Aviation Forum / General / Learning / October 2008

Can any body explain what is the main diffrence between forward slip
and side slip.
What I understand based on my training is
The forward slip is used to loose altitude. so if your wind is coming

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I have my PPL in 45 hours which has given me the financial freedom to
continue supervised training. I am tying to judge which would be better,
to pursue glider or IFR. Eventually, I'll get to both.
Flying in SW FL through central and over to the east coast mainly.

Recently My friend went for final check ride with an Examiner. She was
2500 above the airport with an elevation 800ft. Examiner pulled the
power for simulated emergency landing.
What are the options she had? She used flaps before airspeed reaching

A new private pilot planted a Skyhawk nose first off of 29L at BJC on Friday.
The pilot got her certificate in June (I believe). The story is that she was
doing touch-n-goes and had a low altitude stall. There was a direct crosswind
from the north but it was less than 10 knots. ...

No longer a student... :)
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...feel free to critique my landing skills :\

I am 31 hours into my PPL (still haven't soloed) and am going to be
moving in 2 months.  Where I am going (KLBX) I have an experienced CFI
and an airplane lined up and plan to fly everyday until I get my
license. (Note: family is not coming for two months so this is a

What is the most dangerous time of any flight? On average, when should
a pilot be the most aware of what is going on? Gonna post this on
student forum too. Should be most interesting.
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What is the difference btwn MOA, Restricted, Prohibited, and Warning
areas?

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More fun and disention. Balanced flight means the ball is centered on
the turn and slip indicator. Some call it the turn coordinator, some
call it the turn and bank. Ah whatever, we are talking about that
little instrument with the happy face and the ball that slips from