Airmanship is skill and knowledge applied to aerial navigation, similar to seamanship in maritime navigation. Airmanship covers a broad range of desirable behaviors and abilities in an aviator.
Airmanship, Who Needs It?
"Aviation in itself is not inherently dangerous. But to an even greater degree than the sea, it is unforgiving of any carelessness, incapacity of neglect"
Pilots' folklore, Author unknown ...
Overall Airmanship
Slow Flight - Level, Turning, Climbing and Descending
Stall entries and recoveries from various flight attitudes ...
Superior marksmanship/airmanship was to make up for the lack of heavy guns. This clever hope failed to materialize. The plane's light wing loading and fundamentals limited its top speed, diving ability and punch.
Basic airmanship skills serve as a firm foundation for this. The pilot who has acquired necessary airmanship skills during training, and demonstrates these skills by flying training-type airplanes with precision and safe flying habits, ...
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of one another, had suggested that I become proficient in gliders-"true stick and rudder flying"-before resuming lessons in single engine aircraft. They told me that if I really wanted to learn the "fundamentals of flight and the art of airmanship, ...
This will also probably be the cheapest flying you'll ever do and, hopefully, you'll master the basics of airmanship. You may be weak on radio work and big airports may make you nervous, but your fundamental skills should get a lot of attention.
Let the student see them as being a vital option instead of the failure to fly properly. And emphasize that a go-around doesn't represent a personal failure or a lack of airmanship. It's simply another maneuver.
 See also: Aircraft, Airman, Flight, Pilot, Aviation
  
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