Originally Posted by
Jay Sata
Terry
She did not fly an aeroplane on two long flights with a passenger.
She flew the Stearman dual with Ewald Gritsch who rebuilt it and is a 20'000 hour commercial pilot
That is what this thread is all about.
My long deceased grandma could have been in the back seat.
As I understand it she was PIC so it couldn't be considered to be dual. Yes, he is an instructor but as I understand it he was not instructing her. She and he both said she was the handling pilot and PIC FOR ALL OF BOTH TRIPS. On that basis all he can put in his logbook are passenger hours. If he was PIC, she would have to be PUS. I've not seen either of their logbooks and nor will I, but I understand this was all explained by them both at a HCAP meeting where all of that was accepted as fact. He was in the cockpit, as I understand it, for quite a bit of the Australia trip (other passengers were in there for a number of legs), and he was in the front for most of the SA trip according to Sam, who also confirmed she was solo for a few legs.