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Old 28th November 2006 | 13:47
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tonyhalsall
 
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When I had a PFA Streak Shadow I very regularly practised all manner of emergencies and PFL's and felt hugely confident and comptant to deal with anything other than catastrophic airframe failure.
I am still getting to know my new steed (Eurostar) and so whilst I have practiced emergency drills I am nowhere near as confident as I would like to be. For example, I am unable to approach the stall comfortably in the Eurostar and always have a knot in my stomach as the ASI nudges downwards below 40 mph - whereas in the Streak I would fling it into the stall.

It helps that I choose to fly very simple aircraft with non complex systems and also choose not to venture out in anything other than good VFR conditions. My drills are simple and the chances of over stressing and forgetting vital actions is minimal
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