On Wednesday, February 21, 2018 at 1:34:49 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Wednesday, February 21, 2018 at 8:11:44 AM UTC-5, Dave Nadler wrote:
On Tuesday, February 20, 2018 at 7:55:47 PM UTC-5, wrote:
...past time we teach student pilots how to fly safe and low.

Agreed. In USA we manage to kill a pilot every few years with untrained
imitation (Uvalde, Wurtsboro, etc).

A while back I talked to Scott Manley about doing video showing the
ways people usually die (slow speed and or button-hook).
Scott started but sorry I don't know if this was ever completed?

One of the advantages of simulation-based flight training is the ability to experience potentially dangerous situations without the associated risk.

Individuals can learn quite a bit through self-directed trial/error. It would have been more prudent, and increased the probability of a happy ending, had the young person in question experienced the proposed maneuver lots of times in simulation before attempting it in a real aircraft.

Certainly, in cooperation with a mentor, simulation-based training of this type would be that much more effective and efficient, as it is in general..

As part of my presentation at the Reno convention next week, I am doing a segment called "Having Fun with Condor" in which I demonstrate a variety of flight situations I have experimented with in simulation, ranging from plausible to insane. In all these situations, I learned a lot about glider performance, my abilities, and how quickly some situations can turn deadly.

Scott Manley - 3167160CFI

Scott - Did you finish the video(s) on how not to do high speed passes for SSF?
Thanks!
Best Regards, Dave