aeromotacanucks Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 I just want share with you guys/girls some of my experiences... if you like good, if not well good for you too. Still today I don´t know where me and my wuppie head was when I decided go to the jungle and fly there. my mom asked the same thing and she was worried. probably if I said "I´m going to North Korea" she would be less worried... people around the world think that the green carpet coverig almost 50% of the Brazilian territory is just a bunch of vegetation, wild animals and big rivers. and basically it is this but it isn´t the main problem... no. actually after years flying there I discovered the problem behing trees and behing the wild animals. I discovered how low humans can go and how stupid humans can be... 1st) nobody cares about you. learn ths fast as soon you get there, it´s the jungle dammit! if you die or not nobody cares the person on your side doesn´t care about you and if you´re smart the problem is bigger. smart people are used as a tool/key. as soon they don´t need you you´re a waste of human. life and death are so normal there that it happen literally all the time. when you get there yo became worried because people don´t give to much about this fact. if a kid dies nobody cry, if a baby dies nobody cry. People there just say "it´s the life cycle" and move on. I saw a mom with her baby dead but she didn´t care too much "I can make another one" she said to me. dammit! I got the idea fast but it hurts... 2nd) racist people live everywhere. I was called "jewish slave", "white trash", and "the guy that Hitler forgot to kill" by an arrogant Captain just because I am white, nerd and refused to fly with the airplane with the wing heavly damaged. another captain called me "caucasian waste of body" because I refused to idolize him... I had many fights because I refused to go beyond the reasonable. I don´t know about you but fly without the radio or with the oil leaking doesn´t look good... I also don´t think it´s a good idea land at night without the proper runway markings or fly straight to a thunderstorm without radar. sure I did that many times BUT it´s stupid and I knew it... I don´t know about Pilots from USA and Canada but it appears that if a Brazilan Pilot flies a big jet they think they can rule the world and humilate other Pilots... 3rd) One day I was sitting on an Aerocomander while being loaded and for some reason I felt a wierd feeling of "I´m gonna die today, this airplane isn´t good, these engines aren´t well repaired, the plane is overloaded at least 50% more than it should and there´s a huge storm on our route" really. that flight was a nightmare, I felt dizzy and that damm storm didn´t end untill the end of the flight. 2 hours bumping and crumblimg. the guy who designed the Aerocomander must be some sort of god because that plane is strong as hell. the engines? well, my Co-Pilot was scared. I also was scared but the world can end but if the Captain is relaxed you can make the world be nice again... learn. all your flights in the jungle will be just like this one. so get used. your airplane will not be working fine, there´s always will be a malfunction and you must find a way to solve the problem... 4th) I don´t know why but I like some runways more than others. I really don´t have special feelings for them, I just like. landed there many and many times and always felt safe there... Pilots still ask me why I like Maraba airport-SBMA, it´s probably the less dangerous airport for a jet aircraft land there, the approach isn´t hard or special, the runway is big, the weather is stormy... the passenger terminal is small, the ATC is easy and the city around is messy... but heck. I like SBMA. I also like SBHT and Santarém Airport-SBSN... I also like very much KOMN (Ormond Beach Municipal) in USA... 5th) if something looks like a runway that´s because it is a runway yep. very 1st lesson you learn as soon you dummy fly there for the first time. villages don´t have big avenues so that big and straight area in front of you is the runway. probably you will have to fly your overloaded airplane bellow the lines near your STALL speed and drop your airplane into that 500 meters "runway" and park your airplane on a soccer field but this is a small detail... my 1st landing as a Captain I parked my airplane in front of a school... 6th) see that thing called discipline? great. keep with you. it will keep you alive sure you will feel strong and smart enought to fly a Cessna 182 inside a huge tropical storm but I would tell you to don´t do this. I know you have 700 hours there and you know how it end and how it begins and i know you fly the same airplane for at least 600 hours... BUT just in case. sometimes you and your arrogance can stay just where you are for 30 minutes. then you go ok? if you really need fly now what about some deviations? you have a GPS right? so use it. ok. I did my crazy things but one day I learned that fly like a moron is one thing. fly with intelligence is another thing. sure you can overcome that big storm at once and be the "Captain Jungle" but what your passengers are feeling? a stupid captain who refuses do a 20 degreee deviation and 10 minutes more but the passengers will not faint and your cargo will not move... face it. your plane isn´t that great and we´re not in USA so you don´t have the help you want. sometimes it´s good. say "I will not cross some limits" will show you how professional and good you