"Ol Shy & Bashful" wrote in message
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Why is it so many pilots are afraid of stalls? I see it over an over
when doing flight reviews and checks. Why are pilots so afraid of
flying in the low end of the speed envelope? Isn't that where the
nasty things can happen? Isn't that where a pilot should be
comfortable and competent?
What do you think?
Its a loaded? question and comes from a 24,000+ hour pilot and active
instructor. I'd really like to see some active discussion on this
subject. I'm tired of seeing aircraft damaged by sloppy flying, and
even more tired of seeing people injured by same.
Got any comments?
Ol S&B



I love slow flight...and fast flight...and steep turns...and going around...

My feeling is that folks who are wary of flying slow never really practiced it early in their piloting careers. Flight
training really does instill a fear of the dreaded stall/spin accident, so folks don't want to even get close to it. I
think folks should go up and fly right right on the ragged edge, turning and playing power up and down, until they are
comfortable with the handling of the plane. Takes a lot of leg work (read rudder!) to do successfully, and many are too
lazy to really work at it...