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Designing Your Review When planning your recurrent train- ing, ask yourself these questions: • Is there something new I want to know? • Is there a skill I’d like to improve? • Is there something I’m afraid of? Something I Want to Know One of my single-engine clients had heard a lot about slips to a landing, mainly in the context of correcting for being too high to make an emergency landing field in the event of an engine failure. He demonstrated slips for his private pilot check ride many, many years before, but had not practiced the technique since. My client mentioned this to me during the scheduling of his recurrent training, so I built a few steep slips into his training, both for engine- out landings (his was a single-engine turbine) and for landing in a strong crosswind. Our ground training includ- ed his check of the Pilots Operating Handbook (POH) for his airplane to ensure no limitations existed. We then discussed slipping technique as well as engine-failure procedures, then went out and practiced slips in the traffic pattern, engine failures and slips at altitude, and finally a simulated traffic- pattern engine failure including a slip to a designated touchdown point. In addition to the standard turns, stalls, takeoffs and landings, this was a solid instructional session on a task the pilot wanted to know more about. More importantly, he designed a portion of the training event, leaving it up to me, the instructor, to come up with a way to best present what he wanted to know. He came away far safer as a result. Something I Want to Improve Another student flying a piston- twin wanted to learn more about his airplane’s single-engine performance and handling. At that time, most of his experience was in a much-less-powerful piston twin. The additional thrust of his current airplane meant better single- engine performance, but it also means things happen much faster and may be more difficult in handling. Short-N-Numbers David Clark Company August 2019 / TWIN & TURBINE • 11