Did I ever say that I had taught any particular theory to
any student?

If an airplane was only a wing and there was no tail, would
a high speed computer monitoring angle of attack,
differential pressure and able to use spoilers, slats,
weight-shift, boundary layer control, etc be able to fly the
wing? Would it make a difference if the wing was straight
or swept?

If dimples make a golf ball fly further and stitches make a
baseball curve, why do airplanes have neither? Why do some
people think that space aliens built the pyramids or that
all the tall buildings were built with demolition charges so
the government could bring down the buildings in a phony
terrorist attack?

Lift varies with the square of the airspeed, at the same
angle of attack, double the speed and the lift increases by
four times. Assuming a linear change in lift with changes
in angle of attack, if the aircraft is slowed by 50% and the
angle of attack is increased to compensate, how much is
that? If a train leaves Boston at midnight headed for
Chicago and a Mexican crosses the border at the same time,
when will you hub caps be stolen in St. Louis?

If a student pilot departs an airport in Class B airspace
and flies 1,000 miles in Class A airspace before landing at
an airport in Class G airspace, is the student pilot in
violation of any regulation? Has any regulation been
violated? Did the flight leave Portland, OR and go to
Alaska? Was the student pilot just a passenger on an
airline?

Is Buffy the Vampire Slayer based on fact?



"Gary Drescher" wrote in message
...
| "Jim Macklin" wrote
in message
| news:zZTmg.49464$ZW3.45524@dukeread04...
| Maybe, I'm going to take a poll and see what I should
do.
|
| As far as my students go, they've been doing well for
| decades. Many are or have been USAF, USN and some even
hold
| degrees as aeronautical engineers.
|
| Yes, I'd expect most of your students to survive the
confusion--either
| because they know better than to accept your model (try
asking the AEs about
| it), or because they don't happen to consider the
ramifications I mentioned.
|
| Still, there's no reason to impose the small but real
danger that comes from
| teaching a false, confusing model of stalls when a correct
model is readily
| available instead.
|
| --Gary
|
| James H. Macklin
| ATP,CFI,A&P
|
| "Gary Drescher" wrote in
message
| ...
| | "Jim Macklin"
wrote
| in message
| | news:BQBmg.49424$ZW3.24753@dukeread04...
| | Sorry, I've been attempting to emulate the mental
| processes
| | of a Democrat.
| |
| | Putting aside the vacuous gibe, does that mean you now
| agree that your
| | account of stalls was incorrect? I'm genuinely
concerned
| for the sake of
| | your students. If they were to believe you that an
| ordinary stall involves
| | stalling the tail, then they'd have reason to think
that a
| tail stall isn't
| | a big deal. That would lead them to be less frightened
| than they should be
| | of circumstances that really can cause a tail stall
(such
| as tail icing or a
| | too-forward CG).
| |
| | --Gary
| |
| |
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