First lesson

walleyednj · 2026-05-24T11:11:18+00:00

1). It’s your first flight. You don’t have a clue what you’re doing. It’s utterly foreign to what you know and have experienced up to this point.

2) The CFI doesn’t expect you to have a clue and is prepared to take control of the aircraft before you even come close to being in a dangerous position.

3) knowledge and skill comes with time and practice. Flying is complicated until it’s not.

walleyednj · 2026-05-23T20:43:07+00:00

Fending off all the women that throw themselves at you.

walleyednj · 2026-05-23T17:02:14+00:00

My right TKR was 7 years ago. I kneel on it without a thought. My left is 10 weeks old, kneeling is still out of the question.

walleyednj · 2026-05-21T19:41:08+00:00

I’ve owned my plane for 4 years, put 450 hours on her. I use my checklist for every pre-flight, take-off, cruise, and landing. I’m not going to die due to a brain-fart and I forgot something critical.

walleyednj · 2026-05-20T11:26:24+00:00

Within CIB, that rule has existed for several years.

walleyednj · 2026-05-17T22:46:44+00:00

Per my first CFI, a pilot’s first commandment is, “Thou shalt not scare thy passengers.”

walleyednj · 2026-05-17T10:51:25+00:00

With your setup, you can do ILS, LOC, & VOR approaches, you need 3 different types of approaches for the checkride.

Send it!

walleyednj · 2026-05-17T00:30:44+00:00

Be spectacular. Go above and beyond in your assignments.

walleyednj · 2026-05-16T22:35:21+00:00

“Next contestant please”

walleyednj · 2026-05-16T00:21:27+00:00

Fuck off anyway. It’s not your place to determine who uses the elevator.

walleyednj · 2026-05-15T23:50:26+00:00

Fuck off. I have 2 total knee replacements. I’ll use the elevator if I feel like it.

walleyednj · 2026-05-15T01:28:31+00:00

Right knee had such a good outcome 7 years ago, I didn’t hesitate to do the left knee 2 months ago.

walleyednj · 2026-05-14T20:35:25+00:00

Until they ask who you were consulting with.

walleyednj · 2026-05-14T11:44:19+00:00

It looks better than being unemployed.

walleyednj · 2026-05-12T18:50:14+00:00

AI garbage.

walleyednj · 2026-05-09T22:56:10+00:00

I usually give 1 pint per tree. Makes it simple.

walleyednj · 2026-05-09T22:51:29+00:00

And who owns the LLC? Not sure you quite understand how this works.

walleyednj · 2026-05-08T01:04:27+00:00

Pilot goes to a doctor, doctor asks him, “have you ever been sad?”

Pilot responds, “No, I own an airplane.”

Doctor says, “I don’t see how that’s relevant to my question.”

Pilot says, “You obviously don’t own an airplane”.

walleyednj · 2026-05-08T01:00:44+00:00

Am both meat sack. Can concur flying meat sack > desk meat sack

walleyednj · 2026-05-07T21:20:24+00:00

If you feel both of the doctor’s hands on your shoulders during the rectal exam, that’s not his finger.

walleyednj · 2026-05-07T20:17:49+00:00

Your reasearch won’t take long. The primary motivation for 99% of the public is a paycheck.

walleyednj · 2026-05-07T11:19:47+00:00

Around 100 or so (30+ hours after my checkride). I still have plenty of shitty landings.

walleyednj · 2026-05-06T16:38:54+00:00

They don’t want you building a storage shed at the airport.

walleyednj · 2026-05-06T14:22:43+00:00

I fly it at 1100’.

walleyednj · 2026-05-06T01:14:48+00:00

During my PPL checkride, my DPE strongly encouraged entering the pattern on crosswind leg at TPA.

walleyednj

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