Pilots work with time. On-time. Speed = distance/time. We must manage our own inner time as well. From slow times to supersonic.
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In the Wholeheartedness of Concentration
Concentration, time, work, art. Lots of time and lots of work. But it’s worth it. You will experience what others never see, never know. (quote from her 1997 essay collection Nine Gates: Entering the Mind of Poetry)
Listen to Your Plane.
Former NASA chief astronaut and USAF test pilot Charlie Precourt has a good article in the July edition of EAA’s Sport Aviation magazine. It’s on the normalization of deviance. That’s something we learnt about from studying the Space Shuttle accidents. And something we can apply every time we go flying. Listen to your plane. Don’t let standards slip. Don’t normalize …
Are You a Low-Gain Pilot?
Reading the (excellent) new book Into the Black, about the flight test history of the Space Shuttle, I was intrigued by this line: “Engle was a low-gain pilot. Like Charles Lindbergh or Chuck Yeager, he barely moved the stick, anticipating the need to do so and making small, necessary corrections in plenty of time. His inputs were smooth and progressive, …
It Remains a Puzzle
How to land? Last night, in the dark of 16L, everything looked perfect. I gently bought the A320 into a nice flare, and was rewarded with an OK, but harder than I wanted, landing. It was safe. Many would say it was good. But I was disgruntled. I can do better. Often the final touch-down remains a puzzle to me. …
Inner Game Article
“Players also pretend that it’s all about winning, but if that were true, why don’t you just play someone you know you can beat every time? What we really want is a challenge, and what tennis teaches us is how to overcome doubts and fears.” Tim Gallway Here’s a fantastic article on the original Inner Game of Tennis. Has cool …
An Extension of My Arms
Kirby is a five-time US National Aerobatic Champion and two-time Red Bull Air Race World Champion. With over 27,000 flight hours, he says in a Flying magazine video that wings are “just an extension of my arms.” Photo from TeamChambliss, taken at his Flying Crown Ranch, between Tucson and Phoenix, Arizona.
Best Way to be a Pilot …
Quote from his excellent book QF32.
To be in Nature … a Good Way to Use Life
Parasailing mountain skier Antoine Montant on playing with elements, ability and the mind. He died later that year year attempting a BASE wingsuit jump. (Quote is from his appearance in the TV show Red Bull Ultimate Rush, S1 E1)
Richard De Crespigny on Wearing a Glove
That’s how you fly a glider, a C172, or in his case, an A380. One with the wing.