are... 7th) so I almost died. at happens all day. don´t cry. one day you will die and die like a real man... that´s the saddest part of being a Bush Pilot in Brazil. you know nobody cares about if you´re alive or not. you´re just a fancy and expensive tool with a mission. fly an overloaded airplane with tons of malfunctions on a huge area without help. how it can be worse? believe me. it can. it´s the jungle. after the fourth time I stayed with an AK-47 rifle in my head because of bandits during a flight carrying money for federal banks I realised "so what. I´m heavly stressed. big deal" no it wasn´t that way. my family was worried. I simply became cold and didn´t care about the death anymore. when you reach this point it´s because you must look to yourself andthink about it... I never fought in Iraq or any other country. But one day when I was in USA and said that to an US soldier he told me "man. how can you simply don´t care if you´re alive o not?" yes. years in the jungle you become cold and dry. Humans are stupid... 8th) I saw misery of all types, misery of everything. but somehow other people still say that Greenpeace, churches and the Pope will save the world. Believe me. they will not. want help end that cr2%@? don´t buy products from areas where people where explored like animals. don´t do tourism in areas where a kid is payed to guide you in the middle of that mess. that kid receive less than 3 dollars for an entire day! but oh yeah. James Cameron don´t film that, Greenpeace and their fancy oil cruded ship don´t see that. But I flying Cessnas 402 and 310Q saw that... carring medication for sick people that will die there, being murdered. how much it will cost? where´s the so called United Nations to end this mess? 9th) if your boss keeps your airplane with a good maintenance you must be tankfull for that. when I flew in USA I was kinda happy because the airplane was working fine... "how! this is a nice airplane you have here. everything is working!" the American Pilot was surprised with my statement and asked "why you´re so happy about it? it must be working all the time" I said "in USA maybe. in the jungle the airplanes flew so badly maintained I didn´t have a single flight without problems" wierd eh? the basic became an high standart to me. It was a huge change of course, left the "jungle mumble" aviation for sometime on the top standart aviation... with everything working. GPS, all help I wanted. fly in USA is super easy after you fly years in the jungle! but my biggest learning there was... 10th) many people live, many people die. nobody cares about you. but sometimes they´re alive because you did your job. ok. I flew overloaded with medication but I still remember that those 2 tons saved some people. they will never learn my name but inside that hell that damaged airplane with you on it did that... passengers, cargos, medications. 500 meters runway with an wrappy Cessna 310 or Seneca 2. accidents? sure. racist people? sure. adrenaline? hell yea. but just like in Alaska people count on us in the jungle. a Boeing 777 or an Airbus A330 will not deliver food or medication for devastated areas or will not send people to oil platforms in the middle of no-where to produce the fuel you have in you car... no. they don´t do that. we do. with our damaged and suffered small airplane. and our salary isn´t big, our house isn´t fancy and our car isn´t pimped... I saw "it´s a personal plane. you can see the guy flying the plane and you can talk with him, you can see how it works and you don´t have to go through the TSA to fly them and honestly. Al Qaeda will not hijack a Piper Seneca V" but at least we do the job and we do well. and thanks to us Bush Pilots countries around the world can have some sort of development... Bush Pilot with pride. Rodrigo N Mota Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tystick Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Very interesting read! It sounds like you had an exciting, scary, and humbling adventure. It's definitely shocking to know how things are in different areas of the world, and that one never truly realizes that until it is seen first hand. I'm envious of your courage to travel into the vast unknown! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLASSJAW Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 you should fly over to those tribes in the amazon and bring them an iPad or something and blow their minds record it and you can score a big advertising deal with apple, surely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bookie Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 lovely read, +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRussianRocket. Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Wow, what deep post OP. Very detailed, to the point, and no bs - the reality of it. +1 Been to Brazil before but never seen it like how you've described it. Eye-opening to say the least and though I don't know you, tons if respect just cause of that post. Post of the year so far imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Strangelove Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Very very well written . I couldn't imagine how hard it must be being a bush pilot in a country like Brazil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddhas Hand Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Great read Muchacho , haven't you posted something like before ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silfverberg Snipes Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 This can't be serious ... why does everyone believe him? He's like a Mexican Cucumber. