"Bob Moore" wrote in message
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Vaughn Simon wrote

Yep! There are teachers and then there are demonstrators. I know
which one that I am....how about you?

My style is to stay as "hands off" the controls as possible, (Don't take me
too literally, some things obviously must be demonstrated)

In some ways, we derive our teaching style from our own CFIs. Sometimes the
example is negative and we resolve to NOT be like our own CFIs. When I soloed,
I had never once been given the opportunity to fly an entire flight without my
CFI grabbing the controls and giving me some "advice". Thusly, when I finally
soloed, there was no way that he or I could know for 100% sure that I was
capable of putting all of the pieces together into a safe flight. (As it turned
out, I could)

For this reason, as a CFI I have never soloed a student until I have taken
at least one flight (sometimes several) with that student with my mouth zipped
shut and my hands totally off the controls. (I make notes for a good debriefing
on the ground) I never announce this in advance, and always feel free to change
my mind in mid-lesson; but if it works out I explain on the ground that they
just passed a "virtual solo".

Vaughn