Stalls??

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"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
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"birdog" wrote in
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Here again I am appalled at the comments. Disclosu Old, old
ex-pilot - learned to fly in the '40's.

Did no one ever hear of walking the rudders down? It's a
coordination exercise. Power on, you pull the nose up to about 60
degrees from horizontal and walk the rudders all the way down,
preventing the plane from falling off to eithor side. After years of
flying, I still did 'em just to test my own reaction times. When
learning, it was also great practice in spin recovery, too.

Man, am I outdated! A 40 hour freshly licensed pilot with a fear of
stalls was unknown in my day.


Yep. also called a falling leaf. I taugth them as did the guys I
learned from .


Bertie

The falling leaf is fun, and a great exercise in picking up a dropping
wing. I like to do them along a road to maintain heading.


Yeah. I don't think many people do them these days, though. Dutch rolls
seem to have fallen by the wayside as well.


Bertie