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Old 13th Dec 2017, 15:08
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Dropp the Pilot
 
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Falcon is on the right track in identifying that most of the "procedures" and "techniques" that are sent our way originate from people who are daunted by the task of manipulating an airplane. To them, it is beyond comprehension that any pilot should find it a simple matter of pleasure and pride to be able to confidently direct an airplane towards the threshold during the last two minutes of the flight.

These are the people who produce diagrams that show how to fly a visual circuit, timing the downwind leg past the threshold, correcting for wind of course, so that the pilot does not forget to turn base.

To paraphrase Woody Allen, "Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach. Those who can't teach design procedures".
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