PP – ASEL – IR

January 6, 2007 by
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That title is FAA abbreviations for pilot certification.

PP – Private Pilot

ASEL – Airplane, Single Engine, Land

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Today I added “IR” – Instrument Rated.  This allows me to fly in clouds and bad weather (though not too bad in the little planes that I fly).

I wrote up the whole story in pilotese here.

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4 Comments on PP – ASEL – IR

  1. jodie on Sat, 6th Jan 2007 7:59 pm

    2. Check out the new paradigm in flying:

    http://news.yahoo.com/photo/061229/ids_photos_wl/r3906658145.jpg

    Do you think that qualifies for multi engine certification? VFR only I presume…

    Jodie

  2. Mark on Sat, 6th Jan 2007 8:04 pm

    3. Yeah, you’re not kidding. I suspect it does qualify for multi-engine, just not for airplane.

    I guess he could be IFR with a couple of electric gyros and a GPS driving a heads-up display in his helmet.

    Are you a pilot?

  3. jodie on Sat, 6th Jan 2007 10:54 pm

    4. Only if you count UAVs. (I’ve built and flown a bunch of RCs over the years)

    I’ve been a right seater since I was little kid, but never formally learned to fly. Always something more urgent to do with my money or time. I was missionary kid and flew around often with a bush pilot. He taught me to navigate by radio beacon and topo map.

    My best friend owns half of a Cessna 182 and we fly around for fun. He’s been bugging me about getting a license and I feel I should at least be proficient enough to land the thing in an emergency. I probably could if I had to. He’s instrument rated which gives us an extra set of eyes in the friendly skies. I’m all in favor of that.

    It will be very interesting to see what happens with the new breed of small jets like the new Honda jet. I am betting it will start a whole new industry of air taxis. This guy with wings looks like is using model airplane jets. Kind of a mixture of para-gliding and wind-boarding. Crazy, but I bet it starts a whole new hobby/sport.

    Jodie

  4. Mark on Sun, 7th Jan 2007 2:08 pm

    5. Ah!

    I strongly recommend a pinch-hitters class if you are interested. In that class you learn to fly from the right seat in your friend’s plane including landings. It also helps to generally make you more useful to the pilot.

    Since he may take you up in instrument conditions, being useful to the pilot is a HUGE help. Also, you should learn how to use the autopilot and GPS (if any) in case you have to get down in instrument conditions.

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