500e,
Thanks, I missed the floater first time. :ok:

Silly fellow, can't he see she's not wearing a mini so there is nothing to gain by gettin close and low.........:eek:

Whirls,

Point taken. As they say though, "The truth hurts" and it looks like he felt it, for sure.:ouch:

A wise and experienced instructor in Oz told me some years ago to "wear the boots you can walk home in."

He had a point with the kind of country you fly over even 50 km north of Sydney. To make the point he had in previous years got a trainee, wearing the male equivalent of Jimmy Choos, to land in a confined area 2km from the school and on the pretense of checking a panel catch, left the trainee to walk home. If you are training people for the bush, you better train people for the bush.

I wear the Oz RJ Williams with leather sole which work well in all but the highest of temperatures. I've tried Timberland type Vibram soles and they are OK for experienced pilots but I would discourage trainees from them, for the feel points mentioned in this thread.

Perhaps the most important point about footwear in light helicopters? Is the sole dry. I have seen several pilots of light training helicopters on wet days, walking across the grass and then on lift-off having their feet slide off the pedals, to the alarm and despondency of the instructor in the left seat.

So keep a synthetic rag around to dry off your soles.

And rtnewboy, your've certainly struck a chord with your subject, as you see from the length of the thread. So remember, there is no dumb question...

Wanna bet?

What's the male:} equivalent of Jimmy Choos?!!

Cheers

Whirls

Whirls... you should probably ask this fellow... who at 6'7" tall likely knows more about the male equivalent for Jimmy Choos than anyone else you'll ever meet...
http://www.rupaul.com/gallery_img/ru...rent_Dolce.jpg http://www.rupaul.com/gallery_img/ru...ez_TVGuide.jpg http://www.rupaul.com/gallery_img/ru...er_Esquire.jpg

I don't know what the pics prior have to do with "Shoes" but while in Oahu tewn years back, I went for a glider flight with a barefoot female pilot and later did a volcano tour in a 500 with a barefoot male pilot. (Legal?)

The interim pages have been discussing at length the theory that, if you can fly a helicopter, then the footwear doesn't matter. Then, as I'm sure you can imagine, the word "shoes" alerts all the women on this site to pontificate on the merits of various expensive ladies footwear.

Where in the ANO does it say you have to have to have something on your feet in order for a flight to be legal!!!

Cheers

Whirls

PPL complete
 

Just thought I would share with you Whirls and Whirly's and shytorques and all the rest that threw their hands in to help me with my footwear/mental dilemma's roughly two years ago. I passed my flight test today using my trusty International sportwear brand shoes that have seen the distance. Thanks you guys I read this thread over a few times when I was struggling during the training and it always gave me a laugh and a boost

RTRoldboy

RTR, well done - now get your party shoes on :ok:

Cheers

Whirls

i did my whole ppl in thick soled trainers as my instructor never told me any different...... another story altogether. when i did my check ride with mike bowden he was amazed i could fly in them..... i found thin soled leather shoes perfect in the air but hopeless around the apron etc...

i resolved to fly in whatever footwear i had on at the time and it works fine..... if in boots just slacken the laces tho.

Shoes are not your problem....your foot is not heavy enough. Try putting a horseshoe in-between your toes or strapping a brick to the end of your boot. Don't worry about the adverse comments, they are just jealous that didn't think of it too.:E
Rick