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Extra slow flight - Ground speed that is! - Video
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February 28th 09, 02:58 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Extra slow flight - Ground speed that is! - Video
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Windy today so figured it would be a good day for "slow flight" 20
knots on the surface so I was curious what it was above my head.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kyjc7y1aAI
For safety reasons, I did not go to stall speed on the airspeed
indicator since my hand was not on the throttle for recovery. I could
have easily gotten the ground speed to single digits as I still had 10
knots above stall speed on the ASI.
Incredibly, the air was glass smooth above the scattered clouds as
demonstrated by my passenger
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-zwDkNzn-8
I have gone in reverse in a C-150 before. Trim for very slow airspeed
and right into the wind. Look down and the plane is going backwards to
the ground. My instructor first showed me this trick.
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