/pilot/ - Aviation

Ok I feel dumb, but in that picture you have OP you can see almost gridlines across the ground like they're neat little squares. I see these every time I fly on commercial airliners and always wondered what they were. (used to think they were crop circle type things when I was a kid.)
What are they, how are they made, are they naturally occurring? HOW ARE THEY SO NEAT.

>>56
They are just edges of farmers fields. Sometimes there are roads between fields, sometimes different people own the fields, sometimes they are different crops in different fields. Entirely man made.

>>57
This board gets barely a post every few days and someone replies for me as I'm typing, go figure.

I'll add that they're a nightmare to navigate on the ground. You really need to count the intersections or else find yourself lost.

>>56

Farmers gotta find something to keep them busy, you'd be amazed how much pride is put into keeping fields neat.

Also, upside down rainbows are the coolest

That lawsuit makes no sense.

"You should have known I was insane! You ruined my career because you didn't tell me I was insane!"

>>54
Yeah I agree. How do you even propose a lawsuit like that with a straight face? I guess he's trying to take what he can from a bad situation but I really hope he doesn't get awarded anything.

Congratulations! Now have fun looking for a job.

Makes me wonder if it was all part of his master plan.

yes kc390 is great mainly because its from embraer their planes are fucking good

BRs are responsible for CIA's plane.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embraer_EMB_110_Bandeirante#In_popular_culture

I went to a 141 school so my costs may not be representative of what you will pay going to a part 61 flight school, but my Private Pilots License cost just shy of 12,000. If you really want to be a pilot, start saving. With regards to your medical, as long as you can see 20/20 (with or without glasses), aren't colorblind, aren't deaf, aren't on any medications, and are just generally healthy you should have no issues getting a third class medical. Once you have your license, most flight schools will allow you to rent their planes. Buying a plane is an option if you fly a lot. Buying the plane itself isn't that expensive (look around on trade a plane and you can find old 172's for about 20,000) but the insurance and maintenance is.

If the cost of it all hasn't scared you off, you could start studying aviation weather products:

http://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Advisory_Circular/AC-0045G_chg1_fullDocument.pdf

VFR sectional charts:

https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/digital_products/aero_guide/media/Chart_Users_Guide_12thEd.pdf

and applicable regulations to student and private pilots in part 61 and 91:

http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=d0a2d54505ca8a3733cde8be6b72effb&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title14/14cfrv2_02.tpl#0

The Pilots Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge is a good book to guide you through most of your initial training:
Post too long. Click here to view the full text.

>>36
Shit all that info free online? I feel ripped off for all the books they had me buy now.

For some more study material you'll want to get a copy of the aeronautical information manual which you can find a PDF of online. It's full of useful information as far as laws, regulations, equipment and abbreviations go.

>>42
Link:

https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/ATpubs/AIM/

>>36
Thank you very much anon, lots of good info.

Mostly the magazines on the coffee table at my flight club.

aviation-safety.net and avherald.com if you're into safety

Good idea. I'll try and draft something up in the next few days.

That blowjob is tempting but alas, Minnesota is just too far away.

Where in MN? I'm studying at UND and would fly you about.

Wow, I wonder what happened to cause the pilots to lose control like that. Was it an engine failure or is it still unknown?



Embedding added. Not sure how I missed that one.

Preliminary analysis of flight recorder data seems to suggest flameout of the #2 engine and then pilot error lead to the #1 engine being shut down.

Slants can't tell left from right apparently

>>23
It seems to happen too often that pilots shut down the wrong engine. There was a local flight that crashed because of that a few years ago. As long as the one engine is still functioning and you have altitude you should be able to carefully look at the instruments and double check to make sure that you don't make a bad situation worse. I suppose in the heat of the moment it is hard to take it slow and that leads to these mistakes.