CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 6, Issue 1 - 2

CFI Notes
Table of
Contents
My Toughest Student
BY DAVE HIRSCHMAN

Safety Seminar: After the Crash:
Surviving an Aircraft Accident
Safety Seminar: AOPA Air Safety
Institute Rekindles Spirit of Fun,
Learning, & Flying BY MACHTELD SMITH
CFI News
CFI Tips: The Eastman Technique BY ROD MACHADO
ASI Message: True Confessions BY GEORGE PERRY
Accident Case Study: Emergency Management
BY MACHTELD SMITH

Safety Spotlight: Blurred Lines BY DAVID JACK KENNY
ASI Online: Could You Handle a
Survival Situation? BY ASI STAFF
Safety Quiz: What You Can't See,
Can Hurt You
CFI Tools: Get Ready to Taxi

LETTERS
DECIDING TO GO AROUND
I am a 30,000 hour instructor/former pilot examiner and
author of "I Must Fly!" Pilots trained to "reconfigure" their
aircraft before applying power on a go-around inevitably
were trained on long runways where they could afford the
waste of time and takeoff area. They inevitably retracted
the flaps first on a surprise go-around command near the
ground causing a flight test failure with an inadvertent
ground contact. The procedure should be the same on the
ground as in the air (with some exceptions). One instructor
told me that if his student gave his Cessna full power with
full flaps on the ground it would "pull him right off the
runway." What is wrong with this picture-what if he should
bounce? How about max power, carb heat off, half flaps,
leave ground (if on the ground), accelerate to Vy, retract
flaps, and climb out. At any rate, all aircraft should be clean
to achieve Vy before attempting to climb.
-Johnny Moore

WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND?
I thought the plain language of FAR 61.56(e) does say
that if a pilot completes a phase of the pilot proficiency
program, it counts as a "flight review." There are usually
three hours of flying involved in completing each WINGS
phase, but I believe completing the WINGS phase
substitutes as a flight review-both the one-hour flight
and one hour of ground instruction. Do you agree?
-Kurt Williams
You're absolutely right. I worded it incorrectly. A PHASE
(because it includes time with an instructor) DOES count
as a flight review.
-Kristine Hartzell

BY MACHTELD SMITH

Chief's Corner: Safe Strategies
to Live By BY KRISTINE HARTZELL
Pilot Safety
Announcement:
Living on the Edge

TOUCH & GOES
Great article. My experience and this article have reinforced my thoughts about touch and goes being safer when
conducted as go-arounds. Thanks, and I'm subscribing even
though I am not an instructor. Good stuff!
-Stuart Smith

Subscribe to CFItoCFI:
CLICK ON THE "SUBSCRIBE" BUTTON IN THE
UPPER TOOLBAR. OR GO TO: AOPA.ORG/LOGIN/
CFI2CFI. IF YOU HAVE NOT YET REGISTERED WITH
THE AOPA WEB SITE, YOU CAN CREATE A FREE
ACCOUNT TO OPT IN.

https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/cfi_vol5issue4/#/31 https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/cfi_vol5issue4/#/3 https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/cfi_vol5issue4/#/11 http://www.AOPA.ORG/LOGIN/CFI2CFI

CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 6, Issue 1

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 6, Issue 1