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ASI mESSAGE
INSPIRING PILOTS
BY RICHARD G. MCSPADDEN, JR.
SOME PEOPLE LIVE THEIR DREAMS. Some people close their eyes.
Some people's destiny passes by. The start of Toto's classic rock
ballad " I'll Be Over You " is serendipitous. I'm walking across the
bustling EAA AirVenture ramp en route to Able Flight's annual
awards ceremony. Able Flight offers flight scholarships so that
people with disabilities can chase their dream of becoming a
pilot. AirPods in, walking through the Oshkosh throng, I've
been struggling to solidify remarks that may be meaningful to
an inspirational group of pilots and supportive families with a
passion and determination that's beyond my full comprehension.
Toto's line is a perfect opening. Destiny so tried to pass these
people by, but they would have none of it.
I share the stage with two giants. Patty Wagstaff started flying in Alaska,
with some fear of stalls and unusual attitudes. She decided the best way to
overcome her fears and become a better pilot was to learn aerobatics. Seems
she learned it well. She ignored the many voices telling her she was too
small, too petite, or wouldn't have the arm strength to pull aerobatics
under G or the core strength to sustain high Gs. Besides, she was a woman,
at a time when that sort of thing (competing in aerobatics) simply wasn't
done by women. Find another niche in aviation, some told her. She had the
audacity to ignore the nay-sayers, then proved them wrong. She became the
first woman to win the National Aerobatic Championship and then won it
back-to-back-to-back. Ask anyone, competing in anything at any level, how
hard it is to three-peat. I wonder what it must feel like for her to walk off the
mall in Washington, D.C., and see her Extra 260 hanging from the rafters of
the National Air and Space Museum. I'm pretty sure that marks you an icon.
Next to Wagstaff on the Theater in the Woods stage is Jessica Cox, the first
person without arms to earn a pilot certificate. Can you imagine the kind of
determination and self-confidence it takes to set such a goal? So far beyond
the realm of what's accepted as possible. I'm just imagining the responses
she received when she approached instructors and flight schools with her
plan. I can see the well-meaning people-and in full candor, I probably
would have been one of them-huddling, stewing on how to respond.
Ahem, Ms.Cox, you see, yeah, no, the thing is...ahhh, well, we couldn't help
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 13 Issue 4
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 13 Issue 4
CFItoCFI Newsletter—Volume 13 Issue 4
CFI Notes
From the Editor: Collision Avoidance Resource Center
Crew Resource Management for CFIs
ASI Message: Inspiring Pilots
CFI News
CFI Tips: We're Only Human—The Human Factors of Aircraft Cockpits
New CFI: Things I Wish I Had Known as a New CFI
Checkride Checklist: DPE Answers for Students and CFIs
Accident Case Study: Hazardous Attitudes
Chart Challenge: Varying Magnetic Variation
Pilot Short Story: The French Disconnection
You Can Fly: Flight Training's Hidden Gold—Find It In AOPA's Flight Training Advantage
Safety Quiz: Night Ops
CFI Tools: Be Winter Weather Wise—Prepare for the Cold Weather Season
Chief's Corner: Eating Humble Pie
ASI Safety Tip: Aiming Point
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 13 Issue 4 - CFItoCFI Newsletter—Volume 13 Issue 4
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 13 Issue 4 - CFI Notes
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 13 Issue 4 - From the Editor: Collision Avoidance Resource Center
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 13 Issue 4 - 4
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 13 Issue 4 - Crew Resource Management for CFIs
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 13 Issue 4 - 6
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 13 Issue 4 - 7
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 13 Issue 4 - 8
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 13 Issue 4 - 9
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 13 Issue 4 - ASI Message: Inspiring Pilots
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 13 Issue 4 - 11
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 13 Issue 4 - CFI News
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 13 Issue 4 - 13
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 13 Issue 4 - 14
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 13 Issue 4 - 15
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 13 Issue 4 - CFI Tips: We're Only Human—The Human Factors of Aircraft Cockpits
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 13 Issue 4 - 17
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 13 Issue 4 - 18
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 13 Issue 4 - 19
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 13 Issue 4 - New CFI: Things I Wish I Had Known as a New CFI
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 13 Issue 4 - 21
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 13 Issue 4 - Checkride Checklist: DPE Answers for Students and CFIs
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 13 Issue 4 - 23
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 13 Issue 4 - 24
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 13 Issue 4 - Accident Case Study: Hazardous Attitudes
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 13 Issue 4 - 26
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 13 Issue 4 - Chart Challenge: Varying Magnetic Variation
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 13 Issue 4 - 28
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 13 Issue 4 - Pilot Short Story: The French Disconnection
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 13 Issue 4 - You Can Fly: Flight Training's Hidden Gold—Find It In AOPA's Flight Training Advantage
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 13 Issue 4 - 31
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 13 Issue 4 - Safety Quiz: Night Ops
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 13 Issue 4 - CFI Tools: Be Winter Weather Wise—Prepare for the Cold Weather Season
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 13 Issue 4 - 34
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 13 Issue 4 - 35
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 13 Issue 4 - Chief's Corner: Eating Humble Pie
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 13 Issue 4 - 37
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 13 Issue 4 - 38
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 13 Issue 4 - 39
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 13 Issue 4 - ASI Safety Tip: Aiming Point
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