Re: To The CFI's out There....
- From: "Jim Macklin" <p51mustang[threeX12]@xxxhotmail.calm>
- Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 08:11:39 -0600
Ernest Gann's book [not the movie] Fate Is The Hunter is
wonderful.
--
James H. Macklin
ATP,CFI,A&P
--
The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
some support
http://www.usdoj.gov/olc/secondamendment2.htm
See http://www.fija.org/ more about your rights and duties.
"cjcampbell" <christophercampbell@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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| Michael wrote:
| >
| > There is an excellent book by Richard Bach -
_Stranger_to_the_Ground_ -
| > which tells the story of how an activated air guard
pilot makes an IFR
| > flight to deliver some important documents. Read it.
Read it a few
| > times. It's a great read, but it takes a few readings
to extract a
| > whole philosophy of risk - a philosophy built in large
part on denial.
| > A philosophy that concludes that flying a single engine
jet fighter is
| > about the safest activity there is, much safer than
driving a car.
| > It's far from rare - I have heard variations on it many
times, both
| > here on usenet and at the airport. Have your students
read it.
| > Discuss it with them.
| >
| > Then have your students read _Spirit_of_St._Louis_ by
Charles
| > Lindbergh. It is also a story - a story of the flight
from New York to
| > Paris and the preparations leading up to it, and also a
good read,
| > though Lindbergh is not the writer Bach is. It is a
great primer on
| > risk management - the ideas contained are based not on
denial and
| > self-deception but on a solid understanding of the risks
and acceptance
| > of them. Discuss this book with them as well.
|
| I would also recommend "Flying South" by Barbara Cushman
Rowell. She
| and her husband Galen are now dead (killed in a plane
crash, but
| Barbara was not the pilot). The book is about their flight
from San
| Francisco to Patagonia and back. They encountered several
dangerous
| situations. It is worth discussing these with a student,
to see what
| Barbara learned from them, if anything, what the other
pilots involved
| learned from them, and what the student can learn from
them. This book
| contains both philosophies -- denial of risk and
understanding of risk.
| Barbara was obviously learning (and unlearning a few
things that some
| well-meaning flight instructors taught her) as she flew
and as she
| wrote the book, but did she learn fast enough? The book
was published
| posthumously.
|
| Once again I am forced to agree with Michael.
|
.
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