Slow Flight

Dudley Henriques wrote:

Learning to fly an airplane is a process that begins the first day you
climb into an airplane and ends as you take the last breath of your
life. If you have been taught properly by a good CFI, there is a very
good chance that this last moment and breath you take as the learning
stops won't be in an airplane.

You couldn't be more right.

I was fortunate to have several instructors who imparted that the PPL
and additional ratings simply meant you met the minimum standards on the
check ride day. At that point, it's time to continually learn and
improve as experience is gained.

Bob Fry wrote:
"Ol" == Ol Shy & Bashful writes:

Ol There is little doubt in my mind that the ability to do slow
Ol flight at the very edge of stall speed will do more to prevent
Ol accidents than 1000 hours of cruise speed flight.
. . .
Ol What are your thoughts?


Correct! We fly gliders/sailplanes 2 knots above stall in a 60
degree bank for HOURS...while circling in lift. How many glider
accidents are there (stall/spin) vs how many airplane accidents are
there (stall/spin)?

TRAINING! With TRAINING, it is safe to do the same in a C152!
You MIGHT even go soaring!!! (Note: soaring is when you are
going up and gliding is when you are going down). :-)

Best regards,

Jer/ "Flight instruction and mountain flying are my vocations!"
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Dan wrote:
Yeah. The old saying, "Attitude is Everything" applies here.

Actually, it would be more correct to say "Attitude is Nothing" when
discussing stalls.

Hilton

Loved the vid Dudley!

Dave

On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 12:01:45 -0400, Dudley Henriques
wrote:


Only slightly related to our topic, but in closing the skating
comparisons to flying, and since you are interested in the creative side
of the skating equation, I thought you might enjoy watching the video I
have linked with this post.
This is a video recreation by a very creative person of one of the
demonstrations I used to fly on the air show circuit in the P51 Mustang.
This fellow actually wrote to me and asked for the exact maneuver
sequence and even the location airport over which the display was flown
is accurate.
He did an absolutely marvelous job of it. When I watch this myself, I'm
sorry I didn't use music in the actual demonstration :-))



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4LODPguzTc