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I determined from this experience weather is as forecast only part of the time. Sometimes it may be better but other times it will be worse, so assume forecasts are more like opinions than facts. “This is what license to learn means,” I thought to myself as I was bumping along in the warm summer air. No, the big lesson was yet to come.
If you’re a student pilot, your lessons are probably consumed with trips to the practice area, planning cross countries and honing your pattern and landing skills – fun stuff. Even those of us with thousands of hours will stay sharp by going out on a sunny Sunday to practice turns around a point.
A rule of thumb has been attributed to many origins (including the largest stick a man could use to beat his wife) but is generally meant to mean a “reliable approximation.” I fly – and live – by rules of thumb. I want to share three of these and pass on some good advice that may keep you flying and alive for a long time.
“Low wing airplanes were designed by the very devil himself. How do I know this? Because birds were designed by God and he created them with high wings”- quote by the late John Frank, Cessna Pilots Association. You don’t have to hang around airports, airplanes or pilots very long until someone will crank up the […]
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