Thu Feb 25, 2021 12:01 pm
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I have just read a very quirky book by a retired pilot. Written almost as if he's sat next to you reminiscing, not really in chronological order, a few humorous rants, some personal philosophy.
It's mostly an autobiography but he includes extremely brief summaries about some aspects of flying (originally to calm nervous flyers). I loved this paragraph -
"To land: choose another long bit of concrete. For your first go, a very long bit (say, two miles).
Steer the plane towards it and slow down as you get nearer.
As you get nearer, get lower. So it’s nearer, slower, lower.
And then, when you’re very low and very slow you’ll find that, at the moment the wings run out of lift to support the plane (if you time it correctly), the ground gets in the way to stop it falling any further. "
(from "The Other Side of Fear ... A Pilot's Life " by Captain Keith Godfrey
Simples
It's mostly an autobiography but he includes extremely brief summaries about some aspects of flying (originally to calm nervous flyers). I loved this paragraph -
"To land: choose another long bit of concrete. For your first go, a very long bit (say, two miles).
Steer the plane towards it and slow down as you get nearer.
As you get nearer, get lower. So it’s nearer, slower, lower.
And then, when you’re very low and very slow you’ll find that, at the moment the wings run out of lift to support the plane (if you time it correctly), the ground gets in the way to stop it falling any further. "
(from "The Other Side of Fear ... A Pilot's Life " by Captain Keith Godfrey
Simples