positive control transfer
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October 03, 2019
What is the most unsafe seat configuration in a cockpit? 2 CFI’s at the controls. Two experienced pilots at the controls are thinking the other is flying. Generally, when a student is flying, it is evident because the controls are always being thrown around, but a smooth experienced pilot you might not notice at first.
Don’t let go
In the first lesson with a new student, we
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October 18, 2018
We have a new instructor at Sky Sailing and since one of our requirements is to have all of our pre-solo students do spins, I figured it would be good to brush up and review the spin lesson that we like to see.
Somewhere in our conversation we started talking about having students try to relax. Watching their shoulders, holding the stick with 3 fingers, not double fisting the stick etc. I wrote