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Tag Archives: Cessnas
Close Calls, Near Misses, and Collisions
I have been following the blogging of a new student pilot from Down Under. Dave refers to himself as a middle-aged pilot learning to fly for the first time in Sydney, Australia. As with pilots all over, he is now … Continue reading →
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Tagged a middle-aged pilot learning to fly, airplanes, airspeed, altitude, and collisions, Cessnas, close calls, Close Calls Near Misses and Collisions, danger and fright, engine failures, first solo, flight training, flying, inexperienced pilots, instrument flying, judgment, learning to fly, MidLifePilot’s Flying Blog, near misses, pilots, professional pilots, student pilots, Sydney Australia, taildraggers
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Pipers and Cessnas
It is an age-old aeronautical debate, that of the low wing versus the high winged airplane. Both types have their advantages and each performs equally well, with almost the same performance statistics. So, which holds more positives than negatives? That … Continue reading →
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Tagged Cessnas, ease of servicing, glare inside the airplane, low wing versus high wing, Pipers, Pipers and Cessnas, refueling steps, student pilots, the age-old aeronautical debate, The Cessna 172, the Piper Cherokee, traffic avoidance, whichever one you like the best
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The Cessna 120 and 140
One of the best airplanes Clyde Cessna’s company put out was the little 140. The 140 also has a little twin, the Cessna 120. Both airframes are very similar, with only slight differences. The most notable difference is the 120 … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Flying
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Tagged a stall speed of 39 knots, a wing area of 159.3 square feet, airplanes, Cessna 150, Cessnas, Clyde Cessna, Continental C-85 engine, conventional landing gear, flight training, flying, gross weight of only 1450 pounds, inexperienced pilots, judgment, learning to fly, memories, monocoque fuselage, pilots, professional pilots, seeing over the nose, student pilots, taildraggers, The Cessna 120, The Cessna 140, the Cessna 140A, the Cessna taildraggers, three-point landings, training aircraft, tricycle landing gear, wing loading of only 9.1 pounds per square foot, “metalized” wings, “S-turning” during the taxi
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OK, My Turn
It’s my turn now, to talk about the napping controllers. This is mainly for the benefit of the non-flying public; most of us who fly realize pilots and passengers face little danger in the case of sleeping controllers at 1 … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Flying, Life in General, Personal
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Tagged Air Traffic Controllers, airplanes, Cessnas, controllers, discipline, Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA), flight training, flying, high-density traffic operations, inexperienced pilots, instrument flying, J. Mac McClellan, judgment, learning to fly, napping controllers, natural circadian rhythm, newspapers, non-flying public, OK My Turn, pilots, pilots in command, professional pilots, publicizing a problem that is not really a problem, punitive action, sleeping controllers, student pilots, taildraggers, training aircraft, wimps, “Are We Pilots Or Wimps?”
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Flying at (Density) Altitude
I am a Florida boy who learned to fly at mean sea level. As such, I do not care for a couple of things. The first is cold, the second is high density altitude. Many pilots do not understand the … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Flight Instructing, Flying, Personal
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Tagged airplanes, airspeed, altitude, Cessnas, discipline, flight training, Florida, flying, friends, inexperienced pilots, judgment, learning to fly, memories, military service, mountains, Navy, pilots, professional pilots, student pilots, taildraggers, training aircraft
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Jerrie Mock Returns Home
Today, 47 years ago, Jerrie Mock returned from her trip. It was a special trip and she was no passenger. She was the pilot. And the only one onboard her 1953 Cessna 180 she named the “Spirit of Columbus.” … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, Flying, History
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Tagged 1953 Cessna 180, 1970), a rough running engine, airplanes, Airplanista, Amelia Earhart Memorial Award, bad weather, Cessnas, Charles Lindbergh, Columbus OH, Dan Pimental, electronic magazine, fatigue, Federal Aviation Administration Gold Medal for Exceptional Service, Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, First Flight, first to cross both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans solo., first woman to cross the Pacific Ocean in a single-engine aircraft, flying, her book titled Three Eight Charlie (Lippincott, Jerri Mock Returns Home, judgment, Kill Devil Hill, Louis Bleriot Silver Medal, pilots, professional pilots, radio malfunctions, taildraggers, the first solo circumnavigation of the globe by a woman aviator, the first woman to fly from the US to Africa via the North Atlantic, the first woman to solo around the world, “Spirit of Columbus”
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Sun ‘N Fun Photos
Photos shot at Sun’N Fun 2011. (Click on photos to enlarge for viewing, using back button to return.) Top row, the Blue Angels of course. From left to right, the two solos blowing around the area low and fast, … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Flying
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Tagged airplanes, Cessnas, flight training, Florida, flying, open cockpit biplanes, pilots, professional pilots, student pilots, taildraggers, Tampa, training aircraft
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A Lesson With Two Engines
Yesterday, I finished my piece about flying with Maurice by giving him thanks for a great flying lesson. It got me thinking about other great lessons I learned in airplanes with other flight instructors and I thought of another, with … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Flight Instructing, Flying, Personal
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Tagged a great flying lesson, a great lesson, A Lesson With Two Engines, a loss of power, a moment of hesitation, airplanes, airspeed, altitude, Cessnas, checklists and running the radio, flight training, flying, following procedures, judgment, learning to fly, multi-engine airplanes, multi-engine flight instruction, one of the best lessons in flying twins, pre-takeoff checks, professional pilots, something wasn’t quite right, surprise in the cockpit is never a good thing, training sortie, turn in the direction of the inoperative engine, twin Cessnas
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Flying the Ercoupe with Maurice
Down at the airport where I first worked as a flight instructor, my friend Maurice kept trying to get me to fly in his Ercoupe. For the pilots unfamiliar with the Ercoupe, it is a lovely little airplane powered by … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, Flight Instructing, Flying, Life in General, Personal
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Tagged a slight wind right down the runway, airplanes, Cessnas, Ercoupe, flight training, flying, Flying the Ercoupe with Maurice, inexperienced pilots, judgment, landing in a crosswind, learning to fly, learning to fly in tailwheel airplanes, Maurice, memories, no rudder pedals, perfectly calm days, S-turning on final, slipping the airplane, taildraggers, take her around the patch, the limp windsock, the windsock, Time to fly the Ercoupe, training aircraft, watching a tailwheel pilot fly an Ercoupe
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Sun ’N Fun–The Day After
Okay, this is not officially the day after Sun ’N Fun, but it is for me. Often, I have said I want my 20-year-old body back; each day I live, it becomes more evident I am now well beyond 29 … Continue reading →
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Tagged a bunch of backyard tinkerers, airplanes, at the hangar one evening, barnstormers, camaraderie, Cessnas, Continental engines, Experimental Aircraft Association, fellowship, flight training, Florida, flying, friends, homebuilt airplanes, inexperienced pilots, learning to fly, Lycoming engines, open cockpit biplanes, people who like flying and building airplanes, pilots, professional pilots, sitting underneath the wing, student pilots, taildraggers, Tampa, training aircraft, What Sun ’N Fun Is All About, “homemade” airplanes, “store-bought” airplanes
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