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11-30-2010, 09:03 PM
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11-30-2010, 09:14 PM
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12-01-2010, 01:42 AM
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Somewhat related
Don't know if this is urban legend or where I read about it, but....
In the days of open cockpit training (think bi-plane), there was one "stick" and it would physically passed between instructor and student. It simply would be detatched and handed back/forward as needed. I can't remember if it was the student or instructor who snuck and hid an extra stick on board, but the story goes the "one" stick was passed, and the receiver (and owner of the secret spare), shouted, "NO I DONT WANT TO FLY" and threw the "only" control stick over the side. The reaction of the unsuspecting should have been disbelief, panic, and worthy of a pre-historic YouTube.
Can anyone fill in the details - is this real, a movie, or BS.
Thx
In the days of open cockpit training (think bi-plane), there was one "stick" and it would physically passed between instructor and student. It simply would be detatched and handed back/forward as needed. I can't remember if it was the student or instructor who snuck and hid an extra stick on board, but the story goes the "one" stick was passed, and the receiver (and owner of the secret spare), shouted, "NO I DONT WANT TO FLY" and threw the "only" control stick over the side. The reaction of the unsuspecting should have been disbelief, panic, and worthy of a pre-historic YouTube.
Can anyone fill in the details - is this real, a movie, or BS.
Thx
12-01-2010, 12:35 PM
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A-6, EA-6B, F-14, just to name a few. First time a student flies the jet, she/he's at the controls and the instructor is in the other seat...watching.
12-01-2010, 03:30 PM
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I think ONLY single seat F117s existed. In the jets I mentioned, multiple seats but only one set of controls. If, as a student, you screw the pooch in a single seat jet, you only hurt yourself. In the multi-seat, single-controls jets, everyone in the jet gets to enjoy your steep learning curve.
Worst IP flights in the right seat of the Prowler were night formation. Student's first night join ups (no NVDs), you're along for the ride and can only coach / scream.
Worst IP flights in the right seat of the Prowler were night formation. Student's first night join ups (no NVDs), you're along for the ride and can only coach / scream.
12-01-2010, 03:38 PM
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I think ONLY single seat F117s existed. In the jets I mentioned, multiple seats but only one set of controls. If, as a student, you screw the pooch in a single seat jet, you only hurt yourself. In the multi-seat, single-controls jets, everyone in the jet gets to enjoy your steep learning curve.
Worst IP flights in the right seat of the Prowler were night formation. Student's first night join ups (no NVDs), you're along for the ride and can only coach / scream.
Worst IP flights in the right seat of the Prowler were night formation. Student's first night join ups (no NVDs), you're along for the ride and can only coach / scream.
Sandwiched inbetween the the replacement pilots.USMCFLYR
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