#195 One More Rant about the Radio
"I guess I’m one of those guys who believes that “Bernoulli makes airplanes fly, not Marconi”.
"I guess I’m one of those guys who believes that “Bernoulli makes airplanes fly, not Marconi”.
"Lately, I’ve changed the way in which we do multiples. Now, we conduct the first landing as a Wheelie on the left side of the center line. Then we power up, get back in the air and slide over to the right side with an alternating side slip. The heading never changes."
"As the balloon gained altitude I always became acutely aware of the height. In fact, I had this fear of the basket’s floor giving way. "
"In most cases, I choose to gain speed over altitude in the early stages of a takeoff. "
"If you run into someone who says "I only do three points", or "Wheel landings are just too fast", run as fast as you can and disregard everything that person has ever told you. Why? Because in my opinion they have their head firmly lodged in their nether regions. "
" in my opinion, approach speed has absolutely nothing to do with the quality of the landing (hear that sound? That’s the sound of bags of Cheetos being dropped as the trolls leap to their keyboards)"
"No matter what pilot operation you feel like improving, the chances are that you can practice it gradually."
"We still have too many pilots who’ve drunk the Kool-Aid of government control."
"Some people will lose because of this decision on my part, but it’s my hope that thousands will benefit (Hey, I said it was “my hope”!)."
Written October, 2016 By the title, you’d think that this was a story having to do with tying an airplane down. It’s not. Of course, if the airplane in…