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How about some stalls!!-CRM

How about some stalls!! It has been a while since I told the story of how I learned to fly the powerful Helio Courier.   An airplane with so many treats and capabilities for the pilot that it makes you wonder about the team of aviators and engineers who designed it to be tough, to be safe, and to be a pilots joy.             Helicopter jobs were scarce so I learned to fly the incredible Maule M-5 Lunar Rocket.   That move catapulted me to appear in the roster almost every day with flights to every little strip of grass inside the mountains.   Few wanted that job so I was the king of the Maule, and that gave me an interesting status.                           The company had just begun a fixed wing operation delivering mail and cargo, which included a PA-34 Seneca, a PA-31 Navajo and also a small Cessna 172 for the new operation.             Before the Maule no one was going to give me the keys to the Seneca let alone the Navajo, but as soon as I began flying tail dragg