tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post7255304154961752640..comments2024-03-13T09:47:40.487+00:00Comments on Cockpit Conversation: Hot, Heavy and HighAviatrixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-90271601533761776182008-10-19T20:42:00.000+00:002008-10-19T20:42:00.000+00:00Physics are not only cool, they are also right. Al...Physics are not only cool, they are also right. All the time. Don't mess.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-16726157218150813682008-10-19T14:02:00.000+00:002008-10-19T14:02:00.000+00:00As a young flight instructor, this fellow watched ...As a young flight instructor, this fellow watched his student became a small speck on the horizon as he departed on his first solo cross country flight. A lonely feeling crept over the instructor as he watched. He thought "did I remember to tell him everything." Later in the afternoon the student’s Cessna 172 landed and taxied to the ramp. It seemed to be a bit tail low. As his student tied the aircraft down, the instructor approached to ask how the flight had gone. The student replied "Couldn't have been better. Look at what I found at the flea market near the airport." Curious, the instructor peered into the baggage compartment and saw an anvil appropriately tied down. "How'd she fly for you" the instructor asked. The student replied somewhat unconcerned "Really wanted to climb… too bad they only had one anvil for sale."<BR/><BR/>From the FAA's CFI site.<BR/><BR/>--paulAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-76752792011472193202008-10-19T07:42:00.000+00:002008-10-19T07:42:00.000+00:00It's no joke. If you blow the air conditioning ov...It's no joke. If you blow the air conditioning over the wings, it makes up for the density issues.dpiercehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03397601206317363858noreply@blogger.com