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Old 30th Jul 2012, 20:58
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Shaggy Sheep Driver
 
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I think it would be naive to suggest to low hours pilots that they ignore things such as the ASI during take off, as yes they may yet not have built up a suitable level of experience to make judgment calls based solely on the varying feedback through the stick.
Not naive, but perhaps presumptive (I've no idea of your experience level and assumed it higher). I do have a lot of experience with small aeroplanes, mostly but by no means all tailwheel, and short strips and aeros going back decades, but even when I were a neophyte I was aspiring to hear what the aeroplane was telling me rather than driving it by numbers. If you have that aspiration, well and good.

We see a decline in basic flying skills in airline pilots (Colgan Dash 8, AF 447). When I hear folk talk of 'rotate speeds' in SEPs (which is a term not appropriate to those types) I have similar worries about GA.

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