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Old 2nd Feb 2015, 13:07
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Unusual Attitude/Spins: back to basics.

Some folks tend to think they don't need this because they'll never be faced with a stall in their day job. As demonstrated recently, and not so recently: BULL. With averagely intelligent students, eight thirty minute hops in a CAP10, Chippie, Bucker, Stampe, Bulldog, Slingsby T-67, or SF260 (even a C-152 aerobat is better than nothing...) provide plenty of time to inculcate / validate basic skills. Four hours of unusual attitude and spins will hardly break a training department's budget. The toughest "students" are airline pilots, in their forties, who think feet are devices to show off expensive loafers. And that "Rudder Bar " is the name of a maritime tavern. Not to forget those who forgot, or never learned, the difference between relative wind, attitude and AoA. Not teaching basics is like omitting to show your kid of how to light a candle because your house has electricity.
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