Learning?
I remember one lesson I learned in an Auster. For my endorsement we did all the flying, and then my esteemed instructor told me to get ready for a full load check. So I had the get pax, and some one to swing the prop to start it. Then said instructor came out, got in the right seat and said"how do you know you are not overloaded" I replied that could not possibly be, as we only had four pax in a four seat aircraft. Nothing else. He insisted I get out the paperwork and work it out.
When I discovered that we were "a bit over" he said "OK lets go" and we flew that sluggish aircraft around the circuit once. I never forgot that lesson.
I used to fly that aircraft (correctly loaded) across Cook Straight, land at Wellington Airport (Rongatai?), jump over the fence and catch a tram into town.
A pilot's aeroplane???? No such thing. The banks own them all.
Last edited by bushy; 30th Sep 2007 at 03:09.
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