Sender: <marv@lancaironline.net> (Marvin Kaye)
To: lml
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 08:44:57 -0400
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From: "IIP" <IIP@hawaii.rr.com>
Subject: stalls
Organization: Inter Island Petroleum
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I have this weird, conservative, view toward stalls: Tell me what my
stall speed is in a 30 degree bank and I'll avoid that speed like the
plague in a turn and never exceed 30 degrees. If I'm not in a turn, I
will know that stall speed and be above it. Other than that, I don't
need to know or practice anything. 

What are the chances of an "average" pilot recovering from an approach
stall in the pattern? So what's better...training for it or totally
avoiding it? Isn't it kind of like training for fuel starvation?
Wouldn't it be a whole lot easier to do whatever it takes to make SURE
you NEVER have that problem?

I think the whole discussion of stalls and stall training (as well as
fuel starvation) boils down to attitude, which is probably what kills
most pilots. The more you force yourself to push it by succumbing to
pressures that are outside aviation, the more you need to know about how
to handle the problems YOU create. Ironically, if you are this kind of
pilot, you probably won't pay much attention to stall speeds or fuel
anyway.

When our IVP flies (2 months!), I am going to want a qualified test
pilot to calibrate its AOA. I will be very interested in his report and
his numbers. I will memorize the two speeds cited above. And maybe a
couple of others. Not difficult.