C2. The Primary Landing Pattern Explained

[@markg7963]

25000 hours of flight experience. Military and civilian. If I was starting from scratch, I’d want this guy as my instructor. I love the way he breaks things down to basics, and obviously holds a high standard. I always used the guideline that some momma had sent their kid off to the military and was expecting us not to let them get killed, so I put a high standard on myself for doing my best to make sure they were safe in an airplane. Keep in mind these guys aren’t just flying dual all the time, but he is gonna turn this kid solo one day soon. Momma would like him to survive that experience, as well as all the others that’s sure to come. This is one of the best instructors I’ve ever seen. Bravo to you sir for what you do and doing it so well.

[@PlaneAF876]

Great coaching by the instructor. He informs, explains, guides, corrects, engages, builds confidence.

[@beertruk2429]

Explain, demonstrate, do.

[@georgeyoung1810]

This guy is the instructor we all wish we had in any class we've ever taken. Bravo Zulu sir!

[@MJLeger-yj1ww]

As a GA pilot, I've always been interested in a carrier landing pattern, so this was very interesting -- good instructor also, thorough but allows the student time to think.

[@venkuzephyr]

It's like a game show. "I've got a question for you." *Student sweats after having answered 50 straight questions*

[@TheRealCFF]

Thanks for publishing these videos. I’m not a military pilot, though I am a civilian commercial pilot and flight instructor. It’s interesting to see how the military teaches its own pilots the basics of flying an airplane. It gives me additional insights and a few techniques I can incorporate into my own teaching arsenal.

[@vinyltapelover]

Great stuff. Thanks for the upload. I logged 20 hours in a 172, from years backm but even without the ground school, I took, I can understand what this instructor is teaching. It shows how well he is able to communicate and convey information to others. I came across this video months ago and did not bookmark it at the time. Not making the same mistake again and I subscribed.

[@smudent2010]

1:07-1:20 all current and former military instructors know this silence when asking a student a question very well lol

[@slowpoke96Z28]

OODA loop!!! Omg haven't heard that in forever!!!

[@KutWrite]

Still using Brewton OLF. I went through Primary in 1971... precious little briefing and debriefing. We learned most of it on our own or not at all. The smart guys (unlike me) got together and studied.

[@vinyltapelover]

KutWrite "The smart guys (unlike me) got together and studied." It proved to be a great additional tool when I was active duty, reserves and working days and going to school nights as a civilian.

[@the_real_ch3]

"You can drive a car and talk on your phone at the same time right?" "Well not on base" Smart mam, recognizes a trap when he sees one.

[@AssyrianKing4ever]

Awesome video. Great instructor :D

[@BenA-bu1cz]

Now that's an instructor. Bravo Zulu!!

[@HarkAlAda]

This surely helps me with my carrier landings in DCS :D love it!

[@carson4020]

As a civilian GA pilot with desire to do this. It’s nice to see these discussions are very similar to how mine were during training at a 141 school.

[@12345fowler]

Love how he got caught at the low and fast situation.

[@stevenfaler3003]

Well done, the power pitch relationship can be hard for some to understand, he put all together.

[@slev1nkelevra736]

I agree with that. cool vid and cool IP.

[@N5KDA]

Great instructor!!!

[@thedarkknight803able]

Awesome brief 😎👍🏾

[@micahgotracksplays2875]

Can someone explain what the groove is

[@craig1231]

Me to the instructor: "you owe me 1 million dollars", Instructor: "I agree with that" :D

[@finnrockefeller669]

Turn and burn sir. I agree with that.

[@HEATER_]

The pitch - "Would you be interested if I could show you how you could fly your plane with the same amount of brainpower you drive your car?" My reply - "YES! But I'm going to just keep my mouth shut."

[@ssrb653]

I agree with that

[@DeusEstPrimus]

In a prop aircraft, when on speed but a little shallow, why can't he just add power? I was trained to pitch for speed and power for altitude ( generally). I understand he may gain a few knts temporarily but his airspeed should more or less return to the trimmed speed, right?

[@Bhfeiommytwdjnd]

The video shows us how USAF trains the best fighter pilots on the planet ❤

[@IrwinDeGannes]

I love it..

[@charlesmeyer2460]

Lol he thinks like I do. I like it.

[@skylord8625]

Knight school. Loved it. Good times. To the red knights!!

[@KutWrite]

VT-3? That was me in 1971... T-28.

