Bonanza (A36) Approach Speeds

On Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:04:35 -0500, john smith wrote:

Roger (K8RI) wrote:
Check with the ABS on this and a quick phone call should suffice. They
have some good advise.
They do say that *most* Bo pilots land far too fast. With 10 hours of
class room (ground school) they drilled into us we would NOT be
landing too fast.:-)) You should have heard the complaints when we
were informed we'd be calculating the approach and departure speeds
(for VFR) based on aircraft weights and flying those within a couple
MPH/knots.

That was nothing compared tot he complaining when we were told we'd be
doing full stalls and the instructor would be blocking the yoke to
prevent the use of the ailerons in the stall.:-))


What does that tell you about the quality of instruction prior to the
ABS course?

Out of 60 some only 3 of us had ever done full stalls in the Bo. Only
2 had done accelerated stalls and only one still practiced them. IIRC
less than 10 had current charts.

Roger (K8RI)