tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post7176151743044209317..comments2024-03-13T09:47:40.487+00:00Comments on Cockpit Conversation: On the FlightlineAviatrixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-40318735540195045362009-12-04T09:34:35.746+00:002009-12-04T09:34:35.746+00:00So you didn't get to fly at all?So you didn't get to fly at all?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-41297364391103014492009-12-04T06:58:31.081+00:002009-12-04T06:58:31.081+00:00dpierce The USAF teaches high, turning approaches ...<b>dpierce</b> <i>The USAF teaches high, turning approaches ...</i><br /><br />No, that's definitely not what was going on in this sim. I was watching two people unfamiliar with an airplane flying a close in base and not judging the turn to final perfectly. The instructor was coaching them to the same end that I was expecting, and their approaches improved over the session until they achieved that.<br /><br />An easy way to help a student fix that problem is with a longer final, but often airspace or terrain precludes this <br /><br />Someone asked about flaps. It's a small lever on the console. There are, of course, no physical wing flaps on the training device, because there are no wings.Aviatrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-42923462367961013512009-12-04T01:31:38.661+00:002009-12-04T01:31:38.661+00:00re:" I've trained under that system and I...re:" I've trained under that system and I find it irritating as an instructor"<br /><br />It sure seems counter-productive within any learning system I'm aware of. The "don't screw up!" mentality only takes you so far...<br /><br />I was recently involved with a local Air Cadet ground school. Because it was being used to weed out the candidates and qualify just one or two for potential flying scholarships, the mentality was anti-learning as well. Don't help them learn, just eliminate the slower ones.<br /><br />Flight training has been a pet bug of mine for a long time. I am continually astounded at how often it is badly handled at an administrative level. Then good training comes down to good instructors working around the system rather than with it.<br /><br />I hope you have time at the end of the lesson for a go at the flight controls!gmcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-49087133009770273132009-12-04T00:52:37.808+00:002009-12-04T00:52:37.808+00:00(I'm sort of hoping you got to sit in for a re...(I'm sort of hoping you got to sit in for a real assault landing -- not sure if this is part of the KC's mission.)dpiercehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03397601206317363858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-44182270837196885362009-12-04T00:48:36.609+00:002009-12-04T00:48:36.609+00:00The USAF teaches high, turning approaches (also se...The USAF teaches high, turning approaches (also see "random steeps") to evade problems (of the shoulder launched variety) near the airfield. I'm not sure this is what's going on in your USMC sim.<br /><br />Depending on how the DoD's budget is running, you may or may not get a lot of opportunities to fly, so every landing is a combat landing -- even when you have the opportunity to make a nice, long, slow, boring straight-in approach, it's not teaching the right skills.dpiercehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03397601206317363858noreply@blogger.com