wrote:
Sure they are still being taught, though the emphasis these days
is in crosswind landings. I think I only did one or two to lose
altitude while a student, the instructors comment being if you
plan properly you seldom need to do this in an airplane with flaps.

Exactly. My instructor's comment was that we were practicing it in case
the flaps failed. And because it's in the PTS, of course.

.... Alan
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Alan Gerber
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