We spent some time talking about the various classes of air space and what each means to the private pilot. Basically, air space is categorized by the density of air traffic within it.
- Class A airspace is above 18,000 feet. All flight in class A is instrument, not visual.
- Class B airspace is high density airports like Chicago, New York and Boston.
- Class C airspace is smaller airports like Bradley, Albany and Providence
- Class D airspace are small, tower-controlled airports like Westover and Westfield.
- Class E airspace are small airports that are uncontrolled (no tower) and airspace between 1,200' and 18,000' outside of the boundaries defined by class B, C or D.
- Class G airspace is any airspace below 1,200' outside of any class B,C,D or E airspace.
All of my training so far has been from a class E airport (Northampton) within class E airspace above Deerfield.
We also talked about the various nuances of airspeed, pitch, flaps, etc... and their impact on controlling the aircraft. He emphasized that we would be doing a lot of practice on stalls, landings, turns and climbing.
He said anyone can fly straight and level in calm winds but to be a pilot, you need to learn to fly in New England where we never have calm winds and nothing is straight or level.
I wish we had flown but the talk was good and it cleared some things up for me.
As I was leaving the airport, I was treated to this little parade of turkeys.
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Try these links:
- Key statement in this story: "So you cannot even call them or something?"
- Only in Pennsylvania.
- Attention drug dealers: If I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times - if you are going to drive around with a few pounds of smack jammed up your butt, don't go breaking any traffic laws.
- Only in Florida. (She "noticed" something changed?!?!)
- (Expletive) Yea! alcohol was involved.
- It seems like a good idea until you start to sweat uncontrollably.
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