At 07:08 AM 11/09/2008, you wrote:
Further to this email, I have just remembered the last quite
experienced pilot that I pulled the bung on at 400'. He attempted
to turn with the nose above the horizon which I stopped, and then
proceeeded to become indecisive and I had to take over as the option
he was going to take could have put us into the fence at the end of
the cross-strip. His pre-take-off checks were impeccable but when
it came to the real thing, he was out of his depth.
At the subsequent de-briefing when I asked him why he was going to
turn with the nose above the horizon, he said: "but we had 60 knots
on the clock!". He had forgotten about inertia and airspeed
indicator lag and that a steep turn in a climbing vector can quickly
become a stall turn if not executed precisely. The last time he had
performed a low level rope break was seven (7) years previously.
We had another "normal" check flight that he passed, and he thanked
me for "waking him up" from his complacency.
PeterS
Well then again maybe he had a plan which you stuffed up. I'd have
told you to fly the damn thing yourself. Maybe he just "went along to
get along" and you are delusional.
Mike
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