Written in 2016<\/p>\n
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I\u2019ve said it before: \u201cMost general aviation pilots cannot fly their way out of a wet paper bag.\u201d And whose fault is that?\u00a0 The answer is a bit complicated, but to boil it down to its simplest form, I believe it is the fault of modern flight instruction.\u00a0 In World War 2, there were lots of young men eager to become fighter pilots.\u00a0 A huge<\/h3>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/tailwheelersjournal.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Dennis-Dick-SOLO-PT17-1024x766.jpg\")
Dick Dennis as an Air Corps cadet.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\npercentage of them washed out of flight training (The fact that women were stupidly prohibited from such training, except for notable exceptions, is a subject for another rant). Nowadays, virtually no one washes out of civilian pilot training.\u00a0 Not too many years ago, spin training was required.\u00a0 Now, except for flight instructors, it is not.\u00a0 Steep turns used to be sixty degrees\u2026 now they are 45 degrees.\u00a0 Now, minimum controllable airspeed is defined as a speed at which the stall warner cannot be heard.\u00a0 What nonsense!\u00a0 I teach Vmc as a valid technique to slow down when some dog fart is in front of you in the pattern.\u00a0 If we stupidly follow him, we will be unable to glide to a safe landing in the event of engine failure.\u00a0 So of course we are going to slow down.\u00a0 The old FAA definition of Minimum Controllable Airspeed used to be \u201cflight at an angle of attach which is so high that any increase in angle of attack or load factor will result in a stall\u201d.\u00a0 I guess they splurched a whole lot of \u201cwhiteout\u201d on that definition.\u00a0 Most of our students are skookum enough to avoid stalling (or, Gawd forbid, spinning out of that stall) at pattern altitude which, for our students, is significantly lower than that of Acme\u2019s).\u00a0 Flight instruction is being dumbed down, we are teaching to the lowest common denominator and students are being ripped off right and left with substandard instruction.\u00a0 And don\u2019t get me wrong:\u00a0 Substandard instruction can come from a high time \u201cveteran\u201d or a wet-behind-the-ears newbie.\u00a0 Time is not the important factor for a flight instructor\u2026 knowledge of the subject and desire to teach is.<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nA lot of flying whuffos[1]<\/a> strongly object to the intentional dead stick landing that I teach to selected students.\u00a0 Evidently they would prefer to eliminate any process of improving pilot skills if it means that even the slightest risk is taken.\u00a0 They fail to realize that there is a far greater risk in maintaining a low level of competence.\u00a0 I no longer try to convince them of the value of this kind of instruction.\u00a0 It\u2019s a hopeless cause. I\u2019ll just let them wallow in their ignorance and enjoy their Kool-Aid.<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nI see that the EAA is now offering a prize to whoever can come up with a handy device which will cause a dramatic decline in the number of \u201cLoss of Control\u201d fatalities.\u00a0 At first blush it would seem that pilot training is being totally ignored in our zeal to reduce accidents.\u00a0 And this is after we\u2019ve reduced the above requirements, and if I didn\u2019t know better, I\u2019d say that we are replacing the training of good pilots for the developments of gadgets which will further focus the attention of pilots from the outside (where it should be) to the inside and further reliance on instruments.<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nI read somewhere that it was believed that \u201cmaneuvering flight\u201d was the regime where more accidents occurred than any other.\u00a0 So I thought to myself, \u201cExactly what is \u2018maneuvering flight\u2019? “.<\/h3>\nI did a little research.\u00a0\u00a0 It seems that perhaps one of the best definitions of maneuvering flight comes from one of my favorite organizations, the AOPA\u2019s Air Safety Foundation[2]<\/a>.\u00a0 They say, \u201cNearly one-third (32.9 percent) of all fatal accidents in the last 10 years occurred during maneuvering flight, which includes buzzing, formation flying, aerial work (what the hell is that?), stalls\/spins, canyon flying, aerobatics, and normal flight operations\u201d (in other words, the stuff we teach at Tailwheel Town).<\/h3>\nWait a minute!\u00a0 \u201cNormal flight operations\u201d?\u00a0 Hmm, it would seem that one can\u2019t take off and land without performing this super hazardous \u201cmaneuvering flight\u201d.<\/h3>\nIt occurred to me to ask a question:\u00a0 Have we become such pansies that we are trying to eliminate EVERY possible hazard?\u00a0 I read somewhere that the powers that be in general aviation are trying to do just that.\u00a0 If that is the case, perhaps we should wrap ourselves up in blankets and stay in bed, prolonging our lives as much as possible and never sticking our neck out OR having any fun at all!<\/h3>\nI think there is a happy medium.\u00a0 Although I sometimes accused my father of trying to prolong his life instead of enjoying it, I have to admit that, in the last analysis, he actually did stick it out the way I think we all should.\u00a0 When he was<\/h3>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/tailwheelersjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image176PopCarJump.jpg\")
Pop in his trademark jump over a car (photo from the Lansburgh Collection)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n <\/p>\n
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<\/a> young he roped, jumped horses over cars and cowboyed in Texas during the depression as the only English speaker on the crew.\u00a0 And he performed a trick riding display in front of a somewhat snooty crowd while in his fifties\u2026 and with a cow bone in one ankle, the result of a helluva wreck while stunting in a Barbara Stanwyck movie.\u00a0 He died in bed at 89.<\/h3>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/tailwheelersjournal.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image222-1024x819.jpg\")
Pop trick riding in his fifties (photo from the Lansburgh Collection).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSo I\u2019ve learned by example.\u00a0 To this day, my students are swooping into irrigation pivots, inches off the deck and landing in a turn on one wheel.\u00a0 But virtually every maneuver we do has been designed to keep safety as the utmost priority while preserving the \u201cYahoo\u201d effect.\u00a0 It seems to be working.<\/h3>\nLet\u2019s not forget that in a recent study, when deathbed occupants were interviewed, hardly any of them expressed regret at what they had<\/strong> done in their lives. No, almost all of them regretted the things they hadn\u2019t done.[3]<\/a><\/h3>\nSure, from time to time aviation, and many other pursuits, loses someone.\u00a0 That\u2019s very unfortunate for those left behind.\u00a0 But I can\u2019t help but feel that we lose even more if we don\u2019t follow Jack London\u2019s philosophy:<\/h3>\n\u201cI would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy<\/strong> and permanent planet<\/strong>. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist.\u201d<\/h3>\nThis year we lost Bob Hoover, the \u201cpilot\u2019s pilot\u201d.\u00a0 He was 94.[4]<\/a>\u00a0 He lived his life as a \u201csuperb meteor\u201d. \u00a0I will never forget the discussion Bob and I had about metal fatigue and the other one we had about the relative merits of Gordon\u2019s Gin. \u00a0Both were informative. \u00a0Bob was shot down by the Germans in WW2.\u00a0 Then he stole a German fighter and escaped to fight again.<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nBob was a teacher.\u00a0 He knew so much about aerodynamics that he could be confident that he was offering good advice.\u00a0 He probably saved some lives with some of that advice. Perhaps his best lesson was how he lived his life.\u00a0 His lessons are not lost on me.<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nY\u2019know, I once wrote an article called \u201cWhat\u2019s the Difference<\/strong>\u201d.\u00a0 It explained the difference between Acme flight instruction and that which is offered at Tailwheel Town.\u00a0 I failed to point out one rather important point in that article.\u00a0 Here it is:\u00a0\u00a0 You will not find the best flight instruction at Tailwheel Town.\u00a0 The best flight instruction is found when the student is a self-starter who seeks knowledge from several sources, boiling it down to a form which is useable for that student.\u00a0 And by \u201cstudent\u201d, I mean ANYONE who is simply trying to improve.\u00a0\u00a0 That means any flyer from the greenest novice to the highest-time professional.\u00a0 So you will not find the best flight instruction at ANY one place.\u00a0 You may find some useful ideas at Tailwheel Town.\u00a0 And you may even find some at Acme!<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nI know for a fact that some aviators, whose opinions I respect, disagree with me.\u00a0 That\u2019s okay.\u00a0 We can\u2019t agree on everything. They are certainly welcome to their opinion, just as I am to mine.\u00a0 I will never insult their beliefs<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nY\u2019know what?\u00a0 I\u2019m really tired of being a voice in the wilderness.\u00a0 I give up.\u00a0 I\u2019ll continue to offer flight training to those who want to improve their flying skill, but I\u2019m going to surrender to Acme in the area of flight safety.\u00a0 Naturally, I\u2019ll continue to pursue my own improvement and that of those fliers who come to Tailwheel Town, but for those who don\u2019t know any better, Acme can have them.\u00a0 They win.\u00a0 I\u2019m glad I won\u2019t live long enough to see the result of the total \u201cAcme-zation\u201d of flying.\u00a0 And that\u2019s a good thing\u2026 I don\u2019t think I could stand it.<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nHappy swooping\u2026 until it is banned.<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nBrian<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n
