stalling your mind
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January 05, 2023
In the first part of this article, we looked at the nature of human performance under stress. When you're working hard at something you can do and it's all going right then you can perform well and it's great fun. However, when things start to go wrong - when you miss that climb or make a bad decision, or just get unlucky - the adrenaline level starts to climb. Under such stress, the body
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December 08, 2022
We are all familiar with the idea that we can easily be a complete idiot in the air. I've done some really dumb things, and made some stupid mistakes. And you wouldn't believe some of the errors I've seen when coaching perfectly competent pilots. Even this week my student tried to take off with the canopy unlocked, and he couldn't believe what he'd done when I brought it to his