Fully agree flying has to be fun, and different people enjoy different things. Personally, I don't enjoy aerobatics at all, and any instructor who insists on doing them with me on a check flight is going to get an ear full, along with the CFI ! I don't particularly enjoy aimless wandering about near the airfield either.
I find any man or machine made noise a distraction, so no music, the radio gets tuned to OFF if it gets busy and the vario volume is as low as I can set it and still hear something, with all down tones disabled, and up signalled in cruise only if the netto is greater than the current McCready setting. Providing it doesn't distract from the fundamentals of safe flight, then do what you want - including listening to music. Fly safe and have fun. Matt On 15/04/2011, at 10:01 , Grant Davies wrote: > I’m with you Al, > > At our club our flying is generally local and we are not full on comp > orientated. > > I fly for the enjoyment of it and I like music so I find flying with music a > heightened experience. > > I can’t think of anything better than bobbing around the clouds listening to > Jeff Buckley crooning in the background. > > I also see the point that some serious pilots may see music as a distraction > and understand their comments in relation to its appropriateness. > > Horses for courses. > > Kindest Regards > > Grant Davies > m. 0419 818 315 > f. 07 41 54 14 36 > e. [email protected] > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Al Borowski > Sent: Thursday, 14 April 2011 11:26 PM > To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. > Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Music while flying? > > I always thought that the whole point of gliding was to have fun - and if > playing music increases your enjoyment, and doesn't compromise safety, then > why not? > > Cheers, > > Al > > On 14 April 2011 23:07, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Patch & All, > I am with you bro! > > But, perhaps for totally different reasons??? > > Aviators seem to be, in the main, a very pragmatic bunch. Glider pilots, as a > sub-group, also seem to fit this mould. The question "Where are the poets of > flight?" has been discussed on this forum in the past. As a matter of > interest, try Goggling "Joseph C Lincoln Award" to see one excellent > attempt to address the balance (although that is not exactly what the stated > goals of the award are about). > > To get to the point, I pose the following question " Why in God's name would > you carry, and listen to, canned music whilst gliding?" Each time you take a > launch, you are potentially putting yourself in a special position where you > can resonate with the whole universe - Mind, Body, Soul, as one. As such, the > canned music is, at best, just distracting noise. > > Think about it! > > .... Especially if you have not been there! > > .... But I suspect, you all know exactly what I am talking about.! > > {From a competition pilot's view (a subset group that does not exclude the > above principle- quite the reverse in fact - if you are not at one with the > environment - you will not win), Tom Claffey's post on the subject is > relevant - Tom gives no reasons. Tom would you care to expound on your post, > for the uninformed?} > > Regards, > Gary > > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
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