Comments by "Solo Renegade" (@SoloRenegade) on "Taking Off" channel.

  1. science has proven multiple times over, and many studies have been done backing it up, that crowd sourcing is faster and more accurate than trusting in singular experts.
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  2.  @petethepilot75  it's one thing to do it under control, for spacing, when they know where everyone is. This is NOT such a case. NEVER do a 360 in uncontrolled airspace patterns or at a busy pattern at Oshkosh.
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  3.  @sct913  Parts only, implies unairworthy.
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  4.  @MarcosElMalo2  yes it has. there have even been lectures on the subject at teh Royal Institute, same venue Newton and other great minds lectured at.
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  5. engine swapped, corroded lift struts, possible disconnected pitot tube, etc begs whether the airplane was legally airworthy.
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  6. should have just gone around
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  7. Isn't there a shortage of DPEs? there were when I was flight training about 5yrs ago
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  8.  @harpandharley  "qualified"? barely, and clearly not in spin recovery in teh AT-6. and if she did perform aerobatic maneuvers so close to the airshow, that demonstrates reckless behavior.
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  9. mental episode? yes, called "Stupid".
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  10.  @SmileyLeithhead  still unlikely. you don't fly tight 360 in a pattern without loosing altitude when having a medical episode. why is everyone trying to make excuses for a clearly incompetent pilot who killed multiple people?
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  11. An old DPE almost killed us during my PVT checkride by flying us into ice (violated cloud clearances and flew us into freezing virga). I landed it barely able to see out the windscreen through a small hole in the ice. we pulled it into a heated hangar and had to clean a layer of ice off the Wings, Engine, Cockpit, Tail, etc. Age alone proves nothing.
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  12. Questionable decision making doesn't depend on the airframe you did it in.
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  13.  @annsanimationaddiction8024  Sure, in that regard, a pilot with the skills and appropriate airplane for the job should be able to use their airplane to its potential (even many non bush-specific planes can do some pretty cool things if a pilot has the skills and knowledge). I was thinking you were discussing the larger issue of questionable decision making that seems popular these days. People trying to do "cool" things they see others doing, but not having the skills and judgement themselves to pull it off (safely).
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  14. Fire extinguisher, parachute, water bottle, open door, he said he was buying the plane with something special in mind, cameras, headset cords tucked away, cockpit door step removed, etc. all points to premeditation and intent.
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  15. more like pilot did a Stupid
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  16.  @Neil_  360 is not n acceptable traffic separation technique at such an event/airport.
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  17. @Eric Johnson That's because you don't know how the crowd works to outperform the expert.
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  18. @Eric Johnson Why would I need a crowd to fly? I'm a professional pilot and would just pilot the plane myself. You know full well that's not what I meant. Did you know that in a matter of about 2 weeks, a pigeon can be trained to diagnose humans with or without cancer more accurately than highly trained doctors can? Yeah, if pigeons have a higher accuracy rate than "expert" doctors, I'll take the pigeon. Results matter. "Take a moderately difficult math problem. Who do you think will be more able to solve it -- a crowed of thousands of people or pretty much any single expert in the field." Actually, this is a perfect example of where crowds excel. "If you ask a crowd to explain the General Theory of Relativity, do you really think that their explanation will be better than that of a physicist who works in the field." yes, the crowd would explain it better. Youtube is perfect proof of this. One thing you utterly fail to comprehend is that crowds are full of people of all skill levels and all manner of areas of expertise. And when they pool their experiences and collective knowledge, they can easily refine any explanation and concept. Use scientific method to refine the explanation. You see this in action on forums, and things like Quora where people ask questions and numerous people respond, explaining it different ways, and refining the confusing parts of another's explanation, or correcting errors, etc. And different people reading it will understand different responses more easily than others. I debate and teach theoretical physics concepts with lots of people all the time, you'd be surprised how well crowd sourcing works. Did you know that while Einstein came up with the logical reasoning behind Relativity, it took him many years of crowd sourcing afterwards with others to actually develop the math behind it.
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  19. he wasn't an instructor. he did not hold a CFI certificate.
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  20. clearly the autogryo's fault for deviating inappropriately.
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  21.  @ulbuilder  That's insane and unacceptable, if the FAA can't get you a person to do the test, then they need to make exceptions, otherwise they will eventually run out of pilots to fund the FAA. And yet they feel the need to arbitrarily fire people. If I were the DPE, it would feel like harassment. Fired for doing nothing wrong during a shortage. Work hard and get punished.
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  22.  @ulbuilder  But airline pilots start as lowly pilots. And pilots like us still earn the FAA revenue and funding.
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  23. still not acceptable to do a 360 in such a traffic pattern. go around. or overtake following FAA procedure.
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  24.  @Neil_  no it doesn't. What could break on an autogryo to cause that to happen (a tight 360 without losing altitude)?
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  25.  @Neil_  "I never said it was sunshine." And when did I say you did? Glad I could be a bright spot in your day, though.
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  26.  @jimw1615  yes, you should have gone around. But it's good it went ok and you learned from it. But so many things could have gone wrong doing that, traffic or no traffic.
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  27. Even if, lets assume for the sake of argument, this was a legit situation, at the Very least, he's proven himself to be an incompetent and unsafe pilot. And that alone should put him in hot water with the FAA.
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  28. vaccines have never been mandated for an illness that couldn't be stopped or eradicated. ALL historical vax mandates in US history have exempted those with natural immunity from prior exposure. All prior vax mandates were for things that were Far more deadly and impactful than COVID. It is all unprecedented and a slippery slope. this is not about the vaccine itself, it's about power, control, and individual rights that make us Americans. I'm also both a scientist and a pilot as well. Also was a paramedic, have had HAZMAT training, and Biological/Chemical warfare experience.
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  29.  @wickedcabinboy  Try one who is recommended, and see how it goes. If they are not working out for you, try talking to them about it. If that doesn't fix it, then find another instructor. Not everyone works the best with every other person. One person and their CFI might work great together, but you might not mesh so well with that same CFI as they did, and that's ok. It's not necessarily that the CFI is bad, just that some personalities and styles work better or some people than others. If your CFI does anything that concerns you, ask another pilot if that is normal, safe, etc. If they say yes, then trust your CFI knows what they are doing. If not, bring it up with the CFI and if they refuse to stop doing that, then seek another CFI. You don't have to start over when you change CFIs, but they will need to evaluate your progress for themselves so they might make you do a few extra flights to evaluate you in what you've already learned. They have to evaluate you to sign you off to take a Checkride.
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  30. it was the pilot's fault. they were flying the airplane. end of story.
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  31. Was Just pondering yesterday how many people have died in the US Navy getting sucked into jet engines on aircraft carriers. Talk about coincidence.
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  32. how do you know the plane was trimmed for best glide?
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  33. maybe if the FAA attached a Remote ID to all the workers, this could have been avoided......
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