Music to Fly by

[Tonala2k]

I give instruction in a 172 with a CD player. I've found great results on discovery flights and practicing landings using Top Gun's "Danger Zone." A little anticlimactic, I know in a 172, but if used with moderation and skill it works. I'm just trying now to find some more tunes to get a student jived if feeling discouraged. So if think of any songs you'd want to hear in the cockpit, let me know. (I'm sorry, "I believe I can Fly" has already been rejected)

(I'm just waiting for all the negative posts that are coming my way)

 

[SPilot]

I've tried listening to Disney Channel on AM 990 using the ADF/NDB...and it sure takes my mind of what I'm supposed to be doing...

What about Pink Floyd with "Learning to fly"? Perhaps for the more senior students.:erm:

 

[hoop]

Foo Fighters.... Learning to fly?

Just here to help.......

 

[timeoff]

Tom Petty - "Learning to Fly"

 

[CalifDan]

OK, I'll jump in with the negative response. Discovery Flights are not supposed to be the equivalent of a helicopter tour of the Nepali coast. Music, and particularly "Top Gun" type perspectives should not be projected into a training environment. You are giving your students the wrong impression.

I just completed a three day trip from northern California to San Diego and back. All filed IFR and through two Class B airspaces each way. There is no way that you are going to competently monitor and respond appropriately in that kind of environment while listoning to a Top Gun track.

Based on some of the posts I see in here sometimes, I'm beginning to get concerned about the kind of instructors and students we are bringing along. What you should be doing is impressing on your students that flying is a serious but fun activity...emphasis on serious. If they are not prepared to forego the "walkman" mentality then maybe they should not be mixing it up in an environment that includes aircraft with 100-500 people on board. Frankly, I think that applies to you as well. If you were teaching my wife to fly you would be fired.

 

[navigator72]

Music in the cockpit, not a good idea. But hey, I'm old school before Garmin came out with the G1000 avionics package with XM radio.

 

[GotBoost?]

Pink Floyd/ Learning to Fly- you get a few before-takeoff checklist items thrown in as a bonus...

 

[Metro752]

I give instruction in a 172 with a CD player. I've found great results on discovery flights and practicing landings using Top Gun's "Danger Zone." A little anticlimactic, I know in a 172, but if used with moderation and skill it works. I'm just trying now to find some more tunes to get a student jived if feeling discouraged. So if think of any songs you'd want to hear in the cockpit, let me know. (I'm sorry, "I believe I can Fly" has already been rejected)

(I'm just waiting for all the negative posts that are coming my way)

hehe, i think he's pulling our legs, nobody in their right minds plays Top Gun songs etc during primary training.

 

[PacoPollo]

Night Train- Guns&Roses.

I like the part that says... 'Ready to crash & burn I never learn..'

 

[MauleSkinner]

Personally, I just sing...to the tune of "Love and Marriage"...

Stick and rudder
Stick and rudder
Can't use one without
Usin' the other....



Fly safe!

David

 

[Metro752]

I'd hear the King of the Hill theme song in my head when flying down south. But I wasn't playing an Ipod or walkman

 

[gkrangers]

I'd hear the King of the Hill theme song in my head when flying down south. But I wasn't playing an Ipod or walkman

lol, nice.

 

[clumpinglitter]

I give instruction in a 172 with a CD player. I've found great results on discovery flights and practicing landings using Top Gun's "Danger Zone." A little anticlimactic, I know in a 172, but if used with moderation and skill it works. I'm just trying now to find some more tunes to get a student jived if feeling discouraged. So if think of any songs you'd want to hear in the cockpit, let me know. (I'm sorry, "I believe I can Fly" has already been rejected)

(I'm just waiting for all the negative posts that are coming my way)

Gag. If my instructor had played cheesy music on my disco flight, I would have ran away screaming and never flown again. Of course, that would have saved me about $20,000 and counting ...

-C.

 

[Lazy8]

I usually just turn on "Ethel" (an XM radio station) on the G1000 for discos. It cuts out any time there's a transmission or if you talk. I don't see how that's distracting or giving students the wrong impression. It turns itself off when exceeding 30 knots or below 80 knots. It's just some low background music folks. Sheesh.

g

 

[Tonala2k]

I appreciate all the help. Now just to clarify, I'm not just looking for radio stations to play in the back ground (Disney, right wing talk, etc.) to pass the time. I've got way too much going on to have some one blabbing in my ear the entire time (Why I'm so thankful to not be training in FL. All you hear is continuous talking on the radio and blocked calls). I'm looking for "quick Fix" get in the "Zone" music. Someone tell me honestly that after listening to Danger Zone that they're not ready to hop in to an F-16 and blow something up. Though some of my students may need a tranquil babbling brook with chirping crickets and a masseuse in the back seat heheh

 

[kmox29]

I just completed a three day trip from northern California to San Diego and back. All filed IFR and through two Class B airspaces each way. There is no way that you are going to competently monitor and respond appropriately in that kind of environment while listoning to a Top Gun track.

While I agree that listening to music while trying to instruct sends the wrong image to new students, I have to disagree with your above statement.

I've listened to music quite a bit in just about every flight phase. I never found it to be a distraction. That being said, everyone is different. For some, music might be a HUGE distraction.

Using common sense can go a long way. If you can do it, fine...if not, better turn off the tunes.

 

[Goose Egg]

Beethoven 9th symphony in D minor, 4th movement (Ode to Joy--especially good when a student masters landings.)

-Goose

 

[Goose Egg]

Beethoven 9th symphony in D minor, 4th movement (Ode to Joy--especially good when a student masters landings.)

Either that, or Ride of the Valkyries from Wagner.

-Goose

 

[unreal]

Sasha - Airdrawndagger CD, or any Frank Sinatra.

 

[comander]

tell me a fable > robert miles
Ive done lots of flying with robert miles specially hanglyding no engine sound only music!!!

and get a mp3 player no skiping or a radio like mine where it breaks when tower talks.