A true pilots aeroplane
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: australia
Posts: 166
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
A true pilots aeroplane
An interesting term
Personally I have never used it. I have 10000 plus hours from light twins, turbo prop and both Boeing and Airbus. I even hear non pilots using the term. Aircraft have both pro's and con's. Does it mean the good outweigh the bad?
I love both the Bus and the Boeing does that mean they are both in my opinion a pilots aircraft. But wouldn't a small aerobatic a'c be more of a pilots a/c than an Airbus which has absolutely no feel on the stick and has a complex FMS when compared to say a 777.
Does a stick shaker, alpha floor protection, high rate of turn or an easy plane to land contribute to an a/c been classified as a pilots aeroplane? Is the some sort of rating system out there?
Can someone elaborate as to the true meaning or offer their angle on the term.
Personally I have never used it. I have 10000 plus hours from light twins, turbo prop and both Boeing and Airbus. I even hear non pilots using the term. Aircraft have both pro's and con's. Does it mean the good outweigh the bad?
I love both the Bus and the Boeing does that mean they are both in my opinion a pilots aircraft. But wouldn't a small aerobatic a'c be more of a pilots a/c than an Airbus which has absolutely no feel on the stick and has a complex FMS when compared to say a 777.
Does a stick shaker, alpha floor protection, high rate of turn or an easy plane to land contribute to an a/c been classified as a pilots aeroplane? Is the some sort of rating system out there?
Can someone elaborate as to the true meaning or offer their angle on the term.
easy... (I think 
)
anything that doesn't have a wheel thingy in the cockpit
I think they call them control yokes, don't they? Actually, yokes are what bullocks wear when pulling drays or ploughs and things
A
) anything that doesn't have a wheel thingy in the cockpit
I think they call them control yokes, don't they? Actually, yokes are what bullocks wear when pulling drays or ploughs and things
A
Sprucegoose
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Hughes Point, where life is great! Was also resident on page 13, but now I'm lost in Cyberspace....
Age: 59
Posts: 3,485
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like
on
1 Post
If it has a pilot, it must be a 'pilots aeroplane', otherwise it is a drone...
I was never good at spelling
That's not the first time I've heard a Bo called a "Bonana". 
Sprucegoose
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Hughes Point, where life is great! Was also resident on page 13, but now I'm lost in Cyberspace....
Age: 59
Posts: 3,485
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like
on
1 Post
Why would anyone want to fly a Gulfstream jet?
Surely the only way to travel in a Gulfstream, is down the back!
Surely the only way to travel in a Gulfstream, is down the back!
Sprucegoose
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Hughes Point, where life is great! Was also resident on page 13, but now I'm lost in Cyberspace....
Age: 59
Posts: 3,485
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like
on
1 Post
What Mr Mechanic, no CAT IIIC? That is positively archaic...
PS: It's still the sexiest Big Bird in the sky though...
PS: It's still the sexiest Big Bird in the sky though...
"And the Auster was a true pilot's gentlemen's fine aerial conveyance."
Lasio, U gotta be kidding!
I used to tow gliders with a J5B and have flown the J1B and the J5F.
Thought they were all heaps of sh*t!
Dr
Lasio, U gotta be kidding!
I used to tow gliders with a J5B and have flown the J1B and the J5F.
Thought they were all heaps of sh*t!
Dr