L-O-N-G IFR XC

[poadeleted20]

Just set a new record today -- logged a 5.1 doing the 61.65(d)(2)(ii) long IFR XC. And that over a 260nm course! I'd forgotten what it was like to spend all day in a Cessna 150. Had a lot of fun, including an approach to 200 above mins on arrival back at the training location. My trainee was really pumped -- tired, but pumped. I was just tired.

 

[Jim Logajan]

You can doubt it all you want, but the stats are on record. During WWII, accidents killed more of our pilots than the enemy.

A post I made last November seemed to support a number near 15%, not over 50%. Here is my post which contains links to sources I used:

http://www.pilotsofamerica.com/forum/showpost.php?p=802971&postcount=51

Still, 15% is a lot!

What surprised me was that training accidents in planes like the B-17 killed, on average, over 6 people per accident (1757 fatalities in 284 accidents.) Meaning a lot of those bomber training flights must have had a full complement of crew aboard when they crashed.

 

[Jim Logajan]

Here is a reference. Now all people need to do is interpret it...

http://www.history.navy.mil/library/online/aviation_fatal.htm

Those are only the numbers for the navy.

Numbers for USAAF are buried in the text here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces

And USAAF training accident stats are here:
http://www.taphilo.com/history/WWII/Loss-Figures-Aircraft-USA-Training.shtml