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Im still at junior High school, since at elementary I always dream to be a pilot, I still remember when me and my friends pretend and play to be a pilot at school, I hope it will came true
So someone taking advantage of you. Someone is milking you out of flying hours and not teaching and instructing. Good to know! By the way! Epic hasn’t called me back!
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You need to visit an aviation medical examiner for proper advice. You can use this locator to search for the nearest AME in your area. www.faa.gov/pilots/amelocator/
Anyone who wants to be a professional pilot should get some basic Aerobatic instruction to include spins. 10-15 hours in a Decathalon or better will suffice. It's ten times the training that simple unusual attitude training. As Calvin G Bass used to tell me "Aerobatics teaches competence and confidence. True in 1984. True today.
@@rustybros that’s with 8 years in the military ( I was avionics but now I’m all systems on my current platform)but we have people with only automotive experience getting paid around 30 an hour
@@Dantetaro Yep that sound about right. I just wanted to make sure people know they aren't switching careers and think they be making $50+ an hour. But $30+ is more realistic for someone brand new to the field with no prior experience.
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Mike... In have Foreflight. It gives me the magnetic course to fly and creates my NAV Log. Why do I care about learning old technology like E6-B.....or why even learn how to calculate Wind correction angle. Foreflight does it for me! And I have an iPhone as a backup.
Advice - one thing is to know the technical aspect of ur job, the other thing to know is the economics of your job but also the industry as a whole. Cautionary tale.
Noup. Latitude is the Angular Distance of a place on the Earth Planet expressed in degrees and minutes (Horizontal Angular Divisions) from the Equator 0-90 degrees north or South. Longitude: They are Vertical Angular Divisions running 180 degrees East and 180 degrees West. They were created using TIME in the absence of a Natural reference to follow… Remember that Longitude has a reference tool associated to calculate the vertical angular distance (west-east) based upon the time. That’s why we have the Prime Meridian “Greenwich”. It is the Longitude what used the time and not the Latitude. Of course both (Lat/Long) will be given in degrees and time. But 1 NM = 1 minute of Lat AND 1 minute of Longitude as well. However the length in 1 minute of Longitude decreases as you move away from the Equator to the Poles.
Well said! One nautical mile is also one minute of longitude at the equator. My apologies. The only reason I pointed it out is because in the video, Mike mentions one nautical mile as one minute of longitude, no matter where you are, which is not true. Timestamp 11:51. One nautical mile is generally classed as one minute of LAT no matter where you are AND one minute of longitude at the equator. Distance between lines of latitude are generally consistent, BUT distance between lines of longitude change depending on how far north or south you are.
Good morning Mr. “Mgrudjsk”, I completely understand the point of view of Mike and HE IS CORRECT! Allow me to explain it to you 🙂: Sometimes, it is hard to grasp some basic concepts because we see the things in 2D (the graphics or images), however to understand this, we have to see it in a 3D, specially with the concept Longitud because we are using the term “Meridian Arc Length” which is the length corresponding to 1 minute of LATITUDE at the equator. However that horizontal ARC circumference gets smaller and smaller as you get closer to the poles. Now, that Meridian ARC distance is not the same as the Latitude Distance because when calculating the speed in KNOTS in the LONGITUDE you use a curve line slightly different than a straight line used with respect to the LATITUDE. That’s why the term NM has to be applied only on Longitude and not in Latitude. P.D. There is nothing to apologize, we in Epic LOVE the questions and also encourage each one of you to ask as much as you can to deeply understand the reasons behind every concept that will make you a better Pilot! “I LOVE the WHY ??”.
Ok.... your vid, and most other vids really don't explain it. All you do is repeat the FAR/AIM or procedure without really telling a fresh IFR pilot what to do. So, yesterday, I was flying into an airport and ATC dropped me through the clouds, and asked if I wanted the visual. Since I wasn't 100% sure what to do with it, I just asked for vectors to the ILS33. (FYI, below 5000' it was perfectly clear. About 3000' AGL) So.... in that situation... if I would have said "Yes, I would like the visual 33".... what would I have needed to do? Call the tower and get into the pattern? would ATC vector me to a long final? What do I say when ATC hands me to the tower? The real life info is missing on ever vid I've watched this morning.
Well, would you look at THIS! I literally was watching all your commercial maneuvers videos over the weekend. Took up my iPad to look for some Lazy 8s video and you POPPED RIGHT UP!!! Thank you!!! Mock stage check tomorrow.
