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Pretty sure #1 isn't accurate. I wasn't required to forward slip (or side slip, for that matter) on my FAA checkride nor have I been required to do so during a
by crikli 10y ago
Pretty sure #1 isn't accurate. I wasn't required to forward slip (or side slip, for that matter) on my FAA checkride nor have I been required to do so during any biennial flight review.
Edit: I'm dead wrong. :)
- phumbe 10y agoLooks like forward slip to landing has been in the Private Pilot Practical Test Standards [1] since at least Nov 2011 [1][PDF] https://www.faa.gov/training_testing/testing/test_standards/media/faa-s-8081-14b.pdf https://www.faa.gov/training_testing/testing/test_standards/...
- crikli 10y agoHuh. I'm wrong then obviously. Wonder if it's never come up as I tend to forward slip on crosswind landings. Don't recall a DPE ever even mentioning slips.
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- dbenjamin 10y agoHere's it as a required maneuver in 1995 :) https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Advisory_Circular/AC61-118A.pdf https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Advisory_Circular/...
- dbenjamin 10y ago#1 is not accurate but for different reasons. A forward slip is absolutely required for a PPL checkride and has been for decades (if you'd like a source, see page 45 of the definitive FAA ACS: https://www.faa.gov/training_testing/testing/acs/media/private_airplane_acs.pdf https://www.faa.gov/training_testing/testing/acs/media/priva...). However, transport category aircraft (among other issues) have swept wings, which are far less stable in a slip - so slips are neither taught nor recommended for jets.