[1]<\/a> \u201cWhuffo\u201d is a term borrowed from skydivers.\u00a0 It refers to those who ask, \u201cwhuffo you jump outta den airplanes?” \u00a0We always assumed that whuffos didn\u2019t fly.\u00a0 Unfortunately, they do.\u00a0 In my opinion, many modern aviators are whuffos.<\/p>\n[2]<\/a> The ASF is one of my favorite organizations simply because it consistently presents well-organized facts which are behind many aviation accidents.\u00a0 Does the ASF always draw the correct conclusion?\u00a0 No. Their \u201cImpossible Turn\u201d video, though well-produced was ridiculous in its conclusions. But at least they present the evidence.\u00a0 For that they have my support.<\/p>\n[3]<\/a> Bronnie Ware\u2019s study and book, \u201cTop 5 Regrets Of The Dying\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
percentage of them washed out of flight training (The fact that women were stupidly prohibited from such training, except for notable exceptions, is a subject for another rant). Nowadays, virtually no one washes out of civilian pilot training.\u00a0 Not too many years ago, spin training was required.\u00a0 Now, except for flight instructors, it is not.\u00a0 Steep turns used to be sixty degrees\u2026 now they are 45 degrees.\u00a0 Now, minimum controllable airspeed is defined as a speed at which the stall warner cannot be heard.\u00a0 What nonsense!\u00a0 I teach Vmc as a valid technique to slow down when some dog fart is in front of you in the pattern.\u00a0 If we stupidly follow him, we will be unable to glide to a safe landing in the event of engine failure.\u00a0 So of course we are going to slow down.\u00a0 The old FAA definition of Minimum Controllable Airspeed used to be \u201cflight at an angle of attach which is so high that any increase in angle of attack or load factor will result in a stall\u201d.\u00a0 I guess they splurched a whole lot of \u201cwhiteout\u201d on that definition.\u00a0 Most of our students are skookum enough to avoid stalling (or, Gawd forbid, spinning out of that stall) at pattern altitude which, for our students, is significantly lower than that of Acme\u2019s).\u00a0 Flight instruction is being dumbed down, we are teaching to the lowest common denominator and students are being ripped off right and left with substandard instruction.\u00a0 And don\u2019t get me wrong:\u00a0 Substandard instruction can come from a high time \u201cveteran\u201d or a wet-behind-the-ears newbie.\u00a0 Time is not the important factor for a flight instructor\u2026 knowledge of the subject and desire to teach is.<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nA lot of flying whuffos[1]<\/a> strongly object to the intentional dead stick landing that I teach to selected students.\u00a0 Evidently they would prefer to eliminate any process of improving pilot skills if it means that even the slightest risk is taken.\u00a0 They fail to realize that there is a far greater risk in maintaining a low level of competence.\u00a0 I no longer try to convince them of the value of this kind of instruction.\u00a0 It\u2019s a hopeless cause. I\u2019ll just let them wallow in their ignorance and enjoy their Kool-Aid.<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nI see that the EAA is now offering a prize to whoever can come up with a handy device which will cause a dramatic decline in the number of \u201cLoss of Control\u201d fatalities.\u00a0 At first blush it would seem that pilot training is being totally ignored in our zeal to reduce accidents.\u00a0 And this is after we\u2019ve reduced the above requirements, and if I didn\u2019t know better, I\u2019d say that we are replacing the training of good pilots for the developments of gadgets which will further focus the attention of pilots from the outside (where it should be) to the inside and further reliance on instruments.<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nI read somewhere that it was believed that \u201cmaneuvering flight\u201d was the regime where more accidents occurred than any other.\u00a0 So I thought to myself, \u201cExactly what is \u2018maneuvering flight\u2019? “.<\/h3>\nI did a little research.\u00a0\u00a0 It seems that perhaps one of the best definitions of maneuvering flight comes from one of my favorite organizations, the AOPA\u2019s Air Safety Foundation[2]<\/a>.\u00a0 They say, \u201cNearly one-third (32.9 percent) of all fatal accidents in the last 10 years occurred during maneuvering flight, which includes buzzing, formation flying, aerial work (what the hell is that?), stalls\/spins, canyon flying, aerobatics, and normal flight operations\u201d (in other words, the stuff we teach at Tailwheel Town).<\/h3>\nWait a minute!\u00a0 \u201cNormal flight operations\u201d?\u00a0 Hmm, it would seem that one can\u2019t take off and land without performing this super hazardous \u201cmaneuvering flight\u201d.<\/h3>\nIt occurred to me to ask a question:\u00a0 Have we become such pansies that we are trying to eliminate EVERY possible hazard?\u00a0 I read somewhere that the powers that be in general aviation are trying to do just that.\u00a0 If that is the case, perhaps we should wrap ourselves up in blankets and stay in bed, prolonging our lives as much as possible and never sticking our neck out OR having any fun at all!<\/h3>\nI think there is a happy medium.\u00a0 Although I sometimes accused my father of trying to prolong his life instead of enjoying it, I have to admit that, in the last analysis, he actually did stick it out the way I think we all should.\u00a0 When he was<\/h3>\nPop in his trademark jump over a car (photo from the Lansburgh Collection)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n <\/p>\n
<\/a> young he roped, jumped horses over cars and cowboyed in Texas during the depression as the only English speaker on the crew.\u00a0 And he performed a trick riding display in front of a somewhat snooty crowd while in his fifties\u2026 and with a cow bone in one ankle, the result of a helluva wreck while stunting in a Barbara Stanwyck movie.\u00a0 He died in bed at 89.<\/h3>\nPop trick riding in his fifties (photo from the Lansburgh Collection).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSo I\u2019ve learned by example.\u00a0 To this day, my students are swooping into irrigation pivots, inches off the deck and landing in a turn on one wheel.\u00a0 But virtually every maneuver we do has been designed to keep safety as the utmost priority while preserving the \u201cYahoo\u201d effect.\u00a0 It seems to be working.<\/h3>\nLet\u2019s not forget that in a recent study, when deathbed occupants were interviewed, hardly any of them expressed regret at what they had<\/strong> done in their lives. No, almost all of them regretted the things they hadn\u2019t done.[3]<\/a><\/h3>\nSure, from time to time aviation, and many other pursuits, loses someone.\u00a0 That\u2019s very unfortunate for those left behind.\u00a0 But I can\u2019t help but feel that we lose even more if we don\u2019t follow Jack London\u2019s philosophy:<\/h3>\n\u201cI would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy<\/strong> and permanent planet<\/strong>. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist.\u201d<\/h3>\nThis year we lost Bob Hoover, the \u201cpilot\u2019s pilot\u201d.\u00a0 He was 94.[4]<\/a>\u00a0 He lived his life as a \u201csuperb meteor\u201d. \u00a0I will never forget the discussion Bob and I had about metal fatigue and the other one we had about the relative merits of Gordon\u2019s Gin. \u00a0Both were informative. \u00a0Bob was shot down by the Germans in WW2.\u00a0 Then he stole a German fighter and escaped to fight again.<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nBob was a teacher.\u00a0 He knew so much about aerodynamics that he could be confident that he was offering good advice.\u00a0 He probably saved some lives with some of that advice. Perhaps his best lesson was how he lived his life.\u00a0 His lessons are not lost on me.<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nY\u2019know, I once wrote an article called \u201cWhat\u2019s the Difference<\/strong>\u201d.\u00a0 It explained the difference between Acme flight instruction and that which is offered at Tailwheel Town.\u00a0 I failed to point out one rather important point in that article.\u00a0 Here it is:\u00a0\u00a0 You will not find the best flight instruction at Tailwheel Town.\u00a0 The best flight instruction is found when the student is a self-starter who seeks knowledge from several sources, boiling it down to a form which is useable for that student.\u00a0 And by \u201cstudent\u201d, I mean ANYONE who is simply trying to improve.\u00a0\u00a0 That means any flyer from the greenest novice to the highest-time professional.\u00a0 So you will not find the best flight instruction at ANY one place.\u00a0 You may find some useful ideas at Tailwheel Town.\u00a0 And you may even find some at Acme!<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nI know for a fact that some aviators, whose opinions I respect, disagree with me.\u00a0 That\u2019s okay.\u00a0 We can\u2019t agree on everything. They are certainly welcome to their opinion, just as I am to mine.\u00a0 I will never insult their beliefs<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nY\u2019know what?\u00a0 I\u2019m really tired of being a voice in the wilderness.\u00a0 I give up.\u00a0 I\u2019ll continue to offer flight training to those who want to improve their flying skill, but I\u2019m going to surrender to Acme in the area of flight safety.\u00a0 Naturally, I\u2019ll continue to pursue my own improvement and that of those fliers who come to Tailwheel Town, but for those who don\u2019t know any better, Acme can have them.\u00a0 They win.\u00a0 I\u2019m glad I won\u2019t live long enough to see the result of the total \u201cAcme-zation\u201d of flying.\u00a0 And that\u2019s a good thing\u2026 I don\u2019t think I could stand it.<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nHappy swooping\u2026 until it is banned.<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nBrian<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n
