Flight Envelopes
By Steve Ford
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This can probably be best described as “Aviation Anthropology”, which pulls together the authors honest and candid views on the aviation and aerospace industries as they stand today.
Following the critically acclaimed success of Steve Ford`s first book "20 West" it is only natural that this collection would evolve as a result. The impact of Covid 19 on the aviation and aerospace industries, makes the understanding of challenges past a significant part of preparing for tomorrow.
Freedom of speech is a precious commodity as is freedom of flight. It is the author's intention not to challenge but stimulate healthy debate in some areas in order to ensure that the freedom we have is neither degraded nor lost.
It is technical in content and the reader is encouraged to seek out further information if required, as the articles were originally written for trade journals and the industry.
"Flying is a way of life that wraps itself around you and enters every pore as you fall within its envelope."
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Steve Ford
Steve Ford stars alongside his younger sister, Leanne Ford, on HGTV’s Restored by the Fords. A licensed contractor and man-of-many-talents, Steve takes on the most unconventional construction challenges to bring his sister’s unique interior decorating vision to life. His portfolio includes store design, displays and set design for a number of national retail brands, as well as restoration of corporate headquarters, restaurant design, and residential renovations. Steve’s construction work has been featured in a variety of national decorating and home interior magazines, including This Old House, Domino, and Country Living.
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Flight Envelopes - Steve Ford
Chapter 1
A Licence to Learn Part Two
This is probably the single most important thing that has ever been said to me in my entire aviation career.
For our quest for flight, our passion for aviation depends on our understanding of what it means to hold ‘a licence to learn’.
These were the very words said to me when, four decades ago, I was handed my Private Pilots Licence by the CFI at Eagle Aviation in Long Beach, California. Words that have resonated in my subconscious ever since.
But what does it mean?
The reality is that it means none of us, no matter who we are and what we do, know it all!
Aviation in particular, by the very nature of its inherent risks and complexity, means we can go from hero to zero in a heartbeat.
In order to survive not only today but tomorrow, we have to embrace an open attitude to learning all of the time. We cannot ‘cherry pick’ when we do this or tread water for a period of time, for any gap in our knowledge is, at the end of the day, a weakness.
How we go about this is individual and this is not the place to delve into the psychology of learning, or for that matter the psychology of teaching. For we all respond differently.
What we have to possess however, is an ‘open mind’ and understand that it is our responsibility to ourselves and our passengers/employers to strive to be the best we can.
For after all, knowledge is power is it not?
When we pass a check ride or are granted a licence, rating or qualification, we should celebrate and we should be proud of what we have achieved. The learning process however has only just begun, for now we have to apply that knowledge and skill set to a real-world environment which can be very unforgiving to any lapse in knowledge.
Guarding against complacency takes discipline and I was shown by a wise old sage that the trick to six-monthly simulator checks when flying long haul, was to pick one subject a month; for example ‘Hydraulics’, and every sector pick up a QRH (Quick Reference Handbook) or manual and read a procedure/system operation, even if it is just for 10 minutes.
You will be amazed how quickly information starts to stick. The brain is after all a muscle and has to be exercised. Switching off for five months and then ‘cramming’ for a check ride is a stressful and inefficient way of retaining knowledge.
How can I apply this, you ask? I am a student and we have set courses and training structure?
Well if the weather prevents flying or the aircraft is grounded due to a technical fault there is always ten minutes here and ten minutes there that you can harness. It might be something as simple as refreshing one’s knowledge on what those symbols actually mean on the Met chart!
Technology changes constantly and having started my career crossing the North Atlantic with navigation systems limited to nine waypoints and a glass sextant dome in the top of the flight deck, over time I ended up in a completely different world.
For today, with GPS and laser ref gyros, Satcom and CPDLC communication links, we are rarely isolated or unsure of our position. All of this new technology had to be learnt and understood in order to apply it to the task in hand.
To err is human and an instructor’s rating is also a ‘licence to learn ’, as is managerial positions of leadership.
A licence to learn…
Embrace it and it will serve you well.
Chapter 2
Automation in GA
Now here is a subject that everyone will have an opinion on!
There are those of the opinion that anything more than a turn and slip indicator, airspeed indicator and an altimeter is going over the top when it comes to equipment required for a light aircraft.
More often than not, those very same people hold onto the opinion that if it doesn’t have a tail wheel and is not covered in fabric you can’t possibly have the audacity to call yourself a pilot!
At the end of the day we have