Why fly fast approaches?

On Thu, 01 Jul 2004 00:09:18 GMT, EDR wrote:

What is the perspective of the instructors in this group?
The instructor I fly with knows me. Why would he not hold me to
Commercial standards?

I'm not an instructor. But my perspective is that the person giving you
the checkout is just not doing it correctly.

Also, when you did your stall series as part of the checkout, it would be
pretty simple to verify the actual vs book stall speeds.

And when you did slow flight, it would be pretty simple to see how the a/c
behaves at 1.1-1.3 Vso.


Ron (EPM) (N5843Q, Mooney M20E) (CP, ASEL, ASES, IA)

EDR wrote in message . ..

For the first landing, I stated the calculated 1.5Vso and 1.3Vso speeds.
The instructor again said, "No, no, that's too slow. Use 75 kts."

Was this a busy airport? Was there traffic behind you? I like to slow
to around 75 knots in my Mooney but have been known to use 100. If the
airport is really busy (class B's especially) and you have high speed
turn offs, he might have been suggesting you use a higher speed.

-Robert, CFI

For the first landing, I stated the calculated 1.5Vso and 1.3Vso speeds.
The instructor again said, "No, no, that's too slow. Use 75 kts."

Was this a busy airport? Was there traffic behind you? I like to slow
to around 75 knots in my Mooney but have been known to use 100. If the
airport is really busy (class B's especially) and you have high speed
turn offs, he might have been suggesting you use a higher speed.

No. It was a rural airport and we were the only ones there.