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Old 7th April 2005 | 22:43
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Gertrude the Wombat
 
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Oh no, one of them was:

I heard no change to the engine note. I felt not change in attitude (he did it slowly).

I deduced that the only thing he could have done without giving me any cues was put us into a spiral dive, so when I opened my eyes I just looked to see in which direction we were turning and that was that.

Which was why it was an unrealistic test: in real life I wouldn't have known before I started that it was guaranteed to be a spiral dive and that all I had to do was spot the direction of turn. Comments fron instructors would be welcome at this point ...

(Re the name: I have always used my real name on internet fora, but when I joined PPRuNe absolutely nobody but nobody was using their real name and I'd have looked completely out of place. So I reckoned that if I was required to have a silly alias I'd take the trouble to make it really silly, that's all.)
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