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raimo.toivio(at)rwm.fi
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 Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 6:16 am Post subject: Co-pilot - just for in case... |
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Hi All
I have asked and my wife has permitted me to educate her unoffiacially to fly our Europa.
That is only just for in case – if something will happen to me when airborne (with our daughters), it is a much more relaxing case when she is capable enough to take controls.
We have only two missions:
1) she have to navigate from any location to the nearest possible airfield or landing area.
2) she have to make a succesful landing (= all the passengers can walk out using their own legs and hands only)
3) she have to know how to select an emergency frequency and how to talk to radio “Hi I am Marke and now I am piloting this machine OH-XRT...request some assistance...”.
It is not obvious that same time she should handle simultaneously technical multifailures and horrible storm winds. Just fly home and land safe enough (with a groundloop or not).
To get an ability to do this, she has followed me to fly hundreds of hours and we have talked much about flying.
During this summer I have given the controls of the plane for her several times.
Yesterday it was a time for a final step. We were over the base at 3000 ft and practised low speed flight until she was capable enough to keep the altitude and the heading at the speed 60 knots with flaps and gears and at the speed 70 knots with a clean configuration, also some turns.
Once again we repeated how to find a suitable landing place through GPS.
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She was using IFR goggles when I flied half an hour away and made several maneuvers until she had now idea where we were.
Then she took the controls, pressed “Go Nrst”, made a choise EFTP, “Enter” and “Enter”.
Now she had a heading bug home, with autopilot or not (she wanted to fly be herself).
She decided to join direct to the long final 24.
Her glideslope was just perfect, speed was 70 knots like nailed.
There was some difficulties to lower the gears using left hand from the co-pilot seat but se managed to do it and also lock them – she got green lights.
Landing was smooth – it was almost calm.
I took controls just after touch down – it was not necessary for our health but maybe to prevent some possible damages for the plane (as we all Mono-pilots know, it is a bit wild to handle and needs full time authority just after touch down and just before rotateing).
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I am so proud of her. This a good insurance and gives some equanimity for us.
I recommend!
Cheers, Raimo Toivio
[img]cid:E8F58342C5A64DB6A3D74A2644BD97B5(at)Asus[/img]
Europa XS Mono OH-XRT #417
Updated flight hours /landings: 248,6 /445
37500 Lempaala
FINLAND
p +358-3-3753 777
f +358-3-3753 100
toivio(at)fly.to (toivio(at)fly.to)
www.rwm.fi
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davidjoyce(at)doctors.org
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| Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 7:50 am Post subject: Co-pilot - just for in case... |
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Raimo, Congratulations - should be compulsory for all regular flying
partners.
Regards, David Joyce , G-XSDJ
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paul.the.aviator(at)gmail
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| Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 7:15 am Post subject: Co-pilot - just for in case... |
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Gee I can't even to that.... maybe you had better teach me as well
do not archive
On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 9:12 AM, Raimo Toivio <raimo.toivio(at)rwm.fi (raimo.toivio(at)rwm.fi)> wrote:
| Quote: | Hi All
I have asked and my wife has permitted me to educate her unoffiacially to fly our Europa.
That is only just for in case if something will happen to me when airborne (with our daughters), it is a much more relaxing case when she is capable enough to take controls.
We have only two missions:
1) she have to navigate from any location to the nearest possible airfield or landing area.
2) she have to make a succesful landing (= all the passengers can walk out using their own legs and hands only)
3) she have to know how to select an emergency frequency and how to talk to radio Hi I am Marke and now I am piloting this machine OH-XRT...request some assistance....
It is not obvious that same time she should handle simultaneously technical multifailures and horrible storm winds. Just fly home and land safe enough (with a groundloop or not).
To get an ability to do this, she has followed me to fly hundreds of hours and we have talked much about flying.
During this summer I have given the controls of the plane for her several times.
Yesterday it was a time for a final step. We were over the base at 3000 ft and practised low speed flight until she was capable enough to keep the altitude and the heading at the speed 60 knots with flaps and gears and at the speed 70 knots with a clean configuration, also some turns.
Once again we repeated how to find a suitable landing place through GPS.
***
She was using IFR goggles when I flied half an hour away and made several maneuvers until she had now idea where we were.
Then she took the controls, pressed Go Nrst, made a choise EFTP, Enter and Enter.
Now she had a heading bug home, with autopilot or not (she wanted to fly be herself).
She decided to join direct to the long final 24.
Her glideslope was just perfect, speed was 70 knots like nailed.
There was some difficulties to lower the gears using left hand from the co-pilot seat but se managed to do it and also lock them she got green lights.
Landing was smooth it was almost calm.
I took controls just after touch down it was not necessary for our health but maybe to prevent some possible damages for the plane (as we all Mono-pilots know, it is a bit wild to handle and needs full time authority just after touch down and just before rotateing).
***
I am so proud of her. This a good insurance and gives some equanimity for us.
I recommend!
Cheers, Raimo Toivio
[img]cid:E8F58342C5A64DB6A3D74A2644BD97B5(at)Asus[/img]
Europa XS Mono OH-XRT #417
Updated flight hours /landings: 248,6 /445
37500 Lempaala
FINLAND
p [url=tel:%2B358-3-3753%20777]+358-3-3753 777[/url]
f [url=tel:%2B358-3-3753%20100]+358-3-3753 100[/url]
toivio(at)fly.to (toivio(at)fly.to)
www.rwm.fi
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