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Gezellig wrote:
WOW you guys are great, thanks for all the pointers, I learned sumpin from everyone. I'm chair sitting, sledding and reading all at once! I used to live in San Mateo. When I go back there, the airspace seems insanely crowded -- "you're 6th in line behind blahblahblah!" Are you flying with West Valley? |
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Actually SQL is a busy, yet not busy airport; i.e. you taxi to the runway
and you're flying pretty shortly after that. I did my CMEL at SQL and I don't recall any long waits. The tower guys are great. I was up in the tower once when some guy comes flying in and *seriously* did not know his left from his right. Tower would ask him to turn left and he'd turn right etc. He didn't know the runways either. The tower guys had to start saying things like: "Look which side of the panel your airspeed indicator is on and turn that way." The atmosphere alternated between professional concern to amusement. This guy was all over the airspace - scarey. PAO is a lot more crowded. I was once about 6th in line and announced "Cessna 12345 in sequence runway 31, Angel Flight". The reply was "Cessna 345, if you can, taxi around the other aircraft, cleared for take-off" Nice. RHV can get busy, but if you can fit in with the flow on busy days, it's easy enough. Perhaps the quietest place nowadays is SJC Intl if you don't mind mixing it with 737s and DC-10s - they don't share the short runway with you fortunately. The Bay Area is a great place to fly, Napa is 40 minutes, Monterey is 30, Tahoe is 1:20, Yosemite is 50 minutes, Harris Ranch is 1:00, etc... Hilton "Shirl" wrote in message ... Gezellig wrote: WOW you guys are great, thanks for all the pointers, I learned sumpin from everyone. I'm chair sitting, sledding and reading all at once! I used to live in San Mateo. When I go back there, the airspace seems insanely crowded -- "you're 6th in line behind blahblahblah!" Are you flying with West Valley? |
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Shirl:
I used to live in San Mateo. When I go back there, the airspace seems insanely crowded -- "you're 6th in line behind blahblahblah!" Are you flying with West Valley? "Hilton" wrote: Actually SQL is a busy, yet not busy airport; i.e. you taxi to the runway and you're flying pretty shortly after that. I did my CMEL at SQL and I don't recall any long waits. The tower guys are great. I was up in the tower once when some guy comes flying in and *seriously* did not know his left from his right. Tower would ask him to turn left and he'd turn right etc. He didn't know the runways either. The tower guys had to start saying things like: "Look which side of the panel your airspeed indicator is on and turn that way." The atmosphere alternated between professional concern to amusement. This guy was all over the airspace - scarey. PAO is a lot more crowded. I was once about 6th in line and announced "Cessna 12345 in sequence runway 31, Angel Flight". The reply was "Cessna 345, if you can, taxi around the other aircraft, cleared for take-off" Nice. RHV can get busy, but if you can fit in with the flow on busy days, it's easy enough. Perhaps the quietest place nowadays is SJC Intl if you don't mind mixing it with 737s and DC-10s - they don't share the short runway with you fortunately. The Bay Area is a great place to fly, Napa is 40 minutes, Monterey is 30, Tahoe is 1:20, Yosemite is 50 minutes, Harris Ranch is 1:00, etc... That's true, about all those great places only being minutes away. I also love to go from either SQL or PAO over the hill to Half Moon Bay and fly along the coast when the clouds aren't sitting right on the hill. Hollister was cool, too. My daughter was a CFI at PAO, and you're right, that place is even busier than SQL. That's where I was also 6th in line, but as you said, the controllers are very good, and amazingly, even with multiple schools and only one runway, there were no long waits as there are here at DVT (Arizona) where you can sit for 20 minutes or more waiting to be cleared for takeoff. Hayward and Livermore seem pretty nice, less busy ... I'm just not used to, and not crazy about flying over the bay! ;-) Shirl |
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Hello,
