AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2011 - 25

Barry Schiff is right on the mark! Seat of the pants, feel, being one with the aircraft, makes for a better pilot. And, even though flying a turbo Bonanza with all of the stuff now is very nice, I still miss flying an airplane instead of managing it from point A to point B. John List, AOPA 0363724 Glenbrook, Nevada Teaching pre-solo students in a G1000, I have both screens as a PFD. No moving maps, weather et cetera. Basic flight and engine instruments only. I typically set the G1000 and don’t allow the student to “play” with the G1000 except for tuning radios and choosing which transmitter to use. Otherwise they spend too much time fiddling with the G1000. I prefer to block the altitude indicator as they [students] spend way too much time on it. The negative is that the “ball” is also masked. I run into students with hundreds of hours with Microsoft Flight Simulator. They have a very good understanding of pitch and power relationship and general aeronautical knowledge. But two problems: even less use of rudder and a fixation on the instruments without looking outside. So the worse combination for a student is flying a G1000 (or other glass cockpits) with a few hundred hours on Microsoft Flight Simulator. Luca F. Bencini-Tibo, AOPA 384103 Weston, Florida Tools for wisdom Tom Haines’ article “Waypoints: Tools for Wisdom,” ( June 2011 AOPA Pilot) both opened my eyes and reminded me of my past. I am a retired Navy helicopter pilot with fixed wing thrown in. Post-Navy, I worked for Evergreen Air involved in hospital Airevac ops as well as highline construction in southern Arizona. I purchased a Flight Design CTSW and proceeded toward 6,000 accidentfree hours. I am nine hours short of that landmark and proud in advance of that goal being complete. At 71, I look forward to many more hours of safe flying. My eye opener was the Aviators Code of Conduct. Never heard of it and probably would not have had Haines not mentioned it in his article. However warm and fuzzy the code may make some people feel, one-on-one by technology or in personal conversation is the answer to wisdom transfer. Our bad nights and near misses are the stories that need told only because we had the wisdom and skills to make that flight successful.
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Thank you for the wisdom: Haines does a great service to all aviators. John A. Morse, AOPA 905047 Chesapeake, Virginia Haines’ article brings to mind the old flying adage spoken to me by my primary flight instructor: “There are old pilots, and there are bold pilots, but there are no old-bold pilots.” Stay within your limits and that of your airplane, thus you will log the same number of takeoffs as landings. Ed Buehler, AOPA 709656 Rosenberg, Texas

Erratum In “Waypoints: GA Makes it Possible,’ (July 2011 AOPA Pilot), the photo caption incorrectly identified Mike and Jeanie Ferguson. AOPA Pilot regrets the error. We welcome your comments. Address letters to: Editor, AOPA Pilot, 421 Aviation Way, Frederick, Maryland 21701. Send email to pilot@aopa.org. Please include your full name, address, and AOPA number. Letters to the Editor may be edited for length and style before publication.

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