Blueskies wrote:
Every flight in a light GA single should end in a full stall...right as the
wheels roll on to the runway...Unless folks know how to handle the plane in a
stall, they will not learn to land correctly (I know this will start the
flames!)


I had just started with a Part 135 cargo outfit and was doing the initial
training in a C-402. The check airman asked me for a stall. I gave him a
stall. I thought he and the other new hire were going to ****.

"Didn't you understand I wanted a stall? Give me another."

So I did. Just like before, the plane got pretty mushy and then it broke
cleanly. Once again, I thought they were going to ****. They were visibly
uncomfortable and I had no clue why.

Finally the check airman said, "When I ask for a stall, I expect you to recover
before it actually breaks."

"Well, why didn't you just say you wanted an 'approach to a stall'", I asked.
"What's the problem with doing a full stall in the 402?"

"We hever do full stalls in a twin", he said. The other guy agreed.

Well, you could have knocked me over with a feather. I was trained in the 402
originally by a retired USAF colonel and we always did full stalls in anything
he checked me out in... single or twin. He expected me to be familiar with the
stall characteristics of anything I flew, single or twin. Frankly, the 402
stalls just like a big C-172.... as long as you have the power equalized on both
sides. We did plenty of them.

Of course, no moron stalls a twin with asymetrical power. But otherwise it's
just another airplane.


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Mortimer Schnerd, RN
mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com