[Rhodes22-list] Cars instead of boats...

[Brad Haslett]

Mike,

Relax, I only soloed one student in a car.  That was enough to learn it
really isn't my area of expertise.  Neither is teaching people how to fly in
real airplanes anymore. In college I was young, brave, stupid, and BROKE.
The simulator never gets more than 20 feet off the ground.  I can jump that
far, once.

Brad

On 10/29/07, Michael D. Weisner <mweisner at ebsmed.com> wrote:
>
> Brad,
>
> I sincerely hope that your training situation is very different when it
> comes to things airborne.  "That's been about five years ago and to my
> knowledge he hasn't killed anyone yet." really isn't a good outlook, even
> with automobiles.  My take on the situation is that he drives closer to
> where you live than where I do, hopefully.
>
> If a prospective pilot failed too many sim runs, I used to suggest looking
> at another aspect of flying, preferrably without leaving the ground.
>
> Mike
> s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)
> Nissequogue River, NY
>
> From: "Brad Haslett" <flybrad at gmail.com> Monday, October 29, 2007 3:19 PM
> > Elle,
> >
> > Forgive me If I've already told this one, your story about your driver's
> > exam reminded me of an experience.  Other than my sons, I've taught only
> > one
> > other person how to drive and hope it was the last time.  A Chinese grad
> > student who was renting our garage apartment wanted to buy a car and
> asked
> > if I could teach him how to drive.  "Oh sure".  He wasn't very convinced
> > so
> > I followed with "I put myself through college teaching people how to
> fly,
> > teaching you how to drive will be easy!"  Overconfidence is a dangerous
> > thing.  He insisted on buying a five-speed so I found a Honda CRX
> > two-seater, my thought being we'd be putting fewer people at
> risk.  After
> > about two hours of driving around a parking lot at the U of M, I got
> brave
> > enough to let him on the street.  Thirty minutes later my nerves were
> shot
> > and I called it a day.  Two days more of training my sanity was
> completely
> > gone and I had him drive to the examiner station.  The examiner lady was
> > grossly overweight and barely fit in the car.  The examinee popped the
> > clutch and killed the engine immediately.  About two minutes later they
> > showed back in the parking lot.  "This can't be good", I was
> thinking.  It
> > took a couple of tries for the examiner to squeeze herself out of the
> car
> > and get her center of gravity to a walking position.  She stomped to the
> > door which I held open for her, muttering under breath,
> "jesushchrist!"  I
> > walked over to the car to console the student but he had a big grin on
> his
> > face and gave me a thumbs-up.  To this day I'm convinced she passed him
> > only
> > because she didn't want to relive the experience a second time.  That's
> > been
> > about five years ago and to my knowledge he hasn't killed anyone yet.
> >
> > Brad
> >
> > On 10/29/07, elle <watermusic38 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Dang...re: high speed...I'll have to wait until I go
> >> to work this weekend to see that.....
> >>
> >> Which reminds me of a story....
> >>
> >> When I got my license in '63 or thereabouts, we had a
> >> '57 Mercury Monterey, black with gold fins, 18" tires,
> >> if I remember correctly (important info for later in
> >> this story...)Seemed huge but was as comfy as driving
> >> your sofa......it had a new deal : an automatic
> >> transmission that had buttons on the left side of the
> >> steering wheel that you'd push for drive,
> >> etc....two-barrel carburetor which my dad had to
> >> disconnect because my lead-footed sister was burning
> >> gas like there was no tomorrow...(what was it then,
> >> about $.27/gal ?)
> >>
> >> Dad didn't have to worry about my speeding, as I had
> >> not yet reached my full height & was more like 4'9 or
> >> 10, so I could only reach the gas pedal with the tips
> >> of my toes to at least get close to the speed limit.
> >> (Now this was in central PA, so you didn't want to go
> >> too fast & scare the Amish buggies...)
> >>
> >> I had to sit on a sofa cushion as well as have one
> >> behind me to be able to see over the wheel, so I was
> >> effectively sandwiched between the pillow & wheel.
> >>
> >> Going for the driver's license in PA (at least back
> >> then) one drove around a course & performed a few
> >> other maneuvers at the trooper's direction....who is
> >> sitting in the front passenger seat all stern &
> >> proper, and barely saying anything other than the next
> >> instruction...
> >>
> >> So I completed the course & had only the 3-point turn
> >> to complete...
> >>
> >> The only way to get those big wheels to turn was to
> >> hold high on the wheel  just off center & pull down
> >> with my full 90 lbs.. .(no power steering, if I
> >> remember...)
> >>
> >> After completing this last trick, I looked over at the
> >> trooper...he was having a mighty difficult time
> >> remaining poker faced....after he composed himself,
> >> pronounced me as having passed the test, he asked,
> >> still chuckling, "Doesn't this car have power
> >> steering?"  (DUH)
> >>
> >> Those were the (car) days.....
> >>
> >>
> >> elle
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > This is about cars... not boats...
> >> >
> >> > While Elle was out of the country, someone found out
> >> > what cars she drove
> >> > when she was a young chick and made a video clip of
> >> > her cars.
> >> >
> >> > You need high speed internet to see the video at:
> >> >
> >> > http://oldfortyfives.com/CarsWeDrove.htm
> >> >
> >> > Mayby Alan, Bob and Rik will also relate to this
> >> > video...
> >> >
> >> > Ed K
> >> > Greenville, SC, USA
> >> > --
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> >> >
> >> http://www.nabble.com/A-Very-Blustery-Day%21-tf4711459.html#a13473048
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> >> > Nabble.com.
> >> >
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