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeromotacanucks Posted March 12, 2014 Author Share Posted March 12, 2014 This can't be serious ... why does everyone believe him? He's like a Mexican Cucumber. Mexico: Brazil: see the diference? "Hombre" I would say Brazil is big enought to hold 2 Mexicos inside... but anyway. it´s simply how ignorant you sir is showing. didn´t like what I posted that´s ok. but you don´t have to insult eh? I bet you learned in school that the capital of Brazil is Buenos Aires and not Brasilia/DF and I bet you didn´t learn that Brasilia/DF was artificially built and that in Brazil we speak Portuguese (except in Rio de Janeiro where people SSSSSSSSSSSSSpeak some sort of wierd portuguese called "Carioquese") I also bet you think Latinos are a second class citizen and hell yeah. if we want make fun of somebody let´s just call him/her "mexican version" or "muchacho" another thing. I posted true things about my life experiences. "ooowww but it can´t be serious!!!!" why can´t be serious? because people don´t teach in school about how miserable and stupid the world can be? that people die like nobody? or maybe because you never was there to see with your eyes... I wanted to share with people what I learned there because you know when you gonna find this in USA or Canada? NEVER! wake up and see that no matter how you want change that the hell will be there and nothing will change that. that you will have to fly that same old and crapppy airplane besides the fact you´re asking for a proper engine maintenance for the 25324632 time... then you go to the airport, fill the flight plan, inspect and check the route. the airplane is overloaded again because it must give profit to the owner and since the transportation cost is very high in the jungle you must carry as much as you can at once... but maybe you don´t learn this in USA/Canada but it has a cost, and it´s your life... but as I said. nobody cares. do you have any idea of how wrong is what I´m saying? yeas it´s a life but people will not see on CNN "Bush Pilot died in the jungle" because it isn´t big news and happen all the time... sure. because the FAA/Canadian Transportation Authority really inspect the Aviation activity but give freedom at the same time. but here even a Boeing/Airbus fly overloaded because there´s so many taxes you must fly with more weight the airplane can carry... see that Air Canada flight 90/91? for 2 hours and 30 minutes they fly over the Brazilian jungle and you know what would happen if they crash there? 100% chance of instant death... of course this will mean a lot of other problems. overheated engine, damaged sctructure, stress and loss of situation awardness because there´s no FMC on small airplanes so we´re the "decision maker". but somehow the performance must be the same... because if something goes wrong you and your passengers are dead with 100% chance. there´s no alternative airport, there´s no ATC help and no matter how much you complain that huge storm will not leave soon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeromotacanucks Posted March 12, 2014 Author Share Posted March 12, 2014 you should fly over to those tribes in the amazon and bring them an iPad or something and blow their minds record it and you can score a big advertising deal with apple, surely I actually brought an Ipad one day... the villagers/indians thought it was a VHF radio and destroyed the Ipad because "it couldn´t make radio calls"... and they complained to my boss "the Pilot brought us a radio but the radio was to fragile so we destroyed because we couldn´t use it..." remember: next time you bring a fancy new stuff be sure it isn´t YOUR fancy new stuff... yeah it was my Ipad... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kumquats Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 ^^ Gold... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRussianRocket. Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 OP, you're a certified badass...this thread is gold! ...if you have the time, you mind just sharing some stories? Would be cool for people like me intrigued about this ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MANGO Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Nice read+1.......maybe I missed it but what nationality are you, Canadian, Brazilian, American? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silfverberg Snipes Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Mexico: Brazil: see the diference? "Hombre" I would say Brazil is big enought to hold 2 Mexicos inside... but anyway. it´s simply how ignorant you sir is showing. didn´t like what I posted that´s ok. but you don´t have to insult eh? I bet you learned in school that the capital of Brazil is Buenos Aires and not Brasilia/DF and I bet you didn´t learn that Brasilia/DF was artificially built and that in Brazil we speak Portuguese (except in Rio de Janeiro where people SSSSSSSSSSSSSpeak some sort of wierd portuguese called "Carioquese") I also bet you think Latinos are a second class citizen and hell yeah. if we want make fun of somebody let´s just call him/her "mexican version" or "muchacho" another thing. I posted true things about my life experiences. "ooowww but it can´t be serious!!!!" why can´t be serious? because people don´t teach in school about how miserable