Basic Flying Rules

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"If you don't see it coming, It doesn't hurt as badly"

Bob P.
> 
> From: Bob Richards <bob at toprudder.com>
> Date: 2005/07/13 Wed AM 09:45:58 EDT
> To: discussion at nsrca.org
> Subject: Re: Basic Flying Rules
> 
> My flight instructor (Dr. Landon Spradlin) was going
> over engine-out procedures with several students, and
> one of the students asked "what do you do if you lose
> the engine at night". The instructor said "You still
> go through your checklist. If the landing lights work,
> turn them on. When the ground comes up into view and
> you don't like what you see, turn the lights off."
> 
> We all laughed, but he was serious. His philosophy was
> that, at that point, you have done everything you can
> possibly do. There is no point in worrying about
> something you have no control of.
> 
> Ron, if we ever meet, remind me to tell you the whole
> story.
> 
> Bob R.
> 
> 
> 
> --- Ron Van Putte <vanputte at cox.net> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > On Jul 13, 2005, at 8:28 AM, Bob Richards wrote:
> > 
> > > Another basic rule:
> > >
> > > "There is no such thing as gravity -- the earth
> > 
> > I read a short piece by Bob Hoover that said, if you
> > were going to 
> > crash, you should fly the airplane as far into the
> > crash as possible.
> > 
> > Ron Van Putte
> > 
> 
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Bob Pastorello, El Reno, OK, USA
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