[quote]For the same reason I can drive anything up to 26,000 pounds[/quote]



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AARDVARK

[quote="AArdvark"]That was a backhand compliment.

"Since you drive a wheelchair, even though it only runs on electricity..."

Like that.

It sounds like you were putting Pinback down because he is licensed to fly only single engine aircraft (something that nobody else here will ever be).[/quote]
Each class of aircraft has a different license. As I'm not a pilot I'm not sure whether gliders require a license but otherwise, I figure it would have a different one from a powered craft.

I decided to look it up: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilot_licensing_and_certification

License types are Student, Sport, Recreational, Private, Commercial, Instructor, Airline Transport. These are roughly equivalent to a driver training permit, restricted license, class C (automobile), Class B (bus) and Class A (Tractor-Trailer) vehicle license.

Then there are categories which are equivalent to endorsements on a commercial driver's license: Airplane, Rotorcraft, Glider, Lighter-than-air, Powered-lift, Powered parachute, weight-shift-control.

[quote]I didn't even know there were different types of pilot licenses, mostly because I never thought about it.
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For the same reason I can drive anything up to 26,000 pounds, because I have a passenger license. You may be aware of this, but you can have a Class A licnese with air brake, hazmat, and passenger endorsements, you still can't legally drive a motorcycle without a separate license.

It's all based on being sure you know what you're doing. Which of course is a terrible thing for the government to be stepping in and forbidding incompetents from flying planes. Even the 9-11 terrorists had take-off training for Heavy aircraft. Can you imagine how bad it would have been if they hadn't been trained?

That was a backhand compliment.

"Since you drive a wheelchair, even though it only runs on electricity..."

Like that.

It sounds like you were putting Pinback down because he is licensed to fly only single engine aircraft (something that nobody else here will ever be). I didn't even know there were different types of pilot licenses, mostly because I never thought about it.

There's a training movie on flying a B-29 that's like that video. It's way older though but so cool.


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AARDVARK

[quote="Flack"][quote="Tdarcos"]Since you're a licensed pilot, (albeit on single engine craft)[/quote]
I like how a guy who wears diapers and shits himself feels like he can hand out jabs.[/quote]
That was not a 'jab'. I don't know what type of flying he is interested in. He might not be interested in multi-engine planes or in Heavy aircraft. On the presumption that he or someone else here might find it interesting, I posted it.


"Do not ascribe to malice that which can be adequately explained by common, ordinary action, or simple ignorance."

[quote="Tdarcos"]Since you're a licensed pilot, (albeit on single engine craft)[/quote]
I like how a guy who wears diapers and shits himself feels like he can hand out jabs.

Since you're a licensed pilot, (albeit on single engine craft) here's a video where a guy runs a simulator to do a pre-flight checklist, startup and takeoff of a Boeing 737-800. It's about 28 minutes and I watched the whole thing. I was fascinated and I don't even know how to fly.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZofY286FyQ[/youtube]