bob turner
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I actually am in love with Martha Lunken. I have never met her, but we have been in contact. She likes the same kinds of airplanes we do.
Her latest adventure seems on the heels of several others - these things seem to happen in threes. You can see it in Flying magazine - her column and Peter Garrison's are the only ones I read. A rope slipped, and her airplane got away and chewed up a 150. The feds yanked her DPE. Worth reading.
She probably should have had a Schweitzer tow hitch - that arrangement is almost bulletproof. Richard gave me his, and if I ever get a partner who cannot hand prop from behind, hooking that thing to a brick wall will be mandatory. And no solo hot starts from in front, unless a pilot is inside the airplane.
Martha has had more adventures than almost anybody. Well, John and Martha King are a close second. I have almost none - I couldn't write a column on my foibles. Sure, I have done lots of dumb stuff, but it was all really little dumb stuff. So far. At least in airplanes and autos.
But I lament the move to deny experienced folks their DPE's. We are losing all the more experienced DPEs here - mostly because it is difficult to regiment the older, more experienced pilots. What few students I have left now go all the way to Sacramento for checkrides - I have no idea how to prepare a student for 1400 separate discrete checkable items - I just teach them to fly, hopefully safely.
Her latest adventure seems on the heels of several others - these things seem to happen in threes. You can see it in Flying magazine - her column and Peter Garrison's are the only ones I read. A rope slipped, and her airplane got away and chewed up a 150. The feds yanked her DPE. Worth reading.
She probably should have had a Schweitzer tow hitch - that arrangement is almost bulletproof. Richard gave me his, and if I ever get a partner who cannot hand prop from behind, hooking that thing to a brick wall will be mandatory. And no solo hot starts from in front, unless a pilot is inside the airplane.
Martha has had more adventures than almost anybody. Well, John and Martha King are a close second. I have almost none - I couldn't write a column on my foibles. Sure, I have done lots of dumb stuff, but it was all really little dumb stuff. So far. At least in airplanes and autos.
But I lament the move to deny experienced folks their DPE's. We are losing all the more experienced DPEs here - mostly because it is difficult to regiment the older, more experienced pilots. What few students I have left now go all the way to Sacramento for checkrides - I have no idea how to prepare a student for 1400 separate discrete checkable items - I just teach them to fly, hopefully safely.
