iWantWings
Pre-takeoff checklist
I grew up in a place where "general aviation" did not exist; if there was anything that flew, it was either military or commercial. Aviation seemed something totally out of touch and so I had these preconceived notions about pilots and aviation.
First, I was certain that a pilot was someone who was really good at physics, like Newtonian/classical mechanics. Math, I taught, something else that a pilot would have to excell at.
Then there was the health factor: pilots would have to have perfect vision, a "perfect" heart and just in very good physical shape.
And then the only way one would learn to fly was... in the military
All pilots were also skydivers
The planes, I taught, would all be "high-tech" with lots of enunciators, indicators, red, green and blue lights...
I also thaught that Pilots, you see, were the coolest people
So even though some of those preconceived notions were kind of infantile, I was convinced they were "the truth" for a preeetty long time...
First, I was certain that a pilot was someone who was really good at physics, like Newtonian/classical mechanics. Math, I taught, something else that a pilot would have to excell at.
Then there was the health factor: pilots would have to have perfect vision, a "perfect" heart and just in very good physical shape.
And then the only way one would learn to fly was... in the military
All pilots were also skydivers
The planes, I taught, would all be "high-tech" with lots of enunciators, indicators, red, green and blue lights...
I also thaught that Pilots, you see, were the coolest people
So even though some of those preconceived notions were kind of infantile, I was convinced they were "the truth" for a preeetty long time...