>>1662308making good landings are a masturbatory idiot's fetish, the fact is that you never have to fly during any other part of the flight, and when the ground is involved suddenly this becomes apparent
>>1662308>This is so much better than putting around in hot C172s all daymy instructors were instructing in fabric gliders in 100 degree weather, whole flight below cloudbase, year after year. they didn't get paid -- it was on a volunteer basis.
where I learned to fly, the relationship between instructor and student was so important. meanwhile, you put two aspiring airline pilots in front of some fancy instruments and suddenly somebody's feet starts hurting, or it's too humid. you know why? because y'all are fucking idiots. go buy yourselves some nice houses.
>>1661571dunno man, you seen that one movie? the cartels were like flying a P-fiddy one and they were like flying under like underpasses and shooting the protagonists.
>>1661470rutan's a golf-playing motherfucker
when aircraft designers get too rich, they start making design compromises that nobody can understand, and you end up with weird shit like the pitts model 12, or that plane with the specifically-designed storage area
