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Old 09-03-2007 | 11:28 AM
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Yes BW, I have a younger friend in my club that flies fairly well with one eye. He KNOWS his airplane limitations and stays within the imposed parameters. He is doing really well with his helicopters.

Now pay attention to OzMo above. He has it down pat. When instructing a newbie, I use landmarks as the last resort, however when needed, they do work. Even in real aviation, they do work. My USAF Primary instructor used them on me. The big problem was that when I went on the first cross-country some dirty-grunt had moved all those farmer's outhouses. Of course when I instructed in USAF, I still had to use some of those techniques, even though my T-33 & T-38 students were in the advanced stages of training.

Of course OxMo tells you what to do. I try to tell others to use that technique when they first go to a strange field for a Fly-In. Just study the terrain, find those "outhouses" and fly your patterns accordingly. Stay as close to the runway as you can, local situations permitting.

YOU CAN DO IT!