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Re:I was there when the DC-8 went supersonic by joshvm on Sunday August 22, 2021 @09:30AM (#28265304)
Also pushing the nose down is the first thing you're taught as a glider pilot for engery management: launch failures, stalls, spin recovery, etc.

Flight Chops did a video on this - it's drilled into commercial pilots (as well as glider pilots), but not GA nearly as much

Think it's this one: https://m.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=m_tKShlf_gU

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Re:I was there when the DC-8 went supersonic by throckmortra on Sunday August 22, 2021 @10:41AM (#28265846)
Wouldn't take advice from that guy https://www.avweb.com/news/pilot-arrested-after-airport-inci...
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Re:I was there when the DC-8 went supersonic by mastazi on Sunday August 22, 2021 @06:44PM (#28270433)
> is the first thing you're taught as a glider pilot

I love gliders, I grew up near a glider school, near Rome, Italy. I live in Australia now and it seems that glider culture is not as strong as in Europe.

> it's drilled into commercial pilots

Probably even more after Air France flight 447

> but not GA nearly as much

Really? It was one of the first things I learned as I was studying towards the PPL (I haven't finished it yet because flying is expensive :-( but I'm done studying the theory).

I'm in Australia BTW, not in USA - maybe things are different

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