What Does A Dutch Roll Have To Do With A Good Airplane Landing?
Filed Under 2621 | Posted on October 15, 2008
The Slow Dutch Roll is a flight training exercise that has significantly shortened the training time needed to learn airplane landings and measurably improved the landing skills of the pilots who practice them. The article tells the reader how to perform Slow Dutch Rolls and how they related to precisely controlled landings and takeoffs.
Landing is the most challenging maneuver most pilots will ever perform. Not surprising, it is the most dangerous few moments of any trip. I stumbled on an exercise that shortened the time that I needed to teach landings and dramatically improved my students landing skills far more than I ever thought possible. I call it the ‘Slow Dutch Roll.’
