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  • Climbs, Descents and Turns

    Climbs and descents take time to practice. Give students at least 1,000 feet to initiate and practice. Pay attention to rudder use, especially during the climb. Make sure right rudder is initiated at the same time as power is added, and make sure right rudder is maintained during the climb. Give them time to stabilize…

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  • Building Block Lessons The attitudes and movements lesson is the building block for all our flight training. Take your time with it. There is a tendency to rush on to straight and level flight and beyond. With a new student, there is a lot going on: the pre-flight briefing, the weight and balance and the…

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  • Forced Approaches

    Why aren’t Forced Approached always successful? The student usually does well until final approach. It doesn’t matter what technique or pattern is used to get to the final approach. When rolling out on final for the forced approach, the focus must be on the landing aim point. Just like a final approach for a normal…

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  • Learning Factors

    Intensity Intensity must be used sparingly. If used too often, it loses its effect. It should not be too intense or it may frighten a student. In a briefing room, it may be as simple as using a red marker to emphasize something important or to put eyes in the 2 Os in LOOK. Effect…

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  • Learning Factor – Relationship Moving from the simple to the complex. There is only one stand alone exercise in the private pilot curriculum – Attitudes and Movements. Everything is built from this. Straight and Level flight is a cruise attitude. You can now add to it trim, rudder use and speed changes. Climbs, Descents and…

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  • Protected: Attitude + Power = Performance and Slow Flight

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