[1]<\/a> \u201cWhuffo\u201d is a term borrowed from skydivers.\u00a0 It refers to those who ask, \u201cwhuffo you jump outta den airplanes?” \u00a0We always assumed that whuffos didn\u2019t fly.\u00a0 Unfortunately, they do.\u00a0 In my opinion, many modern aviators are whuffos.<\/p>\n[2]<\/a> The ASF is one of my favorite organizations simply because it consistently presents well-organized facts which are behind many aviation accidents.\u00a0 Does the ASF always draw the correct conclusion?\u00a0 No. Their \u201cImpossible Turn\u201d video, though well-produced was ridiculous in its conclusions. But at least they present the evidence.\u00a0 For that they have my support.<\/p>\n[3]<\/a> Bronnie Ware\u2019s study and book, \u201cTop 5 Regrets Of The Dying\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
A lot of flying whuffos[1]<\/a> strongly object to the intentional dead stick landing that I teach to selected students.\u00a0 Evidently they would prefer to eliminate any process of improving pilot skills if it means that even the slightest risk is taken.\u00a0 They fail to realize that there is a far greater risk in maintaining a low level of competence.\u00a0 I no longer try to convince them of the value of this kind of instruction.\u00a0 It\u2019s a hopeless cause. I\u2019ll just let them wallow in their ignorance and enjoy their Kool-Aid.<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nI see that the EAA is now offering a prize to whoever can come up with a handy device which will cause a dramatic decline in the number of \u201cLoss of Control\u201d fatalities.\u00a0 At first blush it would seem that pilot training is being totally ignored in our zeal to reduce accidents.\u00a0 And this is after we\u2019ve reduced the above requirements, and if I didn\u2019t know better, I\u2019d say that we are replacing the training of good pilots for the developments of gadgets which will further focus the attention of pilots from the outside (where it should be) to the inside and further reliance on instruments.<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nI read somewhere that it was believed that \u201cmaneuvering flight\u201d was the regime where more accidents occurred than any other.\u00a0 So I thought to myself, \u201cExactly what is \u2018maneuvering flight\u2019? “.<\/h3>\nI did a little research.\u00a0\u00a0 It seems that perhaps one of the best definitions of maneuvering flight comes from one of my favorite organizations, the AOPA\u2019s Air Safety Foundation[2]<\/a>.\u00a0 They say, \u201cNearly one-third (32.9 percent) of all fatal accidents in the last 10 years occurred during maneuvering flight, which includes buzzing, formation flying, aerial work (what the hell is that?), stalls\/spins, canyon flying, aerobatics, and normal flight operations\u201d (in other words, the stuff we teach at Tailwheel Town).<\/h3>\nWait a minute!\u00a0 \u201cNormal flight operations\u201d?\u00a0 Hmm, it would seem that one can\u2019t take off and land without performing this super hazardous \u201cmaneuvering flight\u201d.<\/h3>\nIt occurred to me to ask a question:\u00a0 Have we become such pansies that we are trying to eliminate EVERY possible hazard?\u00a0 I read somewhere that the powers that be in general aviation are trying to do just that.\u00a0 If that is the case, perhaps we should wrap ourselves up in blankets and stay in bed, prolonging our lives as much as possible and never sticking our neck out OR having any fun at all!<\/h3>\nI think there is a happy medium.\u00a0 Although I sometimes accused my father of trying to prolong his life instead of enjoying it, I have to admit that, in the last analysis, he actually did stick it out the way I think we all should.\u00a0 When he was<\/h3>\nPop in his trademark jump over a car (photo from the Lansburgh Collection)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n <\/p>\n
<\/a> young he roped, jumped horses over cars and cowboyed in Texas during the depression as the only English speaker on the crew.\u00a0 And he performed a trick riding display in front of a somewhat snooty crowd while in his fifties\u2026 and with a cow bone in one ankle, the result of a helluva wreck while stunting in a Barbara Stanwyck movie.\u00a0 He died in bed at 89.<\/h3>\nPop trick riding in his fifties (photo from the Lansburgh Collection).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSo I\u2019ve learned by example.\u00a0 To this day, my students are swooping into irrigation pivots, inches off the deck and landing in a turn on one wheel.\u00a0 But virtually every maneuver we do has been designed to keep safety as the utmost priority while preserving the \u201cYahoo\u201d effect.\u00a0 It seems to be working.<\/h3>\nLet\u2019s not forget that in a recent study, when deathbed occupants were interviewed, hardly any of them expressed regret at what they had<\/strong> done in their lives. No, almost all of them regretted the things they hadn\u2019t done.[3]<\/a><\/h3>\nSure, from time to time aviation, and many other pursuits, loses someone.\u00a0 That\u2019s very unfortunate for those left behind.\u00a0 But I can\u2019t help but feel that we lose even more if we don\u2019t follow Jack London\u2019s philosophy:<\/h3>\n\u201cI would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy<\/strong> and permanent planet<\/strong>. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist.\u201d<\/h3>\nThis year we lost Bob Hoover, the \u201cpilot\u2019s pilot\u201d.\u00a0 He was 94.[4]<\/a>\u00a0 He lived his life as a \u201csuperb meteor\u201d. \u00a0I will never forget the discussion Bob and I had about metal fatigue and the other one we had about the relative merits of Gordon\u2019s Gin. \u00a0Both were informative. \u00a0Bob was shot down by the Germans in WW2.\u00a0 Then he stole a German fighter and escaped to fight again.<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nBob was a teacher.\u00a0 He knew so much about aerodynamics that he could be confident that he was offering good advice.\u00a0 He probably saved some lives with some of that advice. Perhaps his best lesson was how he lived his life.\u00a0 His lessons are not lost on me.<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nY\u2019know, I once wrote an article called \u201cWhat\u2019s the Difference<\/strong>\u201d.\u00a0 It explained the difference between Acme flight instruction and that which is offered at Tailwheel Town.\u00a0 I failed to point out one rather important point in that article.\u00a0 Here it is:\u00a0\u00a0 You will not find the best flight instruction at Tailwheel Town.\u00a0 The best flight instruction is found when the student is a self-starter who seeks knowledge from several sources, boiling it down to a form which is useable for that student.\u00a0 And by \u201cstudent\u201d, I mean ANYONE who is simply trying to improve.\u00a0\u00a0 That means any flyer from the greenest novice to the highest-time professional.\u00a0 So you will not find the best flight instruction at ANY one place.\u00a0 You may find some useful ideas at Tailwheel Town.\u00a0 And you may even find some at Acme!<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nI know for a fact that some aviators, whose opinions I respect, disagree with me.\u00a0 That\u2019s okay.\u00a0 We can\u2019t agree on everything. They are certainly welcome to their opinion, just as I am to mine.\u00a0 I will never insult their beliefs<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nY\u2019know what?\u00a0 I\u2019m really tired of being a voice in the wilderness.\u00a0 I give up.\u00a0 I\u2019ll continue to offer flight training to those who want to improve their flying skill, but I\u2019m going to surrender to Acme in the area of flight safety.\u00a0 Naturally, I\u2019ll continue to pursue my own improvement and that of those fliers who come to Tailwheel Town, but for those who don\u2019t know any better, Acme can have them.\u00a0 They win.\u00a0 I\u2019m glad I won\u2019t live long enough to see the result of the total \u201cAcme-zation\u201d of flying.\u00a0 And that\u2019s a good thing\u2026 I don\u2019t think I could stand it.<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nHappy swooping\u2026 until it is banned.<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nBrian<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n
[1]<\/a> \u201cWhuffo\u201d is a term borrowed from skydivers.\u00a0 It refers to those who ask, \u201cwhuffo you jump outta den airplanes?” \u00a0We always assumed that whuffos didn\u2019t fly.\u00a0 Unfortunately, they do.\u00a0 In my opinion, many modern aviators are whuffos.<\/p>\n[2]<\/a> The ASF is one of my favorite organizations simply because it consistently presents well-organized facts which are behind many aviation accidents.\u00a0 Does the ASF always draw the correct conclusion?\u00a0 No. Their \u201cImpossible Turn\u201d video, though well-produced was ridiculous in its conclusions. But at least they present the evidence.\u00a0 For that they have my support.<\/p>\n[3]<\/a> Bronnie Ware\u2019s study and book, \u201cTop 5 Regrets Of The Dying\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
I see that the EAA is now offering a prize to whoever can come up with a handy device which will cause a dramatic decline in the number of \u201cLoss of Control\u201d fatalities.\u00a0 At first blush it would seem that pilot training is being totally ignored in our zeal to reduce accidents.\u00a0 And this is after we\u2019ve reduced the above requirements, and if I didn\u2019t know better, I\u2019d say that we are replacing the training of good pilots for the developments of gadgets which will further focus the attention of pilots from the outside (where it should be) to the inside and further reliance on instruments.<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nI read somewhere that it was believed that \u201cmaneuvering flight\u201d was the regime where more accidents occurred than any other.\u00a0 So I thought to myself, \u201cExactly what is \u2018maneuvering flight\u2019? “.<\/h3>\nI did a little research.\u00a0\u00a0 It seems that perhaps one of the best definitions of maneuvering flight comes from one of my favorite organizations, the AOPA\u2019s Air Safety Foundation[2]<\/a>.\u00a0 They say, \u201cNearly one-third (32.9 percent) of all fatal accidents in the last 10 years occurred during maneuvering flight, which includes buzzing, formation flying, aerial work (what the hell is that?), stalls\/spins, canyon flying, aerobatics, and normal flight operations\u201d (in other words, the stuff we teach at Tailwheel Town).<\/h3>\nWait a minute!\u00a0 \u201cNormal flight operations\u201d?\u00a0 Hmm, it would seem that one can\u2019t take off and land without performing this super hazardous \u201cmaneuvering flight\u201d.<\/h3>\nIt occurred to me to ask a question:\u00a0 Have we become such pansies that we are trying to eliminate EVERY possible hazard?\u00a0 I read somewhere that the powers that be in general aviation are trying to do just that.\u00a0 If that is the case, perhaps we should wrap ourselves up in blankets and stay in bed, prolonging our lives as much as possible and never sticking our neck out OR having any fun at all!<\/h3>\nI think there is a happy medium.\u00a0 Although I sometimes accused my father of trying to prolong his life instead of enjoying it, I have to admit that, in the last analysis, he actually did stick it out the way I think we all should.\u00a0 When he was<\/h3>\nPop in his trademark jump over a car (photo from the Lansburgh Collection)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n <\/p>\n
