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I totally agree. Teaching civilians to fly doesn't require a complete understanding of "Aerodynamics For Naval Aviators". Deep understanding of "how it works at the physics level" is fine if your interest level supports it but for the average civilian pilot the better approach is to teach the...

It wasn't just the flight instructors. For lift theory, the entire industry bought into the incorrect examples for lift theory. Countless "manuals" carried equal transit as "the" example to explain Bernoulli. It wasn't until the more popular example (and easier to understand) example featuring...

I understand really. And I'm sure there is a viable argument to be made on the military side of the equation. But the civilian side is filled with ruts and potholes due to the extreme variety found in the student base. The industry has discovered over many many years of experimentation that the...

Exactly ! And THIS is an excellent example of the major difference between the military and civilian flight training programs. From the instant a candidate enters military flight training the military demands a positive incentive openly demonstrated 24/7 by the candidate to remain in the...

You seem to keep coming back to a comparison between military and civilian flight training. Trust me on this one. You simply can't make that comparison work. The two student bases can't be compared unless you force the comparison. It's like sticking an F16 and a Cessna 152 on a Ps plot for...

You seem to have not one but two subjects intertwined here. If the discussion concerns every pilot gaining a benefit from aerobatic training I completely agree. In fact I have advocated for this training for many years and in fact specialized in teaching it. The pre-solo question is quite...

AOA indicators are fine but they should never be your final indicator for an approaching stall. Thinking about stall you are totally correct in referencing it to angle of attack. You can stall at any airspeed or in any attitude. You just need to exceed your critical angle of attack. Then how is...

Angle of attack is really the only TRUE reference for stall. All the others are variables such as airspeed. Actually the airplane is the best indicator for stall. For this reason I never soloed a student without first having them fly the airplane with the ASI covered. Teaching the student to...

I've been teaching flight instructors for about 60 years now and I am always amazed when a student finds themselves flying with a "shouting CFI". I could go on for an hour about how wrong a pedagogy this is but I won't. I've written many articles on the subject and to be quite frank I'm getting...

First of all, any comparison between military and civilian flight training that makes a positive comparison is specious at best. Military training is performed in a highly structured high pressure 24/7 environment. There is a certain degree of flexibility but not that much. The training is the...

What is needed here is specialized information dealing with operation containing potential hazard. This type of information is really best obtained from sources that deal with the subject environment personally and are accepted experts in the field. Patty flies with the Kenya Poaching Patrol...

Long time friend Patty Wagstaff teaches this exact thing to the wildlife pilots in Kenya. They are involved in low level flying dealing with the anti-poaching issues down there. You might give her a call. She's in St. Augustine Florida. www.pattywagstaff.com Basically what you need is to build...

I hope this proves helpful to new CFI's. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vDLMJ3fXJP6lKx8EpSxocKJbwey944WD/view?usp=share_link Dudley Henriques

I deal with this type of thing constantly as an aviation safety advisor. The best way to handle this issue is to keep it simple. Stay away from statistics. That bores people to death, leaves the question unanswered for them as they have no proof you are right or wrong and most likely won't be...

Kyle had exactly 6 seconds from engine out to impact. He had just completed snaps on the downline which is an energy killing sequence. He was climbing out building up energy when it quit on him. In that situation with his energy down he had to do a balancing act with 1g stall to give Amanda the...

A little tip for you. When you take the controls of this beast for the first time, the first thing you'll notice is that it's EXTREMELY sensitive compared to the Decathlon. You point it where you want it to go and it will go there...NOW! :-) If you totally relax your arm and hand and fly it...

The issue is complex :-)

It depends on the CFI. You're right in that some instructors unfortunately fail miserably in not instilling the proper attitude adjustments necessary in many students to aid them in transitioning from a non flying mindset into a professional aviation/pilot mindset. This is one of the ongoing...

This clip demonstrates a classic example of why non aerobatic airplanes should NOT be rolled. In the case of a 172, you have a combination here of an extremely slow roll rate, high roll inertia, a WAY too low nose attitude considering the aforementioned, and the predictable result; a split S...