How many real pilots here? :)

[svanen]

As my FI used to say when practicing landing and was a little bit early on the flare. That was nothing compared to when he had captains flying larger jets and they started the flare 30 feet up.

[wannabetheace]

how about rc pilot

[R_Suppards]

600 hours in Tiger Moth, just love those old bi planes. Before that 100 hours in an Auster. The word is "if you can land an Auster, you can land anything." Believe me, it's true. Stall speed 26 knots. I have actually flown one backwards.
Landing is difficult because of that low stall speed. The landing HAS to be three pointer and if you give even the slightest bounce she gains enough speed to try to continue flying. I have seen an Auster bounce all the way along a runway and the pilot had to claw his way back into the air before hitting the fence. Only way with a bounce was to treat it as another landing. Real seat of the pants flying in both of them. Minimum instruments and no stall warning device.

[Hunden]

Originally Posted by wannabetheace

how about rc pilot

made me laugh

[Winger]

Originally Posted by wannabetheace

how about rc pilot

hehe!!! I am guilty too. RC Pilot every weekend

Winger

[Stukadriver]

Private Pilot, Instrument rated, seaplane rated, tail dragger endorsement, warbird endorsement,
3,000+ hrs current in all categories

[ATAG_Doc]

Originally Posted by thnp

Oyh! I think we Air Traffic Controllers also should have an option to feel included!

As long as you're not asleep you should be.

[VBF-12_Gosling]

What about Military and Ex Mil pilots

[bongodriver]

I bet the dork pilots can out fly the real pilots.

In simulations I bet they can too, simtechs can often fly the simulators better than real pilots because they just big computers and the simtechs can fly numbers very well, turn the tables and put a 'dork' or simtech into the real thing and it's a different story, in the real world wether you are military or civil you have to deal with spatial orientation and situational awareness and many outside influences i.e. accelration forces on the vestibular system (balance), seat of the pants type stuff that simulators will never recreate.

[Viper2000]

JAA PPL(A) SEP land, tail wheel endorsement; my license is alive but not current; perhaps I'll do some flying in the summer if time & money allow. Thusfar my WWII vintage experience is limited to a little time in a Stearman, but I'm hopeful that more exciting machines will eventually follow.

I am also a glider pilot with FAI silver; it's a shame that the poll only allows one option. I'm not current in gliding either due to lack of time, but hope to get back at it soon; I'm almost at 50 hours P1 now so in theory at least I might soon be able to get a BI rating and start flying for free...