tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12079088.post507968745935355561..comments2023-10-30T05:30:14.873-07:00Comments on I'm a OK guy: There I Waz....I'm a OK guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11843155822153452980noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12079088.post-25305659657299369952016-11-12T10:43:47.402-08:002016-11-12T10:43:47.402-08:00Sylvain,
For level flight without a horizon, natu...Sylvain,<br /><br />For level flight without a horizon, natural or artificial, your primary instrument is the Altitude Indicator supported by the Rate of Climb Indicator.<br /><br />Way back when I was but a wee lad pilots were trained to fly instruments without reference to an Attitude Indicator. It was called flying partial panel or flying "needle ball and airspeed". If you have a Heading Indicator it is not that hard, if all you have for heading is the whiskey compass it can be pretty ugly. You wouldn't want to shoot a low WX approach that way but with reasonable WX you can do OK. <br /><br />True partial panel flying along with use of the ADF (Automatic Direction Finder) are not in the skill set of modern pilots. It is neither a good thing or bad, it is just the way things are. Technology has rendered both the flying equivalent of tits on a boar hog.<br /><br />ken I'm a OK guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11843155822153452980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12079088.post-91516722970315185472016-11-12T10:21:36.929-08:002016-11-12T10:21:36.929-08:00Bob,
Sims can be very real, so real sometimes the...Bob,<br /><br />Sims can be very real, so real sometimes the client will forget they are in a Sim. The good news when you red screen you can walk away with just a red face. <br /><br />BTW, I've yet to run into a pilot that if they needed a crash I couldn't provide one. Sometimes it takes a red screen to get their attention. Of course afterwards I show great concern while given the Scooby Do chuckle under my breath. <br /><br />Bottom line never screw with your bartender, waiter, or Sim instructor, it ain't worth it :-).<br /><br />ken I'm a OK guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11843155822153452980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12079088.post-82149162718753536372016-11-12T08:39:49.330-08:002016-11-12T08:39:49.330-08:00If you don't see the natural horizon either, h...If you don't see the natural horizon either, how do you keep level; with the rate of climb indicator? (assuming you know the correct power setting).<br />One has to look to the emergency attitude indicator from time to time. A very experienced pilot was trapped in the sim with a frozen horizon (no red flag).<br />Sylvain<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12079088.post-44149953916640138412016-11-12T07:21:43.392-08:002016-11-12T07:21:43.392-08:00And my favorite...After managing to take off and l...And my favorite...After managing to take off and leveling off...: Ground man to pilot, can I disconnect now? LOL<br /><br />BobValley Woodworkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322487171914484954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12079088.post-85766031456143044212016-11-12T07:19:39.750-08:002016-11-12T07:19:39.750-08:00In the mids 80s I was working in the Avionic shop ...In the mids 80s I was working in the Avionic shop in Bagotville (Fighter East) the new CF18 simulator was in the building in front of us. On nite shift when we were not too busy, we used to go over and play in the Sim. Of course going in with your buddies was not easy... We always throw everything at us, engines fire on take off etc, I crashed so many times it was sinful :-)<br />We also imitated Bitching Betty voice in the cockpit: Your door is ajar, your trunk is open etc Hrs of fun and good memories :-)<br /><br />Bob, the old Avionics tech<br />Valley Woodworkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322487171914484954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12079088.post-77363616747419646002016-11-12T03:45:27.028-08:002016-11-12T03:45:27.028-08:00Matt,
If a pilot is smart, their best friend is t...Matt,<br /><br />If a pilot is smart, their best friend is the fellow that keeps their aircraft flying. Squawks and mechanics were the best teachers I had.<br /><br />ken I'm a OK guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11843155822153452980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12079088.post-24734557652384558372016-11-12T03:39:28.299-08:002016-11-12T03:39:28.299-08:00Andy,
Thanks for the link. What a masterful displ...Andy,<br /><br />Thanks for the link. What a masterful display of skill. Longline operators are working in such a dynamic environment where everything is changing and moving....just amazing.<br /><br />My time with Evergreen supplied me with war stories that will last the rest of my life. Smith's passing was a loss of an era of aviation. There are a few more of 'em left but as with most things as it matures it is drained of color. The new world is better but the old one sure was fun. <br /><br />Now the question is where will we find folks with the skill set to do those jobs and the guys with the vision to hire them. <br /><br />ken I'm a OK guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11843155822153452980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12079088.post-58585500672357966682016-11-11T23:14:16.841-08:002016-11-11T23:14:16.841-08:00I served in the East coast A6 training squadron du...I served in the East coast A6 training squadron during the mid 1970's and we would get folks come down from Washington to get their flight time.Most were 04 and above and had served in the Gulf and we're not shy about pushing aircraft to the limits.The A6 was a very rugged airframe but had wing tanks that were caulked and not bladders. We who worked on them could tell how hard they were pushed during flight as the wings would piss fuel when taken to the limit.As a airman I spent quite a bit of time on the other end of a caulking gun. But yep you could tell by the smiles on their faces they loved to fly.Matt Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11164729050216872805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12079088.post-84447964999984099652016-11-11T22:16:50.992-08:002016-11-11T22:16:50.992-08:00Sorry, here's the link: https://www.c-span.or...Sorry, here's the link: https://www.c-span.org/video/?51789-1/statue-freedom-replacement<br />Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10394365117138074832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12079088.post-26491491837071500192016-11-11T22:15:49.535-08:002016-11-11T22:15:49.535-08:00Great story. BTW, Erickson Air-crane filed for ba...Great story. BTW, Erickson Air-crane filed for bankruptcy. Apparently they couldn't pay off all the debt they took on to buy the helicopter operations of Evergreen in 2013. I used to live near their operations center in Central Point, Oregon and loved to see those Sikorskys fly. I think they own the type certificate for them. Did you ever see this video (begin watching at about 1:21:50)?Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10394365117138074832noreply@blogger.com