Straight-and-Level Flight

"Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe" The Sea Hawk @See My Sig.com wrote in message
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"w3n-a" wrote in message
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It is impossible to emphasize too strongly the necessity for forming
correct habits in flying straight and level. All other flight
maneuvers are in essence a deviation from this fundamental flight
maneuver.

Straight and level is an aberration. An exercise in flying inefficiently.
An artifact the ground based air traffic seperation system.



One should slow down and climb in rising air to maximize the benefit from
the lift, and put the nose down in sink to break through quickly and
minimize the loss. Flying straight and level has you do exactly the
opposite - resulting in a slower average air speed and increased fuel
consumption over a trip.

Not only that one of the benefits of flying VFR is I DON'T have to fly
straight and level.