I'm going to take this opportunity to remind everyone, and new users to come, that the validity and accuracy of the opinions in this forum cannot be guaranteed, and are certainly not officially endorsed by the owner of the website. It is an open forum for contributors of experience, skill level, and intelligence covering the whole spectrum.

Some of the recommendations and advice offered in this forum are, in my learned opinion, excellent, tried and true. Some of it is bad. Some of it is very bad, simply wrong, and downright dangerous for pilots of all experience levels.

Some of our users are VERY experienced pilots having 20,000+ hours of commercial time and real off-airport operation as true active bush pilots. Some are 1000+ hr Private pilots who've done a lot of the same, but not in a variety of conditions or situations. And still others are 300 hr pilots who've read a lot. Some have damaged several aircraft due to their own incompetence. Which is which? It's usually easy to tell, sometimes not.

And some who may contribute opinion are not certificated pilots at all.

It is up to you to discern which posts are questionable, but I urge you to consult a CURRENT FAA-certificated flight instructor (or multiple) prior to putting into practice or attempting any of the techniques recommended here. Be discriminating in your search for instruction and seek those who are actually experienced with this type of flying.

Even if information is good, sometimes the delivery can be poor. If a good concept is distorted during communication, it can be useless or even misleading. Articulation of some flying concepts with the written word is rather challenging.

The Internet is a fascinating resource, but the moderators of this forum do not provide any sort of vetting or validation of the posts or the credentials of those posting here. Even if I did, my rubber stamp would only be as good as my experience and knowledge, which is limited. I would like to give huge thanks to everyone who's contributed in the spirit of sharing information and helping fellow aviators.

Once again, discuss any techniques you learn here with a current CFI, preferably one with an experience profile appropriate for what we do, and possibly even get some dual.

Fly safe.

Time for a good semi-annual bump on the old disclaimer.