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flywatcher
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: australia
Posts: 127
Chuck, you probably remember the days when you flew your multi off to where someone signed off the endorsement. Ie you got it here, you must be OK. Proper basic training and a read of the handbook was just about enough to fly anything. Sadly, those days have gone forever.
Well now you raise the subject . .. . . . . .it might cast one under up alongside some nefarious connection if one were to be too specific .. . . . BUT I do recall various 'bar' endorsements on twins you would never fire up if you had not done a bit of homework. Many's the really old stager who can tell you how they were shown the 'taps' and with a push on the shoulder the lid was closed. Sometimes even a Spitfire (Read "The Sky Beyond' by Sir Gordon
Taylor)
Cannot recall the process of being checked out on the banana... it was a beautiful all yellow one VH-KKK owned and operated by one Geoffrey Keighly off a property near Stock (Stockinbingal nr Temora) Might have been an S model fully IFR Delivered her down to Mascot one ****ty morning . . . hairing along over Glenfield trying to get the speed back and stay on the LLZ broke at 300 ft sighing with relief.