Takeoff Technique For Cessna's
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Good Call C152 pilot...the New Zealand flying training system in some ways is a bit of a farce especially at some of the larger flying schools. For instance we had a CPL/C-cat come to where I fly and couldnt even do a crosswind take off or landing. Probably not the fault of the student, moreso the fault of the institution. Some not all of these institutions are of a conveyer belt type mentality.
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I have heard stories of a new CPL pilot flying for a charter company and was told to land in a remote strip, with the passengers for a picnic - some sort of expensive morning tea trip, and had to turn back becuase after several attempts of landing he could not land with the crosswind.
He was ashamed, but tells everyone how strong the wind was. So a few guys went for a fly out there and landed no problem. Then he confessed that he learnt to fly in a big school and they just changed runways.
Don't know what he was doing in the NAV exercises!!!
He was ashamed, but tells everyone how strong the wind was. So a few guys went for a fly out there and landed no problem. Then he confessed that he learnt to fly in a big school and they just changed runways.
Don't know what he was doing in the NAV exercises!!!
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First Cessna 152 it is spelt picnic.
You would do well to give those stories the respect they deserve. Usually circulated by somebody trying to make themselves look good, and almost always completely fictional.
You wouldnt happen to be an instructor by any chance would you?
You would do well to give those stories the respect they deserve. Usually circulated by somebody trying to make themselves look good, and almost always completely fictional.
You wouldnt happen to be an instructor by any chance would you?
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No Hair of the Dogma i am not an instructor, and i have no idea about the truth of the story.
All i know is that an instructor told me that a while ago when i was having a joke about the crosswinds when ever i go flying.
All in all i think that it is fun to fly in a crosswind, Pitty can't walk straight after i get out though i still walking sideways!!!!
All i know is that an instructor told me that a while ago when i was having a joke about the crosswinds when ever i go flying.
All in all i think that it is fun to fly in a crosswind, Pitty can't walk straight after i get out though i still walking sideways!!!!
