Mission focus
I enjoyed reading Greg Brown’s article in the July issue of Flight Training (“Flying Carpet: Flying Carpet Ride”). So true about needing a mission to fly. At least for me. I can’t just fly over a city for no reason, for example, so I try to see if kids want to go and experience this.
Shadi Wadi-Ramahi
Evansville, Indiana
No go
The July 2019 Flight Training contains the article, “What Would You Do.” I am disturbed by Ian J. Twombly’s answer. It appears he wrote his reply based on his experience and expertise, rather than the scenario. Clearly the reply should have been based on the information given in the scenario from the perspective of the low-time pilot and nonpilot passenger along with the fatigue and the chance that, as he said, “Oshkosh arrivals generally slow down late in the evening.” This reply to me is very irresponsible and dangerous to appear in Flight Training magazine. The reply should have been similar to Jill W. Tallman’s response. I actually had to read the reply a couple of times, thinking, “He’s not serious, this is a joke!”
Roger J. Nolfe
Ticonderoga, New York
Flight Training agrees that Jill W. Tallman provided sage advice to the fictitious 200-hour VFR private pilot: Get some sleep and assess in the morning. Flying into “The World’s Busiest Airport” during AirVenture while tired and under the pressure of a deadline is not a wise move. We encourage pilots to establish their own personal minimums and regularly review them. Experience, wisdom, and an instrument rating may provide a broader range of options someday—but not on this day. —Ed.
Erratum
“How it Works: The Altimeter” (July 2019 Flight Training) incorrectly stated what happens inside the case as altitude increases. Pressure decreases and the bellows expand. Flight Training regrets the error.
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