On Sat, 17 May 2008 19:37:44 -0400, Dudley Henriques
wrote:

On long cross countries in some of the WW2 prop fighters we handled on
occasion, I would set up and trim out carefully then relax in the seat
as comfortably as I could and fly the trim wheels. With a bit of
practice it became possible to hold the altimeter needle to within a few
feet of desired :-)


I had the same guy for instrument training, and the trim training made
IFR with no AP far, far easier.

A well trimmed aircraft is a pleasure, and very little work, to fly.