Alan C. Mack

you know maintain a stationary you know three foot hover you know you don't drift in and then you know as individuals in the class learn right it takes about five hours really to learn to hover right so in each each flight period is about an hour and a half so it takes a couple of flights and you know when you're like the last guy you're feeling like what am i incompetent i can't do this maybe i'm not you know a pilot right and then you just one day you find yourself hovering you know they're like hey you have the controls i have girls

Hey, you're hovering. Wow, I'm hovering, right? And once you learn, it's like riding a bike. You don't forget. And so that transitions into traffic pattern flight. So you're going up and around the pattern. You're coming in, you're landing.

Hey, you're hovering. Wow, I'm hovering, right? And once you learn, it's like riding a bike. You don't forget. And so that transitions into traffic pattern flight. So you're going up and around the pattern. You're coming in, you're landing.

Hey, you're hovering. Wow, I'm hovering, right? And once you learn, it's like riding a bike. You don't forget. And so that transitions into traffic pattern flight. So you're going up and around the pattern. You're coming in, you're landing.

For like, I don't know, three, four days, five days maybe if you're late.

For like, I don't know, three, four days, five days maybe if you're late.

For like, I don't know, three, four days, five days maybe if you're late.

It's insane. You could go there. That has to look hilarious. Every stage field has a set of bleachers, right? And people, locals, would just pull up. There was no fences. You just pull up, get on the bleacher, your hot cocoa, whatever, depending on the time of year, and iced tea, and just watch the students going nuts. And then what happens, though—

It's insane. You could go there. That has to look hilarious. Every stage field has a set of bleachers, right? And people, locals, would just pull up. There was no fences. You just pull up, get on the bleacher, your hot cocoa, whatever, depending on the time of year, and iced tea, and just watch the students going nuts. And then what happens, though—

It's insane. You could go there. That has to look hilarious. Every stage field has a set of bleachers, right? And people, locals, would just pull up. There was no fences. You just pull up, get on the bleacher, your hot cocoa, whatever, depending on the time of year, and iced tea, and just watch the students going nuts. And then what happens, though—

With the traffic pattern and stuff is you start including emergency procedures. Now these are like in the Huey, you know, hydraulics out. So the aircraft is very difficult to fly and you have to kind of run it on to land. You have tail rotor malfunctions where you have to control the yaw of the aircraft as you're coming in.

With the traffic pattern and stuff is you start including emergency procedures. Now these are like in the Huey, you know, hydraulics out. So the aircraft is very difficult to fly and you have to kind of run it on to land. You have tail rotor malfunctions where you have to control the yaw of the aircraft as you're coming in.

With the traffic pattern and stuff is you start including emergency procedures. Now these are like in the Huey, you know, hydraulics out. So the aircraft is very difficult to fly and you have to kind of run it on to land. You have tail rotor malfunctions where you have to control the yaw of the aircraft as you're coming in.

As you change power, you have to adjust the throttle to keep the nose straight as you touch down. Auto rotations, right? So it's a single-engine aircraft, the Huey. So the instructor will roll the throttle off on you. You're just flying along, and he rolls the throttle off to idle, and you no longer have lift, right?

As you change power, you have to adjust the throttle to keep the nose straight as you touch down. Auto rotations, right? So it's a single-engine aircraft, the Huey. So the instructor will roll the throttle off on you. You're just flying along, and he rolls the throttle off to idle, and you no longer have lift, right?

As you change power, you have to adjust the throttle to keep the nose straight as you touch down. Auto rotations, right? So it's a single-engine aircraft, the Huey. So the instructor will roll the throttle off on you. You're just flying along, and he rolls the throttle off to idle, and you no longer have lift, right?

So now you lower the collective, takes all the pitch out of the blades, and you descend like a rock, right? But the rotors are still spinning, right? And you have to keep the rotor RPM between 97% and 101%. In order to do that, you... You play with the collective, which changes the pitch in the blades. So the more pitch you put in, the more drag you get, right?

So now you lower the collective, takes all the pitch out of the blades, and you descend like a rock, right? But the rotors are still spinning, right? And you have to keep the rotor RPM between 97% and 101%. In order to do that, you... You play with the collective, which changes the pitch in the blades. So the more pitch you put in, the more drag you get, right?

So now you lower the collective, takes all the pitch out of the blades, and you descend like a rock, right? But the rotors are still spinning, right? And you have to keep the rotor RPM between 97% and 101%. In order to do that, you... You play with the collective, which changes the pitch in the blades. So the more pitch you put in, the more drag you get, right?

But you want to keep it at 100% because when you get to the bottom, the last like 75 feet, you flare. Now you pull in the power, you put the pitch in the blades, and you're using one chance to cushion that baby on. And we call them crash bangs, right? You're doing that all day long, right? And then eventually they deem you safe enough to solo, right? So back in the...