and stupid the world can be? that people die like nobody? or maybe because you never was there to see with your eyes... I wanted to share with people what I learned there because you know when you gonna find this in USA or Canada? NEVER! wake up and see that no matter how you want change that the hell will be there and nothing will change that. that you will have to fly that same old and crapppy airplane besides the fact you´re asking for a proper engine maintenance for the 25324632 time... then you go to the airport, fill the flight plan, inspect and check the route. the airplane is overloaded again because it must give profit to the owner and since the transportation cost is very high in the jungle you must carry as much as you can at once... but maybe you don´t learn this in USA/Canada but it has a cost, and it´s your life... but as I said. nobody cares. do you have any idea of how wrong is what I´m saying? yeas it´s a life but people will not see on CNN "Bush Pilot died in the jungle" because it isn´t big news and happen all the time... sure. because the FAA/Canadian Transportation Authority really inspect the Aviation activity but give freedom at the same time. but here even a Boeing/Airbus fly overloaded because there´s so many taxes you must fly with more weight the airplane can carry... see that Air Canada flight 90/91? for 2 hours and 30 minutes they fly over the Brazilian jungle and you know what would happen if they crash there? 100% chance of instant death... of course this will mean a lot of other problems. overheated engine, damaged sctructure, stress and loss of situation awardness because there´s no FMC on small airplanes so we´re the "decision maker". but somehow the performance must be the same... because if something goes wrong you and your passengers are dead with 100% chance. there´s no alternative airport, there´s no ATC help and no matter how much you complain that huge storm will not leave soon... Holy crap. I stand corrected good sir. Even if you are making this up I have to give you props for having one hell of an imagination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddhas Hand Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Mexico: Brazil: see the diference? "Hombre" I would say Brazil is big enought to hold 2 Mexicos inside... but anyway. it´s simply how ignorant you sir is showing. didn´t like what I posted that´s ok. but you don´t have to insult eh? I bet you learned in school that the capital of Brazil is Buenos Aires and not Brasilia/DF and I bet you didn´t learn that Brasilia/DF was artificially built and that in Brazil we speak Portuguese (except in Rio de Janeiro where people SSSSSSSSSSSSSpeak some sort of wierd portuguese called "Carioquese") I also bet you think Latinos are a second class citizen and hell yeah. if we want make fun of somebody let´s just call him/her "mexican version" or "muchacho" another thing. I posted true things about my life experiences. "ooowww but it can´t be serious!!!!" why can´t be serious? because people don´t teach in school about how miserable and stupid the world can be? that people die like nobody? or maybe because you never was there to see with your eyes... I wanted to share with people what I learned there because you know when you gonna find this in USA or Canada? NEVER! wake up and see that no matter how you want change that the hell will be there and nothing will change that. that you will have to fly that same old and crapppy airplane besides the fact you´re asking for a proper engine maintenance for the 25324632 time... then you go to the airport, fill the flight plan, inspect and check the route. the airplane is overloaded again because it must give profit to the owner and since the transportation cost is very high in the jungle you must carry as much as you can at once... but maybe you don´t learn this in USA/Canada but it has a cost, and it´s your life... but as I said. nobody cares. do you have any idea of how wrong is what I´m saying? yeas it´s a life but people will not see on CNN "Bush Pilot died in the jungle" because it isn´t big news and happen all the time... sure. because the FAA/Canadian Transportation Authority really inspect the Aviation activity but give freedom at the same time. but here even a Boeing/Airbus fly overloaded because there´s so many taxes you must fly with more weight the airplane can carry... see that Air Canada flight 90/91? for 2 hours and 30 minutes they fly over the Brazilian jungle and you know what would happen if they crash there? 100% chance of instant death... of course this will mean a lot of other problems. overheated engine, damaged sctructure, stress and loss of situation awardness because there´s no FMC on small airplanes so we´re the "decision maker". but somehow the performance must be the same... because if something goes wrong you and your passengers are dead with 100% chance. there´s no alternative airport, there´s no ATC help and no matter how much you complain that huge storm will not leave soon... Hey mate i have several Columbian friends i call them muchacho which they tell me means MY FRIEND , there was no offense intended , quite the opposite actually if you have taken offense i apologise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drummer4now Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Holy crap. I stand corrected good sir. Even if you are making this up I have to give you props for having one hell of an imagination. Dont disrespect this legend. I highly doubt someone would go through the effort he does with his posts just to troll... Although I wish he would write in paragraphs lol. His list form gives me headaches... