I'm beginning to get the feeling that armchair pilots are going to find out, that they are not as good a pilot as they think they are. what do you think?

 

My last plane was a PA20 but I never could find an armchair to fit.

Well if they only fly an armchair, then it doesn't really matter, does it? If your armchair crashes, it is unlikely to be fatal, and even if it was we'd never know if the pilot was at fault because there is no requirement for an armchair to be fitted with either a cvr or fdr.

My last ride was an SZD 48 Jantar Standard 2. I could barely fit in it! 🤣

 

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What if you are on a bender, and let's say you have a hard tile floor. Let's also say that you somehow are so hammered that you fall back, bashing your head on the hard surface. That could be fatal.

Cheers, Pete

11 hours ago, Quasimodo said:

My last ride was an SZD 48 Jantar Standard 2. I could barely fit in it! 🤣

 

That reminds me a little bit of the Diamond DA20 Eclipse i flew a few times some years ago. That was a fun plane to fly, but then they got rid of them and it was back to the Piper Archer.

Cheers, Pete

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4 minutes ago, PilotPete99 said:

What if you are on a bender, and let's say you have a hard tile floor. Let's also say that you somehow are so hammered that you fall back, bashing your head on the hard surface. That could be fatal.

Cheers, Pete

If you are on a real lost weekend bender, with large quantities of cocaine, spirits and such, I recommend using the callsign, Kilo Charlie Whiskey, just so everyone else knows the score.

With everyone stuck in their house that may be coming!

Cheers, Pete

9 minutes ago, PilotPete99 said:

That reminds me a little bit of the Diamond DA20 Eclipse

There's a lot of sailplane technology in GA aircraft these days. Even in commercial airliners. The Jantar standard 2 was first flown in 1977😁

When the instructor took me up to get me checked out in the DA 20 he wanted to show me a spin because the plane was spin certified. I told him "if you want to be wearing my Burger King lunch then you can show me the spin." He declined. I never wanted to experience a spin! That was a great plane though, and the only plane I ever flew with a stick. I was actually quite easy to get used to.

Cheers, Pete

1 hour ago, PilotPete99 said:

That reminds me a little bit of the Diamond DA20 Eclipse i flew a few times some years ago. That was a fun plane to fly, but then they got rid of them and it was back to the Piper Archer.

Cheers, Pete

I fly the Da20 about once a month, its a lovely machine and built right down the road from me in London, Ont. 

Yep lots of fun but very long and I remember they had a pice of Fiberglass below the tail because people would often have tail strikes when they didn’t come in for landing flat enough.

Reminds me of the first time I went up... my instructor said, "oh.... you've done this before" 

Only from my armchair. Lol

Same here i remember my first spin in a 150 in 96, the plane came out of it on his own, i just had time to reduce the power it was already out, and i didn't have to realize anything ... my instructor told me that we did 2 and a half or 1 and a half laps , all i remember at the time is being completely disoriented.. i have to admit  the first time it was pretty rock and roll...

henri

😄 this reminds me of the FS95/98 days when i went up for the first time on a 172 and after that i went back home and my desk never looked the same anymore ....