Who Here Flys

**ManDownUnder** · 3rd November 2005, 14:02

You bastards have gotten me all fiziing about paragliding again... gotta get me feet back off the ground now...

**R6_kid:Me** · 3rd November 2005, 14:38

hmm....

i've done skydiving, hanggliding (f'n awesome over the west coast), aerobatics in a CT-4, 40min glider flight over wairarapa and what i would call the top of the list would have to be sitting in the pilots seat of a hercules - yeh we've all done it at airshows on the ground, but this was at 35,000ft above the pacific on the way to the USA.

OK, so it was on autopilot, and i wasnt tall enough to reach the rudder pedals, or the overhead panel for that matter, but i thought it was awesome! (i was 8 at the time)

Also rode jump seat in the herk/727/andover many a time as youngn as honourary aircrew on flights down to ohakea and christchurch.

I am currently at university but will be on the Air Force Under Graduate Scheme soon... with a goal of being in pilot training within the next 4 years - bring on the NH-90's

as for the topgun thing - hell yeh... just dont let indy see this thread!

**ManDownUnder** · 3rd November 2005, 14:54

Originally Posted by gareth_d

hmm....

i've done skydiving, hanggliding (f'n awesome over the west coast), aerobatics in a CT-4, 40min glider flight over wairarapa and what i would call the top of the list would have to be sitting in the pilots seat of a hercules - yeh we've all done it at airshows on the ground, but this was at 35,000ft above the pacific on the way to the USA.

OK, so it was on autopilot, and i wasnt tall enough to reach the rudder pedals, or the overhead panel for that matter, but i thought it was awesome! (i was 8 at the time)

Also rode jump seat in the herk/727/andover many a time as youngn as honourary aircrew on flights down to ohakea and christchurch.

I am currently at university but will be on the Air Force Under Graduate Scheme soon... with a goal of being in pilot training within the next 4 years - bring on the NH-90's

as for the topgun thing - hell yeh... just dont let indy see this thread!

Go for gold man -

**R6_kid:Me** · 3rd November 2005, 14:57

cheers

**Hitcher** · 3rd November 2005, 15:18

I am in the "other" category. I fly combat flight simulators.

**bugjuice** · 3rd November 2005, 15:21

Originally Posted by Hitcher

I am in the "other" category. I fly combat flight simulators.

ditto.. cheaper for a start..
also fly other aircraft in that too..

anyone wanna take me for a ride? haven't been up for ages, must get up more this summer..

**Korumba** · 3rd November 2005, 15:21

Did about 6hrs on my PPL when I was 16 but then purchased a brand new
Kawasaki KL250 A3, I could not afford to do/have both with only an after school job, so the flying stopped.

My wife organized a ride in a Harvard for a birthday present and that was fantastic.

Do the hours still count if you start flying again??? I have my logbook around somewhere.

**froggyfrenchman** · 3rd November 2005, 17:26

I have had over 15hrs in Fixed wing, gliders and microlites.
Sorta gave up flying when i was bitten by the bike bug

**Ramius** · 3rd November 2005, 17:50

The entire reason why I brought a bike was because I couldn't afford to fly as often as I wanted anymore...
But, I hope to change that in 2007.

**marty** · 3rd November 2005, 17:51

6hrs wouldn't really 'count', it's experience you need before your club will let you sit the ppl. 50 hrs is the minimum for a ppl, but it's not uncommon to spend 70 getting ready. so yeah, your 6 hours is 6 hours, but you'd still have to prove the basics again, which would probably take.......about 6 hours.

**Qkchk:Me** · 3rd November 2005, 18:04

Cessna 152 and Piper Cherokee 28-181

Did Solo (2000AD) in a C152 and ache'n to get back into the left-hand seat!!!

**Jantar** · 9th November 2005, 07:27

Originally Posted by marty

here's a fucked up spin...

To really get the spin going just keep that stick hard back into your gut for at least three rotations before you begin to correct. I just love to look straight down and watch the ground rotate below me.

Incidentally, I'm now 700 hours gliding and fixed wing.

**marty** · 9th November 2005, 07:41

Originally Posted by Jantar

To really get the spin going just keep that stick hard back into your gut for at least three rotations before you begin to correct. I just love to look straight down and watch the ground rotate below me.

Incidentally, I'm now 700 hours gliding and fixed wing.

starting at 3500ft though and having to pull out at 3000 doesn't help (otherwise i'm in and out of the CTA over cambridge, and it's a busy transit lane underneath that into the HN CTZ). the 152 often shakes itself out of a spin - even with full rudder and full elevator - especially if it's a bit gusty/turbulent. can't wait til we get the new robins - centre stick, fully aerobatic, 2000fpm

**Biff** · 9th November 2005, 11:35

Passed my PPL back in the UK. Never managed to fly anything than a 152 though, and that was a heap of shite. I was just getting myself into gear to begin twin prop courses, but moved here. Haven't managed (read can't afford) to fly here yet though. One day.....