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Thread ID: 129986	2013-03-22 09:17:00	Glad I am not a GA instructor any more.	tut (12033)	PC World Chat

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1333719	2013-03-22 09:17:00	We have a single engine aircraft running off the end of a runway seriously injuring the people on board, then a light twin goes off the end of a runway fortunately without serious damage and now a student pilot mistakes a road for a runway. All three of these are completely avoidable and are just what I and my grey haired ex instructor colleagues predicted would happen if CAA insisted on their training methods. They did a good job removing experience from the system and insist on book learning and using inexperienced newly trained instructors for the most important part of flight training, what is known as ab initio. Glad I haven't got kids learning to fly.	tut (12033)
1333720	2013-03-22 09:25:00	And no treadmills were harmed during these events?	plod (107)
1333721	2013-03-22 09:38:00	And no treadmills were harmed during these events? :lol::lol:	WalOne (4202)
1333722	2013-03-22 18:55:00	I seem to remember some disquiet amongst Civil Aviation people especially those who were given the push, even back in the Douglas days when CAA was separated out from Ministry of Transport. At DSIR we were often involved in measurement and inspection of failed aircraft and engine parts, frequently helicopters.	Terry Porritt (14)
1333723	2013-03-22 19:08:00	So pleased my step son learnt to fly with a private instructor who is also a stunt pilot	gary67 (56)
1333724	2013-03-22 19:57:00	For those who haven’t read about it HERE (www.stuff.co.nz) it is. Hilarious, given that the Runway runs roughly East – West and the Highway roughly North – South. Had the Pilot actually found the Airport first go his approach would have had the plane landing across the runway which would have been awfully short and awfully wide. :lol: Also, had he made a successful landing on SH2 his taxi to the Terminal would have been interesting. :lol: Personally, I can’t stop laughing, but really it is no laughing matter having clowns like this in the air.	B.M. (505)
1333725	2013-03-22 20:26:00	Snip < ‘‘We understand while it was low, it was not ridiculously low by any means," he said. > Snip Snip < The Waikato Times understands the plane flew as low as 3m from the ground > Snip I think 3m from the ground, less than the height of most power poles is ridiculously low given it was an unintentional error of the pilot's perception of their position to the airport and approach.	WalOne (4202)
1333726	2013-03-22 20:42:00	People seem to have short memories, every student pilot does dumb stuff and most of the time no one ever sees it. I got caught in cloud in a valley on a solo flight and thought my number was up.	prefect (6291)
1333727	2013-03-22 21:29:00	Unfortunately with the sausage factory flying schools, they are getting people a license for a fee. Learning to fly is a bit expensive so it is only touched on lightly. It is ridiculous to expect a student pilot to make a good landing when his / her instructor has probably never seen one, let alone made one or taught any. To land, drive gently downhill and aim to hit in the middle of the runway. It is adequate for long runways and perfect weather but not particularly useful when the student faces a different situation, like gusty wind or, shock-horror, a grass runway.	R2x1 (4628)
1333728	2013-03-22 22:31:00	It crosswind landings,short field landings, down wind landings, bumpy fields that sort the boys from the girls. I used practised short field landings by myself in a cow paddock near Te Kowhai by making a short field with toi tois stalks and flowers stuck in the ground. Did not matter if you hit them kept decreasing the distance by moving the toi tois I was just touching them on approach slow as possible, full flaps no power and smoking brakes followed by a ground loop that didnt rip the u/c off. Then I would pace the landing distance note wind speed and direction and put it in my notebook, even smoked a top instructor from Hamilton aero club in a competition at Te Kowhai and I had only about 150 hours.	prefect (6291)
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