what would be your most terrifying experience as a trainee while flying?
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i wanna read about trainee experiences, like how you go through emergency landings, what you have been taught about them, how you locate terrain that isn't in aviation use to conduct and emergency landing and what all goes inside your head during the entire process?
Necessary_Topic_1656@reddit
for my first solo, the tow plane caught on fire and rocked its wings asking me to release to tow cable right after takeoff….
I had just tapped the altimeter at 200ft AGL when I noticed the wings rocking. I did what I was trained to do for rope break and pulled the tow cable release.
then did the 180 turn to land back on the runway id just taken off of
flywithstephen@reddit
Well handled - failures on tow that low are really difficult to handle. Do you still glide?
MNSoaring@reddit
Porpoising a landing was the scariest thing I ever did while training. Thankfully, the instructor had me hit full power and we went around. No damage to the plane.
MostNinja2951@reddit
"Oops, guess the engine failed, time to go land in that field over there."
No-Minimum7959@reddit
Student pilot solo to another airport and perform touch n gos. Was 20 miles away from home base when the engine temp started creeping into the red, did a 180 and requested for a pocket of elevation from ATC coz I’ll be climbing a descending. Did a series of best glide at idle and climbs to keep the engine temp within the green. Tower even asked if I needed fire trucks, they were on standby. I wasn’t terrified, but it definitely was the most exciting flight I’ve ever experienced. No brown pants needed.
rFlyingTower@reddit
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