They came today!!!

[Hootie]

Heres the rub...there I was, right in the thick of it reading my new 2005 FAR/AIM when behold shazam my new Oakley Pilot Boots came in the mail!! Only $225 and you can get them in time for Christmas from avshop.com. Take it from me...you never know how bad your ball centering sucked until you control that right rudder with some of that contoured high-grip NBS vulcanized rubber outsole....Pure Tactile Response!

[aloft]

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Pulling in technology and experience from the leading edges of science and design, the engineers at Oakley have created cockpit-grade footwear for pilots of the world’s highest performance vehicles – shoes equally at home in a Formula One car or a Citation X.

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Yeah, for all the time a 750 driver spends on those rudder pedals!

What they fail to realize (or worse, admit) is that jets are not flown like light GA aircraft; once you enter the realm of aircraft with yaw dampers, that rudder stuff goes away mostly.

Tactile response is important when learning to fly, and I might be tempted to have students fly the first few lessons barefoot or in socks so they get the feel right. I bought a pair of cheapo "water shoes" (Nike Aqua Sock or similar) with rather thin soles during my training for this very reason. Once I gained a true understanding of what I was doing, I didn't need em anymore and can now get the same results wearing heavy boots.

Moral of the story: $225 is 2-3 hrs of flight time for most of us. Spend the money on that, or maybe on some time in a sailplane--that'll teach you proper rudder control better than a set of fancy Oakley high-tops.

[RPM]

my $12 addidas sandals work good enough for my cheap ass

[avi8tor]

RPM- Happy B-Day Dude!

[RPM]

thanks!