MasterFritts
Contributor
I am also a private pilot and from reading these boards and watching the NAUI DVD as I prepare to start my course next week I am finding a lot of similarities to this and flying. Of course one of the big differences is you are going down instead of taking off and surfacing instead of landing.
Some of the similarities I have noticed are:
Airplane: Preflight
Diving: Gear Check
Airplane: Post flight check
Diving: Gear rinse, check and store.
Airplane: Do not fly if you feel bad
Diving: Do not dive if you feel bad
Airplane: Do not fly if conditions are bad
Diving: Do not dive if conditions are bad
Airplane: Call a flight short and land if trouble or uneasy
Diving: Call a dive if trouble or uneasy
Airplane: Flying above 12,000 feet without oxygen is bad
Diving: Diving without oxygen is bad
Airplane: Running out of gas is bad
Diving: Running out of air is bad
Airplane: Control your takeoff keeping a constant speed
Diving: Control your decent keeping a constant dive rate
Airplane: Control the landing by not going too fast
Diving: Control your ascent by not going too fast
There are more including planning your flight/planning your dive, etc.
I just found this interesting and wonder how I will do applying those things I learned from flying into my dive training. Yes before flying wait 24 hours after diving.
I already know that I am pretty cool under pressure as I had to make an emergency landing once (best I landing I ever made too).
Will be interesting to find out.
Some of the similarities I have noticed are:
Airplane: Preflight
Diving: Gear Check
Airplane: Post flight check
Diving: Gear rinse, check and store.
Airplane: Do not fly if you feel bad
Diving: Do not dive if you feel bad
Airplane: Do not fly if conditions are bad
Diving: Do not dive if conditions are bad
Airplane: Call a flight short and land if trouble or uneasy
Diving: Call a dive if trouble or uneasy
Airplane: Flying above 12,000 feet without oxygen is bad
Diving: Diving without oxygen is bad
Airplane: Running out of gas is bad
Diving: Running out of air is bad
Airplane: Control your takeoff keeping a constant speed
Diving: Control your decent keeping a constant dive rate
Airplane: Control the landing by not going too fast
Diving: Control your ascent by not going too fast
There are more including planning your flight/planning your dive, etc.
I just found this interesting and wonder how I will do applying those things I learned from flying into my dive training. Yes before flying wait 24 hours after diving.
I already know that I am pretty cool under pressure as I had to make an emergency landing once (best I landing I ever made too).
Will be interesting to find out.