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Scared of mid-airs
Frode
No sense in us getting hot and lathered about it. The comments I read created my response to them. Your comment about me flying around the farm in an ultralight was cute even if very inaccurate. They bother me with all the accidents I've seen them involved in. I recognize the fact that sometimes those of european extract speak in a slightly different way and can seem abrasive without meaning to can be misunderstood. I've talked to a number of pilots who survived mid-airs and they were all professional pilots. I also know, or knew, several pro pilots who were killed in mid-airs. Same can be said for people I knew who were killed in autos or on motorcycles. Also knew more than a few who were dead by other means. That doesn't mean I'm gonna just quit life or quit flying. I get quite enough scares during a normal spray season to last the rest of the year. I'll be doing it again this year with helicopters and probably get crap scared out of me at least once or twice. The normal season I'll fly 500 hours in 3 1/2 months and often near other aircraft that are also spraying. We just pay attention to the location of the other and their spray direction so we don't interfere. I suspect your idea of a near mid-air and mine are different simply by reason of experience and exposure. Cheers Rocky |
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"Ol Shy & Bashful" skrev i melding oups.com... Frode No sense in us getting hot and lathered about it. The comments I read created my response to them. Your comment about me flying around the farm in an ultralight was cute even if very inaccurate. They bother me with all the accidents I've seen them involved in. I recognize the fact that sometimes those of european extract speak in a slightly different way and can seem abrasive without meaning to can be misunderstood. I've talked to a number of pilots who survived mid-airs and they were all professional pilots. I also know, or knew, several pro pilots who were killed in mid-airs. Same can be said for people I knew who were killed in autos or on motorcycles. Also knew more than a few who were dead by other means. That doesn't mean I'm gonna just quit life or quit flying. I get quite enough scares during a normal spray season to last the rest of the year. I'll be doing it again this year with helicopters and probably get crap scared out of me at least once or twice. The normal season I'll fly 500 hours in 3 1/2 months and often near other aircraft that are also spraying. We just pay attention to the location of the other and their spray direction so we don't interfere. I suspect your idea of a near mid-air and mine are different simply by reason of experience and exposure. Cheers Rocky Thanks for taking time to post this. I feel better now. Hope you will have a great season of flying! I am a hobby pilot (for now) and will be doing hopefully some flying to and from work, if I can figure out a way to collapse my back seat to transport my instrument (I am a pro double bass player) as well as a 2 week vacation with my son hopping around Europe. Again, thanks for clearing things up, and hopefully we'll never meet in the air, but a coffe or beer on the ground would always be welcome! :-) Frode |
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Frode
What is a double bass player? Interesting in that I played cello and string bass professionally for years. I was with a symphony many years ago (50's) playing cello and was doing jazz licks when the conductor told me that was not professional. So, I began playing string bass and had a lot of fun while making money. Amazing how many pilots are also musicians and that is something I've commented on many times over the years. Did you ever have a near miss with a drummer? ggg BTW....early last year I hit a pine tree while crop spraying in Oregon. It damaged the boom and one rotor blade. I didn't know about the blade until I shut down and we saw the damage. Unfortunately that grounded the helicopter until new blades were put on. One of those deals where you had to have been there? Like I said, close to you, may be two miles to me. Again, experience and exposure. Cheers Rocky |
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Scared of mid-airs
Double bass is the same as string bass.
I do a lot of travelling, and use the airlines a lot. However it's a pain to travel with the instrument, and ground crew are not always nice to my bass. I've just assumed the bass would not fit in my Arrow until yesterday. I took it to the hangar, and found out that it fits perfectly though the door, but I need to be able to fold the back seat to avoid it obstructing the flap and trim. Also, by laying it over the back seat, the bass is not resting in a good position. It's got too much weight on the headstock, but if I can figure out an easy way to fold down the seatback, like an estate car for example, the Cherokee will be a perfect cargo hauler for me! :-) At least on VFR days...... Frode "Ol Shy & Bashful" skrev i melding oups.com... Frode What is a double bass player? Interesting in that I played cello and string bass professionally for years. I was with a symphony many years ago (50's) playing cello and was doing jazz licks when the conductor told me that was not professional. So, I began playing string bass and had a lot of fun while making money. Amazing how many pilots are also musicians and that is something I've commented on many times over the years. Did you ever have a near miss with a drummer? ggg BTW....early last year I hit a pine tree while crop spraying in Oregon. It damaged the boom and one rotor blade. I didn't know about the blade until I shut down and we saw the damage. Unfortunately that grounded the helicopter until new blades were put on. One of those deals where you had to have been there? Like I said, close to you, may be two miles to me. Again, experience and exposure. Cheers Rocky |
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Scared of mid-airs
