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I did my BFR last month in a PA28-181. It is an airplane new to the
flying club I belong to and although I have more than 60 hours in type, the owner requires anyone who desires to rent it, have an instructor checkout. Prior to the flight I calculated a weight and balance and appropriate speeds for the actual takeoff and landing weights. I started to pull for takeoff at the calculated speed and the instructor said, "No, no, wait until 65 kts." Okay. For the first landing, I stated the calculated 1.5Vso and 1.3Vso speeds. The instructor again said, "No, no, that's too slow. Use 75 kts." When we were on the ground, I asked him why he wanted the faster speeds. His answer was that this was not a new airplane, so the book values needed to be increased to allow for age related things that could affect the noted V-speeds. I can understand the reasoning for a student pilot, the likes of which this instructor does a lot of training with, but I am 1200+ and over 20 years of flying. I am thinking in terms of performance as would apply to the Commercial standards. Hence, the reason for calculating the necessary speeds prior to flight. I will add that flying at the instructor's recommended speeds leads to float in the roundout and required more runway. Flying at the calculated speeds would have resulted in a full stall landing at the threshhold and clearing at the first turnoff. What is the perspective of the instructors in this group? The instructor I fly with knows me. Why would he not hold me to Commercial standards? |
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