Mon Apr 05, 2021 6:54 pm
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I was once told of a series of lessons that the regular flying partner (wife, in this instance) can do for safety purposes in the event of their partner becoming incapacitated.
My flying world is changing once again, and I’m about to embark back into the 4 seat spamcan bus-driver world due to (thankfully) having a wife who wants to fly more with the children.
However, I want her to be able to at least know how to do a damn good effort at landing should she need to, and basic radio operations, speed control, circuit understanding, and airframe settings for landing. I can teach her SkyDemon basics for picking an airfield and finding a radio frequency, but I’d like someone to get her competent and confident with getting the a/c down should she need to. Naturally, she will become more and more familiar with the procedures as she flys more with me in what we decide to buy, but I’d like her to be taught some good basics.
Call me over-cautious, but having been in the solo or +1 flying world for the last 15 years, I’m looking at family flying in a very different light and with a whole new level of responsibility.
Is there a name for this course? Is it a recognised thing?
PS I will be highly disappointed if I don’t get some serious grief about having an aircraft with a training wheel...
My flying world is changing once again, and I’m about to embark back into the 4 seat spamcan bus-driver world due to (thankfully) having a wife who wants to fly more with the children.
However, I want her to be able to at least know how to do a damn good effort at landing should she need to, and basic radio operations, speed control, circuit understanding, and airframe settings for landing. I can teach her SkyDemon basics for picking an airfield and finding a radio frequency, but I’d like someone to get her competent and confident with getting the a/c down should she need to. Naturally, she will become more and more familiar with the procedures as she flys more with me in what we decide to buy, but I’d like her to be taught some good basics.
Call me over-cautious, but having been in the solo or +1 flying world for the last 15 years, I’m looking at family flying in a very different light and with a whole new level of responsibility.
Is there a name for this course? Is it a recognised thing?
PS I will be highly disappointed if I don’t get some serious grief about having an aircraft with a training wheel...
Last edited by TheFarmer on Mon Apr 05, 2021 6:59 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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