Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Gman on September 26, 2018, 11:12:59 PM
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Maggie Taraska, 17 years old, about 50 hours total, was doing her first solo x country flight. The right wheel/gear fell off her Warrior on take off. Great video/audio of her landing, some articles as well. Great job from the ATC, instructor, and especially the young pilot. Her parents both went to the AF Academy and she has applied as well - hope she gets accepted.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B229-KLudTo
http://www.salemnews.com/news/local_news/teen-pilot-confident-under-pressure/article_6f647468-9b02-55b2-af23-451d3e113e57.html
https://abcnews.go.com/US/teen-pilots-mom-describes-nerve-wracking-minutes-watching/story?id=57745039
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I had seen that back when it happened. She was impressive as well as the bunch on the ground.
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That’s nothing. On my first solo cross country I.... :old:
What my first solo entailed was way crazier than this. :old:
(50 hours on solo X-C? Got my PPL on my 17th BD with 44.) :old:
#Legend
#Airwolf
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Very well done Maggie! :aok
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That’s nothing. On my first solo cross country I.... :old:
What my first solo entailed was way crazier than this. :old:
(50 hours on solo X-C? Got my PPL on my 17th BD with 44.) :old:
#Legend
#Airwolf
Remember that some people don't have the time to do it quickly so you will likely have more hours if you do it with long breaks between flights and ground school or instructor changes.
Got my private in 5 weeks at 40.5 hours.
I also had a vacuum failure and a surprise pop up cloud as I turned from base to final on returning from my first solo cross country. A few seconds of IMC with non-functional attitude indicator wasn't too bad because the turn indicator is electric.
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Remember that some people don't have the time to do it quickly so you will likely have more hours if you do it with long breaks between flights and ground school or instructor changes.
Got my private in 5 weeks at 40.5 hours.
I also had a vacuum failure and a surprise pop up cloud as I turned from base to final on returning from my first solo cross country. A few seconds of IMC with non-functional attitude indicator wasn't too bad because the turn indicator is electric.
I started mine at 15. You can do the math on breaks. I wound up at 44 because one of my instructors missed some requirement and we had to do it again.
(I also have about 1500 hours of piston dual given, mostly to Private Pilot students. My average is a right at 45 per.)
On my XC I logged about 0.3 of full on Instrument. Damn lucky--and nobody's fault but my own.
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I started mine at 15. You can do the math on breaks. I wound up at 44 because one of my instructors missed some requirement and we had to do it again.
(I also have about 1500 hours of piston dual given, mostly to Private Pilot students. My average is a right at 45 per.)
On my XC I logged about 0.3 of full on Instrument. Damn lucky--and nobody's fault but my own.
Is it just me, or does anyone else find this thread diverging from her accomplishment (and good fortune).
I too learned to fly at age 15 in 1962. To me, all that demonstrates is that teenagers are too dumb to choose a good career over the "glamour" of flying airplanes. In no way does starting as a kid make you a star... some of the finest pilots I worked with over my career entered the airline in their mid 30's .... mostly due to the ridiculous costs of getting the necessary flying credentials.
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Is it just me, or does anyone else find this thread diverging from her accomplishment (and good fortune).
As usual.
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Is it just me, or does anyone else find this thread diverging from her accomplishment (and good fortune).
It’s the internet. It’s a requirement!
I too learned to fly at age 15 in 1962. To me, all that demonstrates is that teenagers are too dumb to choose a good career over the "glamour" of flying airplanes. In no way does starting as a kid make you a star... some of the finest pilots I worked with over my career entered the airline in their mid 30's .... mostly due to the ridiculous costs of getting the necessary flying credentials.
Generally speaking the best guys I’ve flown with have come with 121 Regional or military experience—age was not an indicator (though the up and coming generation of today seems to have a sense of entitlement completely foreign to my peer group). The weakest are the pure 91. Standardization and CRM are the biggest variables between the two groups (I count 121 and military the same for this discussion).
Most of us who started as teens (I was flying with my dad before I could walk) have had the love of flying squeezed out of us by the industry. I still love it, and it's the only thing I've ever wanted to do since I was three but...a lot of good people have been run out by unethical weasels who backstab their way to the top. The seniority system in the airlines is both a blessing and a curse here, but in corporate/charter...there is a lot of political cutthroat (a game the good guys don’t play) and it has had some devastating effects.
I was glad I did the 121 thing. Some of the best training I ever got was commuting in the cockpit JS on SWA, TWA, etc. I also got to learn from some very good pilots while flying the line. It continues to be a help all these years later.
As far as a career goes, the kids coming in now have it made. Age 65 guys will be leaving in droves and seniority will be easy to get. No more being parked at a regional for a decade making peanuts.
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You can tell from her voice that this girl was terrified. You have to be pretty brave to be that scared and still carry on. A big salute to this pilot and the controller and the instructor who talked her through it.
:salute :salute :salute
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You can tell from her voice that this girl was terrified. You have to be pretty brave to be that scared and still carry on. A big salute to this pilot and the controller and the instructor who talked her through it.
:salute :salute :salute
Yup.... when things go wrong.... fly the plane.
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A big salute to this pilot and the controller and the instructor who talked her through it.
And how.
Wonder who the tower woman was? What a fantastic job she did. One of those controller-of-the-year awards for her.
Thanks, Gman, for posting this. As I listened to the tape, it made me think of my daughter, and I found it very moving.
- oldman