Late post

Ok, I’m coming back by popular demand 🙂 I would hate to stall a thread approaching final

[Melvyn]
Thanks to have elaborated on Bob and Barry. I’m not sure I have a lot to add…They have so much experience that it is hard to question their skills of course. As for the pedagogy, I have to say that for both, it’s more about the “doing it” than going into theory.

In a way I was expecting some thourough briefings with more explanations about the forces and the gs, the torque effect on some manoeuvres, diagrams etc., stuff I have now read in a book… But I guess it may be better to practice the basics for real in the plane before digging the theory. I’m happy with that anyway but that’s how it’s been done so far.

I had some briefings of course but they were less “formal” than the ones for the PPL for instance.

How did your instructors have approached aeros for those who tried?

[Steve]
A stag week-end based on aeros? Apparently, if perfectly executed, it is possible to perform a barrel roll (and some others) with a full pint glass in your hand without spilling a single drop… that could be a challenge for the occasion 🙂 Anybody tried it?

[PACAIRDH]
Ah, the logarithmic spiral with the chocolate at the end, a very personal view on life indeed! I love chocolate and I find that we tend to go forward in life in a spiral way, repeating some mistake some times (rotating) but not quite the same way… And the logarithmic part is just about noticing that as you get older, time “accelerates”:

-At one year old, living a year represents living your whole life span, a long time!
-At 10, a year represents only a tenth of your whole life, still significant but shorter
-At 40, a year is only a fortieth of your life span, which is not much

So living a year at ten seems way longer than leaving a year at forty. Time accelerates… no? Not necessary a bad thing, I’m just noticing.

I think this thread may have to go around before it reaches final again. What do you think?

Steph