Spinning (mis)concepts

Todd Pattist wrote:
(Mark James Boyd) wrote:

I think a slip is an uncoordinated manuever where both wings
are at the same airspeed. A skid is an uncoordinated
manuever where the wings are at different airspeeds.

A slip can occur while you are flying straight or while
turning. By definition, a skid can *only* occur in a turn.

Aha. Quite true. I suppose I didn't include the slipping turn
because it is not generally taught, and could be a little
hard to grasp for brand new pilots...

I've also seen new pilots do skids on base to final, and tell me
they were doing a slip from base to final, and this was OK
because their previous instructor said slips are perfectly
safe. A+ for theory, D- for application...so I only teach
the kind of slips where both wings have the same airspeed...