Beyond the FTM

[Colonel]

Following is a stream of unconsciousness:

www.pittspecials.com/articles.html

Every time I give some dual instruction,
and I wish a student knew something
before he showed up (ie groundschool)
out pops another turd, er, article.

Worth what you paid me for it.  Won't
cost you a dime to read it.  I particularly
recommend the roast garlic and best
Canadian classic rock memos.

[cloudrunner]

Very interesting reading. Thank you.

Worth a lot more than I paid for it.

[quote author=Colonel]
Don’t push a bad approach into a bad landing.  Don’t be afraid to overshoot
[/quote]I instantly think of pilots in Asia and their cultural aversion to this concept and the resultant carnage.

[quote author=Colonel]You can actually fly an airplane just fine with power, pitch trim and rudder – you don’t need ailerons or elevator.[/quote]This is an exercise that I would enjoy immensely. I often wonder how it would go if the elevator became a part of someone's back garden and I wasn't quite ready to shout Alla Ackbar and hope for the best.

[Colonel]

Learning to fly a broken airplane is IMHO
an immensely valuable skill.

B-52:
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... ilizer.jpg[/img]


F-15:
[img]http://i.ytimg.com/vi/M359poNjvVA/hqdefault.jpg[/img]


A300:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Bagh ... n_incident
[quote]On 22 November 2003, shortly after takeoff from Baghdad, Iraq, an Airbus A300B4-200F cargo plane owned by European Air Transport (doing business as DHL Express) was struck on the left wing tip by a surface-to-air missile. Severe wing damage resulted in a fire and complete loss of hydraulic flight control systems.

Returning to Baghdad, the three-man crew made an injury-free landing of the crippled aircraft, [i]using differential engine thrust as the only pilot input[/i]. This is despite major damage to a wing, total loss of hydraulic control, a faster than safe landing speed and a ground path which veered off the runway surface and onto unprepared ground.[/quote]

Now [i]that[/i] is some stick & rudder flying!

I'm only partly joking about the kitchen table
and electric fan  ;D

[quote]Worth a lot more than I paid for it[/quote]

Thanks!  You simply have to try the roast garlic
receipe - you won't believe how good it is, used
as a spread on fresh bread or buns.  And you will
save $$$ on condoms, too.