for
Sport Pilot.

There airspace restrictions, but most of the ones that I would care about
can be overcome by endorsements.

The real problem with Sport Pilot is the maximum gross weight of
600KG/1320LB. If they had chosen 800KG/1760LB, nearly half of the existing
rental fleet would have been accessible for use; but the low weight limit
makes a rental at a distant location very problematic. If the weight
porblem was not present, I would be looking seriously at Sport Pilot as
well--if only to have one less qualification required.

The rental problem may change in the next ten years. But for now, it
remains a good reason to investigate an appropriate waiver to obtain a third
class medical.

Peter
(Just my $0.02)

"Peter Dohm" wrote in message
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The real problem with Sport Pilot is the maximum gross weight of
600KG/1320LB. If they had chosen 800KG/1760LB, nearly half of the
existing
rental fleet would have been accessible for use; but the low weight limit
makes a rental at a distant location very problematic.

I believe, and don't quote me here, but I think the limit here in Australia
is 544kg, but there is currently a campaign to get that raised to 750kg. I'm
unsure as to how successful that campaign will be.
Oz Lander

Hi Studmuffin,

Well said yourself, mate!

Regards,
John Ward
"Marcel Kuijper" wrote in message
oups.com...
"Not4wood" wrote:

First, there are plenty of 747 Virtual Pilots here and good ones to I
might
add. The problem is you have ****ed off too many of them and NO ONE
wants
to help you. Get it, you've come to that point in time that now of all
things you need this group to help you after you ****ed off just about
everyone.

Well said!
I happen to care enough about this hobby (and the PMDG products I fly)
that I went
out and purchased and downloaded all the necessary manuals to help me
fly these
machines. I even bought the real FMC manual for the big Boeings.
So I know how to solve his problem.

But...I ain't gonna. Not this time.
He always knows better any way. He always has advice, which is the
exact same
advice and answer somone else conviently posted a minute sonner than
him, and
he presumes to know everything like he's flown and done everything
IRL.

Nope. This is the first time I'm declining to help someone here and
I'm not
feeling the least bit bad about myself!


Marcel

You also need people who give a flyin' f**k about your questions and
don't think you're a waste of human life.

Intelligent people are uniformly members of that category.

Waste of human life is a bit harsh... sad example is a bit more on-
mark.

It looks like you've run out of those in RAP.

I'm not sure that there were any to run out of.

And its those kind of zingers which have made you so beloved to this
community.

Maybe it would be more effective to look elsewhere.

I posted these questions to two newsgroups. I'm still waiting for intelligent
answers. I thought it rather unlikely that 747 pilots would be on either
group,

The 747 jocks all hang out on A.net (http://airliners.net).
Unfortunately for you, that is a moderated forum, and I doubt you'll
last more than 3 days without being banned...

Or maybe not - play your cards right and take your ego down a few
notches, and you might learn something.

but it didn't hurt to try.

Eh... I actually tried to answer your questions until today, when I
finally sat down and read your posts... each day you stay on this
forum, you alienate more and more of the contributers... So yes, it
does hurt to try.

Tony,

Hmmm, now you really got me thinking. Of course no paperwork was done it
was just on the fly for him to see if I could pass.

Now with this waiver, makes me interested to find out more. I'm in New York
and there are a lot of airports around me that I can inquire about this. Me
thinks the membership for the Pilots Organization and magazine is now
looking way more important to me.

Sports Pilot license with the weight restriction to me would be defeating
the purpose of flying. I dont think a small plane of that weight would make
the trip from the tri-state New York area to at least Boston. But it would
at least get me in the air, and thats what I think is very important.

Thank you all for all the suggestions. Now I have a whole lot of home work
to do. Gee thanks.... LOL

Mark G
Not4wood




"Tony Cox" wrote in message
ups.com...
On Feb 25, 10:37 am, "Not4wood" wrote:

Did I pass the FAA Medical, NO not even close. So I gave up with the
thought of getting my PPL. I dont care how cheap it is, knowing I wont
be
able to pass the FAA Medical will still prevent me from wasting my money
on
something I wont be able to complete no matter what I score or learn on
any
of the other tests. Its called beating a Dead Horse. So what do I do?
I
fly on Flight Simulator instead, or I sit in another seat and watch the
PIC
take the controls.

I have a "lazy eye". You simply need a "statement of
demonstrated ability" (SODA), which is granted after
a special FAA flight test. It is no big deal -- I did mine
about 2 months before my private checkride.

I missed out on 20 years of flying because I believed
some idiot who told me I'd "never be able to become
a pilot with just one eye".

Hi Not4wood,

Do that homework and go for it, mate!!

Regards,
John Ward

"Not4wood" wrote in message
news:RZMEh.8909$Xe1.8020@trndny01...
Tony,

Hmmm, now you really got me thinking. Of course no paperwork was done it
was just on the fly for him to see if I could pass.

