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"Peter Duniho" wrote:

"Seth Masia" wrote in message
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Right now, it's good that stalls scare you. That's why they're introduced
now

I hope you're not instructing.

Stalls aren't supposed to scare you. They are supposed to teach you about
slow flight and about recovering from stalls.

If an instructor ever scares you on purpose, that should be the last flight
you ever have with that instructor.

Pete



Wow!!! Thanks to everyone who responded. I found the
rec.aviation.student group and will start posting more questions there.
I will see if my instructor will let me try holding on to the center of
the yoke for a stall recovery, that sounds ideal. I know the first time
I tried recovering from a stall, I pushed the yoke as far forward as it
would go and all I saw was ground. Scary, yes, but my instructor said
not to push that far, instead just nice and gentle push on the yoke only
enough to recover from the stall and gain some airspeed. I think this
weekend, I will feel more comfortable.

At four hours of flight time, I kinda felt it was a little early to
learn landings as well, but I have assumed my flight instructor knows
what he is doing. Maybe I should speak up and tell him when I feel
comfortable moving on to a new technique.

Anyway, thank you so much to everyone for your responses. I will
definitely keep reading this group and the rec.aviation.student as well.

Terry