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Offline Mustaine

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« on: July 10, 2006, 04:30:56 PM »
Saturday Aug, 5 13:00 in a Cessna 172

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http://www.flymilwaukee.com/

:aok :O

kind of just did it on a whim lol.
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« Reply #1 on: July 10, 2006, 04:39:59 PM »
Right on!
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« Reply #2 on: July 10, 2006, 04:43:58 PM »
glad i am a few thousand miles away
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« Reply #3 on: July 10, 2006, 10:02:11 PM »
Careful it's an addicting experiance.
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« Reply #4 on: July 10, 2006, 11:35:24 PM »
Mustaine, did you go to that be a pilot deal or just to the school?
I have really wanted to get my licsense and was thinking of going thru the be a pilot routine.
just not sure what way is best yet at this point
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« Reply #5 on: July 11, 2006, 07:45:10 AM »
Make sure the guys gives you the yoke from the time you lift off to final approach. You can do, especially if you can fly in Aces High.

He will work the radio and the throttle. Don't be shy.
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« Reply #6 on: July 11, 2006, 08:07:46 AM »
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Make sure the guys gives you the yoke from the time you lift off to final approach. You can do, especially if you can fly in Aces High.

He will work the radio and the throttle. Don't be shy.


Yup, it really isn't hard.  The time I did it I had to beg the instructor to take the yoke as we were landing...the only reason being that I found it really weird when we were taxiing out to the runway getting ready to take off that I had to steer with my feet.  I kept turning the "yoke" and would obviously get no response.  I was really worried about doing something by mistake when we touched down and flipping the plane or something.

The pilot said I did a great job though...nice and fluid on the turns and nothing that gave him any concern at all.
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« Reply #7 on: July 11, 2006, 09:25:50 AM »
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Make sure the guys gives you the yoke from the time you lift off to final approach. You can do, especially if you can fly in Aces High.

He will work the radio and the throttle. Don't be shy.
Oh i'll keep that in mind, though I know I'm gonna be a bit jumpy, see I love to fly, and have as a passenger probably over 500 times, but i still get white knuckled during any turbulance. I'm kind of hoping that if i am on the stick I wont be as worried :eek

thats why I'm just doing a intro flight. who knows, maybe I'm not up to the whole flying a small can of metal waiting to plow into a field and crush me :lol


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Mustaine, did you go to that be a pilot deal or just to the school?
I have really wanted to get my licsense and was thinking of going thru the be a pilot routine.
just not sure what way is best yet at this point
Well, I don't have the money to do the full pilot thing, maybe the sport pilot but not full... I just really got the itch to try it, and found this school really really close to home. turns out a member of the youth ministry at my friends church has his private liscense, but let it lapse since he started a family and misionary work out of the country. he went to this school and recommended it.
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« Reply #8 on: July 11, 2006, 01:34:40 PM »
Sounds like fun JB37 (:D)!

Remember, no fart jokes prior to takeoff and all should go fine. Also avoid trying to vulch other planes.
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« Reply #9 on: July 11, 2006, 01:48:34 PM »
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avoid trying to vulch other planes.
:lol will have to keep that in mind.

will they allow me to tape a gunsight onto the windsheild at least?
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« Reply #10 on: July 11, 2006, 04:45:20 PM »
Don't want to worry you but..............I'm going to anyway. An instructor once told me of how he was taking a student on an introductory flight. Now this guy 'flew' flight sims and talked the talk.  Seemed to know his stuff. When he asked the instructor if he could handle the controls during take off, the instructor allowed him to do so, although normally he wouldn't.

The take off roll was uneventful until the aeroplane lifted off the ground. At this point the student shouted 'No, no, no' and pushed the yoke hard forward. The instructor retook control and landed heavily swung off the runway, thinking that the guy had seen something wrong. After recovering his composure the instructor asked what was wrong. 'I just got scared'. was the reply.  :eek:  Seems the real thing is a bit different than sims:rofl
When they taxyed back in. The guy had got over his fright and was last seen trying to book another introductory flight!

But seriously don't worry, just do exactly what the instructor says and  relax. It is really very hard to get hurt in a light aircraft on a clear day. The 172 is a nice cuddly safe aircraft. Turbulence is mostly a non event, after a while you hardly notice the smaller bumps.  If you don't land with a big smile on your face. I will be surprised.
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« Reply #11 on: July 12, 2006, 09:42:40 AM »
thanks :aok

though I could be totally off base, I think I have flown enough as a passenger to not freak out on take-off, and probably in a live or die must do situation I could probably do it without a problem. I am not going to ask for that, NOR landing. honestly that spooks me more than anything. there are too many ways I could screw up a landing. heck I can barely do it in AH :rofl


the "great" thing is this is going to be the weekend after the EAA Airventure fly-in / airshow I will be at. :aok  I'll probably be antsy and raring to go all week long. :lol
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« Reply #12 on: July 12, 2006, 10:01:43 AM »
Also remember that rolling from the hangar is not a mission planner screw up by the instructor.
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« Reply #13 on: July 12, 2006, 10:38:15 AM »
Also, inverted hangar passes in the C-172 are discouraged by most FBOs.
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« Reply #14 on: July 12, 2006, 10:47:54 AM »
One more thing.  Its good luck (especially for your first flight) to chant "Allah Ackbar" repeatedly right as the plane is leaving the ground.  The louder you chant it, the more luck you will get.  Plus, this will make the pilot more comfortable, seeing as how he will recognize that you know about aviation culture.
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