Struggling? She was giggling and loved it! (One of the guys in the office reckons it's more entertaining if you just listen to it, without the video) She also did a magnificent job of holding the camera still
For information, the 'victim' is a glider pilot. The launch was very late in the day, so we decided to do some aerobatics to get back on the ground before last light I don't know if she subscribes to this list, but if she does, she may like to add her own observations. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:aus-soaring- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patching > Sent: Sunday, 26 March 2006 6:25 PM > To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. > Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Fun in a DG1000 > > Derek, > No other takers on this one , but it made me feel sick. Not a good thing to > do, particularly when you could hear the person was struggling. I bet she > will never come back. Leads me onto the issue of keeping people up too long > on their initial flight. Particularly with high performance two seaters and > pilots trying to show too much on the first go. I am firmly in favour of the > first ride being kept to a circuit, sometimes easy in a winch club, but > harder in aerotow situation. We need to train the pilot to get off early and > just circuit bash. If the person then gets their air legs so to speak it can > be ramped up a bit with a longer flight. > But that type of showing off does nothing to enhance our sport. > Cheers all > Ian Patching > Kookaburra Precision Soaring Team _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
