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Old March 4th 14, 07:11 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Bob Whelan[_3_]
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Default Stall/spin and ground reference maneuvers

On 3/4/2014 11:23 AM, John Carlyle wrote:
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Is it possible to "become immune" from making mistakes in the pattern. I
don't think so. All you can do is to give your full attention to flying the
airplane properly. Prioritize tasks for different phases of the pattern and
try your very best to execute them perfectly.

-John, Q3


Yup!


On Tuesday, March 4, 2014 12:22:39 PM UTC-5, Bob Whelan wrote:

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The $64,000 question is: How can a person "become immune" from making
the mistake(s) in the landing pattern that lead to NOT always being able
to effectively monitor/control airspeed & coordination in the pattern?


We agree on the impossibility of "becom[ing] immune" from making mistakes in
the pattern (or anywhere else/hence my original quotes). Human perfection
isn't an option.

In addition to that assumption, another of my operating assumptions is an
assumed life-critical need for continual monitoring of "things" crucial to
continuing achievement of my intentions...in this case not departing from
controlled flight in the landing pattern.

Goal (see next paragraph) achieved by: pilot control inputs (required to
achieve goal); monitoring of flight conditions/path; corrective feedback loop
to control inputs. Continue circularly until a new goal can be set and begun
acting upon...

In every landing pattern, my unchanging Primary Goal is to land safely,
without hitting anything other than mother earth - in the intended manner and
near some specifically selected desired location - with appropriate
amount/vectors of kinetic energy. Personally, I think that ought to be the
goal of every pilot's landing patterns. :-)

However Joe Pilot achieves that goal is inextricably linked with how their
brain works, hence the potential value of these sorts of brain-engaging
discussions, in my view...

Bob W.