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Crop dusters
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Because those are the only people that instruct at either location, right? :sleep_125
That's easy ... I don't care where he lives. But I'd go with the rich, illiterate, crop-dustin', barnstormin' punk.
And then I'd like to meet his sister ...
What's up with the crop dusting comment Stuntgriz? You ever seen those guys fly before? If you had, you'd understand they are some of the best pilots out there. I was surprised as hell a few years back when I was sitting back seat in a super hornet and while we were coming in to land, there was a crop duster to our left doing his thing. The pilot said something along the lines of "holy sh!t, those guys are crazy a$$ holes. You have to have some real balls of steel to want to fly one of those things." I found his comment a bit odd because I grew up in farm country and crop dusters never seemed all that great to me. After asking around the squadron though, the majority of the studs agreed with my pilot; crop duster pilots are sh!t hot and dangerous as hell.
Not that I don't believe you, but I'm still confused as to what makes them such good / crazy pilots.
When you see them doing wingovers at 150 feet AGL to change direction; you'll understand.
I'll go with this...
Duster pilots spend alot of time in heavily laden aircraft, low to the ground, going fast. (For them) Anyone who does that alot...and lives to teach/talk...has some credibility in my book.
Of course this would mean that helo guys are good pilots too...maybe I should rethink that....
I keed, I keed...
Duster pilots spend alot of time in heavily laden aircraft, low to the ground, going fast. (For them) Anyone who does that alot...and lives to teach/talk...has some credibility in my book.
Of course this would mean that helo guys are good pilots too...maybe I should rethink that....
I keed, I keed...Try focusing on illiteracy, maybe that will make everything clear. Yeah, yeah, crop-dusters can fly a plane, but can they grade a test? Would he use adverse yaw in a sentence, such as "Adverse, yaw thought I were dumb," and thinks VORTAC is the '88 Jimmy Motor he 'suped up his old station wagon with. Comprehensive flight knowledge is better for my future schooling than scarin' the poop out of "dat der herd of cows over yonder". Where were we, right....TheBubba, was there a school availabe in ValP or Destin?
MasterBates
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I'll go with this...
Duster pilots spend alot of time in heavily laden aircraft, low to the ground, going fast. (For them) Anyone who does that alot...and lives to teach/talk...has some credibility in my book.
Of course this would mean that helo guys are good pilots too...maybe I should rethink that....
Piss off
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The Ex-Helicopter Crop Duster
(yes, in Mass, they dust with helos)
A lot of places dust with helos, don't they?
I did IFS in Destin. Now for a bit of lernin'
Can crop dusters grade a test... For your information, yes they can. The guy who gave me my first flight at the controls of an airplane was a crop duster. Great pilot, great guy... CFI among other things.
Teaching someone to fly ain't all about grading tests. Its about teaching the practical application and finer points of handling the machine, whether you're the NFO or the pilot.
And if you do IFS in Destin, I hope you get the instructor I had. You'll find that the chain smoking, motorcycle riding "redneck" at the school is one of the best instructors there. And yes, he can grade a test.
As a side note, just how many hours do you have?
You're just too cool for school, my friend.
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