[@markburkley42]

@@KutWrite Ditto - 31-71, then 33-71 after 2 weeks of PT hold - VT-3 then VT-5 to VT-21

[@KutWrite]

@@markburkley42: I'm sure our paths crossed. Certainly at the Friday-night O-club!

[@asgbdhj]

I was watching this video thinking it was for the T-6B

[@dank630]

Uh... RDO cart as a three wire ?? I think you just created another chronic “deck spotter” ... he’ll have to unlearn that bad habit eventually, if he goes to the strike pipeline , but it was a great briefing for a primary student ...

[@TheRealCFF]

I like the military style patterns MUCH more than the US civilian rectangular patterns. They are vastly superior and easier to enter and fly.

[@daffidavit]

cff121: Yeah me too. Except at uncontrolled airports, you can't predict when and where the guy in front of you is going to be. When you fly a rectangular pattern, you get the chance to lift and drop your wings before you make your turns to see other traffic. In the military, most of the time the pilot is under ATC control. I believe the FAA designed the rectangular pattern during or after WWII to give GA pilots a consistent way to approach and manage an uncontrolled traffic pattern. But a military pattern would be great if you are always assured you are number one in the pattern. Even then, you can never be assured you are clear of traffic. BTW, the instructor pilot is excellent because he treats the student with respect. He does not scare or insult the student, which would have a negative impact on the learning process. Also, the student pilot will (has) probably gone on to become a very good pilot as well.

[@dhbroussard89]

yes but not practical for heavy volume civilian airports.

[@lancelot1953]

Most "young" pilots (i.e. less experienced) pilots do better with a rectangular pattern because they deal hopefully with one dimension at a time (i.e. turning, descending), it is easier for a pilot to adjust his rate of descent and/or line-up while maintaining safe airspeed. Without going into details, military pilots especially TACAIR Navy, control their aircraft a different way (for carrier ops). Rectangular pattern helps seeing possible conflicting aircrafts in the pattern (especially at uncontrolled airports). Major airports sequence arrivals at great distance for straight-in approaches, not pattern entries like practiced at smaller airports (or for training purposes). Finally, pattern entry for military aircrafts was based back to early days of aviation when a pilot would (should) clear his tail ("his sixes") of potential enemy aircrafts approaching for a sneak attack when the landing aircraft was vulnerable (low altitude/airspeed) - that was the origin of the famous "break", (aka "overhead" or "fly-by" by civilians or pilots not familiar with history of flying). Bottom line, for civilians aviation, rectangular pattern is the preferred and safer procedure; military pilots are usually given priority by Air Traffic Controllers or land at privileged military installation. Ciao, L

[@jerseyshoredroneservices225]

Is this what they call circle to land in the civilian world? Turning, descending and trying to line up, especially on a runway that isn't always pointed into the wind can get pretty complicated especially when you add in potential limited visibility... For pilots who do it every time in a controlled environment it makes sense. For somebody to do it once in awhile, at an uncontrolled airport, in a crosswind, with a high density altitude and low visibility it may not be real smart.

[@TheRealCFF]

@@jerseyshoredroneservices225 no ‘circle to land’ applies to instrument approaches where a pilot will fly the approach to circling minimums, then maneuver the aircraft while in visual contact of the airport to land on a different runway than the one listed on the approach. ATC may give a clearance like “cleared ILS runway 31, circle to land runway 25.” Some approaches eg a VOR-A are purely circling approaches as the final approach segment does not align with any particular runway at an airport.

[@cypher9000]

Yes sir, yes sir, yes sir, yes sir. I wish he wouldn't say it every two seconds.

[@dennistedder3384]

OK Cool? What fucking generation is this?

[@patfarra627]

Instructor asks a lot of questions.... how bout tell him how to do it. Brain power and car. Reaction. Wtf. OODA loop. Never heard of that. Ygbsm

[@johnhanson9245]

Sounds like you were never a military pilot with that crass statement. If you look at all the comments posted, you will see that he is viewed as a very good instructor, which he is.

[@theTutenstien]

@@johnhanson9245 Not even military school, if you got a decent teacher thats the way to teach. If the teacher just tells you you most likely wont even remember a thing after the lecture

[@jerseyshoredroneservices225]

Asking somebody questions is often the best way to get a point across. It's also an effective way to see if they've actually understood the point. I wouldn't want to be a student in your class.

[@mbrackmann8]

Great instructor!