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Yes. Small plane single engine Cirrius SR-22TDo you fly? Because although I enjoyed it, I am not sure I would call it peaceful, especially in a busy cockpit.
Flying require an incredible amount of focus, and just getting to a license takes pretty damn extreme focus. Nothing I have ever done has challenged me like getting my private ticket.
As far as your SR-22 reference..l mean, who flies anywhere near the useful load or max weight? That’s just stupid. And if you plan to anyway, every FBO that I have flown through had a scale in the office. But it’s not like someone can lie about being 100lbs lighter than they are. Most small aircraft are, well, small. Designed for 5’8”, 175lb pilots. At least that’s pretty much how everything I have flown feels.
Bruce is ATP, which means pretty much every aspect of licensing is accomplished first. I have seen videos of him in a 747 simulator and there’s a whole documentary about “Ed Force One” which was a 757 iirc.
Oh, and Steve Morse is also an ATP/commercial pilot. He used to fly his band around and has been licensed since he was very young; maybe 21? He also quit rock and roll for a while to work for an airline.He owns several planes. He is mostly into small planes, has a Cirrus SR-22 and has been a member of the EAA since 1984. There’s an article somewhere about him flying to Airventure in the late ‘70s, camping under his airplane.
Steve is also maybe the most accomplished guitar player that exists. So although his style isn’t always my favorite, he definitely deserves to be in this thread.
He is also an incredibly humble and all around nice guy. Watch his interview with Rick Beato on youtube.
If you don’t get chills in the first five minutes, you don’t love guitar and/or you are dead inside.
Been a hobby since 18 years old and now I’m 47.
Im also IFR rated. After I say 1000 hours if you don’t have passengers it becomes de stressing.
Because there is always steps to follow for any event that comes up.
So flying and malfunctions happen it’s procedure memory time and you will be focused on it as opposed to worrying.
I had a flaps malfunction last time I went up and had to land with out it which is fine not ideal but not the worst thing in the world so with flaps on a cirrius 22t with flaps you touch down at about 65 knots. Well with out flaps your going to have to land at a higher rate of speed in case you need to do a go around because the next guy is waiting to take off and he’s to close to run way those type of things. No flaps about 75 knots cause of less lift. Your no longer trading lift for speed cause flaps arrant working.
But when by yourself with enough time you would get the peace full state in the air.