<\/a> young he roped, jumped horses over cars and cowboyed in Texas during the depression as the only English speaker on the crew.\u00a0 And he performed a trick riding display in front of a somewhat snooty crowd while in his fifties\u2026 and with a cow bone in one ankle, the result of a helluva wreck while stunting in a Barbara Stanwyck movie.\u00a0 He died in bed at 89.<\/h3>\nPop trick riding in his fifties (photo from the Lansburgh Collection).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSo I\u2019ve learned by example.\u00a0 To this day, my students are swooping into irrigation pivots, inches off the deck and landing in a turn on one wheel.\u00a0 But virtually every maneuver we do has been designed to keep safety as the utmost priority while preserving the \u201cYahoo\u201d effect.\u00a0 It seems to be working.<\/h3>\nLet\u2019s not forget that in a recent study, when deathbed occupants were interviewed, hardly any of them expressed regret at what they had<\/strong> done in their lives. No, almost all of them regretted the things they hadn\u2019t done.[3]<\/a><\/h3>\nSure, from time to time aviation, and many other pursuits, loses someone.\u00a0 That\u2019s very unfortunate for those left behind.\u00a0 But I can\u2019t help but feel that we lose even more if we don\u2019t follow Jack London\u2019s philosophy:<\/h3>\n\u201cI would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy<\/strong> and permanent planet<\/strong>. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist.\u201d<\/h3>\nThis year we lost Bob Hoover, the \u201cpilot\u2019s pilot\u201d.\u00a0 He was 94.[4]<\/a>\u00a0 He lived his life as a \u201csuperb meteor\u201d. \u00a0I will never forget the discussion Bob and I had about metal fatigue and the other one we had about the relative merits of Gordon\u2019s Gin. \u00a0Both were informative. \u00a0Bob was shot down by the Germans in WW2.\u00a0 Then he stole a German fighter and escaped to fight again.<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nBob was a teacher.\u00a0 He knew so much about aerodynamics that he could be confident that he was offering good advice.\u00a0 He probably saved some lives with some of that advice. Perhaps his best lesson was how he lived his life.\u00a0 His lessons are not lost on me.<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nY\u2019know, I once wrote an article called \u201cWhat\u2019s the Difference<\/strong>\u201d.\u00a0 It explained the difference between Acme flight instruction and that which is offered at Tailwheel Town.\u00a0 I failed to point out one rather important point in that article.\u00a0 Here it is:\u00a0\u00a0 You will not find the best flight instruction at Tailwheel Town.\u00a0 The best flight instruction is found when the student is a self-starter who seeks knowledge from several sources, boiling it down to a form which is useable for that student.\u00a0 And by \u201cstudent\u201d, I mean ANYONE who is simply trying to improve.\u00a0\u00a0 That means any flyer from the greenest novice to the highest-time professional.\u00a0 So you will not find the best flight instruction at ANY one place.\u00a0 You may find some useful ideas at Tailwheel Town.\u00a0 And you may even find some at Acme!<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nI know for a fact that some aviators, whose opinions I respect, disagree with me.\u00a0 That\u2019s okay.\u00a0 We can\u2019t agree on everything. They are certainly welcome to their opinion, just as I am to mine.\u00a0 I will never insult their beliefs<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nY\u2019know what?\u00a0 I\u2019m really tired of being a voice in the wilderness.\u00a0 I give up.\u00a0 I\u2019ll continue to offer flight training to those who want to improve their flying skill, but I\u2019m going to surrender to Acme in the area of flight safety.\u00a0 Naturally, I\u2019ll continue to pursue my own improvement and that of those fliers who come to Tailwheel Town, but for those who don\u2019t know any better, Acme can have them.\u00a0 They win.\u00a0 I\u2019m glad I won\u2019t live long enough to see the result of the total \u201cAcme-zation\u201d of flying.\u00a0 And that\u2019s a good thing\u2026 I don\u2019t think I could stand it.<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nHappy swooping\u2026 until it is banned.<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nBrian<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n
[1]<\/a> \u201cWhuffo\u201d is a term borrowed from skydivers.\u00a0 It refers to those who ask, \u201cwhuffo you jump outta den airplanes?” \u00a0We always assumed that whuffos didn\u2019t fly.\u00a0 Unfortunately, they do.\u00a0 In my opinion, many modern aviators are whuffos.<\/p>\n[2]<\/a> The ASF is one of my favorite organizations simply because it consistently presents well-organized facts which are behind many aviation accidents.\u00a0 Does the ASF always draw the correct conclusion?\u00a0 No. Their \u201cImpossible Turn\u201d video, though well-produced was ridiculous in its conclusions. But at least they present the evidence.\u00a0 For that they have my support.<\/p>\n[3]<\/a> Bronnie Ware\u2019s study and book, \u201cTop 5 Regrets Of The Dying\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
I read somewhere that it was believed that \u201cmaneuvering flight\u201d was the regime where more accidents occurred than any other.\u00a0 So I thought to myself, \u201cExactly what is \u2018maneuvering flight\u2019? “.<\/h3>\nI did a little research.\u00a0\u00a0 It seems that perhaps one of the best definitions of maneuvering flight comes from one of my favorite organizations, the AOPA\u2019s Air Safety Foundation[2]<\/a>.\u00a0 They say, \u201cNearly one-third (32.9 percent) of all fatal accidents in the last 10 years occurred during maneuvering flight, which includes buzzing, formation flying, aerial work (what the hell is that?), stalls\/spins, canyon flying, aerobatics, and normal flight operations\u201d (in other words, the stuff we teach at Tailwheel Town).<\/h3>\nWait a minute!\u00a0 \u201cNormal flight operations\u201d?\u00a0 Hmm, it would seem that one can\u2019t take off and land without performing this super hazardous \u201cmaneuvering flight\u201d.<\/h3>\nIt occurred to me to ask a question:\u00a0 Have we become such pansies that we are trying to eliminate EVERY possible hazard?\u00a0 I read somewhere that the powers that be in general aviation are trying to do just that.\u00a0 If that is the case, perhaps we should wrap ourselves up in blankets and stay in bed, prolonging our lives as much as possible and never sticking our neck out OR having any fun at all!<\/h3>\nI think there is a happy medium.\u00a0 Although I sometimes accused my father of trying to prolong his life instead of enjoying it, I have to admit that, in the last analysis, he actually did stick it out the way I think we all should.\u00a0 When he was<\/h3>\nPop in his trademark jump over a car (photo from the Lansburgh Collection)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n <\/p>\n
<\/a> young he roped, jumped horses over cars and cowboyed in Texas during the depression as the only English speaker on the crew.\u00a0 And he performed a trick riding display in front of a somewhat snooty crowd while in his fifties\u2026 and with a cow bone in one ankle, the result of a helluva wreck while stunting in a Barbara Stanwyck movie.\u00a0 He died in bed at 89.<\/h3>\nPop trick riding in his fifties (photo from the Lansburgh Collection).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSo I\u2019ve learned by example.\u00a0 To this day, my students are swooping into irrigation pivots, inches off the deck and landing in a turn on one wheel.\u00a0 But virtually every maneuver we do has been designed to keep safety as the utmost priority while preserving the \u201cYahoo\u201d effect.\u00a0 It seems to be working.<\/h3>\nLet\u2019s not forget that in a recent study, when deathbed occupants were interviewed, hardly any of them expressed regret at what they had<\/strong> done in their lives. No, almost all of them regretted the things they hadn\u2019t done.[3]<\/a><\/h3>\nSure, from time to time aviation, and many other pursuits, loses someone.\u00a0 That\u2019s very unfortunate for those left behind.\u00a0 But I can\u2019t help but feel that we lose even more if we don\u2019t follow Jack London\u2019s philosophy:<\/h3>\n\u201cI would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy<\/strong> and permanent planet<\/strong>. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist.\u201d<\/h3>\nThis year we lost Bob Hoover, the \u201cpilot\u2019s pilot\u201d.\u00a0 He was 94.[4]<\/a>\u00a0 He lived his life as a \u201csuperb meteor\u201d. \u00a0I will never forget the discussion Bob and I had about metal fatigue and the other one we had about the relative merits of Gordon\u2019s Gin. \u00a0Both were informative. \u00a0Bob was shot down by the Germans in WW2.\u00a0 Then he stole a German fighter and escaped to fight again.<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nBob was a teacher.\u00a0 He knew so much about aerodynamics that he could be confident that he was offering good advice.\u00a0 He probably saved some lives with some of that advice. Perhaps his best lesson was how he lived his life.\u00a0 His lessons are not lost on me.<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nY\u2019know, I once wrote an article called \u201cWhat\u2019s the Difference<\/strong>\u201d.