That's also a good habit to use in the pattern. Pilots will pull the power back then pitch down abeam the numbers, but if you keep it in and adjust pitch first you get there quicker and waste less time. The typical thought is, if you are trying to deploy some flaps and you are near the top of white arc, you will make airspeed too slow to reduce without removing power, so most people prefer to pull that first and let the airspeed reduce. On the other hand, coming off cruise for a gradual, 500 fpm descent the easiest thing to do is ease back the power a bit and let the airplane naturally descend. It depends on the particular situation.
Last edited by Cubdriver; 08-13-2007 at 04:43 PM.