There is a story that when Southern Cross Gliding Club acquired their first two seater ( a Kookaburra) the CFI flew with all the solo pilots and put half of them back on dual.
On 2 February 2015 at 01:39, DMcD <slutsw...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Funny, I've heard that same argument to justify replacing a Kookaburra > with a Blanik; a Banik with a K21 and now, a K21 with A DG-1000!!! And > before my time, probably a Zogling with a Kookaburra. > > Yes, yes, yes, but… I have heard a few instructors say "I'm not going > to risk a valuable club trainer by taking it out of glide range of the > strip…" and fair enough. With a T31, that's about a furlong away from > the boundary fence, and inside it at that. > > The problem with that is that it doesn't give the student a reasonable > taste of XC flying and what it is all about. > > I guess I was a fairly poor student. No doubt I was cocky and sloppy > and probably still am. Just before being allowed to go solo, I was > sent off with the remedial instructor. And it was one of the most > memorable flights I have had. > > I firmly believe that if clubs invested a few dollars more in their > students and did something for free… stopped the meter and showed what > gliding is all about… the return would easily repay it. > > Oh, and wasn't the Zogling a single seater? Orville W said repeatedly > that flying with an instructor would ruin a student pilot's self > confidence. I'm not sure what the official GFA ruling is on sending > students solo on their first flight but I'm guessing it is a big no! > > D > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring >
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