\u00a0 It explained the difference between Acme flight instruction and that which is offered at Tailwheel Town.\u00a0 I failed to point out one rather important point in that article.\u00a0 Here it is:\u00a0\u00a0 You will not find the best flight instruction at Tailwheel Town.\u00a0 The best flight instruction is found when the student is a self-starter who seeks knowledge from several sources, boiling it down to a form which is useable for that student.\u00a0 And by \u201cstudent\u201d, I mean ANYONE who is simply trying to improve.\u00a0\u00a0 That means any flyer from the greenest novice to the highest-time professional.\u00a0 So you will not find the best flight instruction at ANY one place.\u00a0 You may find some useful ideas at Tailwheel Town.\u00a0 And you may even find some at Acme!<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nI know for a fact that some aviators, whose opinions I respect, disagree with me.\u00a0 That\u2019s okay.\u00a0 We can\u2019t agree on everything. They are certainly welcome to their opinion, just as I am to mine.\u00a0 I will never insult their beliefs<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nY\u2019know what?\u00a0 I\u2019m really tired of being a voice in the wilderness.\u00a0 I give up.\u00a0 I\u2019ll continue to offer flight training to those who want to improve their flying skill, but I\u2019m going to surrender to Acme in the area of flight safety.\u00a0 Naturally, I\u2019ll continue to pursue my own improvement and that of those fliers who come to Tailwheel Town, but for those who don\u2019t know any better, Acme can have them.\u00a0 They win.\u00a0 I\u2019m glad I won\u2019t live long enough to see the result of the total \u201cAcme-zation\u201d of flying.\u00a0 And that\u2019s a good thing\u2026 I don\u2019t think I could stand it.<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nHappy swooping\u2026 until it is banned.<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nBrian<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n
[1]<\/a> \u201cWhuffo\u201d is a term borrowed from skydivers.\u00a0 It refers to those who ask, \u201cwhuffo you jump outta den airplanes?” \u00a0We always assumed that whuffos didn\u2019t fly.\u00a0 Unfortunately, they do.\u00a0 In my opinion, many modern aviators are whuffos.<\/p>\n[2]<\/a> The ASF is one of my favorite organizations simply because it consistently presents well-organized facts which are behind many aviation accidents.\u00a0 Does the ASF always draw the correct conclusion?\u00a0 No. Their \u201cImpossible Turn\u201d video, though well-produced was ridiculous in its conclusions. But at least they present the evidence.\u00a0 For that they have my support.<\/p>\n[3]<\/a> Bronnie Ware\u2019s study and book, \u201cTop 5 Regrets Of The Dying\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Wait a minute!\u00a0 \u201cNormal flight operations\u201d?\u00a0 Hmm, it would seem that one can\u2019t take off and land without performing this super hazardous \u201cmaneuvering flight\u201d.<\/h3>\nIt occurred to me to ask a question:\u00a0 Have we become such pansies that we are trying to eliminate EVERY possible hazard?\u00a0 I read somewhere that the powers that be in general aviation are trying to do just that.\u00a0 If that is the case, perhaps we should wrap ourselves up in blankets and stay in bed, prolonging our lives as much as possible and never sticking our neck out OR having any fun at all!<\/h3>\nI think there is a happy medium.\u00a0 Although I sometimes accused my father of trying to prolong his life instead of enjoying it, I have to admit that, in the last analysis, he actually did stick it out the way I think we all should.\u00a0 When he was<\/h3>\nPop in his trademark jump over a car (photo from the Lansburgh Collection)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n <\/p>\n
<\/a> young he roped, jumped horses over cars and cowboyed in Texas during the depression as the only English speaker on the crew.\u00a0 And he performed a trick riding display in front of a somewhat snooty crowd while in his fifties\u2026 and with a cow bone in one ankle, the result of a helluva wreck while stunting in a Barbara Stanwyck movie.\u00a0 He died in bed at 89.<\/h3>\nPop trick riding in his fifties (photo from the Lansburgh Collection).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSo I\u2019ve learned by example.\u00a0 To this day, my students are swooping into irrigation pivots, inches off the deck and landing in a turn on one wheel.\u00a0 But virtually every maneuver we do has been designed to keep safety as the utmost priority while preserving the \u201cYahoo\u201d effect.\u00a0 It seems to be working.<\/h3>\nLet\u2019s not forget that in a recent study, when deathbed occupants were interviewed, hardly any of them expressed regret at what they had<\/strong> done in their lives. No, almost all of them regretted the things they hadn\u2019t done.[3]<\/a><\/h3>\nSure, from time to time aviation, and many other pursuits, loses someone.\u00a0 That\u2019s very unfortunate for those left behind.\u00a0 But I can\u2019t help but feel that we lose even more if we don\u2019t follow Jack London\u2019s philosophy:<\/h3>\n\u201cI would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy<\/strong> and permanent planet<\/strong>. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist.\u201d<\/h3>\nThis year we lost Bob Hoover, the \u201cpilot\u2019s pilot\u201d.\u00a0 He was 94.[4]<\/a>\u00a0 He lived his life as a \u201csuperb meteor\u201d. \u00a0I will never forget the discussion Bob and I had about metal fatigue and the other one we had about the relative merits of Gordon\u2019s Gin. \u00a0Both were informative. \u00a0Bob was shot down by the Germans in WW2.\u00a0 Then he stole a German fighter and escaped to fight again.<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nBob was a teacher.\u00a0 He knew so much about aerodynamics that he could be confident that he was offering good advice.\u00a0 He probably saved some lives with some of that advice. Perhaps his best lesson was how he lived his life.\u00a0 His lessons are not lost on me.<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nY\u2019know, I once wrote an article called \u201cWhat\u2019s the Difference<\/strong>\u201d.\u00a0 It explained the difference between Acme flight instruction and that which is offered at Tailwheel Town.\u00a0 I failed to point out one rather important point in that article.\u00a0 Here it is:\u00a0\u00a0 You will not find the best flight instruction at Tailwheel Town.\u00a0 The best flight instruction is found when the student is a self-starter who seeks knowledge from several sources, boiling it down to a form which is useable for that student.\u00a0 And by \u201cstudent\u201d, I mean ANYONE who is simply trying to improve.\u00a0\u00a0 That means any flyer from the greenest novice to the highest-time professional.\u00a0 So you will not find the best flight instruction at ANY one place.\u00a0 You may find some useful ideas at Tailwheel Town.\u00a0 And you may even find some at Acme!<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nI know for a fact that some aviators, whose opinions I respect, disagree with me.\u00a0 That\u2019s okay.\u00a0 We can\u2019t agree on everything. They are certainly welcome to their opinion, just as I am to mine.\u00a0 I will never insult their beliefs<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nY\u2019know what?\u00a0 I\u2019m really tired of being a voice in the wilderness.\u00a0 I give up.\u00a0 I\u2019ll continue to offer flight training to those who want to improve their flying skill, but I\u2019m going to surrender to Acme in the area of flight safety.\u00a0 Naturally, I\u2019ll continue to pursue my own improvement and that of those fliers who come to Tailwheel Town, but for those who don\u2019t know any better, Acme can have them.\u00a0 They win.\u00a0 I\u2019m glad I won\u2019t live long enough to see the result of the total \u201cAcme-zation\u201d of flying.\u00a0 And that\u2019s a good thing\u2026 I don\u2019t think I could stand it.<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nHappy swooping\u2026 until it is banned.<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nBrian<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n
[1]<\/a> \u201cWhuffo\u201d is a term borrowed from skydivers.\u00a0 It refers to those who ask, \u201cwhuffo you jump outta den airplanes?” \u00a0We always assumed that whuffos didn\u2019t fly.\u00a0 Unfortunately, they do.\u00a0 In my opinion, many modern aviators are whuffos.<\/p>\n[2]<\/a> The ASF is one of my favorite organizations simply because it consistently presents well-organized facts which are behind many aviation accidents.\u00a0 Does the ASF always draw the correct conclusion?\u00a0 No. Their \u201cImpossible Turn\u201d video, though well-produced was ridiculous in its conclusions. But at least they present the evidence.\u00a0 For that they have my support.<\/p>\n[3]<\/a> Bronnie Ware\u2019s study and book, \u201cTop 5 Regrets Of The Dying\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
I think there is a happy medium.\u00a0 Although I sometimes accused my father of trying to prolong his life instead of enjoying it, I have to admit that, in the last analysis, he actually did stick it out the way I think we all should.\u00a0 When he was<\/h3>\nPop in his trademark jump over a car (photo from the Lansburgh Collection)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n <\/p>\n
