4 Responses to “Things instructors say – Is there a listing?”

1. admin says:

   February 27 at 6:56 pm

   Bart van Haarlem  <bar…@xs4all.nl> wrote:

   >"things that instructors say"?

   #1) "Right rudder, more right rudder"   [during takeoff], and

   #2) "Add power, add power"              [during low and slow approach]

   #3) "Hold it off, hold it off"          [during carrier-style landing]

   #4) "I have control"                    [near-collision or dive-bombing]

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2. admin says:

   February 27 at 6:56 pm

   In article <4oan64$…@qnx.com>, ab…@qnx.com (Andrew Boyd) writes:
   >#3) "Hold it off, hold it off"          [during carrier-style landing]

   Yup, he says that, but not on carrier-style landings.  As I understand it,
   when  you land on a carrier, it is with a verticle speed of 14 ft/sec (840
   ft/min).  My instructor used to get real upset when I would do that!
   –Bill

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3. admin says:

   February 27 at 6:56 pm

   I don’t know about that vertical speed for carrier landings.  I do
   know that you can instantly tell whether a pilot was airforce trained
   or navy trained.  Navy pilots tend to come down final with absolute
   MINIMUM airspeed, wallowing just above a stall and plunk solidly on
   the VERY END of the runway.  Rollout is close to nil.
   Airforce pilots fly a long flat final with power and drive it onto the
   runway with excess speed.  Long roll outs.  It is a difference in the
   philosophy of the two services!

   John

   On 28 May 1996, Wwplummer wrote:

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   > In article <4oan64$…@qnx.com>, ab…@qnx.com (Andrew Boyd) writes:
   

   > >#3) "Hold it off, hold it off"          [during carrier-style landing]

   > Yup, he says that, but not on carrier-style landings.  As I understand it,
   > when  you land on a carrier, it is with a verticle speed of 14 ft/sec (840
   > ft/min).  My instructor used to get real upset when I would do that!
   > –Bill

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   > Wm W. Plummer, 7 Country Club D., Chelmsford MA  01824  508-256-9570
   > PP-ASEL,G
4. admin says:

   February 27 at 6:56 pm

   John R. Johnson <j…@siu.edu> wrote:

   >you can instantly tell whether a pilot was airforce trained or navy trained.

   in the old, politically incorrect pre-tailhook scandal days, navy
   pilots used to have a saying: "flare to land, squat to pee"

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