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Old 13th January 2012 | 15:44
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n5296s
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Maybe once a month - it's what I do when I want to go flying and don't have anything in particular I want to do. Find an empty airport (Marina, KOAR, works great), pull the power a few miles out, aim to land on the numbers, then a couple more times from the pattern.

- Stall recovery in cruise

Non event in my plane. Do them every now and then anyway. SOP for any kind of checkout in the acro planes I fly.

- Stall recovery from a simulated approach

Also a non event. Did plenty of them during my CPL training and confirmed they're a non event.

- Cable break

Not sure how you'd actually practice for this.

- Fire

Ditto. Did plenty of emergency descents during CPL training. They're quite fun.

- EFATO (Engine Failure After Take-Off)

You mean "impossible turns"? 'Cos otherwise it's just "land straight ahead" which isn't really that hard! I've been working on those lately, more out of curiosity to see what is really possible.

- Inadvertent flight into IMC?

How would you practice this? Do you mean recurrent instrument training? Of course with an IR I do this anyway.

- Anything else?

Spins - usually do one on the way back home in the Pitts. Good way to lose a bit of altitude.

Autorotations - most times when I fly the heli.
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