![]() ![]() In a light aircraft, with its normally limited array of instruments, that takes a bit of a bold approach. I mean takeoffs when the pilot can’t see more than ten feet ahead of his accelerating airplane. I’ve made my fair share of zero-zero takeoffs, from both land and from water. Given all that, I have to suggest that a bolder pilot is better equipped to handle such truly simple procedures and to make such critical decisions. If not, how are you going to get out of the pickle in which you now find yourself? You should consider that a tricycle-geared airplane is not a good idea, under most circumstances, if a bush landing of any sort is anticipated. If your judgment has been good, you’re in the gold. You’ll have to trust your own judgment, and then either abort the attempt or go ahead and land. You’ll just have to figure that out with a balance of good judgment and experience. There is no source, other than experience, that will tell you which sand is – and, more important, which sand is not – suitable for a landing in the airplane you’re flying. How to make your first beach landing, for instance. Many of the situations that bush pilots confront are unique, of course. On the other hand, trying to hand prop an engine without the full knowledge of the act can be held as a potentially death-dealing exercise. Do most of them even know what those things are? For a bush pilot, such things are as easy to do as is slipping into your favorite old jacket. What would these younger pilots do if forced down on a remote river gravel bar and, because of an electrical problem, no longer had a working starter? Moreover, there are a number of things to get behind you before you ever lay a hand on a dead prop. That alone tells me that most are not very bold. I doubt that many young pilots today have ever hand propped their little airplanes, and, in fact, would very likely be scared to death at the prospect. Hand propping our airplanes was just a part of flying, and if you couldn’t, or wouldn’t, hand prop your own airplane, you just weren’t going to go flying. Many of us came from the backgrounds of air mail flying and barnstorming. We weren’t encumbered with radios, electric starters, VOR navigation, nor, in fact any voice interaction with control tower personnel. Older Alaska pilots, and I include myself in that batch of ne’er-do-wells, enjoyed a minimum of flight instruction, to begin with. Like all the pioneer Alaska bush pilots, they possessed true grit, not to steal that title from the heroic John Wayne. The old CAA chased Bob all over Alaska for stunts like that, but never caught him at it. Who do you suppose taught Merrill “Mudhole” Smith, who became owner of Cordova Airlines, to fly the Alaska bush? And who do you suppose taught Bob Reeve, later formulating and leading Reeve Aleutian Airline, to fly his homemade skis on and off the mud flats and water at Valdez? During WWII, he once flew a 7,000-pound overload in order to facilitate the building of remote airstrips for the U.S. ![]() We will take a call today," Mr Pilot told reporters.As a bush pilot, you’re usually all alone. "Whatever the lawmakers have to say they will say in the meeting and the final decision is left to the Congress president and other party leaders. The final decision will be Congress president Rahul Gandhi's, said Sachin Pilot, who was tasked with leading the party in the state four years ago. The 99 newly-elected Congress lawmakers will share their choice with two central leaders of the party at a meeting. Together, they have 100 seats, which is the majority mark. The Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), an ally of the Congress, won one seat. The Congress is the largest party in Rajasthan with 99 seats - one short of a majority - and the BJP stopped at 73. Congress chief Rahul Gandhi will decide who the chief minister will beĮlections done and a victory in the bag, the Congress in Rajasthan today proceeds to its next challenge - who will be chief minister, old warhorse Ashok Gehlot or state party chief Sachin Pilot.Sachin Pilot, Ashok Gehlot are contenders for chief minister in Rajasthan.Congress moves to next challenge in Rajasthan: Who will be chief minister. ![]()
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