what do you think about most when you are flying?

[niceguy11]

My question is what do you think about most when you are flying? This seems a strange question to ask but I often find that I'm thinking about loads of stuff in the air, but this usually circles around films, cars and women. I would be interested to hear what you guys think about.

Thanks,

niceguy.

[Pielander]

Call me a sad b*stard, but I normally think about flying while I'm flying. Come to think of it, I usually think about flying even when I'm not flying.

[Professor TailSpin]

Being a low hour student PPL, I tend to think about flying an awful lot when I'm flying.

One day...perhaps...I might be able to think of something else when I'm up there.

One of my main thoughts is...."o O here comes another bumpy landing!". One day, I'll land without bouncing it...practice makes perfect they say

[Simon W]

Also a low hour PPL. Spent the last few hours of the training doing solo circuits. All I was really thinking then was "**** , lost the runway.... ahhhh, found it again .... **** , lost the runway.... ahhhh, found it again .... **** , lost the runway.... ahhhh, found it again .... and so on....". Now I've moved on and now I just think to myself "I really haven't got a clue where I am, I am dreading when the instructor makes me fly out here on my own!".

:-)

Simon

[Crash Barrier]

Good God what is this forum coming to!!
Heh, what did the cannibal do after dumping his wife?

Wiped his arse!

[Capt Wannabee]

I tend to think
'Oh my god I so want to do this for a living!!' and
'I wish like on flight simulators we could have an un-limited fuel option!!' Make that hour building a lot cheaper!!

[skysoarer]

As a glider pilot what mostly springs up is:
"Wheres the next lift gonna be?"
"Hmmm, should the controls really creak like that...?"
"Gee, are my arms really meant to be that crimson?"
"Has the vario battery really gone flat or is it just mocking me?..."
or more recently "Am I in the Redlands skydiving zone? ... oh s*it!" (not the latter bit (yet) anyway...)
Plus "How am I gonna land this thing with one dead leg?"

Regards

SS

[HighRoller]

I often think "gee, this is becoming easy".
When that happens, then Murphy and his law is about to bite me in the butt.
10 times outa 10, I have a suprise.
My point-your mind always on flying.

[Pielander]

He may be new, but he's right goddammit!

I was feeling pretty complacent this weekend until I had a couple of really ropey landings while getting checked out on one of the club's aircraft. (In fact, try 3 in a row!) Fortunately, I didn't damage anything except my ego, but it's amazing how you can forget how hard it is to do a peachy landing after a mere 6 weeks on the ground.

I must add that my landings are now once again peachy, but I'll certainly not be taking that as read the next time I fly.

And another thing [hence the edit], I've noticed that as I become more able to cope with the flying itself, I have more time to maintain an effective lookout. Of course, if your lookout is absolutely spot-on, along with your precision flying, then by all means think about women the rest of the time. You're the one paying £80 an hour for the priviledge, so think about what the hell you like. I'm sure those flying skills will improve all by themselves. I'm not having a go at anybody, but it's up to you to make the best of your time in the air.

Happy landings

Pie

[This message has been edited by Pielander (edited 25 June 2001).]

[Ramrise]

The next crew meal, that new flight attendant, the next landing, and after the landing, "why did they design the md80 without hydraulic elevators?"


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Ramrise

[Delta Wun-Wun]

Crashing.....or rather not crashing.

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GET THE BLOODY NOSE DOWN!

[mad_jock]

I am quite looking forward to IFR so i have less to think about while i am up there.

MJ

[TE RANGI]

As the old adage goes:

An airline pilot is a confused soul that talks about women when he's flying and speaks about airplanes when he's with a woman.

[Luke SkyToddler]

Last week there was an attractive girl and her bloke, having vigorous sex in the bushes, directly beneath the approach path at about quarter mile final ... little things like that do tend to distract you from the old "airspeed - centreline - glideslope" mantra :!

[v1rotate]

Usually think how I can stretch this flight to put more hours in the logbook.

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"Jerry, just remember, it's NOT a LIE if YOU believe it." - George Costanza

[sam_flying]

Well what I sometimes find myself thinking when I am flying or driving the car...is "I wish flying could be to me as easy and as automatic as driving a car is". I long for the day when I can be like that, rather than sitting there panicing about everything, wondering what the hell I am doing and concentrating sooooooooooo hard that I forget to breath

Sam

[expedite_climb]

Are we nearly there yet ? And could we maybe stay down route just this time ?

[saggy]

"Now how do I tune this thing to Virgin Radio??"

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Quod Me Nutrit
Me Destruit.

[dingducky]

i used to sing when solo
anyone else do that?

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A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.

[schooner]

Congratulate myself in a stupid welsh accent every time I pulled off a decent landing in circuits

cheers