Re: Children were allowed to pilot at USAF bases!
- From: Dudley Henriques <dhenriques@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:03:59 -0400
dumbstruck wrote:
My original post was from the point of view of a beneficiary of thisI'm not crazy and I have a vivid memory.
policy, NOT AN OUTSIDE CRITIC.
Why so many dipsy-doodle knee-jerk reactions here? Your grump-attack
is giving opposite of the intended effect, by soothing this victim
into the impression that any criticism to my any post is likely more
such looney ravings...
Anyway, this was a bad policy as implemented and I think it was
corrected... just would like to hear the details if anyone remembers.
I know of a group of 15 year olds who started and then had to stop
such flights. This was not a forgiving environment to learn for kids
who probably have never controlled any vehicle larger than a bicycle
and don't know the physics of large amounts of power and momentum.
Spare me your counterexamples of what young folks have done in other
environments - you must have no idea of how these alert-scrambles went
down during cold war days (as suddenly as humanly possible). And how
kids just about sheared off landing gear on the cables at ends of
runways. And how large aircraft were available to them with a lot more
throw weight than a bitty Cessna to trundle clumsily along taxiways
lined with aircraft and weapons with great vulnerability to screwups.
Don't tell me about how this was all under control due to
chaperoning... an instructor pilot in this club crashed about the time
the kiddies were kicked out of the club. Maybe his crash was the coup
de grace, or maybe any part of this explanation was garbled to me. Was
just hoping the non-crazy half of this group might have a memory of it
because I had heard the issue went nationwide, but otherwise never
mind.
I don't know where you are getting your information, but as I've said, the MAJORITY of these base flying clubs were well run and well supervised. There is always a possible exception to the rule but in my experience anyway, this would indeed be the exception.
As for young people handling complicated machinery like airplanes, I've been teaching people of all ages to fly all my life. I've seen many many young people start handling an airplane early on and doing it with skill and a keen ability to learn. I myself soloed both a PA18 and an AT6G on the same day; my 16th birthday. I'm sure many other pilots started learning at a ripe early age as well. :-)
There is absolutely NO reason, save possible insurance limitations in any given flying environment, that a young person can't receive dual instruction from a qualified instructor. There are age limits on getting a student certificate but nothing preventing dual being given to a young pilot to be.
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Dudley Henriques
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