Pattern flying observations

[Bill Glaze]

Highly interesting.  A former pattern flyer from near here, who won 
Masters a the Nats a few years ago, had a habit of flying at least one 
practice flight that consisted of nothing but straight and  level 
passes, one after the other, with a simple turnaround at each end.  Over 
and Over and Over.................
Must be something to it...........
Bill Glaze

mike mueller wrote:

>  Good point. I think this is what the hardest thing to master. Mike
>
> Woodward James R Civ 412 TW/DRP <James.Woodward2 at edwards.af.mil> wrote:
>
>     Hi All,
>
>     I wanted to pass along an observation about flying that may seem
>     obvious to some, but time & time again amazes me.  In D7 we've
>     already had two contests.  The best flyers in each class
>     (sportsman, intermediate, advanced, Masters, FAI) fly the
>     fundamental element of our equation the best - straight and level
>     flight.  You can't escape it...  Resistance is futile...  If you
>     are having problems with your sequence (who among us does not?)
>     take a weekend and practice straight & level flight at low, mid,
>     and top of the box with some simple turnaround maneuvers and a
>     friend standing beside you calling wing low/high/ whatever.  Then
>     work into flying the sequence with some one calling wing low/high
>     throughout each maneuver.  I recently went through this and it
>     provided a whole new look.  The result is that I also needed to
>     relearn most of the rud! der corrections because I had worked into
>     a habit of having the inside wing low.  The sequence is getting
>     better now and I'm very glad a friend and I stripped the flying
>     down to this fundamental.  If we don't learn this, we will never
>     reach our potential.
>
>     Jim W.
>
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