flaps again

"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
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and found the flaps were confusing the issue
when the students were learning landings. I opted to do most of them
flapless and this porved quite productive. the problem was, none of
the other instructors were teaching this and it was off the page for
the school, so I kept it to a minimum.

It is amazing how attitudes change over time and how certain flying
procedures become part of our culture.

If I recall correctly, it was some time back in the 70's when some FAA
bureaucrat made a PTS change decreeing that a normal landing was to be with full
flaps. Before that, flap use was taught as something that was much more at the
pilot's option. The change caused quite a furor at the time. Some instructors
thought that full flap landings were much too advanced for mere student pilots!

Vaughn