I've heard of CFI's who cannot identify the magnetos. That's just sad.

mike regish

"Gary G" wrote in message
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Anectodally, Israeli AF pilots learn about systems and engineering of
their jets and planes
to better understand the entire aspect of flying. In a marginally humerous
story (from
"Raid on the Sun"), when the Israeli's were learning the F-16 at Hill AFB
in Ogen Utah,
they asled so many engineering and systems questions, some suspected them
of attempted
espionage, when in fact they were literally just doing things the "way
they learned to".
This helped them later modify and affect the Falcons for their raid on the
Iraqi nuclear plant.
Interestingly enough, many of their question could not be answered by the
USAF pilots and
trainers, and ended up learning a lot of important aspects of the F-16
from the Israelis.
The analogy? Is there such a things as "over preparation"?
Were they better pilots for this. I'd argue yes.