>And you learned not to fly with somebody more stupid/careless/braver than you >regardless of their qualifications.
I had the opportunity of flying with a very experienced and respected glider pilot (the pilot had also worked as a commercial pilot, he had 10,000's of hours in gliders and powered a/c). The pilot was P1. I became quite concerned during late final approach (it was a gusty day, we had been ridge flying), when we were coming in very low over the fence, with not much airspeed or energy either. We had plenty of height on approach, so scraping back to the field wasn't an issue. There was aggressive use of airbrakes on late final to effect a short field approach. We were less than 50ft over obstacles, no allowance for the gust factor was used. Given the conditions, there wasn't any room for error. If the pilot had been a student, I would have demanded a check ride. I didn't say anything at the time (regrettably). However my respect for this pilots ability was slightly lessened despite the pilot's vast experience. _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
