Centaurus, Like you, I was lucky enough to do nearly all my early training with experienced ex-wartime instructors. They knew what they were doing, no doubt about it, including many hours under the hood on Chipmunks recovering from unusual attitudes on limited panel using only the turn and slip, altimeter, ASI and VSI. The instructor would do some very unusual manoeuvres, including sometimes some aerobatics, and then hand over control asking you to return to stable straight and level flight. Some of the crafty ones would fly it in such a way that you would think you were upside down when actualy the right way up (and vice versa).
I think I owe my life to that basic training. How many pilots do that sort of thing today?
Last edited by Bergerie1; 3rd June 2025 at 03:32.