My favourite response from a student
My most memorable response from a student came when flying a 'Practice Double Engine Failure' in Snowdonia. The Shawbury stude was used to flying these over a very nice, flat, Shropshire - not down the side of a mountain. Into wind was down the slope. As we mirrored the surface, like on a ski-jump slowly getting closer and closer to the slope, I looked across at the wide-eyed student and asked 'what are you thinking?' to which the response was " I don't know sir - I've run out of ideas" - followed swiftly by my response "I have control"! At least he was honest!