Flight Training - September/October 2020 - 8

AROUND THE PATCH BY JILL W. TALLMAN

Technical Editor JILL W. TALLMAN
still hears CFI John Sherman's voice
in her head, telling her to "look for
traffic on the 45."
jill.tallman@aopa.org

THE VOICE IN YOUR HEAD
What's it like to solo? Low-time students want to know. Most of
us just shrug; say, "It's the best!" and then add something about
how the airplane takes off like a rocket without the weight of
your flight instructor in the right seat.

But I can tell you that even though you're technically solo, you're most certainly
not alone in that cockpit. You will hear the voice of your CFI talking to you, probably
at every stage. Many of us still hear our CFI's voice when we fly, and our CFIs say a
lot. A few years ago I collected some of the best from social media.
LANDINGS
"Watch the runway, your airspeed, the runway, your airspeed, the runway, your
airspeed...." -Sergio Rodriguez
"On final, 'keep the nose down, keep it down, hold it, hold it, don't flare too early.'"
-Daniel Thompson
"Don't let it touch, don't let it touch, don't let it touch." -Janis Horn
"Hold it, hold it." -Nancy Rice
"Watch your airspeed, watch your airspeed, watch your airspeed!" -Hicks Dunlap
"He's hollering, 'More left rudder!' in a big crosswind landing. Me: It's all the way
to the floor!!" Him: 'OK, then that's enough.'"-Brian McDaniel
"I still hear 'Watch your speeds!' on every landing." -Gary Veduccio
"Fly the aircraft to the ground. Keep flying 'til the wheels touch."
-M. James O'Connor
"Don't get flat! Don't get flat!" -J.P. Wing
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"The right airspeed determines where
you land; the wrong airspeed determines
where you crash." -Doug Heun
"Don't let it touch, keep it off, keep it
off." -Johnny Ramm
"Dance on those rudder pedals!"
-Nichole Stacey
"Breathe, please! Did you know you
stop breathing between calling finals and
landing?" -Anne Hughes
"'On final, numbers one-third up the
windshield and on speed.' Hasn't let me
down yet." -Lindsay Petre
"'Bad horsey, bad horsey' on final
approach and a reminder to keep my feet
on the rudder pedals fighting crosswinds."
-Joshua Carroll
"Go arounds are free." -Lisa Osantowski
"Fly every approach expecting to go
around. Actually landing should be an
unexpected bonus." -Jay Beckman
AIRWORK:
"No gorilla grip." -Nichole Stacey
"Keep your feet on the pedals, or I'll
start calling you a Piper driver!"
-Michael Owens
"Heading, attitude, airspeed, ball in the
middle! I teach my students that as well."
-Ron Johnson II
"Look outside the airplane!" -Jason
John
"Pretend you don't have GPS and find
your way home." -Liam Wilson
"Clear right, clear left." -Jay Phillip
"Your mind needs to be five minutes
ahead of your aircraft; whatever is behind
you has already passed." -Terry Barton
"Aviate, navigate, communicate (in that
order)." -Scott Jeanes
"Scan for traffic. Then, scan for traffic,
and finally, scan for traffic." -Victor Huerta
"Keep the ball in the middle."
-Duncan Malloch
"Airspeed and attitude are your
friends." -David A. Brown
EMERGENCIES:
"When the defecation hits the rotation,
fly the plane, fly the plane, fly the plane!"
-Ace Adair
"My instructor used to cut power at
6,000 feet and say, 'Where are you going to
land now?'" -Lloyd Stowe
"You fly the aircraft; the aircraft
doesn't fly you." -Norbert Saemann
Thanks to all flight instructors for
drilling good practices into your students.
We hear you. FT
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