jbullens wrote:

To set the record straight.  Slips, both to the right and left are still
part of the requirements for a private pilot cert.
I am an instructor and I do teach side slips into the flair and forward
slips to the tiedown.

That's a good trick. :-) You do mean "touchtouch" don't you Bullent?

When the wind is blowing across the runway how do you land,  

 >lined up with  the rwy,  if not for a slip.
 

 Our Ez's do better than spamcans in a crosswind but only
a few airplanes are designed for touchdown in the crab attitude.
Long's, RV's and Varieze's are not.

Just my nickel's worth.

JB.

 
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