"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
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| Alan Gerber wrote in news:gb9s8n$ngu$1
| @reader1.panix.com:
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| 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.
|
| There's value in that, but they're also more useful than flaps in the
event
| of an engine failure. You get better glide control with them and you can
| always use the flaps at the end of the glide..
|
|
| Bertie

In real aviation, that is aircraft dependant.