At 01:29 PM 15/12/04 +0800, you wrote:
>
>It was earlier mentioned that two of my very experienced fellow pilots had
to
>land in a paddock shortly after a low recovery several years ago, when the
>Puchacz was still new to this club. This serious incident coincided with the
>requirement to change from the practice of using QFE to QNH. This subsequent
>PILOT error used up 720ft of the height thought to be available for the
>recovery. This was further compounded by performing this manoeuvre over
>undulating hills of approximately 300ft to the west of the circuit. Guess
what,
>they didn't recover 20ft below the ground; they noticed their error when
well
>below 1000ft during the manoeuvre and made a quick recovery once they used
the
>correct anti-spin recovery procedure. The ACFT, only knowing that it was
still
>in the air and not caring how close the ground was, performed just as it has
>always done; predictably and quickly.
Well, I talked to the pilot being checked whom I happen to know and his
story is nothing like you say. The instructor put the glider into a spin,
reversed direction and then handed to the guy I talked to for the recovery
which DID NOT happen right away even though full anti spin control was
applied.
I once saw a Blanik outlanded in a paddock 0.5 km from the end of the
runway at Gawler when returning from a cross country with a few others.
Turns out Mike Valentine and Eric Price put it there while practicing spin
recoveries. I'll leave it to you to figure out how that can happen.
More later, EAA dinner to go to.
Mike
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