audio of VFR pilot in IFR condictions

I thought is wasn't very helpful for them to ask him to fiddle with his
transponder and switch frequencies, last thing a pilot who is struggling to
maintain control needs is distraction.

I looked up the plane, (see link above). It was a 172P so I wonder if he
really was rolling or only felt like it. If it had been any other airplane,
this tape probably wouldn't have been of such a successful outcome.

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Roger Long
Cecil E. Chapman wrote in message
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Interesting link.

What confuses me is that the purpose of the clip (presumably) is to show
an
example of exceptional assistance from a controller, yet, while passing
the
pilot to a controller on another frequency the original controller can be
heard saying that he is passing on a pilot who is squawking 1200 when in
fact they had asked him (several times and he eventually complied) to
change
his squawk to 7700. Eventually they corrected this error.

The other thing that bugs me is that the VFR pilot (like another poster
has
already said) really received very little useful control input (aside from
the first instruction to break the stall) and instrument interpretation
instructions. At one point the VFR pilot was simply told to "just fly
straight and level" when the pilot found himself in IMC again. I can
think
of a plethora of other suggestions that might have been made to the VFR
pilot, on how exactly he should interpret 'straight and level' using his
instruments and more importantly how to make turns at a bank and turn rate
that is appropriate to being in IMC. All of which could be explained
quickly without overwhelming the pilot.

I was surprised to learn that one of the controllers at another airport
I've
flown to in the past, actually had never been a pilot NOR ever BEEN IN a
G.A. aircraft.

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