Kevin McGowan wrote:
Having just read an article in a leading aviation magazine under the
banner "Ask The Expert" by Robert Hart I now wonder if as a level 2
instructor / chairman instuctor panel maybe he does know better than
the rest of us. Then again we have all heard the definition of an expert.
:-)
(just a correction - I am chairman of the /*cross country*/ instructor
panel - the CFI is of course the chairman of the full panel)
I hate the moniker of 'expert' - but it is a regular column in that
magazine and that's what I wrote for. I hated the title of 'expert'
being applied to me in other fields as well during various parts of my
professional life in a variety of countries. In every case, I am only
too well aware that I do not know everything - because that is
impossible. Just try teaching anything to learn how quickly students can
push you to and beyond the boundaries of your knowledge! But then,
that's what makes teaching so interesting.
I ended up getting hooked into writing for Australian Flying after
hearing that the magazine used to have regular gliding articles. So I
contacted the editor and asked if she was interested in more gliding
content following the recent Super Dimona feature. If so, I was
interested in contributing. After she had read some of my Alice
articles, we talked a bit about things and the column in Australian
Flying was the result.
Australian Flying is, I think, a very good place for us to showcase
gliding to the rest of the aviation world in Australia as it is out on
the news stands and is read (predominantly) by non-gliding people. I
would encourage other people to consider writing articles for this
magazine so that we continue to present to the wider aviation world.
Of course, we should also be writing articles for our own magazine as well.
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Robert Hart [EMAIL PROTECTED]
+61 (0)438 385 533 http://www.hart.wattle.id.au
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