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And it stinks....Actually thats a smug line, and it will stain your paint
Do we know for a fact that he didn't?
Around DC, Philly and NYC you get that brown line at the top of the inversion that kinda looks like a horizon.
Now, flying at night in rural west Texas, a moonless night? One flight, Marfa to Ruidoso, was like flying inside a black bottle of ink. Freaky.
You couldn't see the lights of Marfa?
How about the light of Zartha.Heh. The lights of Marfa, man-made and otherwise, were behind me! Ahead, only darkness.
Well....chute.If JFK Jr pressed HDG and then ALT HOLD he'd be alive today . . . .
If JFK Jr pressed HDG and then ALT HOLD he'd be alive today . . . .
If he was halfway through his IR training, as was reported, then he certainly had that. As others have said, he likely didn't realize he needed to be on the gauges until he had already lost control, and then panic set in.Or had basic unusual attitude training, or cared to stay proficient in flying.
Just because you have the money and legal mins, doesn't mean you have any business in the sky, physics doesn't care about who your family is, or how much you have in the bank.
If he was halfway through his IR training, as was reported, then he certainly had that. As others have said, he likely didn't realize he needed to be on the gauges until he had already lost control, and then panic set in.
Totally agree with your last sentence though.
Which facts? That he lost control in instrument conditions? Happens to instrument rated pilots too. It's not enough to know how to fly instruments, you have to know when, too. And that part isn't always taught well, if at all.Half way to the end of his IFR doesn't match up with the facts though?
Which facts? That he lost control in instrument conditions? Happens to instrument rated pilots too. It's not enough to know how to fly instruments, you have to know when, too. And that part isn't always taught well, if at all.
This is my plan also, but is there a disadvantage to having a two or three month gap between written and check ride?Written this Winter, and flying portion Spring/Summer.
This is my plan also, but is there a disadvantage to having a two or three month gap between written and check ride?
I will do that. Right now trying to decide on which training aid to use. I've used Gliem (sp?) in the past and found it pretty good, just curious if there is a better approach.I took and passed then written before I started flight training. That started to clock so I had to get it done in the allotted time. It also allowed me to concentrate on the flying. I didn't have to find the time to study and fly. To answer your question I didn't find it a disadvantage having the gap. The post flight debriefs help to keep the information fresh.
Good luck and keep up posted when you start...
Cheap shot.Or had basic unusual attitude training, or cared to stay proficient in flying.
Just because you have the money and legal mins, doesn't mean you have any business in the sky, physics doesn't care about who your family is, or how much you have in the bank.
That's if you believe the narrative.That's a super rookie mistake for someone with a good chunk of instrument training.
it might be because I am new at airplaning but I constantly check my AI in reference to what I am actually seeing.
I check those also, along with my Altitude. I should have been more specific as to that I verify what I am seeing with the gauges.then you also need to check your VSI and DG/HSI because since point of reference to anything is dangerous - even looking outside . . .
Gliem seemed a bit out of date for the new ifr acs. I recognized maybe 30% of the questions on my IR written. Vs the private years ago when it was 100% same questions as gliem.I will do that. Right now trying to decide on which training aid to use. I've used Gliem (sp?) in the past and found it pretty good, just curious if there is a better approach.
Good tip. Have you heard of a better one? King maybe? or Sportys?Gliem seemed a bit out of date for the new ifr acs. I recognized maybe 30% of the questions on my IR written. Vs the private years ago when it was 100% same questions as gliem.
One flight, Marfa to Ruidoso, was like flying inside a black bottle of ink. Freaky.
You couldn't see the lights of Marfa?
Cheap shot.
By all reports, he was a careful pilot and decent stick for his experience level. He had IR training, just hadn't done the checkride.
Cheap shot.
By all reports, he was a careful pilot and decent stick for his experience level. He had IR training, just hadn't done the checkride.
"Pilot's action/inaction to do/not do X" is the catch-all when they can't prove anything else as a cause. Sort of like "disorderly conduct" when the Man wants to take you in and has no other legal rationale.By all reports except for the NTSB report on his final flight.
"Pilot's action/inaction to do/not do X" is the catch-all when they can't prove anything else as a cause. Sort of like "disorderly conduct" when the Man wants to take you in and has no other legal rationale.
CYAAlso, there is this statement from his CFI about Jr.'s decision to make the flight from the NTSB factual report: "He also stated that he would not have felt comfortable with the accident pilot conducting night flight operations on a route similar to the one flown on, and in weather conditions similar to those that existed on, the night of the accident."
Yeah, here in NM we start complaining when the visibility drops down to 30 miles.....![]()
Gliem seemed a bit out of date for the new ifr acs. I recognized maybe 30% of the questions on my IR written. Vs the private years ago when it was 100% same questions as gliem.
Sadly I don't have any recommendations, I 'm using dauntless for my Comm and CFI writtens and they are always advertising they are up to date with the ACS stuff but i'm not sure if thats true or not since the Commerical and CFI written exams haven't been updated to my knowledge.Good tip. Have you heard of a better one? King maybe? or Sportys?
The night JFK jr went in I was flying from JFK to BOS about the time he crashed and for all practical purposes we were IFR the whole flight because of the haze. I was flying a twin turboprop then our altitude would be 10,000.