Pathetic excuses on a skill test.
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not a checkride, but a checkout of a new renter, the situation: C172, 1500'agl, 30deg of flaps, and in a spin.....
The excuse: "i am not used to the surroundings...."
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The excuse: "i am not used to the surroundings...."
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The instructor is always in command.
I was invited to come on a jolly with two friends who owned their own aircraft. The idea was that friend A would fly to destination from where he was going to pick up his girlfriend. Friend B would then fly the aircraft (of a type I had never flown before) back to our point of departure.
On the way out I sat in the back, enjoying the view. On the way back, friend A wanted the back seat with girlfriend so I sat in my customary position with friend B in command. It was dusk when we made our approach, though not past official night. I was aware that friend B did not hold a night rating and as I watched, I suddenly realised that he was not going to flare due to the conditions. I grabbed the pole and pulled saying at the same time "give me full power". A few yards further down our enormous runway, I gently touched down - and got a new night rating student!
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On the way out I sat in the back, enjoying the view. On the way back, friend A wanted the back seat with girlfriend so I sat in my customary position with friend B in command. It was dusk when we made our approach, though not past official night. I was aware that friend B did not hold a night rating and as I watched, I suddenly realised that he was not going to flare due to the conditions. I grabbed the pole and pulled saying at the same time "give me full power". A few yards further down our enormous runway, I gently touched down - and got a new night rating student!
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Many moons ago, when I did my PPL, it was with a club where the aircraft maintenance standard was such that the examiner refused to fly in the bulk of the fleet. Fortuitously, perhaps, the club is no longer with us.
As a result of the Examiners "lack of faith" there was one C152 that was reserved for flight tests and was known, perhaps unsuprisingly, as "The Examiners Aircraft". Inevitably, the first time (and only time) you flew this aircraft it was on your flight test. Equally inevitably, this example of Cessna engineering was the newest aircraft on the fleet, was fully carpeted and with spats (both absent from the rest of the fleet). Worse, the radio was newer than those in the rest of the fleet and was manufactured by a different company.
I was lucky, I was allowed to do a few solo circuits in the aircraft before meeting the Examiner but for most, the question of "how do you turn the radio on in this aircraft?" was probably reasonable!
As a result of the Examiners "lack of faith" there was one C152 that was reserved for flight tests and was known, perhaps unsuprisingly, as "The Examiners Aircraft". Inevitably, the first time (and only time) you flew this aircraft it was on your flight test. Equally inevitably, this example of Cessna engineering was the newest aircraft on the fleet, was fully carpeted and with spats (both absent from the rest of the fleet). Worse, the radio was newer than those in the rest of the fleet and was manufactured by a different company.
I was lucky, I was allowed to do a few solo circuits in the aircraft before meeting the Examiner but for most, the question of "how do you turn the radio on in this aircraft?" was probably reasonable!
