iWantWings
Pre-takeoff checklist
Sure, private pilot students will likely be told that a private pilot certificiate is a "license" to learn. No doubt it is so. But there are some things i wish i had learned during training, or at least been demonstrated. Things like:
1. Do turning, intentionally uncordinated stalls (power on and power off) and recover from them before entering a spin.
2. Recover from a fully-developped spin.
3. Decide on, and execute the "impossible turn" (power-to-idle).
4. Do Unxpected (to me) power-to-idle landings from a place other than the pattern (would've liked an actual power-off, but surely that's a big "No-no!").
5. Restart engine in-flight (actual, not simulated).
There are probably reasons/good reasons for not demonstrating these (like placcards against intentional spins, "unnecessry risk", avoiding is sufficient, etc. ) i but would've liked to do more than just read about them or watch on youtube.
And so learning ain't over (not that it will ever be).
1. Do turning, intentionally uncordinated stalls (power on and power off) and recover from them before entering a spin.
2. Recover from a fully-developped spin.
3. Decide on, and execute the "impossible turn" (power-to-idle).
4. Do Unxpected (to me) power-to-idle landings from a place other than the pattern (would've liked an actual power-off, but surely that's a big "No-no!").
5. Restart engine in-flight (actual, not simulated).
There are probably reasons/good reasons for not demonstrating these (like placcards against intentional spins, "unnecessry risk", avoiding is sufficient, etc. ) i but would've liked to do more than just read about them or watch on youtube.
And so learning ain't over (not that it will ever be).