understanding bearing ?

[FIREWALL]

Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

when offering an explination on what could be considered a confusing or complicated subject you have to offer several examples. this keeps the reader/student/confused individual from thinking the rules apply only in the situation you have offered up for explanation.

the individual may come back and ask "Is the ship only straight ahead and to the left when im going north then?"

its not that you did a bad job, but every one of these "how does this work" posts on subsim has about 25 additional posts of different ways of thinking about the situation even though each post makes the same conclusion.

its true, everyone likes to put their two cents in.

but one thing i have learned through so many years of teaching others to fly airplanes is that its also true that one way of explaining something to someone gets no results, while another way of explaining it causes them to understand perfectly... even though all you did was re-word exactly what you just told them the first time...

anyone with teaching experience of any kind knows exactly what i mean. :rotfl:

PS i know you were mostly joking... so am i mostly

I betcha you only have one way to tell your student " PULL BACK ON THE STICK ... NOW ":rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

[GoldenRivet]

Originally Posted by FIREWALL

I betcha you only have one way to tell your student " PULL BACK ON THE STICK ... NOW ":rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

yup i just say

"My aircraft"

Flight instructing was probably the most fun job i have ever had. too bad the pay is rotten or i would still be doing it!

Being an instructor offers the best of so many aspects of aviation. you get to share the science, beauty and adventure of flying with a person who is enjoying all of these things aviation has to offer for the first time. seeing their reaction to the new world of flying is part of the greatness of the job. As a flight instructor you really share in the student pilot's sense of accomplishment every time that little light bulb turns on over their head.

The job offers a huge sense of satisfaction every time you turn out a new pilot, because lets face it, teaching is challenging... especially if it is a complicated task. and the student and the instructor both have a set of challenges ahead of them which they must finley tune into one another and meet those challenges as a team.

new student introductory lessons were always fun too, you just schedule it on a saturday morning, take off and hand it over to them, fly to a nearby pancake breakfast, enjoy a few flap jacks and the friendship of the pilot group and head back home and ask them if they are interested in learning to fly. 20 percent of the time the answer is "yes" 78% of the time the answer is "HELL YES!!!"

[CptGrayWolf]

Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

yup i just say

"My aircraft"

Flight instructing was probably the most fun job i have ever had. too bad the pay is rotten or i would still be doing it!

Being an instructor offers the best of so many aspects of aviation. you get to share the science, beauty and adventure of flying with a person who is enjoying all of these things aviation has to offer for the first time. seeing their reaction to the new world of flying is part of the greatness of the job. As a flight instructor you really share in the student pilot's sense of accomplishment every time that little light bulb turns on over their head.

The job offers a huge sense of satisfaction every time you turn out a new pilot, because lets face it, teaching is challenging... especially if it is a complicated task. and the student and the instructor both have a set of challenges ahead of them which they must finley tune into one another and meet those challenges as a team.

new student introductory lessons were always fun too, you just schedule it on a saturday morning, take off and hand it over to them, fly to a nearby pancake breakfast, enjoy a few flap jacks and the friendship of the pilot group and head back home and ask them if they are interested in learning to fly. 20 percent of the time the answer is "yes" 78% of the time the answer is "HELL YES!!!"

Lucky man... I always wanted to be a fighter pilot but my math was too weak. I don't want to steer this topic off course, but quick question, what do you fly?

[flag4]

thanks all very much for responding.

i understand whats being explained, but

something is not quite right - ive missed something or not expalined what i dont understand myself.

god dam it ! something is eluding me ! i just seem to go blind when confronted with numbers that have to work together to make something happen......

" i have his attention but not his mind..." :school report, maths, 1976.

and also i think GoldenRivet hit the nail on the head about 'expalining one thing in many different ways' it can get lost to the listener/pupil: everyone hears things differently.

i will be reading through your posts hoping to clarify what i need to understand.

i'll go back to OLC's tutorial and see if it all fits.

thanks again

[GoldenRivet]

Originally Posted by CptGrayWolf

Lucky man... I always wanted to be a fighter pilot but my math was too weak. I don't want to steer this topic off course, but quick question, what do you fly?

I was an instructor for several years in various types (i instructed both for a school and for private individuals) Cessna 150/152/172/182/210, Piper Warrior, Piper Arrow, Piper Cherokee Six, and Piper Apache mainly

Corporate in Piper Aztec, Cessna Citation V, King Air C90 for a short time

I'm Currently working for a regional airline flying the SAAB 340B out of Dallas-Ft. Worth International Airport.

[bert8for3]

I hope this helps rather than confuses things.


edit/add: see new version below plus d/l for bigger ver.

[flag4]

bert8for3 - this looks interesting !

thing is i cant read it - how can i make it bigger :hmm:

thank you all the same

edit: i'm going to try to print it bigger !

[bert8for3]

Originally Posted by flag4

bert8for3 - this looks interesting !

thing is i cant read it - how can i make it bigger :hmm:

thank you all the same

edit: i'm going to try to print it bigger !

No problem ... I'll put up a larger version for d/l on FileFront, but may have to wait until tomorrow morning as I have to go out in a minute.