Asking on RAS about the benefits of powered
airplane training...hmmm...

Isn't that a little like going into a donut shop to
ask about cooking a ribeye?

Here, have a donut O


At 23:42 05 July 2005, Private wrote:
Many people suggest a large benefit for student power
pilots to fly some
dual in a glider and similarly many parts of successful
glider piloting can
be more cost effectively learned in a power plane.
As an example, it is
cheaper to do multiple landings in a power plane when
learning to land.

Do the instructors here have opinions regarding the
advisability of a mixed
curriculum and the best place in the training to fly
each type?

Do other pilots have experience or comments?

thanks



Mark J. Boyd