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Old 22nd Jan 2014, 06:20
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mary meagher
 
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By now, I trust you have flown by yourself several times, and are happy to get rid of the sadist in the right hand seat! Don't worry about interesting maneuvers, take the instructor with you and ask if you can just mess around at altitude in some safe location, getting the feel and the fun out of it.

As for stalls, incipient or full, any good landing (others will dispute this) is a STALL near the ground! in other words, your nose comes up until the wings no longer are effective at creating lift. So you've already done lots of stalls!

The cure to recover from a stall (which is what happens BEFORE it spins)
you know, of course. Don't you?

I recommend to avoid turbulence and thermals, fly first thing in the morning. Or try night flying! that's usually calm air, (unless thunderstorms are part of the forecast).
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