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Roy Smith wrote:
> 
> brett@uswest.net wrote:
> > Actually, I think it's part of the problem. When I did my
> > private training, I did the usual slow flight in a C172 at
> > around 40 knots or whatever.
> >
> > But how many of us let a plane get that slow in day-to-day
> > flying? What did I really learn?
> 
> I think it's part of the general "train to a higher standard than you
> normally fly, and then normal flight will seem easy by comparison"
> concept.  If you can handle the plane at 40 in training, then you can
> certainly handle it at 50 in real life.

Both Roy and Dennis missed my point, which leads me to
the obvious conclusion that I stated it poorly.

What I was getting at is that one of the most dangerous
aspects of flying that every pilot is required to engage
in is low and slow manuevering.

The typical stall training in the U.S. (I'm not familiar
with requirements in other countries) doesn't give
pilots a healthy fear of why it's dangerous to be 10
knots slow on base and then crank in 45 degrees of bank
when you slightly overshoot the turn to final.

I was simply stating that I think that should be taught.
Giving students a good understanding of just how
suddenly that wing can fall off is worthwhile. Some
trainers act like a C172 with such benign stall
characteristics that students can become inured
to the dangers of stalls when all they are taught are
the typical power-on, power-off stall series.

Gene Whitt sent me very pleasant mail that mentioned a
previous PTS requirement to demonstrate accelerated
stalls. Apparently it was removed a decade or so ago.

I think it's certainly worthwhile to learn to fly the
plane at the slow speeds down at that end of the
performance envelope. I wasn't saying that there is
no value in that.

Brett

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