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The real measure of what your teaching ability is worth is best measured in what you get paid to teach.


.... and how in demand you are. Given that you've racked up more posts than anyone else on avcanada I'd say you have a fair bit of spare time. "
Oh my mcrit, you sure are lacking in the ability to either read or understand what you read so let me try and gently explain something you may find very difficult to understand.

I have lots of time on my hands because I am " R E T I R E D " from flying as a full time job.

So just to give you a better understanding of why I am retired it is quite simple, I made the decision to quit flying for a living when I reached the age of 70 and so advised my employers who tried to talk me into not retireing as they wanted me to keep flying in the airshow circuit in Europe, when I retired last spring I still held an unrestricted Air display Authorization in Europe as well as exemptions under the JAR/JAA age rules to fly as crew on aircraft up to large Jets, which incidently I did my last flight as a crew member on ( Boeing 767-300ER )

For the past year I have been hounded by clients to come back to work but I really have no desire to do so after 54 years as a pilot.

Now here is something for you to strive for mcrit, I have flown many different airplanes and helicopters for a living for over half a century and the last time I was asked for my total flying time was in the early ninties and I had to phone TC to get some idea of what their records showed. At the time I had over 25,000 hours and since then have flown in over forty different countries from low level to the high flight levels in Euro Control.

During my career I never filled out an accident/incident report nor was I ever charged with violation of air law.

Now for the most difficult goal for you to aspire to, I am still qualified to fly for the movie industry as I still meet the insurance companies requrements for that type of flying.....if you want I can give you the contact info for the person who decides who flys for Mirimax as they pay the best.


Now, as to this weird question.
" So you've made it clear that you think any sort of extra throttle movement is bad for an engine, what is your opinion when it comes to running and engine that is showing little to no oil pressure? "
I am unable to seriously reply to such a vague question, but a hint would be to ask you if the airplane has any other instruments to maybe give you some idea as to what may be the problem.

As to the extra throttle movement comment I can not help you there either as you seem to be in need of further education about how engines work preferably by getting some exposure to flying outside of the make believe world of ab-initio flight training.
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The size of the secondary explosion indicates how close to the target one got. That was an awefully long post there Cat.

As to all your experience, there are other people with that.... who aren't tools.

What's vauge about, "Is it smart to run an engine when the oil pressure is low?"
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" What's vauge about, "Is it smart to run an engine when the oil pressure is low?"
O.K. have it your way it's not vague.

What is your reason for asking such a basic question then?

By the way what do you think about using two stage amber?
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What is your reason for asking such a basic question then?
Smells like bait, huh? In the interest of detente we'll leave it at that.

Two stage amber, sounds like an OK idea.
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It was more than a good idea several decades ago it was the standard method of preventing a student from having any visual reference outside of the airplane.

There obviously are very few flight instructors who read this forum because someone must have a reason why this method is no longer in use.

What happened to all the TC employees who used to read and post here surely they would be able to give an opinion on such an important issue as teaching instrument flight using a vision limiting method that is far superior to a hood.

AAhhh but then again I'm probably just from the stone age and our methods were just to practical for todays training industry.
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