wheels up
Good Evening Miroho,
While I haven't heard anything about the particular incident you are alluding to, it reminds me of the old adage;
"There are two types of pilots in this world, those who have had a wheels up landing and those that are yet to"
While I haven't heard anything about the particular incident you are alluding to, it reminds me of the old adage;
"There are two types of pilots in this world, those who have had a wheels up landing and those that are yet to"
"There are two types of pilots in this world, those who have had a wheels up landing and those that are yet to"
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Lucky escape after crash landing at Coonawarra | Aviation Inspector
There was a YouTube but I ddin't find it with a quick search.
There was a YouTube but I ddin't find it with a quick search.
Geez Shagpile, tell'em what you really think!! Theres another saying that goes something along the of "Those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw rocks"... 
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One gear collapses and someone thinks it's a "wheels-up landing"....
"5000 hours of instructing aint 5000hrs, it's 1hr 5000 times".
No the intent is to let students know that they only need to forget the landing gear once in their career and it's wheels up. In other words, their attitude towards checks needs to be 100%, not 99%.
I understand the multitude of contributing factors that goes into landing gear up including missing warnings, ATC R/T, checks, CRM, company pressures, fatigue, etc. Obviously nobody wants to land wheels up and it's not as simple as "You're **** if you do" (we all make mistakes).
The student needs to be made aware of their link in the sequence of events leading to a gear up and be as disciplined as possible to maximise their chances of saving themselves when all the other holes in the cheese line up one day.
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The three biggest crocks of malarkey in the aviation industry:
1. "There's those that have, and those that will";
2. "Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach";
3. "5000hrs of instructing is 1 hr, 5000 times".
So, based on the above assumptions:
1. All pilots are going to guts a plane at some stage
2. All trainers are crap pilots; and
3. Instructors only teach one sequence?
Give us a break!
1. "There's those that have, and those that will";
2. "Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach";
3. "5000hrs of instructing is 1 hr, 5000 times".
So, based on the above assumptions:
1. All pilots are going to guts a plane at some stage
2. All trainers are crap pilots; and
3. Instructors only teach one sequence?
Give us a break!
