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Old April 7th 08, 08:04 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Adding an airplane rating to private pilot glider

On Apr 7, 5:18*am, Evan Ludeman wrote:
On Apr 6, 11:47 pm, gmcd05 wrote:

Does anyone know what the requirements are to add a private pilot
airplane rating if you already have a private pilot glider? *


[...] But the
bottom line is that you have to be able to meet the practical test
standards.


Nobody has mentioned that you need to take a knowledge test [14CFR
61.63(b)(5) does not exempt glider pilots from this, although it
exempts power pilots from the glider "written."]

The Practical Test Standards don't give you much credit for being
rated, either; expect to do the whole flight test.

A little off-topic...
I teach my power students to do stall recoveries both with and without
power. Why? One accidental stall scenario is trying to "stretch a
glide" after an engine failure. Furthermore, recovering without
power really teaches what a stall is (exceeding the critical angle of
attack, not the horse hockey in the FAA and commercial books). Too
many CFIs think that power is part of the recovery; well, it is,
sometimes (get more airflow over the wing), but the real need for
power is to climb.

In a multi (OK, this is more than a little off-topic), you can't add
power in a stall recovery until you know that both engines are
running. That little bit of yaw might have been a spin entry, but it
might have been Vmc, and adding power makes the latter worse. So, get
the airplane flying, then add power.



 




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