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Originally Posted by PylutDood
Nice post IslandGirl. You can fly with me anytime and I'll show you the basics. I cant give you "Official Lessons" because I'am not a CFI (Certified Flight Instructor) but you can sit in the pilots seat and fly the airplane all you want.
Kathie...If this is a simulation, it's a damned good one but I must disagree. Looks like the "Real Deal" to me. Just speeded up alot. They were being "Vectored" (given headings to fly by ATC for sequencing or traffic seperation) quite a bit. Not unusal for an area like LAX basin.
Pturner...c'mon girl...never too late to get back in the pilots seat! Not sure what area you were flying in (May have been a airspace class requirement) but a Private Pilot is not rquired to hold instrument rating to fly at night but it IS good to have the instrument training (safety) but not required.
That was a great video! I would like to see it in normal speed.
Thanks for posting and a big "Thumbs up" to all!
Dave
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Hi Dave,
It was a requirement at the time. Maybe was an airspace class requirement. However, even though I flew in Atlanta, I avoided Hartsfield's airspace at all cost-- they'd have routed me outta the way 'til I ran out of gas.
However, I was able to fly instruments only with an instructor on board and enjoyed it very much! To practice it, he would put a plastic hood on my head so that I could see the instruments but could not see out of the windshield. The sensation of thinking you're flying up when your flying down was so weird; but as you know, you learn in a hurry to trust the instruments.
Quick story. I flew out of Fulton County Airport aka Charlie Brown Field. It is a Class D and below Hartsfield's Class B airspace. At the time, Charlie Brown had flight instruction but no one onsite who could test and license you after you completed the required flight training. I did a cross-country flight to Jackson airport outside of ATL for that.
Well, I passed and got my license. On the way flying back, a rain storm was coming in. Since I was alone and could not fly IFR, the tower at Charlie Brown kept warning me that they might have to turn me back around if I did not beat the storm in. My car was at Charlie Brown, so it would have been a hassle.
I landed. A split second later, before I could even slow down, they turned the IFR lights on. The FAA folks in the tower waited for me!! It was so cool. I was the first woman pilot licensed there, so they were proud of that. They really wanted me to make it back for the congrats and my ceremonial cutting of the back of my shirt.
I was so touched.