robert7467 Posted June 7, 2013 Report Posted June 7, 2013 Awesome read. It teaches you that you don't know everything as a pilot under 350 hrs. Love it 1
robert7467 Posted June 8, 2013 Author Report Posted June 8, 2013 All I can say is this hits it right on the money. I once thought I was a bad ass pilot, who flys a mooney.. Then I got my ppl, and I really thought I was on top of my game. No matter what anybody tried to tell me, I knew more than they did............. I was wrong.. I flew my family on a new ticket, into imc, and almost killed them. After taking several steps backwards, and re evaluating the what iff's I realize I don't even have a clue, and I still have a long way to go. This book emphasizes that I don't know sh!t, and I still have a long way to go. 1
Alan Fox Posted June 9, 2013 Report Posted June 9, 2013 All I can say is this hits it right on the money. I once thought I was a bad ass pilot, who flys a mooney.. Then I got my ppl, and I really thought I was on top of my game. No matter what anybody tried to tell me, I knew more than they did............. I was wrong.. I flew my family on a new ticket, into imc, and almost killed them. After taking several steps backwards, and re evaluating the what iff's I realize I don't even have a clue, and I still have a long way to go. This book emphasizes that I don't know sh!t, and I still have a long way to go. I'm pushing 800 and still feel I have a shitload more to learn , than I have learned already....
WardHolbrook Posted June 9, 2013 Report Posted June 9, 2013 I'm pushing 800 and still feel I have a shitload more to learn , than I have learned already.... I've got 15,000 hours and it pains me whenever I think about how much I still have to learn. It turns out that I'm not as smart as I used to think I was and I don't know near as much as I expected I'd know at this point in my career.
robert7467 Posted June 10, 2013 Author Report Posted June 10, 2013 I am half way through the killing zone, and abour 1/3rd way through "stick and rudder". It amazing the stuff you learn from those who have already been there. Like something I never thought about- If you are at gross, or a little over on a hot day, the plane will still get off the ground in ground effect, and most pilots think they are good to go, when its only the ground effect keeping them up. They then try to pull back thinking everything is ok, and do an accelerated stall trying to avoid the trees ahead of them, where if they would have let the airspeed increase in ground effect, then they would have cleared the trees. This is one example of a gotcha they dont teach you for your PPL, and know I know about it. I am sure I will find many more through further reading and exp.
fantom Posted June 10, 2013 Report Posted June 10, 2013 I've got 15,000 hours and it pains me whenever I think about how much I still have to learn. It turns out that I'm not as smart as I used to think I was and I don't know near as much as I expected I'd know at this point in my career. Ditto....I'm coming up on 5,000 hours and it pains me to think about how much I've forgotten and need to re-learn!
benpilot Posted June 14, 2013 Report Posted June 14, 2013 I agree. Awesome book. Reading it right now thanks to recommendations from folks here I'd never find else wise. I like the section on short field pattern work.
contrails Posted June 18, 2013 Report Posted June 18, 2013 Ditto....I'm coming up on 5,000 hours and it pains me to think about how much I've forgotten and need to re-learn! Double ditto. 23,000 hours, 30 years of airline flying and now I am getting back into GA. I feel the same way...so much to relearn!!!
robert7467 Posted June 18, 2013 Author Report Posted June 18, 2013 Yeah, things are starting to make more sense. Like the short field stuff being important to learn for LAHS operations. And slipping for crosswinds to keep the mains strait every time. I am over half way through it now and have learned a lot so far. When I am done with that I have “stick and rudder” that I have started to read. I went ahead and ordered my Jeppesen Commercial/ Instrument study materials, and IO have 2 IFR books to support the text for a better explanation.
Skybrd Posted June 19, 2013 Report Posted June 19, 2013 I am half way through the killing zone, and abour 1/3rd way through "stick and rudder". It amazing the stuff you learn from those who have already been there. Like something I never thought about- If you are at gross, or a little over on a hot day, the plane will still get off the ground in ground effect, and most pilots think they are good to go, when its only the ground effect keeping them up. They then try to pull back thinking everything is ok, and do an accelerated stall trying to avoid the trees ahead of them, where if they would have let the airspeed increase in ground effect, then they would have cleared the trees. This is one example of a gotcha they dont teach you for your PPL, and know I know about it. I am sure I will find many more through further reading and exp. Years ago I almost did this and could have bought the farm. I flew into a mountain high altitude airstrip called Templeton Meadows on the west side of Olancha Mountain in the Sierra mtns. Anyway my total times was probably in the range of this post and I thought I could fly my low powered Piper Cherokee anyplace. I was enticed by seeing two airplanes sitting on the strip so I thought that would be cool to land there too. Shortly after landing and talking to the people on the ground, I knew I messed up. One pilot smartly asked me if I brought my tools with me since he said I couldn't fly it out of there since the altitude was too high. I felt sick over this but decided to fly out anyway. I verily made it out and was flying in ground effect for a while since the plane didn't want to fly. One advantage that helped was the terrain was sloping down from the departure side and had room to gain some speed in ground effect.
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