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Old 31st August 2000 | 17:46
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ShyTorque
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Just be careful about this.

Very early in my flying career (27 years ago)an over-confident instructor tried to show me how to fly a circuit in a C150 without touching the yoke. He was using power, trim and on the approach, flap to fly the aircraft. We hit turbulence over some trees on very short finals and the windscreen was suddenly full of the undershoot as we achieved a LOT of nose down. Self preservation took over and I pulled back on the yoke as he struggled to remove the full flap, apply power and sort out the trim. We landed about 50 metres short of the runway on the unmown part of the airfield.

I was very shaken and he went off sick after a giving the CFI a severe listening to. This sort of thing stays with you a long time!

Anyone thinking of trying this at home be warned.