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why certainly.. but only for the Capt..
B "Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe" The Sea Hawk At Wow Way D0t C0m wrote in message news:VsmdnW0lIYN9HHzanZ2dnUVZ_oimnZ2d@wideopenwest .com... "BT" wrote in message ... ... you WILL do 3 trips around the pattern solo (or with an instructor), to complete your three landings in a glider (it is a different category all its own).. before you take that friend soaring.. no exceptions.. It's three Takeoff / landings - not three trips around the pattern. So, I suspect that you could save a couple tows by doing two touch and go's before the full stop at the end of the runway, eh? You touch the main gear down, you lift the main gear up You touch the main gear down and you shake it all around. Isn't that what it's all about? -- Geoff The Sea Hawk at Wow Way d0t Com remove spaces and make the obvious substitutions to reply by mail When immigration is outlawed, only outlaws will immigrate. |
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as far as I know.. only night landings need to be full stop..
B "Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe" The Sea Hawk At Wow Way D0t C0m wrote in message news:e4WdnYKi77J8JHzanZ2dnUVZ_vumnZ2d@wideopenwest .com... "Bob F." wrote in message . .. Just supporting your point that a pattern has nothing to do with it. ;-) Does three bounces get it? At what point does a bounce become a to / landing? Far as I know, the regs don't really say... I couldn't tell you how many times I heard "how many of those are you going to log?" from my brother... -- Geoff The Sea Hawk at Wow Way d0t Com remove spaces and make the obvious substitutions to reply by mail When immigration is outlawed, only outlaws will immigrate. |
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On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:04:37 -0700 (PDT), buttman
wrote: I did. I read the whole thing before posting the topic. I don't fly gliders, but from what I know, it would be weird to just go out, get towed up and come right back 3 times for the purpose of landing currency. I figured there might be some kind of exception for gliders, considering I couldn't find any mention via a google search of anyone doing such a thing. Same goes for balloon piloting. 3 pattern tows...they tow you to pattern altitude and release. It's good practice....not just for landing, but for flying the pattern too. Might ask this over in rec.avaition.soaring... Don Byrer KJ5KB Radar Tech & Smilin' Commercial Pilot Guy Glider & CFI wannabe kj5kb-at-hotmail.com "I have slipped the surly bonds of earth; now if I can just land without bending the gear..." "Watch out for those doves...smack-smack-smack-smack..." |
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When we used to fly out of a nice grass strip in Issaquah WA, before it
closed, we used to pull out, go to about 300', pull the release, do a 180 and land right back in the opposite direction. In fact when I got my commercial in a glider, I did almost the same but instead of a simple 180, it was precede by a 360 to meet the requirements. This may sound low but in a 126 the problem was "getting down" and stopping. I had to do some serious slipping on a few of them. -- Regards, BobF. "Don Byrer" wrote in message ... On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:04:37 -0700 (PDT), buttman wrote: I did. I read the whole thing before posting the topic. I don't fly gliders, but from what I know, it would be weird to just go out, get towed up and come right back 3 times for the purpose of landing currency. I figured there might be some kind of exception for gliders, considering I couldn't find any mention via a google search of anyone doing such a thing. Same goes for balloon piloting. 3 pattern tows...they tow you to pattern altitude and release. It's good practice....not just for landing, but for flying the pattern too. Might ask this over in rec.avaition.soaring... Don Byrer KJ5KB Radar Tech & Smilin' Commercial Pilot Guy Glider & CFI wannabe kj5kb-at-hotmail.com "I have slipped the surly bonds of earth; now if I can just land without bending the gear..." "Watch out for those doves...smack-smack-smack-smack..." |
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Bob F. wrote:
So, if it's one loooong runway, or on a river in a float plane, can you take off and land, take off and land and take off and land without going around the pattern to qualify? I used to get my night currency at KPHX (after the commercial guys had gone to bed) without flying patterns. Tower would have me takeoff, turn a 180 at the end of the runway, land, stop, then throttle up and do it again in the opposite direction. Three full-stops took about 5 min. John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180) -- Message posted via http://www.aviationkb.com |
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hmm...seems CTAF, night, after tower closes, recorder still running, all you
need is a radio...you figure the rest. -- Regards, BobF. "JGalban via AviationKB.com" u32749@uwe wrote in message news:8172d3204800f@uwe... Bob F. wrote: So, if it's one loooong runway, or on a river in a float plane, can you take off and land, take off and land and take off and land without going around the pattern to qualify? I used to get my night currency at KPHX (after the commercial guys had gone to bed) without flying patterns. Tower would have me takeoff, turn a 180 at the end of the runway, land, stop, then throttle up and do it again in the opposite direction. Three full-stops took about 5 min. John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180) -- Message posted via http://www.aviationkb.com |
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JGalban via AviationKB.com wrote:
I used to get my night currency at KPHX (after the commercial guys had gone to bed) without flying patterns. Tower would have me takeoff, turn a 180 at the end of the runway, land, stop, then throttle up and do it again in the opposite direction. Three full-stops took about 5 min. I've done the same. It's fun! G |
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"BT" wrote in message
... as far as I know.. only night landings need to be full stop.. B Also tailwheel. And having suggested the 3 bounce thing - I wonder if that is the reason for requiring full stops for a taildragger - it would be real easy to make a pass down the runway doing several wheelies in a row... But to get serious for a moment, I would like to make it clear that I am not suggesting that the 3 bounces are a good idea or anything adequate for someone who hasn't manged to get out three times in the last 90 days... -- Geoff The Sea Hawk at Wow Way d0t Com remove spaces and make the obvious substitutions to reply by mail When immigration is outlawed, only outlaws will immigrate. |
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yes also tail wheel..
and I knew you were just having fun with the bounce thing.. B "Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe" The Sea Hawk At Wow Way D0t C0m wrote in message news:fpydnSQ9zvciU3_anZ2dnUVZ_veinZ2d@wideopenwest .com... "BT" wrote in message ... as far as I know.. only night landings need to be full stop.. B Also tailwheel. And having suggested the 3 bounce thing - I wonder if that is the reason for requiring full stops for a taildragger - it would be real easy to make a pass down the runway doing several wheelies in a row... But to get serious for a moment, I would like to make it clear that I am not suggesting that the 3 bounces are a good idea or anything adequate for someone who hasn't manged to get out three times in the last 90 days... -- Geoff The Sea Hawk at Wow Way d0t Com remove spaces and make the obvious substitutions to reply by mail When immigration is outlawed, only outlaws will immigrate. |
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buttman wrote:
Does anyone know of a comprehensive list somewhere that lays out each and every category/class combo that the FAA recognizes? Of course, the list is even more confusing in that the TAILWHEEL and NIGHT cover tricycle gear and day respectively. You could cover all your single engine (non typed) currency by doing 3 full stop landings in a tailwheel aircraft at night. |
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