Comments on: Not flying – What I don’t miss

By: Max Trescott

Max Trescott — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:20:27 +0000

Vincent,
Don’t despair–you’re foregoing some flying for what should be a great flying adventure. In some ways it may be similar to our friend Monika’s FlyAbout trip she did circumnavigating Australia. Regarding the airplane currency problem, one of the side benefits of getting my CFI was that the club rules don’t require individual aircraft currency for CFIs which makes sense except in extreme cases (e.g. I wouldn’t teach in a DA42 if I hadn’t flown it for a year–but I’d have no qualms about doing so in a C172RG). Definitely consider getting your CFI sometime.

By: Julien

Julien — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:42:37 +0000

A further level of optimisation and complexity is added when you mix low-wing and high-wing aircraft in the same hangar! Lots of fun. I saw an ad recently for an elevator system that doubles up the capacity of any hangar with a high enough ceiling. Surely a good idea, but this somehow makes me feel very nervous. I prefer aircraft suspended in the air under their own power.

By: Sylvia

Sylvia — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:45:09 +0000

I’m so sorry you aren’t flying at the moment. But you’ll have a GREAT time in the U.S.

I will say that staying current is causing me major issues lately.

I like the description of hangar tetris!

By: Matthew Stibbe

Matthew Stibbe — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:57:25 +0000

The thing I like the least about the winter is putting covers back on a plane in the cold early evening. Especially with the wing covers we use on the Cirrus. My fingers get very cold. Ergghhh. Matthew

By: Julien

Julien — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 07:20:37 +0000

I had a few night flights cancelled at the last minute recently for my Night VFR Rating, but I only have myself to blame. Because I always delude myself into thinking that the weather forecast will get better once I’m at the airport, I always make the 45-minute drive to the airport, sit around, and eventually decide with my instructor that we won’t be flying tonight. If I strictly believed what the weather forecast says, I would have saved quite a few hours spent in traffic over the last months.

As to the previous guy not returning the airplane on time… Once the guy before was 30 minutes late, and blamed it on headwinds on the way back. Sure. For a local flight of about one hour. I’m sure if a 100kt wind had been blowing anywhere in the area on that day it would have made the headlines of national newspapers.