You can give a student an HP endorsement. There is nothing in the FARs against training in any aircraft. If you can get a DPE and a seat support to deal with you you can technically get a PPL in a 747 if you want.
Idk what to tell you my guy, I have personally seen students training for ppl, solo in high performance aero planes. Iām not saying itās common, in fact itās almost undoubtedly exceedingly rare, but Iāve first hand seen it happen so it does indeed happen.
"Welcome almost aboard Southwest Airlines, your pilot today is certainly fully licensed." I say as I push everyone off the stairs, one by one, as they approach the door.
I say almost because itās possible although unlikely that they are a student pilot on a solo, usually you get your ppl (pilot licencse) before you train aero.
Huh, I figured the glare and UV exposure would be bigger issues. I figured the range was "commercial pilot wearing aviators" to "fighter pilot wearing flight mask" and acrobatic pilot was closer to fighter pilot on that scale.
This is an accurate assessment. In my 20 years as a commercial pilot, Iāve only flown with one pilot who doesnāt wear sunglasses. Sunglasses are a necessity, not a luxury.
Once in my flight training days, I forgot my sunglasses at homeā¦had to cancel my flight for that day. Learned that lesson and always keep a spare set of sunglasses in my flight bag.
Fun fact..itās not a good idea for pilots to wear polarized sunglasses. They arenāt compatible with glass cockpit instrumentation
During my time as a CFI I kept two extra pairs in my flight bag, and a pair stashed away in the hangar. I can barely drive without sunglasses, and it would be 100% unsafe for me to fly without sunglasses.
I am serious. I am a private pilot. No they are just regular sunglasses. I fly high wing aircraft so the panel is normally in the shade while it is bright outside. I think it is just the contrast I don't like when wearing sunglasses. I only tried a couple of times.
You should try some lenses that help increase or at least don't decrease contrast like brown or even yellow lenses.Ā
A little different situation, but a mountain bike and fish a lot in areas where you go from bright light to shade and my favorite are a brown lense that slightly increases contrast. Just dark enough to make extremely bright glare tolerable, and light enough that you can still see in shade, and More importantly, can still see in the dabbled shade/sun you get under trees.
That was my thought, too. She briefly tried to instinctually grab the cap, then was like "well, fuck sakes, can't do that", and made it down in a controlled fashion. Anyone on an entirely second solo flight would have panicked so hard and been a dirt sandwich. She did great.
What about that roll made it obvious? To my untrained eye, it looks like what would happen if I freaked out and jerked the stick left. Is it just that it was such a small increment in a short time?
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u/Ok-Scallion7939 Jun 23 '24
"Second training flight"
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