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Old 18th Aug 2010, 15:50
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mad_jock
 
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You don't do anything different.

The plane will quickly sort its own airspeed out. You will drop below profile and power applied.

I spent a day doing circuits with airbus hardware doing go arounds at 500ft due to wind sheer warnings. I don't know if it was just the fact that we were light or the students were that good we didn't have any problems.

Christ if I can get the Pink Aviator landing consistantly using Pitch for speed it can't be all that hard.

And it was very very rare if at all I did have to resort to PnP the 80% in 2 hours then solo in the third will have all have done it pitch for speed. Its the 20% where you have to start working for your money. And also of course the inherited students with issues.

But to be honest if you have completed the intial air exercises correctly either method will allow you to do 2 hours then solo in the third. There isn't an issue teaching either method intially. The real issue is talent limited instructors taking students into the circuit before they have the basic skills sorted
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