This is the most correct answer.
The silliest answer is that the most difficult part of flying a plane is attempting to taxi while avoiding Blimps buzzing the tower at Mach 2.
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GluWu@lemm.ee 5 months agoFlying and landing planes, and even helicopters is actually really easy. Turning them on is the complicated part. Every craft has a different startup sequence that’s like 50 steps and you’ll break something if you don’t do every step in the correct order.
This is the most correct answer.
The silliest answer is that the most difficult part of flying a plane is attempting to taxi while avoiding Blimps buzzing the tower at Mach 2.
=P
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Flight instructor here. It usually takes 5 or 6 flights for students to become comfortable working the startup and shutdown procedures. By the tenth time they climb in the plane I can normally say “okay start up and let’s taxi out” and that’s detailed enough instruction for them.
It takes about 6 to 8 hours of practice flying the plane, from straight and level flight, turns, climbs, descents, slow flight, stalls etc. before I even try letting them land, and then usually another 6 to 8 hours of practice before they can put the airplane down gently more often than not.
Landing a plane isn’t particularly easy.
pineapplelover@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Is it worth it getting a pilots license? Would it be better to just fly commercial rather than a dinky Cessna or something? I wonder if it’s a good financial decision.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Becoming a private pilot is a stunningly terrible financial decision.
That “dinky Cessna?” I want you to imagine an 80’s Honda Accord that costs as much as a Lamborghini to buy and maintain, and that’s on top of the $8,000 or so you’ll put into training.
A better financial decision would be to buy a brand new Lexus every time you go out of town.
Obi@sopuli.xyz 5 months ago
$8k sounds cheap, I looked into it for where I live and it was €15k minimum, probably more like 20… I gave up on that idea real quick and stuck with flight simulator and my drones haha.
pineapplelover@lemm.ee 5 months ago
I guess I’ll look into it once I have money to burn