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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Flying a plane is simple. Very intuitive if you have half a brain.


5 posted on 03/30/2025 2:28:08 PM PDT by TauntedTiger (If voting mattered, they wouldn't let us do it. Mark Twain)
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To: TauntedTiger
Flying a plane is simple. Very intuitive if you have half a brain.

Except for the landing/controlled crash. Your half a brain forgot that part.

7 posted on 03/30/2025 2:34:00 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Democrats are the Party of anger, hate and violence.)
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Very easy to get into big trouble with a high performance turbo prop like that. The wing configuration does not lend itself to errors at marginal airspeeds such as landing. Recovering from such stall at low altitude may not be possible. A moments inattention and it stalls. These planes may be nicknamed “banker killers” just like Bonanzas are “Doctor killers”.


9 posted on 03/30/2025 2:47:12 PM PDT by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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To: TauntedTiger

It’s very simple if YOU fly the plane at all phases except maybe cruise. If you use all the geegaws and gizmos that interact with one another and the control surfaces and the power settings things can get very complicated not to mention confusing. Especially if something is switched off that ought to be on or on that ought to be off or you’ve input the wrong number somewhere and are getting anxious and behind the flight…


14 posted on 03/30/2025 2:59:46 PM PDT by TalBlack (Their god is government. Prepare for a religious war.)
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My friend the professional pilot - USN and UA - would beg to disagree. He was an instructor at Pensacola for a while too and I quote ‘you can put some of the smartest people in the world behind the controls of an airplane and they just freeze’.


23 posted on 03/30/2025 3:47:01 PM PDT by Rummyfan ( In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.)
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To: TauntedTiger

I find it simple. No offense to professionals.


31 posted on 03/30/2025 4:40:14 PM PDT by TauntedTiger (If voting mattered, they wouldn't let us do it. Mark Twain)
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