Another one for the ..."happened recently on the airfield" column. Just imagine you would have said something!? ""who are you to tell me.. - blah blah blah"" How about letting the CFI know so this can be addressed at the flight review? Erich
On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 11:53 AM, Texler, Michael < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >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 > Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring >
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