"Ol Shy & Bashful" skrev i melding roups.com... Larry I've been flying over 50 years and have about 23,000 hours logged. I can count the number of near misses with aircraft on one finger. Ya WANNA LIVE FOREVER? sheeesh Rocky aka Ol Shy & Bashful On Wed, 10 May 2006 23:52:34 +0200, "Frode Berg" wrote in :: OK. I will not speak my mind on this forum if this is what happens. Please don't be too sensitive to what is said here. Most folks don't intend to offend anyone. Thanks to all the insightful posts by all you other people! I just needed to put some statistics into perspective. After all, I witnessed a mid air right before starting my PPL. However, tha last week I've flown a few times, and haven't thought much about it anymore. I guess mr Ol Shy here is flying around his farm in the middle of nowhere at 300 feet in his ultralight. I think you've identified the difference in your and Rocky's experiences. A higher air traffic density leads to a higher probability of a MAC. I have no idea how the traffic density over Europe compares to that over various areas of the US, but I can unequivocally state from personal experience, that the traffic density in the skies within 100 miles of LAX can be intimidating. When I was in France few years ago, I got the feeling that aside from Charles De Gaulle, Le Borget and Orly most airports were not very busy. I only have 250 hours total, and have had 3 close encounters. Not really "near misses" apart from one of them, but they were still to me uncomfortably close, so you claiming 23.000 hours with none....? Hmmm...makes you wonder... Frode Rocky's a good guy with a lot of experience to share. He's just stating his view on this subject (a bit tongue-in-cheek I suspect), as are we all. Take what you find useful, and overlook the rest. |
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Scared of mid-airs
On 10 May 2006 22:57:27 -0700, "Jay Honeck" wrote
in . com:: We ALWAYS plan three separate vacations, in three different directions. Unfortunately, those of us based in cities along the coasts have our possible destinations halved compared with those in the Midwest. |
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"Larry Dighera" wrote in message
... On 10 May 2006 22:57:27 -0700, "Jay Honeck" wrote in . com:: We ALWAYS plan three separate vacations, in three different directions. Unfortunately, those of us based in cities along the coasts have our possible destinations halved compared with those in the Midwest. And there are, of course, other problems associated with planning multiple vacations, with the intent to actually DO only one. Such as late-cancellation penalties for hotels, and the difficulty in arranging lodging when one is traveling with a pet. For example. On top of that, once you commit to a direction, you still have the problem of dealing with weather. Unless your vacation takes you only one flight leg away from home, you could potentially have to deal with weather after your first leg, and regardless there's the question of getting home. Most people don't have the luxury of picking which direction to fly AFTER the vacation. That said, even with an instrument rating, I've found that any vacation planned around a general aviation flight has to include plenty of flexibility. Without an instrument rating, things get more difficult but there's certainly no reason to think you can't take advantage of an airplane without one. You just need to build different kinds of alternate choices into your plans than you would with an instrument rating. Pete |
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Removing the rear seats (was Scared of mid-airs
In article , Frode Berg wrote: I've just assumed the bass would not fit in my Arrow until yesterday. I took it to the hangar, and found out that it fits perfectly though the door, but I need to be able to fold the back seat to avoid it obstructing the flap and trim. Frode, Turns out, it's fairly easy to remove the rear seats from an Arrow. There are 4 attach points. The rear 2 are spring-loaded and you just pull forward/up. The front 2 are on a slide and come out easily when the rear mounts are up. No tools required. HTH, Morris (BTW, welcome back. I remember you used to post a lot around here) |
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Removing the rear seats (was Scared of mid-airs
On Thu, 11 May 2006 12:52:22 -0500, Journeyman
wrote in :: Turns out, it's fairly easy to remove the rear seats from an Arrow. What does the Arrow POH say about operating with the rear seats removed? Is it approved? Does removing the rear seats require the use of a different weight and balance chart for calculations? Does it change the category from/to utility/normal? How is performance affected? |
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Scared of mid-airs
On Thu, 11 May 2006 00:57:11 GMT, "Dudley Henriques"
wrote: You're right, it IS a semantics issue. The issue of handling fear in flight as that pertains to a potential mid-air is far too complicated an issue to draw down into an axiom that suggests a student stay on the ground or in bed if the thought of a mid air "scares them". I just wouldn't handle this situation this way. It can be logically assumed that a pilot should never be in the air "consumed" with a fear of a mid air collision. Anything that even approaches the level of true fear is something no pilot can afford to entertain. But there is another side to this double edged sword, and that is the simple fact that although a pilot should never be experiencing true fear, the same pilot must fly in a constant state of what I will call for the lack of a better term, "an extremely high state of awareness to a possible mid-air". That reminds me... In all my years of flying I've never been lost. Now I have, on the ground, been extremely "positionally challenged":-)). Now knowing where you have to be even though you don't recognize any landmarks has *almost* all the criteria to call it being lost, but not quite. However even knowing where you have to be but not being able to verify it can bring a feeling of panic that takes effort to suppress. Fear is unreasoning. I have done the same thing flying by intention, (I'm mentioned this before) down low, lots of