On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 03:43:39 GMT, "Mike Isaksen"
wrote:

Do you really mean that the shoulder belts weren't used?

I can not imagine doing stall demos without lap belts. It is something ANY
pilot would notice. It is even a requirement on your Flight Test to brief
the examiner (as though they were your passenger) and make sure their belt
is secured.

Beltless. He did a climb stall at about 2800ft. Basically drew the
throttle down to idle until it got down to about 40 and the thing
started shaking. He then recovered. But no belts were used...they
were forgotten by us both. He did apologize for forgetting, but it
did strike me as odd that he didn't use a checklist.

Honestly, I only know one other pilot (and he uses checklists and
writes things down religiously)...for all I knew this was just
something pilots did. At this stage I'm as green as can be. I do
know enough about flying to where I should have known better though. I
will be going to a different instructor next time and will insist on
discussing my experience before commencing the next round of lessons.