Signs that you're an old pilot

[saddletramp]

Yesterday my wife & I departed Harvey Field north of Seattle heading home to Walla Walla. Due to several low broken clouds layers I elected not to use flight following. I knew they were busy & since my plan was to fly through Snowqualmie pass at 5,500 I knew we'd be too low for ATC radar coverage.

A few minutes into the flight I got out my iPad. Since I've flown this route a gazillion times my wife asked what I was looking at. I said "I want to make sure I'm below the floor of the TCA". She gave me a puzzled look & I explained I meant the class B airspace. I couldn't believe that I actually said TCA. I guess that part of my brain's hard drive is still functioning.

We a beautiful flight home. My geologist wife especially enjoyed it since it was her first time through the Cascades that low. Yes, I heard all about the various rock formations.

 

[Zeldman]

Signs that you're an old pilot

You carry toilet paper in your flight bag....

 

[AggieMike88]

You carry toilet paper in your flight bag....

eff that.... Sears Catalog.

 

[BrianNC]

I couldn't believe that I actually said TCA. I guess that part of my brain's hard drive is still functioning.

I still have a hard time not saying artificial horizon and directional gyro.

 

[Skyrys62]

 

[Pilawt]

Who needs one o' them GP&S gadgets? I got a full two-and-a-half system in my panel, complete with simplex tuning (one of 'em even has 360 channels) and dual omni!

 

[Zeldman]

eff that.... Sears Catalog.

Too heavy..... it will throw out the W&B...

 

[AggieMike88]

Does this mean in 50 years, we're going to be grandpas of the magenta line?

 

[GRG55]

You carry toilet paper in your flight bag....

You're still using a metal E6B?

 

[Challenged]

I'd rather "Position and hold" than "Line up and wait".

 

[Sluggo63]

eff that.... Sears Catalog.

Do you mean the Sears, Roebuck & Co. catalog?

 

[cgrab]

You refer to airspace as: ABLE, BAKER, CHARLIE, DOG, EASY, and GEORGE

 

[wrbix]

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?.....I don’t see signs of dribbling on those shoes.

 

[jsstevens]

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Custom matched to the rudder pedals no doubt...

 

[Jim Rosenow]

Old pilots think ‘conventional gear’ has a little wheel on the tail...

Jim

 

[pmanton]

I tried to buy a "Local" chart the other day.

 

[Pilawt]

Try asking ATC for a "contact" approach.

 

[Fast Leroy]

When you wonder what the fancy Ipad is doing in the cockpit...

 

[Sac Arrow]

You are not a bold pilot.

 

[Pilawt]

Most of my pre-solo training was at a busy towered field in a Champ 7EC. Its only radio was a Narco Superhomer with eleven (count 'em) transmitter channels and "whistle stop" receiver tuning.

 

[Warlock]

Your Happy you have an ADF even though you just use it to listen to A.M. radio enroute….

 

[SoCal RV Flyer]

I'd rather "Position and hold" than "Line up and wait".

Agreed. "Line up and wait" sounds like you're at the DMV, or in a Soviet bread line.

 

[Stingray Don]

I don’t care what you call it. I still get a BFR, and I have a pilot's license.

Now, get off my lawn!

 

[DesertNomad]

You can no longer listen to Arthur Godfrey on the ADF.

 

[texasclouds]

Does this mean in 50 years, we're going to be grandpas of the magenta line?

No, it means we still won’t know how to navigate...u know whats better than the line? The magenta box on a G300! You fly through the boxes and then look at your trail later, almost straight as an arrow.

 

[Ghery]

I still have a hard time not saying artificial horizon and directional gyro.

Welcome to the club.

You're still using a metal E6B?

That's what's in my flight bag. Can't say I use it too often, but it's there.

I'd rather "Position and hold" than "Line up and wait".

Yup.

You refer to airspace as: ABLE, BAKER, CHARLIE, DOG, EASY, and GEORGE

ALPHA, BRAVO, CHARLIE, DELTA, ECHO and GOLF. That's what I learned in ROTC in the early 1970s. Only law enforcement uses the old ones anymore.

I don’t care what you call it. I still get a BFR, and I have a pilot's license.

Now, get off my lawn!

Bingo!