<\/a> young he roped, jumped horses over cars and cowboyed in Texas during the depression as the only English speaker on the crew.\u00a0 And he performed a trick riding display in front of a somewhat snooty crowd while in his fifties\u2026 and with a cow bone in one ankle, the result of a helluva wreck while stunting in a Barbara Stanwyck movie.\u00a0 He died in bed at 89.<\/h3>\nPop trick riding in his fifties (photo from the Lansburgh Collection).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSo I\u2019ve learned by example.\u00a0 To this day, my students are swooping into irrigation pivots, inches off the deck and landing in a turn on one wheel.\u00a0 But virtually every maneuver we do has been designed to keep safety as the utmost priority while preserving the \u201cYahoo\u201d effect.\u00a0 It seems to be working.<\/h3>\nLet\u2019s not forget that in a recent study, when deathbed occupants were interviewed, hardly any of them expressed regret at what they had<\/strong> done in their lives. No, almost all of them regretted the things they hadn\u2019t done.[3]<\/a><\/h3>\nSure, from time to time aviation, and many other pursuits, loses someone.\u00a0 That\u2019s very unfortunate for those left behind.\u00a0 But I can\u2019t help but feel that we lose even more if we don\u2019t follow Jack London\u2019s philosophy:<\/h3>\n\u201cI would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy<\/strong> and permanent planet<\/strong>. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist.\u201d<\/h3>\nThis year we lost Bob Hoover, the \u201cpilot\u2019s pilot\u201d.\u00a0 He was 94.[4]<\/a>\u00a0 He lived his life as a \u201csuperb meteor\u201d. \u00a0I will never forget the discussion Bob and I had about metal fatigue and the other one we had about the relative merits of Gordon\u2019s Gin. \u00a0Both were informative. \u00a0Bob was shot down by the Germans in WW2.\u00a0 Then he stole a German fighter and escaped to fight again.<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nBob was a teacher.\u00a0 He knew so much about aerodynamics that he could be confident that he was offering good advice.\u00a0 He probably saved some lives with some of that advice. Perhaps his best lesson was how he lived his life.\u00a0 His lessons are not lost on me.<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nY\u2019know, I once wrote an article called \u201cWhat\u2019s the Difference<\/strong>\u201d.\u00a0 It explained the difference between Acme flight instruction and that which is offered at Tailwheel Town.\u00a0 I failed to point out one rather important point in that article.\u00a0 Here it is:\u00a0\u00a0 You will not find the best flight instruction at Tailwheel Town.\u00a0 The best flight instruction is found when the student is a self-starter who seeks knowledge from several sources, boiling it down to a form which is useable for that student.\u00a0 And by \u201cstudent\u201d, I mean ANYONE who is simply trying to improve.\u00a0\u00a0 That means any flyer from the greenest novice to the highest-time professional.\u00a0 So you will not find the best flight instruction at ANY one place.\u00a0 You may find some useful ideas at Tailwheel Town.\u00a0 And you may even find some at Acme!<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nI know for a fact that some aviators, whose opinions I respect, disagree with me.\u00a0 That\u2019s okay.\u00a0 We can\u2019t agree on everything. They are certainly welcome to their opinion, just as I am to mine.\u00a0 I will never insult their beliefs<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nY\u2019know what?\u00a0 I\u2019m really tired of being a voice in the wilderness.\u00a0 I give up.\u00a0 I\u2019ll continue to offer flight training to those who want to improve their flying skill, but I\u2019m going to surrender to Acme in the area of flight safety.\u00a0 Naturally, I\u2019ll continue to pursue my own improvement and that of those fliers who come to Tailwheel Town, but for those who don\u2019t know any better, Acme can have them.\u00a0 They win.\u00a0 I\u2019m glad I won\u2019t live long enough to see the result of the total \u201cAcme-zation\u201d of flying.\u00a0 And that\u2019s a good thing\u2026 I don\u2019t think I could stand it.<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nHappy swooping\u2026 until it is banned.<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nBrian<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n
[1]<\/a> \u201cWhuffo\u201d is a term borrowed from skydivers.\u00a0 It refers to those who ask, \u201cwhuffo you jump outta den airplanes?” \u00a0We always assumed that whuffos didn\u2019t fly.\u00a0 Unfortunately, they do.\u00a0 In my opinion, many modern aviators are whuffos.<\/p>\n[2]<\/a> The ASF is one of my favorite organizations simply because it consistently presents well-organized facts which are behind many aviation accidents.\u00a0 Does the ASF always draw the correct conclusion?\u00a0 No. Their \u201cImpossible Turn\u201d video, though well-produced was ridiculous in its conclusions. But at least they present the evidence.\u00a0 For that they have my support.<\/p>\n[3]<\/a> Bronnie Ware\u2019s study and book, \u201cTop 5 Regrets Of The Dying\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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<\/a> young he roped, jumped horses over cars and cowboyed in Texas during the depression as the only English speaker on the crew.\u00a0 And he performed a trick riding display in front of a somewhat snooty crowd while in his fifties\u2026 and with a cow bone in one ankle, the result of a helluva wreck while stunting in a Barbara Stanwyck movie.\u00a0 He died in bed at 89.<\/h3>\nPop trick riding in his fifties (photo from the Lansburgh Collection).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSo I\u2019ve learned by example.\u00a0 To this day, my students are swooping into irrigation pivots, inches off the deck and landing in a turn on one wheel.\u00a0 But virtually every maneuver we do has been designed to keep safety as the utmost priority while preserving the \u201cYahoo\u201d effect.\u00a0 It seems to be working.<\/h3>\nLet\u2019s not forget that in a recent study, when deathbed occupants were interviewed, hardly any of them expressed regret at what they had<\/strong> done in their lives. No, almost all of them regretted the things they hadn\u2019t done.[3]<\/a><\/h3>\nSure, from time to time aviation, and many other pursuits, loses someone.\u00a0 That\u2019s very unfortunate for those left behind.\u00a0 But I can\u2019t help but feel that we lose even more if we don\u2019t follow Jack London\u2019s philosophy:<\/h3>\n\u201cI would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy<\/strong> and permanent planet<\/strong>. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist.\u201d<\/h3>\nThis year we lost Bob Hoover, the \u201cpilot\u2019s pilot\u201d.\u00a0 He was 94.[4]<\/a>\u00a0 He lived his life as a \u201csuperb meteor\u201d. \u00a0I will never forget the discussion Bob and I had about metal fatigue and the other one we had about the relative merits of Gordon\u2019s Gin. \u00a0Both were informative. \u00a0Bob was shot down by the Germans in WW2.\u00a0 Then he stole a German fighter and escaped to fight again.<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nBob was a teacher.\u00a0 He knew so much about aerodynamics that he could be confident that he was offering good advice.\u00a0 He probably saved some lives with some of that advice. Perhaps his best lesson was how he lived his life.\u00a0 His lessons are not lost on me.<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nY\u2019know, I once wrote an article called \u201cWhat\u2019s the Difference<\/strong>\u201d.\u00a0 It explained the difference between Acme flight instruction and that which is offered at Tailwheel Town.\u00a0 I failed to point out one rather important point in that article.\u00a0 Here it is:\u00a0\u00a0 You will not find the best flight instruction at Tailwheel Town.\u00a0 The best flight instruction is found when the student is a self-starter who seeks knowledge from several sources, boiling it down to a form which is useable for that student.\u00a0 And by \u201cstudent\u201d, I mean ANYONE who is simply trying to improve.\u00a0\u00a0 That means any flyer from the greenest novice to the highest-time professional.\u00a0 So you will not find the best flight instruction at ANY one place.\u00a0 You may find some useful ideas at Tailwheel Town.\u00a0 And you may even find some at Acme!<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nI know for a fact that some aviators, whose opinions I respect, disagree with me.\u00a0 That\u2019s okay.\u00a0 We can\u2019t agree on everything. They are certainly welcome to their opinion, just as I am to mine.\u00a0 I will never insult their beliefs<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nY\u2019know what?\u00a0 I\u2019m really tired of being a voice in the wilderness.\u00a0 I give up.\u00a0 I\u2019ll continue to offer flight training to those who want to improve their flying skill, but I\u2019m going to surrender to Acme in the area of flight safety.\u00a0 Naturally, I\u2019ll continue to pursue my own improvement and that of those fliers who come to Tailwheel Town, but for those who don\u2019t know any better, Acme can have them.\u00a0 They win.\u00a0 I\u2019m glad I won\u2019t live long enough to see the result of the total \u201cAcme-zation\u201d of flying.\u00a0 And that\u2019s a good thing\u2026 I don\u2019t think I could stand it.<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nHappy swooping\u2026 until it is banned.<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nBrian<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n
[1]<\/a> \u201cWhuffo\u201d is a term borrowed from skydivers.\u00a0 It refers to those who ask, \u201cwhuffo you jump outta den airplanes?” \u00a0We always assumed that whuffos didn\u2019t fly.\u00a0 Unfortunately, they do.\u00a0 In my opinion, many modern aviators are whuffos.<\/p>\n[2]<\/a> The ASF is one of my favorite organizations simply because it consistently presents well-organized facts which are behind many aviation accidents.\u00a0 Does the ASF always draw the correct conclusion?\u00a0 No. Their \u201cImpossible Turn\u201d video, though well-produced was ridiculous in its conclusions. But at least they present the evidence.\u00a0 For that they have my support.<\/p>\n[3]<\/a> Bronnie Ware\u2019s study and book, \u201cTop 5 Regrets Of The Dying\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
