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Old 27th Oct 2015, 02:08
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megan
 
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Do LPCs on twins get both throttles chopped and an auto rotation to the flare
All our medium twin instructors gave autos, straight in, 180 and 360, with the throttles being brought up during the flare. One, if he judged you were doing a good job, would leave the power at idle and let you do it to the ground, this part being unbriefed, and you only realised what was happening when the collective pull on levelling decayed the revs. Was a one off event per student, great confidence builder, but don't know how he slept at night putting so much on the line for the benefit of the student. He never had a student stuff it up, so says a great deal for his judgement of the students ability during the auto in question. Many thanks Bruce Townsend, one of natures true gentlemen.

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