A nerds dream is not to try and land a plane, a nerds dream is to land a space ship (or get laid, depending on who's stereo type you prefer).
YMMV. Knowing that I'd never have the opportunity to land a space ship, the next best thing was landing an airplane. Don't like the article, don't read it. And at a minimum, don't rage about it...it tends to get you modded down.
I had several instructors (got my ticket back in the '80s), and most all of them said it at one time or another. I'd be amazed if yours hasn't at least heard the phrase.
I'll disagree. At night depth perception is lost (there are plenty of articles available on this), so queues to your AGL height are lost. I have a few hundred daytime landings under my belt, and the nighttime lands definitely raise the pucker factor.
This exactly. Nighttime is a completely different world than landing in daylight. There's a reason why the FAA requires instructors to sign off your logbook for it. It's very much like doing an precision instrument landing because you really don't have the same visual cues, only lights and instruments.
Depends. I did my first solo with 11 hours. When there's no crosswind (so you don't have to slip or crab), and you know not to flare too soon, or too late, then it's simple. Knowing when to flare...approach speed, and height, can be learned quickly. But for someone who's never experienced it, like this passenger, I'd say they were very lucky.
He didn't say cheap, but if a $30K-50 mid sized car = "toys of the rich" (as stated by the GP) then I guess anyone who buys a small boat or second car is rich in your opinion. Also, many pilots don't own the vehicles that they fly...it's not necessary.
Aircraft are toys of the rich, and many of them are quite old. General aviation isn't a young mans game.
Many pilots come from the military, and most AF bases have Aero Clubs. Having received my license at one, at the age of 29 (back in 1987), I'll share my experience. Cost to rent a Cessna 152 - 10 hours of time (including fuel) = $250. Cost for an instructor = $11/hour. You can purchase a small plane for the cost of a medium priced car, though insurance, and maintenance costs can be expensive. So, you don't have to be a one-percenter to own one, but you do need to have some not insignificant disposable income. Many pilots don't own the aircraft that they fly...you can rent them. As for age, to state that it's not a young mans game is misleading. While there are certainly many older pilots, passing a flight physical is required to maintain your right to be pilot in command. It's not like blue hair drivers in Florida who should have had their licenses yanked years earlier.
This is more or less what happened to my brother, whose IQ is 10 points higher than mine but who had a hearing disability that made the educational system sideline him. Now he's driving a truck instead of curing cancer or building space probes.
So, you can cure cancer with a 60 IQ? Sorry...cheap shot, and I couldn't resist.
Can we stop saying "females" when we mean "women". We're not Ferengi.
Do you find it offensive? I remember being in a college class back in the 80s where our feminist professor informed us that the word "lady" was offensive. Personally, I follow George Carlin's view...words are not offensive. I swear people as so thin skinned these days.
I was by no means arguing that the country has shifted in one direction or the other. It's not what the point of my comment or the prior discussion was about at all. Everyone knows what Sollord meant when he stated "There is no middle ground anymore theres the far left and the far right and a giant gulf in the middle with a few real centrists mixed in. " The context is clearly in current American politics, and picking at that is just being anal.
And just to be clear, I agree that we've shifted too far, and I'm none too happy about it. I consider myself to be financially conservative, and rather socially liberal. But then, it all depends on which topic we're talking about....immigration, abortion, socialized medicine, legalization of weed, etc., etc. I don't take a "party line" on any of it.
The US position relative to the rest of the globe is irrelevant in this discussion. What is relevant is the relative positions of the parties compared to each other in American politics.
Kids these days. No wireless for us geezers. We to use one of these: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_coupler Think it was 110 baud. We used it from my high school, between our three teletypes ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ASR-33_Teletype_terminal_IMG_1658.jpg ), and a local community college for a BASIC programming class that was offered around '73-4. Whenever you saw a kid walking down the hall with punched paper tape wrapped around their fingers (most of us adopted a figure 8 pattern), you knew it was another geek.
quality of life in Western Europe and Scandinavia, which still has at least some social democracy, is way better than in the US
Based on what. The simple fact of the matter is that the US is recovering from one of it's worst recessions ever. You can't cherry pick a point in time, and claim victory.
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A nerds dream is not to try and land a plane, a nerds dream is to land a space ship (or get laid, depending on who's stereo type you prefer).
YMMV. Knowing that I'd never have the opportunity to land a space ship, the next best thing was landing an airplane. Don't like the article, don't read it. And at a minimum, don't rage about it...it tends to get you modded down.
Being pedantic...
"I am serious. And don't call me Shirley."
I had several instructors (got my ticket back in the '80s), and most all of them said it at one time or another. I'd be amazed if yours hasn't at least heard the phrase.
