On Tue, 03 Apr 2007 11:33:39 +0000, Kevin Clarke wrote:

The slip is tough to master, it is a confidence thing. Putting the plane
into that flying profile can be daunting and a bit scary.

I think that this is a personal thing. For me, slips were never other
than fun. But I guessed that there must be something to them when my
CFII, on one of our first flights together, asked (while we were high on
final) if I could slip.

Stalls were my pet "scary thing". I eventually went out with an
instructor (whom I thought I was checking out for my wife's lessons {8^)
that had me hold a stall for a while. Nothing bad occurred, which did a
lot to free me from those demons. And then there was the spin training...

If I had to guess, I'd say I liked slips because the plane is still doing
what I'm instructing it to do. Stalls, on the other hand, involve those
pesky laws of physics countermanding my instructions. I take that
personally laugh.

Congrats on the almost-pass, Bear. I'm sure you're but a quick lesson
away from the next step of studentdom.

- Andrew