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Old 21st Apr 2009, 11:55
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hawker750
 
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Bizjet - has wings, tailplane, fuselage, engines etc - it can kill you if you abuse it and will humble you anytime.

I think it was the way you put it put my back up and probably a few others. A plane will not kill you if you abuse it. You will kill yourself and I really think that being humbled by a plane is a rather weird statement. You should never be humbled if you have sufficient skill, training, kowledge and confidence. To admit to being humbled is rather scary, it rather suggests that the aircraft gets the better of you. I can honestly say that I cannot remember being humbled; frustrated, annoyed, perplexed maybe but not humbled. I think that was in the days of Gann when your training consisted of being handed the pilots' notes. Even I started my career after Gann finished flying, but I do think that Fate is the Hunter should be made a compulsory subject for the ATPL exams.
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