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There is little doubt in my mind that the ability to do slow flight at
the very edge of stall speed will do more to prevent accidents than 1000 hours of cruise speed flight. Is there anyone here who is proficient that lands their aircraft more than 10kts above stall speed? I teach all my students to slow fly with the entire range of configurations for the particular aircraft they are flying. Gear up/ down, flaps up/down/in-between. I want them to be comfortable flying at the very edge of the stall speeds and spend a lot of time maneuvering right on the edge of a stall "nibble". It does more for pilot confidence and ability than anything else I can think of. They learn proper control useage and how their particular aircraft responds while in the low speed areas. Playing with different angles of bank while at low speeds and flying with a modicum of accuracy does a lot for proper control use. If you think about it, how many accidents occur in the low speed spectrum? Either from a stall, or from a high sink rate on approach, or poor control use during an emergency or off airport landing, or something similar? In my opinion, the pilot who is comfortable throughout the entire speed range of their aircraft is a properly trained pilot and one who will not get into an inadvertant stall, or spin. What are your thoughts? |
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