Author Topic: Thanks to Aces High (Read 502 times)

Skuzzy · « **Reply #15 on:** October 17, 2002, 02:53:54 PM »

Congratulations moose!

Fatty · « **Reply #16 on:** October 17, 2002, 02:56:13 PM »

Did you ever land at the right airport?

hitech · « **Reply #17 on:** October 17, 2002, 02:57:25 PM »

Congrats moose!!!

With luck my check ride is tommorow.

HiTech

Flossy · « **Reply #18 on:** October 17, 2002, 04:18:26 PM »

Zeb did his first solo in 1988 after 11.5 hours....

Took another 6 months after that to get his full license. HiTech, I hope your checkride is less eventful than Zeb's was! His radio failed just short of the second away landing and in the confusion he did his downwind leg on the wrong side of the circuit! Still passed though. These pictures were taken a couple of weeks later:

This is a picture of me and a rather young Cloud (Deryk) inspecting 'Echo Foxtrot' before another flight at Blackpool

Cloud *will* get in that Cherokee !!

hitech · « **Reply #19 on:** October 17, 2002, 05:02:41 PM »

Btw moose, did you find AH tought you to fly,built in stall reactions and such, but landings are way different do to wind gusts?

Mitsu · « **Reply #20 on:** October 17, 2002, 05:25:48 PM »

Mooose, congratulations!

Bonden · « **Reply #21 on:** October 17, 2002, 05:55:06 PM »

WTG Moose - did they cut your shirt tail off for ya? C'mon over to MVY some day, I'll buy lunch

Bonden

Vulcan · « **Reply #22 on:** October 17, 2002, 06:02:03 PM »

There were some issues, possibly AH influenced:

- couldn't find the re-arm pad
- confused the tower when he asked if the ack was down @ the field
- views not mapped to the stick hat caused some initial problems
- 3-keypress engine hack didn't work
- why can't I take my beer and pizza with me?
- instructor wasn't sure how many perkies a cessna is worth
- had to apologise after calling Check 6 on a passing 737
- accused a nearby Piper of warping

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Originally posted by hitech
Btw moose, did you find AH tought you to fly,built in stall reactions and such, but landings are way different do to wind gusts?

palef · « **Reply #23 on:** October 17, 2002, 06:05:42 PM »

Geez Vulcan, that was actually funny!!! See you can be funny if you try!

palef

Gman · « **Reply #24 on:** October 17, 2002, 06:52:46 PM »

HT, I found that exact thing to be precisely true. I'm at a whopping 4 hours myself, and much to Toad and Fester's amusement when I told them, the thing that freaked me out WAS the wind gusts, especially on take-off/landing. Learning in a mountain airport at 4000 feet probably doesn't help this, but ya, I found that controlling the aircraft, responding to stalls and the little shoves off course you get from wind etc in level flight was inherently easier due to AH, but landing in the wind I had no "microsoft" skills, as my instructor put it.

Of course, I told him MS sucks and he should fly Aces High.

Animal · « **Reply #25 on:** October 17, 2002, 07:28:56 PM »

how much are the hours costing you in that cessna?

my solo time goes for about $70 in a 152 and $90 in a 172

moose · « **Reply #26 on:** October 17, 2002, 07:41:21 PM »

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Originally posted by hitech
Btw moose, did you find AH tought you to fly,built in stall reactions and such, but landings are way different do to wind gusts?

Exactly put ht, although I got the landing flare right the 1st time during a 30kt gusting wind a few weeks ago. It's a lot easier with a headwind slowing you down, and today was actually a lot harder because a northeaster just blew through so we had clear skies, 60 degrees, and no wind at all. Plane just didn't want to get on the ground at all.

Stalls, slips, and coordinated turns are just like in the game. After my 2nd lesson, my instructor asked me repeatedly if I had flown a plane before

Deja, if the FAA had a spelling test along with the huge presolo packet I had to do, i think both ht and I would be s.o.l.

Animal, it's $70/hr for a 172, + $30/hr for instructor (Mine's excellent, he graduated Daniel Webster last spring and is a couple of years older then I am so we get along real well) They have a Piper Arrow for $95 an hour which I plan on taking up. That has the variable-pitch prop with manifold pressure and stuff and I'm really looking forward to that.

Of course lessons are running me very dry on money

I don't drive much anymore because flying feels a lot more natural for some reason. I wish I had the cash to get my commercial but I don't think i'll be able to keep the pace i'm at for 250 hours

Blue Mako · « **Reply #27 on:** October 17, 2002, 08:50:03 PM »

Flew my first solo circuit after 3.6 hours in a C152

SKurj · « **Reply #28 on:** October 17, 2002, 10:41:45 PM »

Hmm in a cessna i would call it duel instruction.... not alotta room in them things +)

SKurj

wtg moose!! 5.5 hours... geez at that rate mebbe I could afford it... well when i graduate and get a real job...

Sancho · « **Reply #29 on:** October 17, 2002, 11:20:34 PM »

congrats moose. hope to do that myself someday.