alan

It had been 10 months since I got my PP license, and therefore
probably like most folks, 10 months since I had last done any steep
turns or stalls. So, Saturday I went aloft with the Chief Instructor
from the school that I got my license with to do that sort of thing.
After we had finished all that we planned to do, he asked if I wanted
to try some of the commercial test maneuvers. 60 degree steep turns,
lazy eights, and chandelles. Wow!!!

I hadn't had that much fun since I did a bit of aerobatics as a
Midshipman 32 years ago. The lazy eights and chandelles were a lot
easier than the 60 degree turns. I wasn't adding enough throttle, so
the nose dropped off the horizon and when it did, I was looking at
dirt *really* fast. [Throttled back, eased back on the yoke, avoided
the potential stall, back up to target altitude, tried it again.]

8-) 8-) 8-)


Alan
PP-ASEL

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tonyroberts

I sincerely hope that this is not "like most folks"

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Tony Roberts (indiacharlieecho@hotmail.com)
PP-ASEL
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Cessna 172H