I just began flight training and had a similar problem with steering on the ground. My guy says left hand on your knee and right on the throttle. It is too easy to wind up going too fast, especially when you are new. (for me anyway) give it a little gas to move the plane then have your hand on the throttle to adjust speed. "Gezellig" wrote in message ... Last Friday, I went up for an introductory flight lesson out of the San Carlos airport. WOW!!!!!! I have been dreaming about learning to fly since I was in my teens. All the time I was in the air the lines of that famous poem kept going through my head "Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth.........". When we landed (I didn't want to ever come down :-)) the instructor asked me if I thought I would be interested in flying and I told him that wild horses couldn't stop me now and proceeded to sign-up for two flight days the following week. I had my second flight day, this afternoon, practicing a variety of turns while maintaining (or making attempts to) altitude. One question I had for the instructors out there - what I seemed to find more awkward than anything was steering the nose wheel using my feet on the rudder pedals. The people in the control tower must have thought I looked like a wounded bird taxing out to hold position before takeoff. Is there some 'trick' to getting the hang of this, so often I would be tempted to reach up and turn the control yoke but resisted the temptation (due to its futility). Once again, thank you all for your posts on this newsgroup. I finally just made myself go out and start. I fly again, on Friday and will keep you posted. Meanwhile I am going to pour over some of the aviation training books to review some of the things I learned today. Just starting out, but I am so excited! |
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On 05/02/08 05:12, tj wrote:
Hello, I just began flight training and had a similar problem with steering on the ground. My guy says left hand on your knee and right on the throttle. It is too easy to wind up going too fast, especially when you are new. (for me anyway) give it a little gas to move the plane then have your hand on the throttle to adjust speed. Just remember that while these are good tactics for getting used to controlling direction with the rudder pedals, you don't want to make this a permanent habit. You'll generally need one hand on the yoke/stick to apply proper control deflections for any cross winds that may be blowing across your taxi route. This will come a little later in your training. Best Regards, -- Mark Hansen, PP-ASEL, Instrument Airplane, USUA Ultralight Pilot Cal Aggie Flying Farmers Sacramento, CA |
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"Nomen Nescio" wrote in message
... That's a GREAT idea. Simple, effective, easy to practice. I wish I'd thought of it 35 years ago. Did you come up with that, yourself? Yup. I invented it. I collect a royalty every time someone chair-flies. Some people get around the fee by bench-flying. |
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Nomen Nescio wrote:
Wait until you've done an intense hour of touch & go's, get in you car to drive home, accelerate through about 40-45 mph, and realize that you're starting to apply back pressure to the steering wheel. ....and taxiing straight down the centerline. -c |
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"gatt" wrote in message ... Nomen Nescio wrote: Wait until you've done an intense hour of touch & go's, get in you car to drive home, accelerate through about 40-45 mph, and realize that you're starting to apply back pressure to the steering wheel. ...and taxiing straight down the centerline. -c I remember sensations when I first started also. Steering with you feet, not turning the yoke as you turn, wanting to hold a little back pressure driving home, etc. But the oddest sensation for me has been riding the Segways. The first few rides on one of them, and I was glad I wasn't FLYING home. The car was bad enough. |
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"Maxwell" luv2^fly99@cox.^net wrote in
news "gatt" wrote in message ... Nomen Nescio wrote: Wait until you've done an intense hour of touch & go's, get in you car to drive home, accelerate through about 40-45 mph, and realize that you're starting to apply back pressure to the steering wheel. ...and taxiing straight down the centerline. -c I remember sensations when I first started also. Steering with you feet, not turning the yoke as you turn, wanting to hold a little back pressure driving home, etc. But the oddest sensation for me has been riding the Segways. The first few rides on one of them, and I was glad I wasn't FLYING home. I'm sure the people along your track would be as well. Bertie |
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AND driving down the center line!
Dave On Fri, 2 May 2008 06:00:30 +0200 (CEST), Nomen Nescio wrote: Wait until you've done an intense hour of touch & go's, get in you car to drive home, accelerate through about 40-45 mph, and realize that you're starting to apply back pressure to the steering wheel. - |
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