At 09:57 AM 25/09/03 +1000, you wrote:
>I must admit I wasn't really thinking of the "Field Landings Web Page"
>as a guide to current fields conditions, more an example of what
>fields looks like from the air at various stages in the cycle.
>I didn't mean to give the impression that I was demanding the GFA create
>such a web page or that I was unprepared to try and organise somthing
>locally.
>If people just start taking some photos of fields from the air, same field
>on the ground as the opportunity arises and throw them up on the web
>somewhere that would be a start.
>I think a collection of such photos with appropriate comments
>would be a useful supplement for use with outlanding training.
>Except for the Field Landings Web Page I hadn't come across anything like
>this before.
>
>As a neophyte who has just been doing their outlanding training and checking
>I think I can use more information on suitable paddock surface selection.
>
>
>Greg O'Sullivan
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When you drive to the gliding site check out the fields either side of the
road(better if you have someone else drive). This is a good exercise. Scary
on the north island of NZ between Matamata and Auckland. I found none I
would really care for on a few occasions.
The CASA education unit people are trying to develop CD-ROMS to develop
pilot judgement by showing "out of the cockpit" views and when to make
decisions and what they should be. Much the same ought to be able to be
done for glider outlandings and even launch emergencies. Might be a use for
some of the $1 million the GFA has in the bank. Might even pay off in fewer
broken gliders, injuries and deaths.
The CASA guys are doing a good job in pilot education.
Mike
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