Pilot incapacitation and partner training
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Pilot incapacitation and partner training
Pilot incapacitation makes it into the news twice in one week.
Pilot blacks out on approach to NSW airport prompting air emergency - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Prompts me to ask the question.
How many of you who fly regularly with a better half think he or she could get it on the ground without you and how many have arranged some kind of training for him or her?
For me... No and no. She loves to fly (and be a pillion on the bike) but has absolutely no interest in learning to do either.
Pilot blacks out on approach to NSW airport prompting air emergency - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Prompts me to ask the question.
How many of you who fly regularly with a better half think he or she could get it on the ground without you and how many have arranged some kind of training for him or her?
For me... No and no. She loves to fly (and be a pillion on the bike) but has absolutely no interest in learning to do either.
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It is something I have thought about as my years advance.
Do I get my partner some basic flying lessons, or just hire a Cirrus, and show her how to pop the chute!
Do I get my partner some basic flying lessons, or just hire a Cirrus, and show her how to pop the chute!
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I first saw this just now on http://m.smh.com.au/nsw/passenger-takes-control-of-plane-after-pilot-blacks-out-20140125-31fhd.html.
It's good that everything came good in the end, but I feel I need to question the quality of journalism these days (how exactly does a C150 dump fuel without leaking?
)
It's good that everything came good in the end, but I feel I need to question the quality of journalism these days (how exactly does a C150 dump fuel without leaking?
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Passenger takes control of plane after pilot blacks out
This link has a photo of a 150, labelled as a 172. The text says the a/c was a 150, but that "the passengers" raised the alarm.
So I guess the photo shows a 172 that has been "cut and shut" by a hot rod enthusiast, while the one in the incident was the the stretched version of the 150 with room for two pax?
Don't let the facts get in the way of a good story!!
This link has a photo of a 150, labelled as a 172. The text says the a/c was a 150, but that "the passengers" raised the alarm.
So I guess the photo shows a 172 that has been "cut and shut" by a hot rod enthusiast, while the one in the incident was the the stretched version of the 150 with room for two pax?
Don't let the facts get in the way of a good story!!
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I heard it all on 126.7. Confusion over type of a/c was because the call sign BXB was being used where the a/c was actually PXB. Young sounding lad called Troy was handling after the incapacitation and did a great job. Full marks to to the pilot of CPU, the local glider tug a/c??, who did a great job chatting to Troy and reassuring him. And a cool lady in Melbourne Centre. Well done to all concerned, and massive relief at the safe ending.
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In the late 70s our local aero club ran a series of courses for frequent passengers based on the US AOPA Pinch Hitter course. While the background was What If , the emphasis was on making flying more enjoyable for non pilot partners by giving them a better understanding of what was happening in flight and giving them enough skills to participate in the flight.
The course consisted of a one day series of briefings, including lunch to make it more sociable, and about three hours flying from the pax seat. If the family owned an aircraft the flying lessons were done in that aircraft.
Course covered Aircraft control, communication and navigation. Everything was reduced to an absolute simplest terms and ways of doing. e.g. navigation = Follow something e.g. Road, Rail River etc.
Most attendees were wives of pilots and most got to the approach and landing lesson, some even went on to learn to fly. One bloke, who flew a lot as a pax in a C337 and was worried that his pilot would have a hearty, was actually making survivable landings after 5 hours. Turned out that the pilot outlived the pax by more than 20 years.
The course consisted of a one day series of briefings, including lunch to make it more sociable, and about three hours flying from the pax seat. If the family owned an aircraft the flying lessons were done in that aircraft.
Course covered Aircraft control, communication and navigation. Everything was reduced to an absolute simplest terms and ways of doing. e.g. navigation = Follow something e.g. Road, Rail River etc.
Most attendees were wives of pilots and most got to the approach and landing lesson, some even went on to learn to fly. One bloke, who flew a lot as a pax in a C337 and was worried that his pilot would have a hearty, was actually making survivable landings after 5 hours. Turned out that the pilot outlived the pax by more than 20 years.
