Co-pilot plunges from small plane

[Vardog]

we need more training ie.. blimp

we could all benefit from the rigorous training that blimp pilots are subjected to.

 

[Kingairrick]

So, does he get to log the flight back as "Dual instruction given?"

If so, what would he put in the "remarks" section?

 

[tcoll777]

With the student gone, who is going to pay for this trip?

 

[Chickenhawk]

A classic example of why Instructors should always get the students car keys PRIOR to the flight.

Heard the CFI was pretty shook up. He gained 500 feet during the turn after the CG shift.

 

[tarp]

Love this thread and was bored.....

So let's do some sleuthing.

What if our NASA scientist and potential thief was also a pretty smart cookie? (Even to plotting a suicide.)

Is there some maneuver that you as CFI would want to be at 9,000ft, that would cause the airplane to be extremely slow and turning to the left AND would get you in trouble with the FAA if you weren't doing it under special conditions?

Yep, what about a student asking for a spin demonstration? Now we're not supposed to take just anybody up in a C-152 and do spins unless we're sitting on parachutes or are doing this for a CFI rating but if you're a spin lover like me, ya sorta waive a little bit of that ruling, right?

I don't do them in this condition unless I have 6,000ft agl under the nose. If you want a clean one right off the bat, you do it to the left otherwise you get that prop buffet from the C-152. And man are you going slow just before the stall!

Can you open the door now with an inside turn at 35 kts? Think the pilot is just a little distracted setting up this spin? I can see me now explaining: "So you see we pull it up into a stall, there's the horn and just as she wants to break, we kick in left rudder and....hey, where'd he go....recover!"

When you get down on the ground and start talking to authorities what are you going to tell them about your manuever? Oh, I was teaching spins to a non-CFI candidate without parachutes. No. Oh, I thought he was going for his CFI and I was giving him an endorsement. No. Oh, we were just going up to a safe altitude to do steep turns. Ding Ding Ding, there's a winner.

Now the only question is was this suicide or did he have some kind of James Bond style mini-chute and is having tea with OBL or somebody else? The mind wanders.....I have got to get some sleep.

 

[MetroSheriff]

I wonder if the remaining pilot remembered to fill out a NASA report.

I would think that the FAA could potentially find him in violation of 91.15.


Just a thought....

 

[ShawnC]

tarp, according to AOPA, the FAA has ruled that you can recieve the spin training any time leading up to your CFI, which means you can take it as a commerical pilot, as a private pilot, or even as a student pilot.

 

[TXCAP4228]

I wonder if the remaining pilot remembered to fill out a NASA report.

I would think that the FAA could potentially find him in violation of 91.15.


Just a thought....

Metro, that's a stretch on the definition of "dropping" and object form the airplane.

I think your theory fell flat....

 

[MetroSheriff]

Metro, that's a stretch on the definition of "dropping" and object form the airplane.

I think your theory fell flat....

Ummm....I was kidding.

The guy who jumped out is what's flat. At least after he hit the ground

 

[B-J-J Fighter]

I hate to admit it, but this is the most funny thread I have EVER seen on this board. I didnt have the best day today, but this thread made me laugh quite a bit, although it is very sick humor.

My favorite post was Huck's about the guy becoming a sky diving fanatic. That was funny.

 

[pilotmentornet]

C152 Doors

We just aborted a take off the other day in a 152 when my instructor's door 'popped' open. I'm telling you... he got pretty nervous, because if he didn't have his seatbelt on, there would have been a good chance that he would have fallen out, because he was leaning on that door pretty hard (safety lesson for the day: leaning on a 152 door is not a good idea).

 

[toneal]

I heard he wanted to learn how to fly so he jumped out and started flapping his arms like a bird..

 

[100LL... Again!]

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With the student gone, who is going to pay for this trip?
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Cynical. Calculating. Cheap. CYA.

I like that in a pilot.

At my old job, I would have been the one paying for it, I'll bet.