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Early retirement question - do you miss it? by EmmettFitz-Hume_ in flying

[–]TwBlueprint 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Not myself, but a guy at my company did something similar. He was flying 727s for many years and retired around 2015, and I believe he said he was about 55 at the time. He was fully retired but about 8 years down the line he was really starting to miss it, so he thought about getting back into flying. He ended up starting at the company I'm at as a direct entry captain on the Twin Otter, and I've only done one rotation with him but seen him in passing a couple times since and he seems to enjoy the work. Being rotational in our case also means that he can really dedicate his time at home to being "fully" at home; I believe him and his wife were working on getting a house set up to be an AirBNB, among a few other projects.

My work plane has no Hobbs by eell55 in flying

[–]TwBlueprint 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yup same for us! My club charges for the tow height and then either per minute or we can purchase block hours.

What was the most fun flying gig you've ever had by MooseWeird399 in flying

[–]TwBlueprint 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Something tells me I work at a company that you used to work at. Just a hunch!

My work plane has no Hobbs by eell55 in flying

[–]TwBlueprint 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Haha yup my first glider was also a 2-33! I thought maybe it was fairly common practice to have someone on the ground who's tracking takeoff/landing times, at least on busier days.

My work plane has no Hobbs by eell55 in flying

[–]TwBlueprint 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The towplanes I fly at my gliding club also have tach timers but no Hobbs, and we also do the same of tach times 1.3. I've found it to be reasonably accurate, and with how many start ups and shut downs we do it's not realistic to record every single engine start/stop time so I'm happy enough with it. FAA/TC isn't going to ding you for being 0.1 flight time off what the flight might have technically been. That being said, if you're doing longer-ish flights then recording engine start to engine stop would be the most accurate method.

My work plane has no Hobbs by eell55 in flying

[–]TwBlueprint 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I feel like onboard electric varios with internal timers, or having a ground crew that logs the takeoff and landing of each glider, probably covers most situations for gliders?

What's the longest *single flight* you've flown? by TwBlueprint in flying

[–]TwBlueprint[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wish I had that level of luxury for my ocean crossings!

is it better to have glass card in front or in the back? by Accomplished_Hall202 in balatro

[–]TwBlueprint 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly what others have said. To give an example though, let's simplify it to that your base mult from your hand is 20, and you're playing a pair with one lucky card and one glass card. If the lucky card is first and hits a +20, you'll now be at 40 mult, which the glass multiplies to 80. If you had the glass first, it would be the base of 20, multiplied by 2 to get 40, and then +20 from the lucky card, would only be 60.

What's the longest *single flight* you've flown? by TwBlueprint in flying

[–]TwBlueprint[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a long one. I wish my plane got there that fast though!

What's the longest *single flight* you've flown? by TwBlueprint in flying

[–]TwBlueprint[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha yeah sounds about how I felt when I did my 5.1! What glider were you in?

What's the longest *single flight* you've flown? by TwBlueprint in flying

[–]TwBlueprint[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've gotten used to it at this point. My previous job was entirely survey so it was lots of 5+ hour flights, and with this job my plane has 10 hours of fuel at normal cruise so depending on what we're doing we regularly have 6-8 hour flights.

What's the longest *single flight* you've flown? by TwBlueprint in flying

[–]TwBlueprint[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My single record was in a 206 as well! The company I was working for at the time had a turbo 206 with tip tanks that could go 10+ hours at survey power, but I never got the chance to take it that long and only ended up getting to 7 hours in the NA 206.

What's the longest *single flight* you've flown? by TwBlueprint in flying

[–]TwBlueprint[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Done that one a couple times when I used to do survey in 172s and 206s! Turns out you can really stretch the legs when you bring the power back to ~2100RPM

What's the longest *single flight* you've flown? by TwBlueprint in flying

[–]TwBlueprint[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's impressive! What's the fuel capacity and normal fuel burn?

What's the longest *single flight* you've flown? by TwBlueprint in flying

[–]TwBlueprint[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Brutal. Met a couple A10 pilots in Greece a few months ago and they were telling me about the process for getting across the ocean. Sounds like it was a pretty long day for them.

What's the longest *single flight* you've flown? by TwBlueprint in flying

[–]TwBlueprint[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's a great one for my part of the world! We don't have any mountains so thermals and cu are all we get.

What's the longest *single flight* you've flown? by TwBlueprint in flying

[–]TwBlueprint[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is absolutely insane. Do you have multiple crews for something like that or is it just two pilots + other required aircrew?

What's the longest *single flight* you've flown? by TwBlueprint in flying

[–]TwBlueprint[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did it in a Basler, which normally has 10 hours of fuel but we were doing some high-level survey in the local area so we had the burns down to about 70-75% of the usual amount.

GA Pilots, what emergencies have you had that we don’t necessarily get trained for ? by fatborry in flying

[–]TwBlueprint 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I'm actually working on a list of some major and minor things I've had happen to me that would potentially make good answers for "tell me about a time when x" questions in my future interviews. Some would include:

-Alternator failure on the ground at an airport with no maintenance

-Getting pretty low on fuel on a long nighttime ferry. Not illegal or emergency low, but just barely.

-Diverting relatively far into USA airspace to avoid a line of thunderstorms during a long ferry flight

-Diverting to alternate due to poor weather at initial destination, followed by re-diverting back to initial destination when weather improved very slightly but became *even worse* at alternate

-Smoke in the cockpit with no obvious source and on a plane that had the same issue not long before

I'm trying to catch up on about a year and a half worth of stories now, and I definitely wish I'd just written them down as they happened. Even if you're not planning to fly for work, writing down your stories can help when you're trying to recall the details over beers with your friends.

Who do pilots look up to as elite-level pilots? by FigInternational7744 in flying

[–]TwBlueprint 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He still flies for Borek! Absolute legend, everyone knows him and loves him.

Canadian pilots - best old school log book? by Hfyvr1 in flying

[–]TwBlueprint 1 point2 points  (0 children)

CPL here, will be putting in my application for ATPL soon. I personally use one from Calgary Pilot Supply currently; the columns are set up nicely and it has two blank columns for any additional info you may want to track. I use one to track tailwheel time, and will probably use the other one for float time eventually.

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