So I\u2019ve learned by example.\u00a0 To this day, my students are swooping into irrigation pivots, inches off the deck and landing in a turn on one wheel.\u00a0 But virtually every maneuver we do has been designed to keep safety as the utmost priority while preserving the \u201cYahoo\u201d effect.\u00a0 It seems to be working.<\/h3>\nLet\u2019s not forget that in a recent study, when deathbed occupants were interviewed, hardly any of them expressed regret at what they had<\/strong> done in their lives. No, almost all of them regretted the things they hadn\u2019t done.[3]<\/a><\/h3>\nSure, from time to time aviation, and many other pursuits, loses someone.\u00a0 That\u2019s very unfortunate for those left behind.\u00a0 But I can\u2019t help but feel that we lose even more if we don\u2019t follow Jack London\u2019s philosophy:<\/h3>\n\u201cI would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy<\/strong> and permanent planet<\/strong>. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist.\u201d<\/h3>\nThis year we lost Bob Hoover, the \u201cpilot\u2019s pilot\u201d.\u00a0 He was 94.[4]<\/a>\u00a0 He lived his life as a \u201csuperb meteor\u201d. \u00a0I will never forget the discussion Bob and I had about metal fatigue and the other one we had about the relative merits of Gordon\u2019s Gin. \u00a0Both were informative. \u00a0Bob was shot down by the Germans in WW2.\u00a0 Then he stole a German fighter and escaped to fight again.<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nBob was a teacher.\u00a0 He knew so much about aerodynamics that he could be confident that he was offering good advice.\u00a0 He probably saved some lives with some of that advice. Perhaps his best lesson was how he lived his life.\u00a0 His lessons are not lost on me.<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nY\u2019know, I once wrote an article called \u201cWhat\u2019s the Difference<\/strong>\u201d.\u00a0 It explained the difference between Acme flight instruction and that which is offered at Tailwheel Town.\u00a0 I failed to point out one rather important point in that article.\u00a0 Here it is:\u00a0\u00a0 You will not find the best flight instruction at Tailwheel Town.\u00a0 The best flight instruction is found when the student is a self-starter who seeks knowledge from several sources, boiling it down to a form which is useable for that student.\u00a0 And by \u201cstudent\u201d, I mean ANYONE who is simply trying to improve.\u00a0\u00a0 That means any flyer from the greenest novice to the highest-time professional.\u00a0 So you will not find the best flight instruction at ANY one place.\u00a0 You may find some useful ideas at Tailwheel Town.\u00a0 And you may even find some at Acme!<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nI know for a fact that some aviators, whose opinions I respect, disagree with me.\u00a0 That\u2019s okay.\u00a0 We can\u2019t agree on everything. They are certainly welcome to their opinion, just as I am to mine.\u00a0 I will never insult their beliefs<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nY\u2019know what?\u00a0 I\u2019m really tired of being a voice in the wilderness.\u00a0 I give up.\u00a0 I\u2019ll continue to offer flight training to those who want to improve their flying skill, but I\u2019m going to surrender to Acme in the area of flight safety.\u00a0 Naturally, I\u2019ll continue to pursue my own improvement and that of those fliers who come to Tailwheel Town, but for those who don\u2019t know any better, Acme can have them.\u00a0 They win.\u00a0 I\u2019m glad I won\u2019t live long enough to see the result of the total \u201cAcme-zation\u201d of flying.\u00a0 And that\u2019s a good thing\u2026 I don\u2019t think I could stand it.<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nHappy swooping\u2026 until it is banned.<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nBrian<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n
[1]<\/a> \u201cWhuffo\u201d is a term borrowed from skydivers.\u00a0 It refers to those who ask, \u201cwhuffo you jump outta den airplanes?” \u00a0We always assumed that whuffos didn\u2019t fly.\u00a0 Unfortunately, they do.\u00a0 In my opinion, many modern aviators are whuffos.<\/p>\n[2]<\/a> The ASF is one of my favorite organizations simply because it consistently presents well-organized facts which are behind many aviation accidents.\u00a0 Does the ASF always draw the correct conclusion?\u00a0 No. Their \u201cImpossible Turn\u201d video, though well-produced was ridiculous in its conclusions. But at least they present the evidence.\u00a0 For that they have my support.<\/p>\n[3]<\/a> Bronnie Ware\u2019s study and book, \u201cTop 5 Regrets Of The Dying\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Sure, from time to time aviation, and many other pursuits, loses someone.\u00a0 That\u2019s very unfortunate for those left behind.\u00a0 But I can\u2019t help but feel that we lose even more if we don\u2019t follow Jack London\u2019s philosophy:<\/h3>\n\u201cI would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy<\/strong> and permanent planet<\/strong>. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist.\u201d<\/h3>\nThis year we lost Bob Hoover, the \u201cpilot\u2019s pilot\u201d.\u00a0 He was 94.[4]<\/a>\u00a0 He lived his life as a \u201csuperb meteor\u201d. \u00a0I will never forget the discussion Bob and I had about metal fatigue and the other one we had about the relative merits of Gordon\u2019s Gin. \u00a0Both were informative. \u00a0Bob was shot down by the Germans in WW2.\u00a0 Then he stole a German fighter and escaped to fight again.<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nBob was a teacher.\u00a0 He knew so much about aerodynamics that he could be confident that he was offering good advice.\u00a0 He probably saved some lives with some of that advice. Perhaps his best lesson was how he lived his life.\u00a0 His lessons are not lost on me.<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nY\u2019know, I once wrote an article called \u201cWhat\u2019s the Difference<\/strong>\u201d.\u00a0 It explained the difference between Acme flight instruction and that which is offered at Tailwheel Town.\u00a0 I failed to point out one rather important point in that article.\u00a0 Here it is:\u00a0\u00a0 You will not find the best flight instruction at Tailwheel Town.\u00a0 The best flight instruction is found when the student is a self-starter who seeks knowledge from several sources, boiling it down to a form which is useable for that student.\u00a0 And by \u201cstudent\u201d, I mean ANYONE who is simply trying to improve.\u00a0\u00a0 That means any flyer from the greenest novice to the highest-time professional.\u00a0 So you will not find the best flight instruction at ANY one place.\u00a0 You may find some useful ideas at Tailwheel Town.\u00a0 And you may even find some at Acme!<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nI know for a fact that some aviators, whose opinions I respect, disagree with me.\u00a0 That\u2019s okay.\u00a0 We can\u2019t agree on everything. They are certainly welcome to their opinion, just as I am to mine.\u00a0 I will never insult their beliefs<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nY\u2019know what?\u00a0 I\u2019m really tired of being a voice in the wilderness.\u00a0 I give up.\u00a0 I\u2019ll continue to offer flight training to those who want to improve their flying skill, but I\u2019m going to surrender to Acme in the area of flight safety.\u00a0 Naturally, I\u2019ll continue to pursue my own improvement and that of those fliers who come to Tailwheel Town, but for those who don\u2019t know any better, Acme can have them.\u00a0 They win.\u00a0 I\u2019m glad I won\u2019t live long enough to see the result of the total \u201cAcme-zation\u201d of flying.\u00a0 And that\u2019s a good thing\u2026 I don\u2019t think I could stand it.<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nHappy swooping\u2026 until it is banned.<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nBrian<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n
[1]<\/a> \u201cWhuffo\u201d is a term borrowed from skydivers.\u00a0 It refers to those who ask, \u201cwhuffo you jump outta den airplanes?” \u00a0We always assumed that whuffos didn\u2019t fly.\u00a0 Unfortunately, they do.\u00a0 In my opinion, many modern aviators are whuffos.<\/p>\n[2]<\/a> The ASF is one of my favorite organizations simply because it consistently presents well-organized facts which are behind many aviation accidents.\u00a0 Does the ASF always draw the correct conclusion?\u00a0 No. Their \u201cImpossible Turn\u201d video, though well-produced was ridiculous in its conclusions. But at least they present the evidence.\u00a0 For that they have my support.<\/p>\n[3]<\/a> Bronnie Ware\u2019s study and book, \u201cTop 5 Regrets Of The Dying\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
This year we lost Bob Hoover, the \u201cpilot\u2019s pilot\u201d.\u00a0 He was 94.[4]<\/a>\u00a0 He lived his life as a \u201csuperb meteor\u201d. \u00a0I will never forget the discussion Bob and I had about metal fatigue and the other one we had about the relative merits of Gordon\u2019s Gin. \u00a0Both were informative. \u00a0Bob was shot down by the Germans in WW2.\u00a0 Then he stole a German fighter and escaped to fight again.<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nBob was a teacher.\u00a0 He knew so much about aerodynamics that he could be confident that he was offering good advice.\u00a0 He probably saved some lives with some of that advice. Perhaps his best lesson was how he lived his life.\u00a0 His lessons are not lost on me.<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nY\u2019know, I once wrote an article called \u201cWhat\u2019s the Difference<\/strong>\u201d.\u00a0 It explained the difference between Acme flight instruction and that which is offered at Tailwheel Town.\u00a0 I failed to point out one rather important point in that article.\u00a0 Here it is:\u00a0\u00a0 You will not find the best flight instruction at Tailwheel Town.\u00a0 The best flight instruction is found when the student is a self-starter who seeks knowledge from several sources, boiling it down to a form which is useable for that student.\u00a0 And by \u201cstudent\u201d, I mean ANYONE who is simply trying to improve.\u00a0\u00a0 That means any flyer from the greenest novice to the highest-time professional.\u00a0 So you will not find the best flight instruction at ANY one place.\u00a0 You may find some useful ideas at Tailwheel Town.\u00a0 And you may even find some at Acme!<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nI know for a fact that some aviators, whose opinions I respect, disagree with me.\u00a0 That\u2019s okay.\u00a0 We can\u2019t agree on everything. They are certainly welcome to their opinion, just as I am to mine.\u00a0 I will never insult their beliefs<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nY\u2019know what?\u00a0 I\u2019m really tired of being a voice in the wilderness.\u00a0 I give up.\u00a0 I\u2019ll continue to offer flight training to those who want to improve their flying skill, but I\u2019m going to surrender to Acme in the area of flight safety.\u00a0 Naturally, I\u2019ll continue to pursue my own improvement and that of those fliers who come to Tailwheel Town, but for those who don\u2019t know any better, Acme can have them.\u00a0 They win.\u00a0 I\u2019m glad I won\u2019t live long enough to see the result of the total \u201cAcme-zation\u201d of flying.\u00a0 And that\u2019s a good thing\u2026 I don\u2019t think I could stand it.<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nHappy swooping\u2026 until it is banned.<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nBrian<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n
