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Old 27th Jun 2003, 00:25
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mstram
 
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> airline pilot came out top, followed by computer programmer.

Need to be a computer programmer these days to fly the big jets <g>.

Richy

What type are you flying ?

>The only thing I still don't really like is stall practise (but I blame a previous instructor who took lesson time as his play time).

I was terrified of stalls when working on my ppl. Especially when the wing would drop in a 172.

After taking a couple of hours of aerobatics, stalls and spins became much more comfortable ! (That was in a Citabria).

After doing spin training in a 172, I found out how *hard* it is for a 172 to actually spin. That made the "wing drop" even less scary.

Go up with an experienced instructor, and do all kinds of stalls. Fly the plane as slow as possible, to learn the characteristics of it, so that you will have no "surprises". When you know how the plane will react, it removes the mystery/anxiety, fear of the unknown.


Mike
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