Originally Posted by
currawong
Did anyone else here go out to the low flying area on a windy day and conduct "Constant radius turns about a fixed point on the ground" training as part of their CPL?
Apart from the obvious real life applications it was also a good way to train people to not kill themselves in the "air/ground interface".
You know, teach them not to be fooled into thinking their ground speed was actually their airspeed and other such strong illusions.
Yes, it was part of my training syllabus for either the NZ PPL or CPL (can't remember which). It was also part of the check ride. This was in the early 1990s.
We followed line features and flew constant radius turns at 200' as well as setting up for precautionary landings. All good fun
and educational.