I find the technical knowlage of the average new PPL is very poor, normaly this is due to the instructor being more interested in his future jet job than taking the student pilot over to the hangar on a poor weather day and showing the student over an aircraft.
My favorite questions when doing a check flight are "how long will the engine run after the failure of the alternator?" and "at what altitude can you lean the engine?".
It is very unusual to get one correct answer!
Last edited by A and C; 27th July 2010 at 17:58.