WJRFlyBoy wrote:
On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:36:35 -0500, Dudley Henriques wrote:

you will
be a MUCH better pilot if your comfort zone in the air includes a
complete familiarity with the left side of the flight envelope, you feel
comfortable doing a full stall and recovery with the airplane, and your
butt cheeks don't squeeze together ever more tightly as the pitch
exceeds 30 degrees and the bank goes beyond 60 degrees.

Do you look to find a CFI that will teach stalls as you suggest above or
find another one (if yours doesn't) that will?


I would strongly suggest that you do this. You can learn to fly and be a
safe pilot flying with a CFI who teaches you completely within the 30/60
comfort zone, but there is absolutely no doubt at all in my mind that
you will be a BETTER pilot if you seek out and fly with a CFI who
teaches you in such a way that you have no fear of being outside that
30/60 zone.
A point that is critical to make here is that it's not necessary that
you actually fly outside the 30/60 on any constant basis for you to be
comfortable there. What IS important is that although the vast majority
of your flying will remain inside the 30/60 zone, your training has
resulted in your not being uncomfortable outside your normal area.
In other words, the complete objective of this type of flight training
is to produce a pilot who flies normally while at the same time feeling
comfortable with the airplane completely throughout it's flight envelope.
Keep in mind that although possessing this expanded comfort zone, your
general flying will still remain (if you choose to remain non aerobatic)
exercised as it always has been. You will just be a better pilot and
much more secure in the aircraft than you were before.

--
Dudley Henriques