Thanks for the support people, i honestly thought i was the only one.
I also would be grateful if the moderators would turn this into a sticky thread, as i will defenatly be checking back for more stories. Probably the biggest fear of mine is all the small variables that could go wrong during a flight, and have the possibility of resulting so tragically, and how many of these variables we (at least I) take for granted, and never give much thought.
Of the little time i actually spend flying every week, i am starting to realize how dangerous it is compared to even driving a car. How on earth is there such a thing as "vetern pilots"!?
So much can go wrong during even the simplest of flights (as seen in previous posts) and i think it is imparative that like b2n2 said, we learn from others mistakes.
One magazine i might recommend to my fellow pilots is entitled "Aviation Safety", and its a monthly collection of severe accidents, and accident related articals. I constantly find myself pouring over these in search for ways to survive flying. One thing that i think has increased my accident awareness, is actually being at a crash site. In my profile, i mention that i am in the Civil Air Patrol, and we routinly go out tracking elt signals.
Plus, some of this stuff is pretty exciting
, but isn't learning always exciting? at least when we're learning about somthing we're actually intrested in
Yes! please keep them flowing people! i could read these all night!
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