I'll disagree. At night depth perception is lost (there are plenty of articles available on this), so queues to your AGL height are lost. I have a few hundred daytime landings under my belt, and the nighttime lands definitely raise the pucker factor.
This exactly. Nighttime is a completely different world than landing in daylight. There's a reason why the FAA requires instructors to sign off your logbook for it. It's very much like doing an precision instrument landing because you really don't have the same visual cues, only lights and instruments.
Depends. I did my first solo with 11 hours. When there's no crosswind (so you don't have to slip or crab), and you know not to flare too soon, or too late, then it's simple. Knowing when to flare...approach speed, and height, can be learned quickly. But for someone who's never experienced it, like this passenger, I'd say they were very lucky.
I hate replying to an AC, but this one's commentary is flat out incorrect. It doesn't cost tens of thousands. You don't need to own the plane to fly.
He didn't say cheap, but if a $30K-50 mid sized car = "toys of the rich" (as stated by the GP) then I guess anyone who buys a small boat or second car is rich in your opinion. Also, many pilots don't own the vehicles that they fly...it's not necessary.
Aircraft are toys of the rich, and many of them are quite old. General aviation isn't a young mans game.
Many pilots come from the military, and most AF bases have Aero Clubs. Having received my license at one, at the age of 29 (back in 1987), I'll share my experience. Cost to rent a Cessna 152 - 10 hours of time (including fuel) = $250. Cost for an instructor = $11/hour. You can purchase a small plane for the cost of a medium priced car, though insurance, and maintenance costs can be expensive. So, you don't have to be a one-percenter to own one, but you do need to have some not insignificant disposable income. Many pilots don't own the aircraft that they fly...you can rent them. As for age, to state that it's not a young mans game is misleading. While there are certainly many older pilots, passing a flight physical is required to maintain your right to be pilot in command. It's not like blue hair drivers in Florida who should have had their licenses yanked years earlier.
This is more or less what happened to my brother, whose IQ is 10 points higher than mine but who had a hearing disability that made the educational system sideline him. Now he's driving a truck instead of curing cancer or building space probes.
So, you can cure cancer with a 60 IQ? Sorry...cheap shot, and I couldn't resist.
It's already illegal since the subject of the picture didn't authorize it.
Interesting. How did that work out for Paris?
This law was passed in California. Republicans there are as rare as Christians in Saudi Arabia!
So Democrats elected Regan and Schwarzenegger?
I believe we're on the same sheet of music now.
I don't know if or when any of them were denied permission to come to the UN...
They weren't, which was exactly my point. The parent was speaking out of his anus.
Oh, you mean like Castro, Ahmajinedad, and Gaddafi, right? Oops, must have been someone else.
Can we stop saying "females" when we mean "women". We're not Ferengi.
Do you find it offensive? I remember being in a college class back in the 80s where our feminist professor informed us that the word "lady" was offensive. Personally, I follow George Carlin's view...words are not offensive. I swear people as so thin skinned these days.
I was by no means arguing that the country has shifted in one direction or the other. It's not what the point of my comment or the prior discussion was about at all. Everyone knows what Sollord meant when he stated "There is no middle ground anymore theres the far left and the far right and a giant gulf in the middle with a few real centrists mixed in. " The context is clearly in current American politics, and picking at that is just being anal.
And just to be clear, I agree that we've shifted too far, and I'm none too happy about it. I consider myself to be financially conservative, and rather socially liberal. But then, it all depends on which topic we're talking about....immigration, abortion, socialized medicine, legalization of weed, etc., etc. I don't take a "party line" on any of it.
Just to be clear, it was Obama who was schooled. Many of us tried to tell him what an idiot he was being.
The US position relative to the rest of the globe is irrelevant in this discussion. What is relevant is the relative positions of the parties compared to each other in American politics.
Left and right are relative to where you are. YMMV, and since you're obviously not involved, your relative position just doesn't matter in this case.
Europe didn't have http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_housing_bubble
http://www.amazon.com/Book-Lovers-Guide-Internet-Revised/dp/0449002276
Interesting...still available, and 5 Star reviews.
Kids these days. No wireless for us geezers. We to use one of these: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_coupler Think it was 110 baud. We used it from my high school, between our three teletypes ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ASR-33_Teletype_terminal_IMG_1658.jpg ), and a local community college for a BASIC programming class that was offered around '73-4. Whenever you saw a kid walking down the hall with punched paper tape wrapped around their fingers (most of us adopted a figure 8 pattern), you knew it was another geek.
quality of life in Western Europe and Scandinavia, which still has at least some social democracy, is way better than in the US
Based on what. The simple fact of the matter is that the US is recovering from one of it's worst recessions ever. You can't cherry pick a point in time, and claim victory.
Um, no they can't. Not without having done so previously, and trained for your keyboard.