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzle Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 I regretted not reading this thread earlier. +1 on all your posts, aeromotacanucks. Despite your hard life, I commend you for keeping your character intact, unlike the zombies of a human that are living in your "living space". Ignore the haters like Silfverberg Snipes and people like him; they have the luxury to call out people on a forum boards when a person like him is living a prosperous life compared to many others in the world. Even though you may not feel like it, YOUR life is very precious, for there will be no one else LIKE you. I feel fortunate that you are sharing your experiences with us. Your experiences and YOUR life is unique. Please take care of it; you have friends even from far away that you might not immediately know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeromotacanucks Posted March 13, 2014 Author Share Posted March 13, 2014 ok. for those who liked my experience here´s a nice story... it wasn´t scared. but kinda nice when I did a ferry flight of a Cessna 152 in the jungle to other region of Brazil.... this map will help you people understand the distance... I was hired to deliver a Cessna 152 from Macapa (Amapa state) to Campo Grande (Mato Grosso do Sul state). sort of 2500 miles away. if done on a jet/turboprop it would take from 4 to 7 hours, if you´re doing on a high perforance piston engine it would take 7 to 12 hours... BUT if you have to do on a Cessna 152 well. it will take more, much more... people normally dismantle the little C152 and send by ship to Brazil to be re-assembled here but the owner wanted the C152 was flying from USA to Brazil. the American Pilot delivered the little Cessna in Macapa as he as worried about the jungle he flew over French Guiana to Macapa... Since I know the region very well I wasn´t worried. ok I was a little bit since the smallest Cessna fling in the jungle is normaly a C172 Skyhawk and people don´t see with good eyes something smaller than a Skylane flying in the middle of nowhere... I got my plane ticket to meet the "chump" in Macapa. Arrived at 1AM and decided to look the baby soon in order to see if it was ok. I know people here will say "but how you gonna check an airplane at night?" well, we find a way, with a lantern or with the "jungle way" using the light of your cellphone, I used both just in case... How I found the baby in Macapá... decided to don´t spend to much money I asked for the military If I could stay on their regiment and they allowed me. ok it isn´t a 5 start hotel but at least it was free! and I could do the paper work using my pijama... One day to solve the customs to clear the plane for his journey and I realised how slow customs in Macapa can be, looks like they where slowly on purpose! I phoned to the owner and told "next time come via Boa Vista" Finally on the next day I was allowed to start my journey. the weather was foggy but improved fast. Time to fill my flight plan... everything was ok untill the part os "speed". I put "90knots" the ATC guy asked: "ok. really. what´s your airspeed for this flight?" me: "90knots. I´m not kidding" ATC guy: "ok, it´s not funny anymore. tell me the real cruise speed this plane can reach" me: "90 knots. I´m serious" ATC guy: "so you gonna cross this jungle on a C152 at 90knots?! no extra tanks, no parachutes? are you crazy?" me: "tell Cessna to make a faster 152 and I will be happy. till there that´s his speed..." after that I started my flight. before I take-off a Cessna Caravan Pilot told me "the weather is ok in Belém. you can go normally" aham. the Caravan Pilot could tell me the true. "the weather in Belém was good BUT the weather enroute is terrible" as soon I took-off I saw this... and when your GPS show this you can´t be happy... when you see your real speed of 74.7 knots you have 2 reactions. 1st) f$$%&$%! 2nd) fly faster dammit! a flight planned for 1 hour 30 minutes became a 2 hours flight just because I had to deviate and overcome the storm in Marajo Island (the Brazilian version of "Bermuda Triangle") arrived in Belém and with a temperature of 37Celsius I wished be in Canada again. in Belém 37C means you´re almost death due to heat exastion... next leg to Maraba. 3 hours on the Go-Kart of the airplanes. somehow I reached 12500FT with the C152 and people still ask me how I did that but I did, ok I took 30 minutes to do that but flying higher I would consume less fuel and without alternative runways ahead my experience told me "reach Marabá or die because that storm over Marajo Island is reaching Belém so move!" 3 hours bumping on that mess untill I arrived in Marabá... Jungle, jungle and more jungle. yeap. A Cessna 152 in the middle of this. sounds super normal to you right? Next day I decided to continue the journey. luckly the weather was fine this time and I got a nice picture of the jungle nad it´s nature... 