(Ekim) wrote in message . com...
"Never cross control!!!"
"Keep that ball centered!"
"Never use more than 20 degrees bank!"
"Too high on final - go around. Never slip unless its an emergency
landing."

Never slip unless it is an emergency landing? That's a great time to
be learning how your plane handles in a slip!

I wouldn't want to try to fly into a short strip, or Oshkosh during
the fly-in, or in a plane without flaps following those rules.

They are conservative rules that were designed to keep you out of
trouble, and force you to fly a standard, predictable and coordinated
pattern while learning (a good idea). But your plane is capable of
much more, and with practice you can be too.

-Bruce B