Preflight can become a ritual too, “looking” but not “Seeing”. I’ve caught myself thinking “I don’t remember checking….” So I start over from that point.
Back to the subject at hand, I don’t recall ever flying with someone who hasn’t performed a hover check. There is one thing I have observed at my base field that is baffling: aircraft departing and immediately entering a sharp right hand turn, before the stabilator starts to program.
I don’t understand why someone would want to take a risk like that. Why in such a big hurry? And teaching others bad habits. Are people so convinced of the reliability of the aircraft that they don’t think there can be malfunctions?
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