Wow, that’s very unusual.
Yes, what you are about to embark upon will be quite unusual. Your CFI is about to make you close your eyes while wearing a view-limiting device, and put the airplane into either a steep nose up or steep nose down attitude, and ask you to open your eyes and rapidly recover. While this may seem a little crazy, it is actually quite a bit of fun, and incredibly important to master this skill to have a better chance of recovering from such a situation should you accidentally put yourself into such a scenario when you are out flying.
Unusual Attitude Recovery Procedure:
Nose High:
- Level the wings using coordinated aileron and rudder
- Add full power
- Lower the nose to just slightly above the horizon to ensure the aircraft will accelerate (airspeed) and climb away from the ground
- Re-trim as necessary
Nose Low:
- Level the wings using coordinated aileron and rudder
- Reduce power to idle
- Raise the nose to just above the horizon to ensure the aircraft will accelerate as well as climb away from the ground
- Add full power and establish a climb
- Re-trim as necessary
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