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SMAC194 Stalls, Spins, and Type Ratings

stallsStalls, Spins, and Type Ratings. Welcome to our first episode for the new year.

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Russ is currently at CAE Simuflite in Dallas getting type rated in the Citation II.

Cruise Flight (Stalls, Spins, and Type Ratings):

  • What is a Cruise Clearance? An air traffic controller said this is one of the items most pilots don’t understand.
  • Cruise from Pilot Controller Glossary:
    https://drive.google.com/open?id=192pfGRUn0pzvMufL4e0lYOA8VEiUTXvO
  • The following discussion is from IAN Twombly article December 2018 Flight Training magazine.
  • “Exceeding the critical angle of attack” or “Stalls” how do you train your students? When teaching stalls I usually introduce them not using the word stalls but discuss how we are going to exceed the critical angle of attack. In a recent article in Flight Training magazine “Right Seat: Shake Off Stalls” Ian Twombly discusses this topic.
  • Ian also discusses Spin training for the CFI - I required all of my CFI applicants to do some aerobatic training while getting their spin endorsement. This is how I was taught and I passed that along to my CFI applicants. What do you do? Do you think this is a good idea?

After Landing Checklist:

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Carl - Living In The Age Of Airplanes

Russ - Flying Colorado Mountain Weather

Tom - The Islands of the Bahamas

Links Mentioned In The Podcast:

Pilot Controller Glossary in AIM

Russ’s blog about getting a Citation II type rating