maneuvering until I lost all sense of direction. Then attempted to find land marks and this is in an area where you have to work to get lost. I made two wide circles and could not spot the edge of Saginaw Bay which had to be SSE of me. Two full turns and I could not spot it and there is was, that feeling of unease building toward panic. However I was still in a state where I could reason with myself and I knew if all else failed I could use the radios which were already on two nearby VORs. (Saginaw and West Branch) However I refused to give in and was determined to find my way back with nothing more than looking out the windows. According to the time the sun should be just west of due south. So I turned until it was in a position that should have me going due south. Sure enough, off to the SSE was the edge of Saginaw Bay on the horizon. So I turned to the SW and in about 10 to 12 minutes could spot Midland on the horizon. So what the instructor has here is the rather difficult task of suppressing actual fear as we define fear in the accurate sense, while at the same time impressing the student with the absolute importance of maintaining a constant airborne vigil as protection against a possible mid-air. This is an instructional tap dance that can leave a student confused about the issue if nothing else, and it's important that instructors see this and deal with it properly. My primary instructors put me through about every situation they could think of to ease any doubts, or rater prevent them from surfacing. A pilot stating he is developing a "fear" of having a mid-air after 200 odd hours of flying is a pilot who needs to be shown the difference between fear, which is a negative for him, and constant awareness, which is the positive desired. It's that "developing" that concerns me and I have to wonder what would have triggered such a response after several hundred hours. Of course there is such a thing as thinking about negative consequences too much and conditioning one's self to reinforce feelings we didn't realize were there. It would be my opinion that it's time to spend some time with a good instructor to find out why and to allay those fears and turn them into thoughtful concern. Done early this sort of thing is far, far easier to handle than later after it's had a chance to become entrenched. Over the years I've had some hair raising experiences. Although the worst ones were in cars I have had some close calls in airplanes as well and I've seen some really bad ones. When I totaled the Transam by broadsiding an SUV I had just enough time to see it coming, but no where to go except through him and being as I was outweighed over two to one while the SUV was mostly steel and the TA was largely plastic the odds were not in my favor. My thoughts in plain language as I watched the hood fold up and the top of the SUV disappear out of sight above the top of the windshield was :"Ohhh ****! I'll bet this is gonna hurt!" and a sad "Is this all there is?" just the instant before the air bags went off. The next thing I remember is the car spinning across the road and me unable to see out due to the dust from the air bags. However it did cross my mind that it might be better that I couldn't see out. Strange how some of those thoughts pop up. However there was nothing that I would call fear. Certainly I was concerned, but I remained in control as long as I physically could. After that I still hung on and rode it out rather than trying to curl up into a ball. You can of course sum all this up by simply saying to that pilot; "Keep your damn eyes open, but don't get carried away with it" :-) But I think this issue deserves some airing out, so that the pilot is able to come to a better understanding of himself and his flying. In this particular case I think he needs to understand that unreasoning fears can develop and "if possible" discover why he has developed this fear, how ever on some occasions we never do really find the triggering event or cause. Still it's usually possible to turn the fear into a reasonable concern that can be addressed. Just my opinion on this FWIW. In my estimation; as usual it's worth quite a bit. Regards, Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member) (N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair) www.rogerhalstead.com Dudley "Roger" wrote in message .. . On Wed, 10 May 2006 15:20:32 -0700, Mark Hansen wrote: On 05/10/06 15:02, Ol Shy & Bashful wrote: Frode Care to come take a look at my logbooks? I've been flying all over the world and much of it, about 13000 hours, crop dusting. If the thought of a midair scares you, stay on the ground, or in bed..... I assume what you meant was that no one should let the thought of a mid-air collision scare them to the point they cannot fly safely? If any person is *not* afraid of a mid-air collision, they shouldn't be flying. We may be dealing in semantics, but fear reduces our ability to function. In some people to the point of being unable to function. I am well aware of the possibility of a collision and I try to remain vigilant and concerned, but I would use the same words old Shy used. No one who is afraid/scared of part of flying should be flying. Address the fear in a realistic manner so it becomes no more than a concern. Then fly. Many students have fears and those are addressed in training and should become things of which we are aware and for which we conduct ourselves in a manner which should reduce or eliminate the chance of the collision. If you have had several near miisses in your brief career, please let me know where you will be flying so I can avoid the area? I've had thee close encounters since 1963. The last was nearly 10 years ago when landing. It was nearly dark and an ultralight pulled right in front of me just a few hundred feet off the ground when I was on final. The two previous "close encounters" were back in the 60's and within a couple of weeks of each other. Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member) (N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair) www.rogerhalstead.com |
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