Comments | nabas_galilee: Fly, Fly, Fly

nabas_galilee

Fly, Fly, Fly

Jul 02, 2007 06:29

I was supposed to fly a local solo on Friday morning, as a means of preparing for my final Commercial 1 cross-country. I got as far as the end of the runway, when it became obvious to me that my vacuum system had failed. The vacuum system powers the attitude indicator and the heading indicator. I technically could have still made the flight, as ( Read more... )

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good call old_rickdonald July 2 2007, 14:33:54 UTC

If you know a system in the plane has failed, even if it's not a "critical" one, it begs to wonder what else unseen might be up with this plane today. I feel like that's one mark of a good pilot.

So is checking out the ATC before having to make it count.

Way to go.

Incidentally, does all this flight time cost you money, or is it part of the whole educational process?

Re: good call nabas_galilee July 2 2007, 16:44:18 UTC

We pay hourly for the airplane and the instructor, when we have an instructor in the plane with us. Each aviation student has a "flight account" which is how we pay for our flight time. We all deposit money or student loans or whatever into our flight account, and when we fly they just draw it out of the account. That way, we're not scrounging for cash or anything when it's time for us to fly. It's handy, because it keeps us from having to worry about paying on time or having enough cash on us. It's also handy, because when it's time for us to take FAA tests or pay for aviation credits, we can have them draw those funds out of the account. That way, we're not walking around with thousands of dollars of financial aid money in our pockets, waiting for expenses to pop up ( ... )