How nervous should your instructor be?
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2. Mixture set to idle cut off during downwind checks.
Spin, pilot freezes and will not let go .. .. ..
very firm movement of the left arm up and towards the chest, no need to say a word.
Spin, pilot freezes and will not let go .. .. ..
very firm movement of the left arm up and towards the chest, no need to say a word.
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I will teach steep turns at both 45 and 60 degrees of bank though for PPL you only need to learn 45 degrees, I also teach max rate turns which will normally be over 60 degrees but depends on the aircraft how far you can sustain this. (Spitfire makes 60 degrees look easy
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I learnt to fly at Blackpool.
I have had a few instuctors and some are very good , Tony Holt was an excellent instructor and would let you fly to your abilities he was far and away above the rest.
One however who shall remain nameless was very nervous , bloody awfull really I never flew with him untill I was doing my IMC and he would put inputs into the rudder whilst in the air and keep getting hands on all the way down to the ground. Even whilst on the take off roll he would be giving it large with the pedals causing the plane to lurch about all over , I will never fly with him again after I took off from Carlisle 6 up in a Bonanza and just as we rotated he selected full flap , i mushed out on the stall warner for a long way , demanded to know what the hell that was all about and he told me he's just a nervous instructor.
I have had a few instuctors and some are very good , Tony Holt was an excellent instructor and would let you fly to your abilities he was far and away above the rest.
One however who shall remain nameless was very nervous , bloody awfull really I never flew with him untill I was doing my IMC and he would put inputs into the rudder whilst in the air and keep getting hands on all the way down to the ground. Even whilst on the take off roll he would be giving it large with the pedals causing the plane to lurch about all over , I will never fly with him again after I took off from Carlisle 6 up in a Bonanza and just as we rotated he selected full flap , i mushed out on the stall warner for a long way , demanded to know what the hell that was all about and he told me he's just a nervous instructor.
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Had four instructors over the years (ASEL, ASES, Tail-draggers and gliders)and found them all to be excellent.
Only time I came close to upsetting one was doing FAA ground work @900' AGL. Had done several dummy circuits over fields - you know, warm afternoon, everything going well, starting to doze...... then on circuit 5 or 6 I pulled up too quickly before applying power - the a/c stalled in short order (amazing how quickly it can happen when you're not practicing it). Despite stall warning buzzer and buffeting I still kept the stick too far back. Instructor literally heaved the column forward and we recovered at about 400' AGL.
A quick rebuke followed by stony silence all the way home followed. On balance, not surprising - I'd come pretty close to killing him!
Only time I came close to upsetting one was doing FAA ground work @900' AGL. Had done several dummy circuits over fields - you know, warm afternoon, everything going well, starting to doze...... then on circuit 5 or 6 I pulled up too quickly before applying power - the a/c stalled in short order (amazing how quickly it can happen when you're not practicing it). Despite stall warning buzzer and buffeting I still kept the stick too far back. Instructor literally heaved the column forward and we recovered at about 400' AGL.
A quick rebuke followed by stony silence all the way home followed. On balance, not surprising - I'd come pretty close to killing him!