3 stops ahead (Carolina, Palmas and Gurupi) and I directed the plane to the Capital of Brazil. Brasilia/DF. didn´t land there because the airport fee was way to high but landed on a near runway my more adequate for small airplanes. Luziania... but 1st a stop to pass the night in Minaçú/GO Minaçú/GO airport... Minaçú is a very nice city, 50.000 people living there and you feel you´re back in time. people are humble, things are cheap and they say "good morning/afternoon/evening/night" all the time. when I was there there was a religious celebration to some local saint and I decided to take a few minutes to see and enjoy their tradition... if you´re tired of Rio de Janeiro I found Minaçú a nice place. small but nice city. worth a visit for sure... time to finish the mission budy! today you and me will sleep in Campo Grande... before the flight I took some minutes to look the sky and see the starts. I saw many of them and I like to look them and imagine "how other civilizations around the universe look to the same sky and think about it? do those civilizations think about other civilizations like us? so many stars up there, there must be at least millions of other civilizations across the stars"... ready for take-off. at least I was having fun with the plane, the jungle was behind me so now it´s just less than 1000 miles to reach my destination! nice places. and people around the world think only Rio de Janeiro is nice... humpf!. this is the real Brazilian landscape... flying above Brasilia international Airport-SBBR a curiosity. in Brazil we speak portuguese in ATC (Air Traffic Control) and also English. Brazilian Pilots normally speak Portuguese because it´s easy for us. I also speak English with the ATC but this Cessna 152 didn´t had a powerfull radio with good signal so in order to avoid mistakes I decided to keep speaking portuguese to avoid problems... Finally after 2 hours from Minaçú I arrived in Luziania for refuel the C152, a Red-Bull and a snack and I was flying in less than 30 minutes... ahhh. I always like to see a yellow PA18... bye Luziania, now more 6 hours and we finally can reach Campo Grande! tired after crossing jungle for 2 days I took myself to enjoy the rest of the trip. fly in the jungle is exausting, you´re always flying with pressure because you know if one single thing goes terribly wrong you´re dead and when the airplane is small as a C152 is it´s even worse! it´s a very nice plane but not to cross the jungle... horray! when your Cessna 152 reach 110kts (or close to it) you must celebrate! the plane flies at 90kts so for a C152 110kts it´s like a supersonic speed for it! small city in Brazil (central zone). probably in Goias state... FINALLY some good weather up ahead. well at least for the next 30 minutes... then the last leg was there. A huge storm on my route and a Beech Baron Pilot told me "if I where you I wouldn´t go, a C152 can´t hold that thing" 300 miles away and I faced "problem". stay where I was and depart on the next day or face the storm and challenge myself? I made my judgment and it´s better face the storm flying than face the same storm during the take-off and it´s just 300 miles away and the weather in Campo Grande was nice. if I fly BELOW the storm paying attention to the ground to have some clear area I might do well... so I decided proceed nd finish my mission... took-off and directed me to the storm as soon I approached the storm things where becoming worse and worse. opened the "hot air" and turned on the "pitot heat" and checked my altittude and kept an eye on the ground. as much I had visual contact with the ground I would be able to mantain the aircraft stable regardless the altittude... my experience showed it´s rewards. bumping and crumbling I kept the altittude at 3000FT (1000ft above the ground) and checked my position looking at the horizon on my sides. the engine was crazy but thank god those guys in USA did a good retrofit on this engine because besides the noise the engine was ok! This is STOOOOOOOORM! heck Cessnas 152 shouldn´t fly inside storms but since I had/have them all the time I made a conclusion "ok, you can fly a C152 inside storms BUT keep visual contact with the ground and fly as low as you may fly. as long you keep the ground on your sight you can maintain the plane stable enought... 45 minutes later I left the storm behind me, tired and 1 hour and 30 minutes later I arrived in Campo Grande. didn´t land on the international airport, landed on other runway (grass runway, dedicated for general aviation) and delivered the plane for his owner... 3 days with this C152 and I was sad because it was time to say "goodbye". for 3 days that plane was mine, no passengers, no cargo, no overloaded plane. just me and the plane flying across Brazil. was kinda sad because you get used with the plane and don´t want to say "goodbye" but my mission was done, I received my money and returned to my city... time to return to Curitiba to take some days to rest a little bit... I like Campo Grande. it´s a country city loaded with farmers, if you like the "Texas country style" you would love Campo Grande because it´s a country city located on a country state... this Square faced guy is me. and yes I was wearing the Canucks Jersey and to end this adventure I give to you guys this picture, probably thhe most amazing I took during this ferry flight... greetings from the Brazilian skies!!!! Rodrigo N Mota Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rypien37 Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Wow. Crazy stuff. How the heck did you become a Canucks fan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BabychStache Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Excellent read. You are an extremely interesting person! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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