A few pics of one of my favourite "Complex Type" aircraft, the lovely, (but unfortunately rather rare!), Cessna 337 Super Skymaster, with the tractor/pusher, engine/propellor arrangement...!
An excellent aircraft to brush-up on your introduction to the "change of type" to complex aircraft and up-grade your PPLicence...!
(After you have successfully completed your training on the Cessna 150/152 Trainer aircraft)...!
A way to learn the intricacies of throttle, propellor, and mixture controls to achieve the best take-off, cruising, and landing conditions..!
Observe the:
Fuel Flow.
Manifold Pressure.
Engine Revolutions.
Exhaust Gas Temperature.
Also, (if you are one of the lucky bunnies, like me, to have a copy on FS Navigator installed), the use of the radios to navigate by the Nav/Com/ADF/DME radios...!!!
Communications and Navigation:
Air Traffic Information Service.
Air Traffic Control.
Transponder.
VOR indicators.
ADF indicators.
DME indicators
etc...
Auto-Pilot:
Heading.
Altitude.
ILS (Instrument Landing Systems).
etc...
...also the importance of being aware of the position of your under-carridge...is it "up" or is it "down"....?
...and what about your flaps...what setting are they...?
...and if you are flying manually, (non auto-pilot), the use of the elevator "trim" wheel to correct the flying attitude, each time you increase/decrease power...!
Note that all this is included in Fozzers appreciation of small, Piston Prop, General Aviation, aircraft....
...but it could equally apply to the 13-year-old's flying shiny, aluminium, cigar-tubed, passenger, jet-propelled, fuel guzzeling, "Boing 747" monstrosities....!
LOL...!
Cheers all....!
Paul L. Fosbery...off for some afternoon fun in my little Cessna 152...!
"Hi Fred. Papa-Lima-Foxtrot at runway 180. Ready for take off. Departure to the South. Over"
"Fred. Hi Papa-Lima-Foxtrot. Take off and departure to the South approved. Have a nice day."
"Papa-Lima-Foxtrot. Taking off and departure to the South. Thanks Fred. Catchya later. Over and out"
The panel, showing a comprehensive range of instruments...>>>
...and a few pics of the aircraft...>>>
Master the skies with a Skymaster....
...!Cheers all...
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