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Proficiency Maneuvers

Gemini Sparkle

Key Takeaways:

  • An instructor and student practiced advanced proficiency maneuvers from a "Pilot Exercise Program," finding exercises like the "Gliding Spiral to a Landing" and "Wingovers" highly challenging and requiring significant practice.
  • The maneuvers were complicated by the aircraft's envelope protection system, which actively resisted attitudes deemed excessive, making precise control difficult.
  • Despite the high difficulty and the need for extensive repetition, both pilots found the program invaluable for improving "stick skills," understanding the aircraft's capabilities, and enhancing overall pilot proficiency without the pressure of a licensing test.
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Robert, my student, called me the other day. He bases his Cirrus SR22T out of Eagle Colorado (KEGE). He wanted to know if I was interested in attempting some of the maneuvers he had found in the Pilot’s Workshop document called the Pilot Exercise Program. It’s in a PDF for $49 or $69 if you want to add a spiral-bound workbook. Robert works hard to remain proficient in his plane and figured that the exercises would help. I wasn’t familiar with the exercise program, but after reading through the document, I agreed that it would be a great way to build proficiency.

The Program

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