Lesson 3g - Turning Stall

Lesson Objective

The student will learn the entry and recovery from a stall with and without airbrakes

Regulatory Requirement

• §61.87(i)(14)
• Private Pilot Practical Test Standard IX-B

Content

• hazards at low altitude
• hazard of stalls in the pattern
• use of spoilers during a stall, stall speed as related to spoiler deployment
• appropriate recovery from a turning stall.

Completion Standards

The student must be able to perform:

• a turning stall and appropriate recovery
• a turning stall with air brakes open, and appropriate recovery.

The student must be able to explain:

• relationship of a stall to the angle of bank

Prerequisite Study

• Glider Flying Handbook (2024), Chapter 3, pages 3-14,15 "Stalls"
• Glider Flying Handbook (2024), Chapter 7, pages 7-46 thru 7-50 "Stall Recognition and Recovery"