#89 The Forward Slip
"most pilots can only execute a forward slip while established on final and with their left wing down. Period. Don’t shake your head. It’s true."
#85 Lurking
"it’s assumed that most pilots can’t slow down. They’ll hurtle to the ground out of control if they do anything but keep on blasting along at cruise or approach speed. "
#78 Soaring with Pelicans
"While she craned her peepers to see the small flock of large birds, I was slowly gaining on her. That wasn’t going to last."
# 73 Descending Too Soon
"All my students hear me say the same things. One of them is, 'Where ya gonna go if your engine quits now?' "
#69 “Step on the Ball”, my foot!
"With that innocuous statement, the flight instructor has just set his student back and doomed him to perhaps a lifetime of faulty flying technique."
#64 Looks ain’t Everything
"One of the geezers on the bench perked up as we rolled to a stop in front of the gas pump. He slowly raised up off the bench and limped slowly over to the trailer, his gimpy leg causing him to lurch a bit like Walter Brennan."
#55 “Goofy, CFI” (or “Some teaching techniques work… some don’t”)
"From my very first day as a flight instructor, I have been consumed with inventing and trying out new teaching techniques."
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