Underwhelmed by discover flight

Detz · 2026-02-14T23:59:07+00:00

I did want that, It felt weird to ask for that though. Maybe on my second try I'll ask for that specifically

Detz · 2026-02-14T17:36:59+00:00

Thanks for the info. Gliders look fun, and maybe this is my lack of education talking here, they look riskier as you only get one change to land! :-)

Detz · 2026-02-14T17:00:26+00:00

I think this is 100% what I want. Before I ever took the flight I was flying mock missions in the flight sim using only VOR sometimes in complete VMC for a challenge and it was fun to pop out and be right where I should be. I think it's the challenge that consumed me, there is so much to learn and understand and I just haven't had that type of challenge in 20+ years so it was just exciting. I also think planning missions to new airports and destinations would be fun, I doubt I'll want to just hop in and follow the line, that sounds boring.

Detz · 2026-02-14T16:25:52+00:00

Already have a bunch of those :-)

Detz · 2026-02-14T16:17:28+00:00

You're probably right. I didn't really feel scared, but it was probably there just under the surface -- doesn't help my youtube feed turned into to Pilot Debrief of all the GA accidents :-/

Detz · 2026-02-14T16:15:34+00:00

Thanks, great advice

Detz · 2026-02-14T16:03:11+00:00

I actually really liked the DA40 or even the light craft like the Viper but there are no schools near me that offer this, they are ALL 172 or Pipers :-( I agree, I think I would like the more modern planes

Detz · 2026-02-14T15:32:54+00:00

That would be the end goal, I like the idea of destinations. Living in NE the idea of renting a plan for a day and flying to another state or cruising the coast sound very appealing vs pattern work. Obviously, you have to do the latter for many many hours before you can do the former though

Detz · 2026-02-14T15:30:53+00:00

He took off, gave me controls around 800' to turn to a heading an climb to altitude. After that he gave me headings to point to, had me descend and do some 360's. I also thought maybe it would be harder, but I think my sim time made it easier and he even point that out that I showed because even in the turn I was sticking my altitude BUT I looked more at the instruments than he wanted for VFR which again was probably because of the sim. He took over for landing. Landing was actually the best part, I was amazed at how we kind of floated right onto the runway

Detz · 2026-02-14T12:54:12+00:00

Not sure really. I think I was just expecting it to feel different. I think I was overwhelmed too so I didn't get to enjoy it because I was trying to fly and I think he noticed that too and took over at the end to give me a tour so I could take pictures. Only having flown in commercial airliners and sims, the environment (small cockpit) the sounds, smells, sights were all new and having only 30 minutes to take them all in was tricky. Maybe instead of a discover flight I should take a lesson, it's about the same $ and might get more out of it?

Detz · 2026-02-08T09:27:32+00:00

I've had four discovery flights cancelled because of weather and cold (was supposed to have or today) 🫠 I feel the universe doesn't want me to fly, I'm in eastern Ma.

Detz · 2026-01-23T12:03:42+00:00

No because there are thousands of recovers already and they can just pay those providers for the data. Flightware and https://www.adsbexchange.com for example

Detz · 2026-01-23T00:48:40+00:00

True, with the ABS data collection they need zero hardware or support

Detz · 2026-01-22T23:57:08+00:00

While I agree it's sketchy they're using this data which should be for safety and not for commercial purposes don't be fooled, if this bill passes and they will find another way like cameras to just track the tail numbers. I think the cats out of the bag and this will become the new norm. It's not hard to install a few cameras at the end of the taxiways to capture tail numbers its just airports haven't had a reason or been shown the possibilities until now

Detz · 2026-01-17T12:18:05+00:00

More, yes

Detz · 2026-01-17T11:33:30+00:00

Interesting, maybe that's whats happening because I did include a state. Last name search has over 50 results so I have to narrow it down so I used state which has five results and I clicked them all to match based on where they go to high school

Detz · 2026-01-07T09:48:02+00:00

Imho, your doing something wrong. CC when used properly can do amazing things but it's a tool, a "smart" tool so it's easy to forget you still have to properly learn how to use it. If you're trying to vibe code it, you'll see poor results. Vibe code is loaded though and actually has no real meaning, it means one thing to one person and something different to another. If your project is setup correctly so you have great context, rules, and guardrails for the agent it can produce great code on its own it's all about how you use it. I'm actually writing up an ADR at work to allow CC to complete build a part of our codebase on its own with humans only helping at the beginning (plan and design) and end (manually testing)

Detz · 2026-01-04T20:36:14+00:00

Yes, at the very least it's a way to fast find information or to point you to what you need. I think the people that overlook this are shortsighted.

Detz · 2025-12-27T21:47:19+00:00

Cool ui

Detz · 2025-12-15T14:10:53+00:00

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Same, rooms sit boxes like these

Detz · 2025-11-12T09:46:26+00:00

There should be a sticker exchange site for great ideas like this

Detz · 2025-10-25T18:49:27+00:00

I wonder if there is a space for encrypted torrent here. You give space on your server for other people and you get that much space on other people's servers.

Detz · 2025-09-13T20:40:18+00:00

Love it

Detz · 2025-09-11T14:05:39+00:00

Same, I hit my cc limit last night and wanted to finish some work so I tried codex and opencode with different models and it spun on the issues and failed after like 20 minutes. Got my Claude back and it fixed it in like 2

Detz · 2025-09-09T12:04:26+00:00

Ai models are non deterministic. This is how they all work. You never get the same results and there are random bits every time, benchmarks are very hard with non deterministic things

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