Now with this waiver, makes me interested to find out more. I'm in New
York and there are a lot of airports around me that I can inquire about
this. Me thinks the membership for the Pilots Organization and magazine
is now looking way more important to me.

Sports Pilot license with the weight restriction to me would be defeating
the purpose of flying. I dont think a small plane of that weight would
make the trip from the tri-state New York area to at least Boston. But it
would at least get me in the air, and thats what I think is very
important.

Thank you all for all the suggestions. Now I have a whole lot of home
work to do. Gee thanks.... LOL

Mark G
Not4wood




"Tony Cox" wrote in message
ups.com...
On Feb 25, 10:37 am, "Not4wood" wrote:

Did I pass the FAA Medical, NO not even close. So I gave up with the
thought of getting my PPL. I dont care how cheap it is, knowing I wont
be
able to pass the FAA Medical will still prevent me from wasting my money
on
something I wont be able to complete no matter what I score or learn on
any
of the other tests. Its called beating a Dead Horse. So what do I do?
I
fly on Flight Simulator instead, or I sit in another seat and watch the
PIC
take the controls.

I have a "lazy eye". You simply need a "statement of
demonstrated ability" (SODA), which is granted after
a special FAA flight test. It is no big deal -- I did mine
about 2 months before my private checkride.

I missed out on 20 years of flying because I believed
some idiot who told me I'd "never be able to become
a pilot with just one eye".

Way to go Marcel,

I agree and I did feel bad at first. But we've had some real strange people
of late getting off on trying to stir it up in agmfs but this one just
reminds me of a stalker mentality/troll at the same time who cant take the
hint. Where is the Unabomber???

What bothers me though is his rationalizing all the time without a stop.
Making excuses for a fear of leaving the house and not experiencing real
life! Look what he says to the comments about my Alaskan images. If thats
not strange what is??

Mark G
Not4wood


"Marcel Kuijper" wrote in message
oups.com...
"Not4wood" wrote:

First, there are plenty of 747 Virtual Pilots here and good ones to I
might
add. The problem is you have ****ed off too many of them and NO ONE
wants
to help you. Get it, you've come to that point in time that now of all
things you need this group to help you after you ****ed off just about
everyone.

Well said!
I happen to care enough about this hobby (and the PMDG products I fly)
that I went
out and purchased and downloaded all the necessary manuals to help me
fly these
machines. I even bought the real FMC manual for the big Boeings.
So I know how to solve his problem.

But...I ain't gonna. Not this time.
He always knows better any way. He always has advice, which is the
exact same
advice and answer somone else conviently posted a minute sonner than
him, and
he presumes to know everything like he's flown and done everything
IRL.

Nope. This is the first time I'm declining to help someone here and
I'm not
feeling the least bit bad about myself!


Marcel

Hi Not4wood,

"... If thats not strange what is??"

This is: His website "PORTRAYS" him as a tour guide around Paris.

I just had a casual squizz the other day, when a link to his site was
given here on the n/g.

Despite trying, I can't change my opinion of him - he sure upsets any
n/g that he's on, and doesn't seem to add anything positive.

So what's the use of that, it's pointless.

I sure can't see this n/g being in any way diminished if he never made
another post, or if nobody replied to ANY of his posts.

BTW, phenomenal last Alaskan image, mate!!

Regards,
John Ward

"Not4wood" wrote in message
news:E5NEh.10069$tA1.7630@trndny02...
Way to go Marcel,

I agree and I did feel bad at first. But we've had some real strange
people of late getting off on trying to stir it up in agmfs but this one
just reminds me of a stalker mentality/troll at the same time who cant
take the hint. Where is the Unabomber???

What bothers me though is his rationalizing all the time without a stop.
Making excuses for a fear of leaving the house and not experiencing real
life! Look what he says to the comments about my Alaskan images. If
thats not strange what is??

Mark G
Not4wood


"Marcel Kuijper" wrote in message
oups.com...
"Not4wood" wrote:

First, there are plenty of 747 Virtual Pilots here and good ones to I
might
add. The problem is you have ****ed off too many of them and NO ONE
wants
to help you. Get it, you've come to that point in time that now of all
things you need this group to help you after you ****ed off just about
everyone.

Well said!
I happen to care enough about this hobby (and the PMDG products I fly)
that I went
out and purchased and downloaded all the necessary manuals to help me
fly these
machines. I even bought the real FMC manual for the big Boeings.
So I know how to solve his problem.

But...I ain't gonna. Not this time.
He always knows better any way. He always has advice, which is the
exact same
advice and answer somone else conviently posted a minute sonner than
him, and
he presumes to know everything like he's flown and done everything
IRL.

Nope. This is the first time I'm declining to help someone here and
I'm not
feeling the least bit bad about myself!


Marcel