The best part about weather in this part of the world is that when the
\n weather is bad, it won’t stay that way very long! The Law of Averages
\n simply won’t allow longer-term deviations. Today the weather here will be
\n almost back to normal. Airplane travel across the northeast US should get
\n back to normal today. The Law of Averages is taking hold again.<\/p>\n
A number of years ago when I was learning to fly, making consistently good
\n landings was very difficult. One landing would be pretty good — close to
\n the centerline of the runway, no significant bounce, and without serious
\n float down the runway — and the next would be a near wreck. After a flying
\n lesson one day, Jim Young, my instructor and all around great guy, sat me
\n down to explain the Law of Averages. “The goal,” he said, “is to improve
\n the average and to narrow the variability.” My landings were going to vary
\n from one to the next. He was first working on reducing the variability in
\n my landings. Once that was under control, he would sart working on
\n consistent improvement in the overall average of my landings.<\/p>\n
It worked. After a couple of lessons that included several dozen landings,
\n none of them were near wrecks. I was much more consistent with where I was
\n relative to the centerline upon landing. Finally, the airspeed I was
\n carrying as I flared for landing became much more consistent. Then the
\n tasked changed so that I would learn to land on the center rather than
\n always on the far right side of the runway.<\/p>\n
I learned from Jim Young a very valuable lesson about the Law of Averages.
\n I’ve been teaching this law to my staff for several years. It’s another one
\n of those invaluable concepts and rather immutable. And I’m quite satisfied
\n that the weather in Florida conforms to the law. Tomorrow should be an
\n Average Day!<\/p>\n
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The best part about weather in this part of the world is that when the weather is bad, it won’t stay that way very long! The Law of Averages simply won’t allow longer-term deviations. Today the weather here will be almost back to normal. Airplane travel across the northeast US should get back to normal … Continue reading A Day Closer to the Average<\/span>