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Tonight I took my final exam in aviation. Some of you may not of known that I was taking this course. It is a really strong course in the areas of science & math. I don't have a problem with math as long as I can apply it to real life, this is a course that applys it :)
Today I was reviewing the course and I copied some of it for yall to read! Well, I thought it was funny anyway!
It is a little known fact that more World War I pilots died from their aircraft
falling apart than died from bullets in dogfights.
“Helicopters don’t fly.
They just beat the air into submission.”
-- Anonymous helicopter cliché
How many crew members does it take to fly the new Boeing 777?
Three. Two pilots and a dog. The dog’s job is to bite the pilots if they touch anything.
The pilots feed the dog.
—Aviation joke making the rounds in cockpits since 1996
Although scientists were able to refine the process of weather forecasting through computer data crunching, they are not able to forecast accurately beyond 72 hours. The best weather forecasters are only somewhat accurate (60%--which would be a D score) within 72 hrs.
(The instructor speaking here) "To most people, a cloud is a cloud. As a boy I rememberthe fascination I had watching the growth and development of thunderstorms over my Idaho farm.
I was fortunate I was never hit by lightning, since I liked to climb the highest hay stack and direct the storm like a symphony conductor. (Yes, I was pretty weird.)"
The #1 rule for aviation communication, Think about what you want to say before you say it.
The phonetic alphabet, used throught aviation,
A - Alpha ( al - fah),
B - Bravo (brah - voh),
C - Charlie (char - lee),
D - Delta (dell - tah),
E - Echo (eck - oh),
F - Foxtrot (foks - trot),
G - Golf (golf),
H - Hotel (hoh - tell),
I - India (in - dee - ah),
J - Juliet (jew - lee- ett),
K - Kilo (key - loh),
L - Lima (lee - mah),
M - Mike (mike),
N - November (no - vem - ber),
O - Oscar (oss - car),
P - Papa (pah - pah),
Q - Quebec (keh - beck),
R - Romeo (roh - me - oh),
S - Sierra (see - air - ah),
T - Tango (tang - go),
U - Uniform (you - nee - form),
V - Victor (vik - tor),
W - Whiskey (wiss - key),
X - X ray (ecks - ray),
Y - Yankee (yang - key),
Z - Zulu (zoo - loo),
One way to help you memorize the phonetic alphabet, is to start using it to name things you see. For example, you see a car, and you then spell out loud “Charlie, alpha, romeo.” You see your brother and you spell out, “delta, oscar, romeo, kilo.”
After a couple days of practice, you’ll have the alphabet completely memorized.
These are some regulations implemented by the FAA in the early days of aviation (1920)( I only wrote((actually copied and pasted)) some of these for your enjoyment)
1 Don’t take the machine into the air unless you are satisfied it will fly.
6 Pilots should carry hankies in a handy position to wipe off goggles.
12 If you see another machine near you, get out of the way.
13 No two cadets should ever ride together in the same machine.
21 Pilots will not wear spurs while flying.
22 Do not use aeronautical gasoline in cars or motorcycles.
Well I've got to go, it's my bed time :)
TTYL,
George
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