One final point, nothing in aviation is perfect. While the principles of aviation are very much
scientific, the reality of piloting an airplane is very much practiced artwork based upon sound
understandings of the scientific principles involved! Once you study the POH, you will
reference the power settings and speeds required for a good approach to landing. But, you
must remember that every day is different in temperature and atmospheric conditions. A given
manifold pressure setting will achieve the ideal speed on one day, but on another day will need
tweaking to achieve the optimal speed. This becomes the variations in aviation that pilots also
come to love – the constant challenge of taking a machine into the air and plying your craft
with precision and skill.
Congrats! You have flown the Baron 55! Now, once the initial joy subsides, follow that most
timeless of all instructor admonitions to student pilots, “Get in the books!”
Cheers,
Ken Stallings
Military Visualization Staff
Contract US Air Force Instructor Pilot
FAA Commercial AMEL/ASEL Pilot
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