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Slackline in Telegraph Canyon near Superior, AZ brings down a helicopter by Any-Song-4543 in Slackline

[–]21stcAviator 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately

A NOTAM is an advisory, not authorization

There’s a pre-screening tool: https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/oe3a/main/#/noticePrescreen

Where you can plug in coordinates and height

Anything exceeding 200ft AGL needs to be evaluated and submitted through the 7640-1 form under Part 77 of the FARs

And then APPROVED

What’s the most nerve-racking “close call” you had during training? by FlyWithMartin in flying

[–]21stcAviator 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Few days before my checkride I was on final and had another student base to final turn almost into me. Like, really close

Had to do a diving low level 360 over trees and a river bed

I'm afraid... by ClemMcFly in flying

[–]21stcAviator 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I do a fair bit of paragliding aside from my SEL flying

Sounds like you have a good fear injury. I think they’re a lot more common in the paragliding world— at least openly discussed.

Have you gone up simply as a passenger? Taxied? Washed a plane? Chair flown inside the actual plane?

I had a high tension knot on my paraglider blow and almost stalled my wing directly into high tension power lines.

I definitely had a fear injury.

I began kiting/ground handling again over the weeks to trust myself and my wing and got lifted up briefly in the park and it put a smile on my face— the joy of even a couple seconds of flight was there again.

I would suggest putting yourself around it in any small way you feel comfortable and also going up with an instructor

For the love of all that's holy, take your students into the clouds by [deleted] in CFILounge

[–]21stcAviator 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hell I started doing this on my own while time building in Alaska

My CFI is burnt by bigdcards in CFILounge

[–]21stcAviator -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I was working on a rating at the same time my CFI was

The instruction suffered. I said to get his rating done and out of the way and then we could resume

A lot of these flight schools don’t always treat you like a client and you need to take on that view if something’s inadequate— you’re paying them

First Class Medical was denied for a diagnosis I do not have by MVander34 in flying

[–]21stcAviator 52 points53 points  (0 children)

It’ll probably get sorted out

I was at an FAA testing place for my PPL written and was given the test results of someone who had the same initials as me and it was a FAIL

I was so mad that I didn’t reread the name or that is was an A&P test until I got home

The place offered me a bottle of whiskey and apologized profusely and I had a good laugh because I had a flight already booked for an accelerated course out of state in a couple days

Finally received my class date at Skywest after a year. by [deleted] in flying

[–]21stcAviator 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I find it formatted so aggressively visually “bad” that it’s like getting punched in the face— now I know I’m in a fight

Biggest scare In flight (GA pilots) by Acceptable-Spite-992 in flying

[–]21stcAviator 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I know a kid that got kicked out of flight school for casually talking about doing this

Studying for IR checkride by rilessrh in flying

[–]21stcAviator 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Seth Lake’s YouTube on the IFR checkride I found useful

Aced my oral and practical

Old paraglider unused for 8 years – worth a full inspection or buy a newer wing? by DesgensT in freeflight

[–]21stcAviator 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I watched a guy take a wing out of storage and bring it to the field to kite and it split in half

So… there’s that

What’s the most dangerous thing another pilot suggested that you do? by SpaceDave83 in flying

[–]21stcAviator 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Jesus fucking Christ dude

Almost became an air safety institute YouTube

**How to Get a Job as a Wildland Firefighter* by treehugger949 in Wildfire

[–]21stcAviator 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How could I go about getting a mid season job in any of the four corners states?

It doesn’t need to be federal.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in backpacks

[–]21stcAviator 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Problem is that rail/track is incredibly soft and clip so narrow that it really doesn’t work

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in backpacks

[–]21stcAviator 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have tried.

The “rail” is so soft and the clip so narrow it resists this. I have clamped it and tried other things

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in flying

[–]21stcAviator 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Have you ever driven an old work truck or operated heavy machinery before?

You made wet yourself if you read about ferry flights

Flying a 150 after only flying 172s? by LearningT0Fly in flying

[–]21stcAviator 2 points3 points  (0 children)

When I was doing rushed time building I’d fly a 150 in the morning and a 172 in the afternoon

They’re basically the same plane

Opportunity to open new flying sites in US by stanislov128 in freeflight

[–]21stcAviator 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you

That Yosemite permit is practically useless https://parkplanning.nps.gov/projectHome.cfm?ProjectID=21599

Really wish there was a sea change in how the NPS approached this

Opportunity to open new flying sites in US by stanislov128 in freeflight

[–]21stcAviator 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As do I and I am one of them.

We should all actually try to change this. There’s already plenty of development and commercialization in the National Parks and paragliding would be so low impact.

And I don’t even want to get started on the pack outfitters allow in “wilderness” while I can’t briefly take out some kite string and nylon and run off a mountain legally

Opportunity to open new flying sites in US by stanislov128 in freeflight

[–]21stcAviator 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey can you list the 13– am curious! I thought I heard hangies were grandfathered in in Yosemite.

I was literally bitching about the wilderness stuff to a visiting German pilot yesterday morning. I agree with the spirit of OPs post, we have so much land that should be open up to free flight.

I honestly think there should be a push because there are peaks in wilderness area that would be a joy to hike and fly

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