There is a line in the movie Top Gun where Goose tells Mavrick to "do some to of that pilot stuff"
Reading the Air France Article, when they needed pilot stuff they did not have it.
Do you have it? Have you had to use it?
I grew up sailing and find that I can feel the plane vs. operating a plane.
I can think of 2 times in my short 3 years of flying career when I had to do pilot stuff.
1. With CFII 10 feet above the runway. Outflow of a nearby storm suddenly pushed the plane 50 feet off the centerline of a 40 foot wide runway. Without thinking I nailed the throttle and flew straight and level to gather speed. Then got out of there with a turn away from the storm.
2. On base and a strip with hilly terrain, thought of "you are too slow" combined with throttle.
3. Doing slips seems to give me the "you got the pilot stuff" feel
Interested in hearing other pilots thoughts.
Reading the Air France Article, when they needed pilot stuff they did not have it.
Do you have it? Have you had to use it?
I grew up sailing and find that I can feel the plane vs. operating a plane.
I can think of 2 times in my short 3 years of flying career when I had to do pilot stuff.
1. With CFII 10 feet above the runway. Outflow of a nearby storm suddenly pushed the plane 50 feet off the centerline of a 40 foot wide runway. Without thinking I nailed the throttle and flew straight and level to gather speed. Then got out of there with a turn away from the storm.
2. On base and a strip with hilly terrain, thought of "you are too slow" combined with throttle.
3. Doing slips seems to give me the "you got the pilot stuff" feel
Interested in hearing other pilots thoughts.