"Dan Luke" wrote in
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Lesson learned: tell your newbie pax everything that is going to
happen in advance. Be especially detailed about any plans for their
controlling the airplane, and find out if they are going to be
uncomfortable with anything you have planned.

Good tip Dan. It truly sounds like you did salvage the flight for the
person though???

I had a newbie up yesterday too, but after quizzing him about what he
liked for hobbies and he rode bulls, I knew my Sundowner would be a much
tamer beast.

I had a student pilot in the right seat, and he sat in the back and we
went up to Greenwood MS to visit an "airliner graveyard" where they strip
down DC10's L1011's, and any other jet model you can think of for scrap.
Nice to walk around these huge planes and get a feeling of being so small
:-)

I had the newbie take the controls on the way back after I was straight
and level. I had him do some turns willy nilly, and then had him "drive
the plane home" using the GPS and visual references outside.

I don't let anybody near the controls during climb in the pattern as the
last thing I want them to hear is the stall horn on climb out. In fact,
I tend to "simulate" a soft field take off, by getting off the ground as
quick as I can, lower the nose a little so I can get ground effect to
help me build my speed up and keep the angle of attack lower.

Newbie loved it, and got an email from the student, that all the newbie
talked about was the flight :-)

CAVU and calm air always makes it nice.

Allen