Interactive Real world lessons that are free that might help

[BillTheSlink]

Hello:

This is my first post here, so I hope I haven't messed up; I did do a search to see if this link was already posted and I did not find anything.

At this link to the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association: you will find a lot of free courses for real world pilots that I thing would be helpful. The first one I am going to take is using the Garmin GPS with VFR flight.

http://www.aopa.org/asf/online_courses/

There is no charge according to the site; all that is required is a creation of a free log in account.

[NikeHerk67]

Hello:

This is my first post here, so I hope I haven't messed up; I did do a search to see if this link was already posted and I did not find anything.

At this link to the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association: you will find a lot of free courses for real world pilots that I thing would be helpful. The first one I am going to take is using the Garmin GPS with VFR flight.

http://www.aopa.org/asf/online_courses/


There is no charge according to the site; all that is required is a creation of a free log in account.

Hi Bill and welcome to the message boards.

Yes, that's a good idea if you're going to pursue a real world pilot's license. I've taken some of the lessons and there's a lot of procedures plus FAA rules and regulations. When you're finished with the course you'll definitely be flying the FS right.

Example: When you're flying along in a single engine aircraft and you loose your engine, what is the first thing you do?

I'll let you find the answer. :)

[FlyingColin]

Scream! ;)

PFBG.....hope that didn't give it away Nike!

[BillTheSlink]

Scream! ;)

PFBG.....hope that didn't give it away Nike!

Yep that's what I would do. I guess after which you would orientate the airplane's nose so as not to descend to fast, but yet not to stall and look for a field or highway to put down on.

Thanks for the welcome,
Bill

[NikeHerk67]

FlyingColin & Bill,

Thanks for the replies.

You got it! There are many ways to learn for free these days, thanks to the computer. When I first took flying lessons there were no hand held computers, or a GPS. The flight computer consisted of the E6B (no batteries included.)

As long as you can pass the FAA written exams, your golden.
The AOPA is promoting more membership and so they do a nice job with the interactive classes. I was actually a paid member for years but have dropped my membership temporarily until I win the lotto. At that time I'll buy my own hanger equipped with a Beaver, a Baron 58, and a C182 for starters. Then I'll get real busy back in school. I'll fly them for fun a profit. Either that or I'll just buy a Beaver, go to Alaska, and become a Bush Pilot statistic! There's nothing like landing in a field where you have no idea what's just underneath the grass or the weeds, in the simulator that is. :)

[harleyman52]

That actually happened to me once......

It was a buddys cessna 172 and we were just about to cross the Chesepeake Bay at Annapolis ,Md....

i was flying at 5000 ft as per indicated airspace requirments(my buddy told me to as of the Washington DC airspace is very strict, when for no reason the engine just quit.... My buddy was reading the paper and semed not to excited..But I was freaking out.I'm not a real pilot with training....He fiddled with the fuel switches a little ,thinking there was a fuel tank problem..That wsas not it....

He took over the controls,trimmed the plane for glide,and got out the map looking for an emergency airfield..And they are everywhere.places you would never expect...Once he found one we could reach he headed for it...

As a fixed pitch prop he left the mags on and down we went..On setting up the approach into a field,at 1,600 ft. the engine caught....Off we went and headed to a local field with services....

We landed,he looked things over,and we bagged the trip,deciding to head home instead...

We had to take off across a high tree line out over the Severn River.And I was instructed that upon take off if we lost the engine again we would be going into the River..He said he would head for a yacht,and upon hitting the water to open my door and put my coat in it so we would not get trapped on impact.....

We made it...Flew home,my buddy scaring the crap out of me the whole way doing stalls,cutting the engine ,etc...I asked to please quit doing that as the engine was running fine now,and not to push our luck..He did not listen to me and I drank wiskey the entire flight back for 1 1/2 hours........ Him too...LOl

He had it serviced after that as his hrs. were comming due,and it sems that was a fault of the Contintinal at 5000 ft..Vapor / fuel lock..As we lost altitude it fixed itself.....


I never flew with him again......LOL True Story...

[CPSBruce]

I never flew with him again......LOL...

Probably because he never asked you to go up again. LOL :D

I admit the crap he was pulling on the return flight like stalls and shutting off the engine was needless, but the engine failure could happen to anyone at anytime.