[1]<\/a> \u201cWhuffo\u201d is a term borrowed from skydivers.\u00a0 It refers to those who ask, \u201cwhuffo you jump outta den airplanes?” \u00a0We always assumed that whuffos didn\u2019t fly.\u00a0 Unfortunately, they do.\u00a0 In my opinion, many modern aviators are whuffos.<\/p>\n[2]<\/a> The ASF is one of my favorite organizations simply because it consistently presents well-organized facts which are behind many aviation accidents.\u00a0 Does the ASF always draw the correct conclusion?\u00a0 No. Their \u201cImpossible Turn\u201d video, though well-produced was ridiculous in its conclusions. But at least they present the evidence.\u00a0 For that they have my support.<\/p>\n[3]<\/a> Bronnie Ware\u2019s study and book, \u201cTop 5 Regrets Of The Dying\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Bob was a teacher.\u00a0 He knew so much about aerodynamics that he could be confident that he was offering good advice.\u00a0 He probably saved some lives with some of that advice. Perhaps his best lesson was how he lived his life.\u00a0 His lessons are not lost on me.<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nY\u2019know, I once wrote an article called \u201cWhat\u2019s the Difference<\/strong>\u201d.\u00a0 It explained the difference between Acme flight instruction and that which is offered at Tailwheel Town.\u00a0 I failed to point out one rather important point in that article.\u00a0 Here it is:\u00a0\u00a0 You will not find the best flight instruction at Tailwheel Town.\u00a0 The best flight instruction is found when the student is a self-starter who seeks knowledge from several sources, boiling it down to a form which is useable for that student.\u00a0 And by \u201cstudent\u201d, I mean ANYONE who is simply trying to improve.\u00a0\u00a0 That means any flyer from the greenest novice to the highest-time professional.\u00a0 So you will not find the best flight instruction at ANY one place.\u00a0 You may find some useful ideas at Tailwheel Town.\u00a0 And you may even find some at Acme!<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nI know for a fact that some aviators, whose opinions I respect, disagree with me.\u00a0 That\u2019s okay.\u00a0 We can\u2019t agree on everything. They are certainly welcome to their opinion, just as I am to mine.\u00a0 I will never insult their beliefs<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nY\u2019know what?\u00a0 I\u2019m really tired of being a voice in the wilderness.\u00a0 I give up.\u00a0 I\u2019ll continue to offer flight training to those who want to improve their flying skill, but I\u2019m going to surrender to Acme in the area of flight safety.\u00a0 Naturally, I\u2019ll continue to pursue my own improvement and that of those fliers who come to Tailwheel Town, but for those who don\u2019t know any better, Acme can have them.\u00a0 They win.\u00a0 I\u2019m glad I won\u2019t live long enough to see the result of the total \u201cAcme-zation\u201d of flying.\u00a0 And that\u2019s a good thing\u2026 I don\u2019t think I could stand it.<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nHappy swooping\u2026 until it is banned.<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nBrian<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n
[1]<\/a> \u201cWhuffo\u201d is a term borrowed from skydivers.\u00a0 It refers to those who ask, \u201cwhuffo you jump outta den airplanes?” \u00a0We always assumed that whuffos didn\u2019t fly.\u00a0 Unfortunately, they do.\u00a0 In my opinion, many modern aviators are whuffos.<\/p>\n[2]<\/a> The ASF is one of my favorite organizations simply because it consistently presents well-organized facts which are behind many aviation accidents.\u00a0 Does the ASF always draw the correct conclusion?\u00a0 No. Their \u201cImpossible Turn\u201d video, though well-produced was ridiculous in its conclusions. But at least they present the evidence.\u00a0 For that they have my support.<\/p>\n[3]<\/a> Bronnie Ware\u2019s study and book, \u201cTop 5 Regrets Of The Dying\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Y\u2019know, I once wrote an article called \u201cWhat\u2019s the Difference<\/strong>\u201d.\u00a0 It explained the difference between Acme flight instruction and that which is offered at Tailwheel Town.\u00a0 I failed to point out one rather important point in that article.\u00a0 Here it is:\u00a0\u00a0 You will not find the best flight instruction at Tailwheel Town.\u00a0 The best flight instruction is found when the student is a self-starter who seeks knowledge from several sources, boiling it down to a form which is useable for that student.\u00a0 And by \u201cstudent\u201d, I mean ANYONE who is simply trying to improve.\u00a0\u00a0 That means any flyer from the greenest novice to the highest-time professional.\u00a0 So you will not find the best flight instruction at ANY one place.\u00a0 You may find some useful ideas at Tailwheel Town.\u00a0 And you may even find some at Acme!<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nI know for a fact that some aviators, whose opinions I respect, disagree with me.\u00a0 That\u2019s okay.\u00a0 We can\u2019t agree on everything. They are certainly welcome to their opinion, just as I am to mine.\u00a0 I will never insult their beliefs<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nY\u2019know what?\u00a0 I\u2019m really tired of being a voice in the wilderness.\u00a0 I give up.\u00a0 I\u2019ll continue to offer flight training to those who want to improve their flying skill, but I\u2019m going to surrender to Acme in the area of flight safety.\u00a0 Naturally, I\u2019ll continue to pursue my own improvement and that of those fliers who come to Tailwheel Town, but for those who don\u2019t know any better, Acme can have them.\u00a0 They win.\u00a0 I\u2019m glad I won\u2019t live long enough to see the result of the total \u201cAcme-zation\u201d of flying.\u00a0 And that\u2019s a good thing\u2026 I don\u2019t think I could stand it.<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nHappy swooping\u2026 until it is banned.<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nBrian<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n
[1]<\/a> \u201cWhuffo\u201d is a term borrowed from skydivers.\u00a0 It refers to those who ask, \u201cwhuffo you jump outta den airplanes?” \u00a0We always assumed that whuffos didn\u2019t fly.\u00a0 Unfortunately, they do.\u00a0 In my opinion, many modern aviators are whuffos.<\/p>\n[2]<\/a> The ASF is one of my favorite organizations simply because it consistently presents well-organized facts which are behind many aviation accidents.\u00a0 Does the ASF always draw the correct conclusion?\u00a0 No. Their \u201cImpossible Turn\u201d video, though well-produced was ridiculous in its conclusions. But at least they present the evidence.\u00a0 For that they have my support.<\/p>\n[3]<\/a> Bronnie Ware\u2019s study and book, \u201cTop 5 Regrets Of The Dying\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
I know for a fact that some aviators, whose opinions I respect, disagree with me.\u00a0 That\u2019s okay.\u00a0 We can\u2019t agree on everything. They are certainly welcome to their opinion, just as I am to mine.\u00a0 I will never insult their beliefs<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nY\u2019know what?\u00a0 I\u2019m really tired of being a voice in the wilderness.\u00a0 I give up.\u00a0 I\u2019ll continue to offer flight training to those who want to improve their flying skill, but I\u2019m going to surrender to Acme in the area of flight safety.\u00a0 Naturally, I\u2019ll continue to pursue my own improvement and that of those fliers who come to Tailwheel Town, but for those who don\u2019t know any better, Acme can have them.\u00a0 They win.\u00a0 I\u2019m glad I won\u2019t live long enough to see the result of the total \u201cAcme-zation\u201d of flying.\u00a0 And that\u2019s a good thing\u2026 I don\u2019t think I could stand it.<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nHappy swooping\u2026 until it is banned.<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nBrian<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n
Y\u2019know what?\u00a0 I\u2019m really tired of being a voice in the wilderness.\u00a0 I give up.\u00a0 I\u2019ll continue to offer flight training to those who want to improve their flying skill, but I\u2019m going to surrender to Acme in the area of flight safety.\u00a0 Naturally, I\u2019ll continue to pursue my own improvement and that of those fliers who come to Tailwheel Town, but for those who don\u2019t know any better, Acme can have them.\u00a0 They win.\u00a0 I\u2019m glad I won\u2019t live long enough to see the result of the total \u201cAcme-zation\u201d of flying.\u00a0 And that\u2019s a good thing\u2026 I don\u2019t think I could stand it.<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nHappy swooping\u2026 until it is banned.<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nBrian<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n
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[2]<\/a> The ASF is one of my favorite organizations simply because it consistently presents well-organized facts which are behind many aviation accidents.\u00a0 Does the ASF always draw the correct conclusion?\u00a0 No. Their \u201cImpossible Turn\u201d video, though well-produced was ridiculous in its conclusions. But at least they present the evidence.\u00a0 For that they have my support.<\/p>\n [3]<\/a> Bronnie Ware\u2019s study and book, \u201cTop 5 Regrets Of The Dying\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n