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Flying Slow
Have you ever really taken your aircraft to the bottom edges of its
flight ability and airspeed, and flown it with any degree of precision and of more than just a few moments/minutes? Are you comfortable doing it on the edge or nibble of a stall? Can you do it while holding altitude and desired headings within reasonable limits - depending on your experience? When is the last time you did it just to sharpen your skills without prompting by a CFI in the next seat? When is the last time you spent some diligent time doing stalls and the full range of them with your aircraft? Are you honestly comfortable with your abilities? I know I have to think about it every time I go fly and always find some fault with my performance. In a previous post it appeared I aggravated some pilots or CFI's with saying I felt many pilots didn't know how to fly slowly these days. I have seen a slow errosion of what used to be basic pilot skills and level of performance with too many pilots compared with acceptable standards not that many years ago. Now if that won't open a bucket of worms I'll be surprised. Fact is, just making the FAA minimums doesn't necessarily make you safe or even a good pilot. Care to weigh in on the issues? I'll be polite in my responses in accordance to the way they are presented to me. No axe to grind, no ego to inflate (its big enough already thank you) just a sincere desire to make pilots think a little more about what they are doing when they go flying. You need to make your own mistakes to hopefully learn from them and avoid repetition. Ol Shy & Bashful |
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