Classroom: Chair Flying

Below is a collection of material that I use in training. A lot of these are “chair flying” videos. The idea of chair flying is to rehearse routines, flows, procedures while we are sitting in a chair, at 0g, on the ground. The airplane is a terrible classroom – it’s noisy, expensive, you have an annoying instructor yapping to your right. We should be learning on the ground and practicing in the air. With that in mind – let’s learn some stuff on the ground.

Private

Cessna Skyhawk 172N Preflight

Chair Flying – CRAGS Pre-Maneuver Checklist in a Cessna 172N

Chair Flying – Traffic Pattern in Cessna 172N

Chair Flying – Steep Turns in a Cessna 172N

Chair Flying – Power Off Stall in a Cessna 172N

Chair Flying – Power On Stall in a Cessna 172N

Chair Flying – Engine Out Emergency in a Cessna 172N

Chair Flying – Emergency Descent / Engine Fire in a Cessna 172N

Chair Flying – Slow Flight in a Cessna 172N

Instrument

Chair Flying – IFR Clearance, Taxi Checks, Before Takeoff Checklist

Chair Flying – IFR Approaches, 5 Ts, Missed Approaches

Very Patient SoCal Controller + Very Busy Airspace + Very Confused Pilot = Well, Just Listen…

Commercial

Chair Flying – Eights on Pylons

Chair Flying – Power Off 180

Chair Flying – Steep Spiral

Chair Flying – Accelerated Stall

Chair Flying – Lazy Eights

Chair Flying – Chandelles